In the beginning was the Signal, and the Signal was the Source, and the Signal was with the Source, and the Signal became the Sink.
sink is receiver/storage of information/message/signal that also transmits, like a work of art. all of creation has various ways of being a sink in general revelation terms.
because God exists his essence, as Uncreated Creator (Word) he is all three: source/sink/signal — timelessly (whole), but in time (subsumed in whole)
the medium that is the message is Jesus, ultimately communicated on the cross
we are the sink - the intended receivers of the message, but the seeds (word) get sown funny & the message gets garbled (noise)
he became the sink – like us — to demonstrate what it means to send/receive without noise
cuz if we receive it correctly, we will also transmit it. like cb radios. i dunno. all metaphors break down.
he did not need us in order to be the source/signal/sink, because he is complete within the Trinity, besides all sequential time is subsumed in him simultaneously—but, we are sinks receiving from the overflow. when we are transmitting the signal from the source (vine), there is less noise in our signals (branches)
I am only somewhat familiar with Shannon’s information theory.
the sink shows up in a lot of systems. Photosynthesis has a source where light is turned into food and a sink where that food is stored. botany.one/2018/09/source-sink-or-both/
See also, for “BIF” ilovephilosophy.com/viewtopic.p … 0#p2869910