Part 4 (continued from earlier response)

Second premise to the model: the Spirit takes us as we are, with whatever language and concepts we may have.  When we do our best to be more responsive to the Spirit within us, all we can discern is that one alternative "resonates more" than another.  For example, for the early Jews the Mosaic command of Deuteronomy 24:1 may have "resonated more" than the prior state of affairs, which was divorce after a heated argument without time to cool down.  But for the early Christians, who had the benefit of the reign of God preached by Jesus, treating divorce and remarriage as adultery provided a stronger curb against hasty (or more craven) motives for divorce and may therefore have "resonated more" than the regime of Deuteronomy 24:1.

Note: implicit in this premise is the concept that what has been handed down to us as holy writ only becomes holy writ because it has "resonated" with the people, at least those who are handing it down.

See Part 5.