Godly wisdom discerns when someone needs one and not the other.

“At various high points in the divine economy we see that God is made visible to his people: in Eden, upon Sinai, in the temple, and during the ministry of Jesus…

Pulling apart and looking deeply at Triune realities is pure wonder-fuel: “While only the Son was made incarnate, this occurred by the Holy Spirit and at the Father’s behest. The whole Trinity willed this effect and worked to this end…

This is an important distinction made by Allen:

“The Son as Son is visible…but the Son as Son is visible by means of his humanity…Here Owen and the Reformed tradition are affirming with Augustine that the humanity of the Son is the instrument by which the vision of God occurs.”

“The New Testament witness points to the Christological nature of the beatific vision…‘For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ’ (2 Cor 4:6)” - Allen, Grounded in Heaven

“In the Bible, a resolute focus upon the future inflections of gospel hope seem to appear in precisely those moments when God’s people suffer the deepest pangs of hurt.” - Michael Allen Grounded in Heaven