The Word of God Witnessed To: Scripture

The second form is the Word witnessed to, i.e., Scripture. Because the Word of God was incarnate in history, it is given to us now through the Word of its witnesses. Weber states that,

The witness which Holy Scripture contains is essentially the proclamation of what has happened once and for all so that it will be accepted and believed as the event which is once and for all.

Weber, 186.

Here, Weber is stating that the Scriptures point to the mighty acts that God has accomplished for all people and all time, and as such, for us today. Thus, he can say that the Word is truly witnessed to in Scripture because of the validity that these acts hold for the present (and the future) as well as the past.

In some ways it is the total opposite of fairy tales, novels, or even history. That sort of literature is meant to take you from the present/real world and into their world, while Scripture is meant to bring its world to you in such a way that you may respond to the good news it witnesses.