God Walks US
Exodus to Exile • Sermon • Submitted
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· 3 viewsGod loves and accepts his people, but he allows us to chose our own path. He allows his people to reject him, and the exile is the natural consequence. But God walks through the suffering with his people, and promises that their failures won't be the end of the story
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A FAMILIAR STORY
Innocent man, accused by jealous people for his uprightness
Consigned by earthly powers to the pit of death
A stone rolled over the mouth of that pit, sealed with governing power’s authority, forbids any intervention
But God rescues this man from death…it’s Daniel
An innocent man, accused by jealous people for his uprightness and consigned by earthly powers to the pit of death, A stone is rolled over the pit and seal with the weight of earthly authority. And God delivers the faithful man from the pit of death, vindicating his faithfulness and demonstrating that he cannot be over-ruled by earthly authorities. No, this isn’t Jesus. This is Daniel.
Of course, this isn't some sort of predictive prophecy. As most OT markers pointing toward Jesus, it has a context all its own, and a Christological reading doesn't mean it didn't mean what it means in its original context (In a Case for Christ, Lee Strobel opines you can prove Jesus is the Christ because the odds of someone fulfilling all the prophesies is astronomical). But no one agreed on what was and was not messianic (with a handful of exceptions like Daniel 7). The point isn't to prove beyond need of faith that Jesus is the Messiah, but to show that he's been the way that we have been. His life experience mirrors our own, and yet he showed us a different way of being God's image-bearers. So when we say, "Lord, you don't understand what I'm going through," he can say, "actually, I do know. It's really hard, I can attest to that, but let me show you what faithfulness looks like in this place. To me, that's a lot more helpful than adding up how many puzzle peaces match Jesus' experience. It really helps us understand incarnation as more than a nativity scene but Jesus taking on humanity and walking through it with us, and how God calls us to mirror this, by the power of his spirit, to be Jesus incarnate as Jesus is the Father incarnate. #That'llPreach
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