All of History Is Redemptive History
[2023-08-19 23:13:13]
In the last article, I lamented that Jonathan Edwards incorporated this fact into works of Christ's redemption before writing an incomplete masterpiece, Biblical theology centered on God, and world history. But despite Edwards being taken away from this world, God was not letting us not prove it
Approximately twenty years before his death, Edwards announced a 30-part series on "history of redemption work" after his friend John Erskine and his son Jonathan Edwards died. Most Edwards scholars believe that the incomplete masterpiece is somewhat different from the early evangelistic series, and I think it is necessary to consider the evangelistic series as the early framework of Edwards' vision.
Since mothes eat them like clothes, insects eat them like wool; but my justice always exists and amends for my generation
In the last sentence, Edwards thought of the following idea: "The work of redemption is the work of God from the destruction of man to the end of the world."
Regarding salvation, Edwards mainly refers to the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus, but it also includes all the actions and time prepared by God for the coming of Christ (election, creation, old aggregate God 's work in the Bible). And all the actions God made after the coming of Christ (like the work of the Holy Spirit in the world after Pentecost)
All history is the history of salvation. As he says, "The distribution of God between the fall of the man and the end of the world belongs to the same work, tends to be the same design, hence it is measurable but has problems as work. Several parts are big events as a conclusion as it is a continuous movement of the machine. "This means that everything in history can somehow relate to the great work of Christ's redemption in Christ somehow To do.
This great work is done through personal historical redemption. Since Adam's collapse, God has repented, justified, sanctified and praised the saints. In this way, redemption work is done by 'iterating the same job, then repeating it, but repeating among people with different age and age'.
Through the wonderful plan that has constantly emerged in history, God steadily made efforts to save the people. Edwards compared it to a building of a wonderful structure. There, "The workers were sent out, then materials were collected, then grounded, then the ground was set up and the foundation was installed, and until the superstructure was eventually placed, the structure of the glory It will stand out in perfection: "It is the ongoing construction of the glorious temple where Edwards has focused in the redemption history."
Many of these historical details are important historical turning points and constitute the history of salvation. All of these, the correct composition is the biggest turning point in preserving history. It is the birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Messiah. 1. Biblical story, the scan of the history of salvation provides other frameworks on which the Bible depends. For example, it is impossible to track topics such as the tabernacle / temple, priesthood, David dynasty, hope of Messiah, in addition to the framework of relief history contained in these themes. Therefore, the discipline of Biblical theology is based on accurately grasping the history of salvation.
All history is the history of salvation. As he says, "The times of all kinds of gods belong to the same work, tend to be the same design, have problems, so they are all presumptable but as part of the work. At the end of the event, the movement of the machine will be repaired. "This means that everything in history can somehow be associated with the great work of redemption in Christ. This great work is done through personal historical redemption. Since Adam's collapse, God has repented, justified, sanctified and praised the saints. In this way, redemption work is done by 'iterating the same job, then repeating it, but repeating among people with dif