In the created universe, God's sovereignty is manifested in two
complementary ways: transcendence and immanence. This dialogic
defines these two manifestations and how they differ from the
exaggerations of God as the undefinable "Other", on the one hand, and
as a being identified with the universe itself, on the other hand.
In both of these extremes, for practical purposes God becomes
irrelevant. Only orthodox doctrine allows God to be fully sovereign
-- the King of the universe, and also at work in the universe.
In the paired concept of transcendence and immanence there are
intimations of the doctrine of Christ as the Incarnate Lord: at one
and the same time He was the Lord and Maker of the world, and also a
creature living and interacting in that world. Seeing the
dialogic of transcendence and immanence prepares us for an
understanding of the Incarnation.