RELI 1000 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Current Lecture II. The Sacred and the HolyIII. Who (What) is God? Current LectureWhat Exactly is the sacred?  A mysterious power that evokes a mixed response. It is both repulsive and attractive, both pure and dangerous, both sanctifying, defiling or polluting. o It is “power that awakens a profound feeling of awe which manifests itself in both as fear and as being attractive. There is no religion whatever without terror, but equally none without love…. Physical shuddering, ghostly horror, fear, suddenterror, reverence, humility, adoration, profound apprehension, enthusiasm- all these lie in nuce within the awe, experience in the presence of power (Van der Leeuw,48, Livingston, 38). Rudolf Otto (The Idea of the Holy) The sacred is the numinous, a mysterium tremendum and fascinans” o “Numinous”: the experience that evokes the “creature – consciousness” or “creature feeling.” a feeling of “a creature submerged and overwhelmed by its own nothingness in contrast to that which is supreme” - Ottoo Mysterium: it is the mystery that lies beyond our capacity to comprehend or conceptualize fully. It is extra-ordinary, unfamiliar. Tremendum:o It causes peculiar dread, fear, awe.o It is like energy that is felt as “holy other.” Fascinans:o It is attractive, intoxicating, captivating, and evoking joyful thanksgiving and praise and adoration.  The ark of the Covenant “David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals. When they came to the threshingThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.” (2 Samuel 6:2-7, 1 Chr.13:7-10).Punishment of Leprosy “They confronted King Uzziah and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God."“But Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD's temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead”- 2 Chronicles