There are two golden rules for reading scripture. The first is to get as close to the mind of the writer as you can, the second to get as close to the understanding of the original reader as you can. In other words, it is about getting into the right time and the right place. The amazing thing about Scripture is how the Old-Testament was so full of predictions that came true in such fine detail. This, meant the subject of those prophecies also had to be in the right time and right place. As the story unfolds, we begin to see the hand of a Creator God, who has ordained a purpose and destiny for all history. The strangest thing to understand is why that purpose for all human-beings and all time, pivots on one event and one time, namely the cross and resurrection of Jesus the Christ.

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