Quotes about Completion

Reason is the presupposition of faith, and faith is the fulfillment of reason.

He is not only its omega but also its alpha, and he is and can be its omega only as he is its alpha."1

It is only to admit that what we have cannot be explained as an early (second-millennium-BC) document written essentially by one person (Moses). Rather, the Pentateuch has a diverse compositional history spanning many centuries and was brought to completion after the return from exile.

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.