Salvation refers to deliverance from the power of sin; redemption.

In the Old Testament, the word salvation sometimes refers to deliverance from danger, - Jer. 15:20 - deliverance of the weak from the oppressor, - Ps. 35:9-10 - and the healing of sickness. - Is. 38:20 - But salvation finds its deepest meaning in the spiritual realm of life.

The need for salvation goes back to man's removal from the Garden of Eden. - Gen. 3 - After the Fall, man's life was marked by strife and difficulty. Increasingly, corruption and violence dominated his world. - Gen. 6: 11-13 -

When God destroyed the world with the Flood, He also performed the first act of salvation by saving Noah and his family. These eight people became the basis of another chance for mankind. The salvation of Noah and his family was viewed by the apostle of Peter as a pattern of the full salvation which we receive in Christ.

Why, Christ himself, innocent though he was, had died once for sins, died for the guilty, to lead us to God. In the body he was put to death, in the spirit he was raised to life, and, in the spirit, he went to preach to the spirits in prison.

Now it was long ago, when Noah was still building that ark which saved only small group of eight people ' by water' and when God was still waiting patiently that these spirits refused to believe. That water is a type of the baptism which saves you now, and which is not the washing off of physical dirt but a pledge made to God from a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has entered heaven and is at God's right hand, now that he has made the angels and Dominations and Powers his subjects. - 1Peter 3:18-22 -

The central Old Testament experience of salvation is the Exodus. - Ex. 12:40, 14:31 - Much of Israel's worship of God was a renewal of this mighty experience that brought them from tyranny in Egypt to freedom in the Promised Land. - Ex. 13:3-16 - The mighty saving power of God was demonstrated dramatically as the Israelites formed a holy nation of priestly servants of the Lord. - Ex. 19:4-6 -

The Exodus became a pattern of salvation by which God's future deeds of redemption would be understood. But just as the Exodus symbolized their salvation, the Captivity of the Israelites in Babylon was a disastrous return to bondage. The people responded to this plight with expectation of a new and better Exodus - Is. 43:14-16 - in which God would forgive their sins and restore their hearts to faithfulness. - Jer. 31:31-34 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -