Impossible Absurdities (Re-Work )

  

Just as many deem the parting of the Red sea as impossible,the Old Testament introduces even more absurd " impossibilities."

Camus has nothing on the true absurdity of God who keeps His promises by coming Himself to take the ultimate punishment of death and save a disobedient, but loved people.

When God promised Abraham,the progenitor of the nation of Israel,a son, He waited until His chosen parents were utterly old,incapable of reproduction,before the son appeared.

This span of faith teaches that the time between the giving of the promise and the fulfillment of the promise only occurs when that promise looks utterly impossible.

This is the plan of Salvation: the structure of the whole of human history as typified by Israel and the Church working together for the rescue of humanity.

God takes a narrow path to bless the entire human race with a covenant of grace written in blood.

What does the above paragraph mean?

God,Eternal Ancient of Days in His purposeful plan for humanity used a few persons to achieve His goals in the ancient world,some 1000s of years ago. God is not stopped, hindered or, even paused by time,matter or space,chooses to play the long game. 

According to the manual for life,the Bible,He appeared and chose Abraham as his beginning point to create a small nation to favour the world via them. Ultimately to offer the people of this world eternal life via the death and the bringing back to life of His Son, Jesus, who the Jewish Religiously Correct in the ancient past murdered.

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To relate a story of salvation which I personally know of.

A new friend of mine visited  us at the Inn and related this story>>>

He sat down and said while visiting another cafe,the other day he was approached by an elderly couple who asked him if he recognised them. After looking at the two of them for a minute or two,it dawned on him that this person and his wife were his old Church's Pastor ,John and his wife!

Whom he had Not seen for 35 years after untoward circumstances my friend,Peter,  experienced and left the church thinking forever. In the intervening years he never went to any  church.

While the above really happened that is not the remarkable thing. What was even more absurd was that John the pastor and his wife lived in another state and Peter wasnt meant to be in that particular cafe and the elderly couple just happened to go to that certain cafe simultaneously. The couple were only visiting and Peter was only there for a moment.

But the moment of intersection occurred.Call it a co-incidence or just a chance. But prayer moves God and God moves people.

 That very early morning investing some time reading and praying at home as i had then resumed praying for others ( Not just for myself and my selfish needs ),on that same day,i had prayed a simple prayer of asking God to bring back Peter into the fold ( to enable his return to God as a restored believer ) and then thanking God for His response.

Peter joined our table and related this brilliant event to us today. ( Which i just told you,my reader )

GOD is good,forever good.

He is absurdly, impossibly good.

(If a principle in an event  is found in the Old Testament,it tells us something of the history of salvation and if it tell us of salvation,it points and shows us Christ.)

By Digital Anvil.

It should be noted that this post is inspired by the original work of one of my heros ( a pastor) of faith: Timothy Keller. The personal re- working is mine and suceeds  or fails by my re-interpretation of his article.