We call God’s working throughout the course of time salvation history. There are a few succinct summaries of
salvation history both in the Old and New Testaments and these were features of
both Peter and Paul’s proclamation of the Gospel.
This
morning we hear Paul’s version of God’s providence throughout time. Notice that Paul uses active verbs to
describe God’s action: God “chose…exalted…led…provided…” These very words show that God is not a
impersonal deity or fantasy, but a Person who enters into our own earthly
timeline.
Paul
reminds his audience that all of salvation history points to and is fulfilled
by Jesus Christ: “From [David’s]
descendants God, according to his
promise, has brought to Israel a savior,
Jesus.” Jesus
himself alludes to this fact: “From now
on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it happens you may
believe that I AM.” (You
didn’t see this, but the I AM I read was all in capital letters, signifying
that Jesus used God’s own name).
What
does this all mean for us? It
means that we follow, not some pie in the sky thought or clever myth or
snobbish god who cares nothing for creation. It means we have with us a loving and merciful Father who
has providentially guided all of history.
In the most powerful way, this means we worship Jesus Christ who became
one of us—God truly entered into the world.
My
we grow in love of our great God.
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