My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself. He is the great iconoclast. Could we not almost say that this shattering is one of the marks of His presence? The Incarnation is the supreme example; it leaves all previous ideas of the Messiah in ruins. And most are “offended” by the iconoclasm; and blessed are those who are not.
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Gender-neutral paraphrase:

My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. Godself shatters it. God is the great iconoclast. Could we not almost say that this shattering is one of the marks of God’s presence? The Incarnation is the supreme example; it leaves all previous ideas of the Messiah in ruins. And most are “offended” by the iconoclasm; and blessed are those who are not.