Salvation History Research Paper

The Bible provides Christian readers with an array of different themes and motifs within each book, but the main theme that encompasses the whole collection of works is the story of salvation history. Salvation history is the foundation and glue that holds together the wide compilation of books within the Bible. After the Fall of Adam and Eve, salvation history refers to God’s promise of salvation for human kind. The Bible is described as salvation history because the Bible tells the story of humanity’s fall into sin and evil, but there is still hope. When sin entered the world, humanity became dependent on God’s promise of salvation from original sin. Salvation history happens in the Old Testament through God’s covenants and then is brought to fulfillment in the New Testament with Jesus’ coming.

At the beginning of time, God created mankind, creatures made in his own image, with whom He could have relationship with. Unfortunately, the original humans, Adam and Eve, shattered this relationship by turning away from God and sinning, putting themselves before Him. All of the descendants of Adam and Eve, mankind itself, have and continue to suffer from the repercussions of this Original Sin. Ever since that time, thousands of years ago, God has been working through human history in order to repair His relationship with Humanity, redeeming them from the effects of sin. His plan of salvation began with a covenant He made with a nomad named Abraham, whose descendants became the nation of Israel. This covenant established the Lord's intentions to bring about redemption for humanity through the nation of Israel. Sadly though, the ancient Israelites time and again were unfaithful to their covenant with God, and would worship the false idols of the nations around them. Because of their sin of apostasy, the nation of Israel eventually split in two, and was then wiped out by foreign invaders, sending in the Hebrew people into exile. It was during this exile that the Prophets, men who would speak on behalf of God, began to predict the coming of the Messiah, an 'anointed one' of

Moses was herding is Father-in-law’s flock and took it past the wilderness. A bush was set alight and was not being consumed. Moses went to look at this bush and God called out to him. Moses took of his sandals and hid his face from God as he was scared of him. God tells Moses he must go into Egypt and free the Israelite slaves. God proceeds to tell Moses to tell the Israelites he was sent by The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

We’ve all had something in our lives that has changed them for the good or the bad, or at least if you haven't had it yet it will happen sometime in your life. These experiences mold us into who we are and who we will become. Without these moments in our life, life would get pretty boring. You’d get use to the same old same old, so sometimes you need life to throw you a curveball.

“The salvation story was told in the same order at each year level, beginning with the Hebrew Patriarchs, the Kings and Prophets of Ancient Israel, Jesus Christ, the early Church and the story of the Church up to the present” (M. Ryan, 2012, p. 68).

God’s plan of redemption began in Genesis right after Adam and Eve had sinned and disobeyed His commandment. Even though they had seriously screwed up and brought His judgment upon themselves, even though they were well deserving of His wrath, He showed mercy to them and forgave them. He sacrificed a lamb for them to cover their sin, and then used the skin and the wool to make for them some clothing to cover their nakedness. He then promised them that there would be a redeemer one day. They had major consequences for their actions against Him, yet He had mercy on them. This was the first step in His plot, as through them, the whole of human kind was to be born.

Moses replied,“The Lord God of the Hebrews command that you let his people go so that they may serve Him. Now, Aaron will stretch his rod towards the cattle of Egypt and they will all die.”

"And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

He says that the Egyptians would mock the Israelites, laughing that their God would lead them out of their servitude only to face destruction at his own hands. Rather than respecting his power, they would see that he was either unable or unwilling to complete the salvation he set his people upon. And so the Lord agres to set aside his anger at the people, while Moses returns to them with God’s commandments.

Moses was chosen by God to lead the Israel in their battle against the Amalekites, who came and attacked them. So Moses instructed Joshua to choose some men to fight the Amalekites. And Moses will stand at the top of the hill with the staff of God in his hands.

This paper on Salvation is defining both objectively and subjectively from the two required reading text. The first text is written by Alistair McGrath’s “Theology: The Basics and the second is written by Dr. Yung Chul Han’s “Transforming Power: Dimension of the Gospel. I will describe how the both texts are in association as well as seeking observations, and other conclusions to gain a better understanding of salvation from both perspectives. According to (Mc.Grath, p.78), the word salvation is referred to as something that has already happened in the past, to something that will happen in the future. Spiritual transformation requires of us what is called dependent responsibility. All the moral commands and exhortations of scripture assume our responsibility. Salvation is deliverance from danger or suffering. The word salvation carries the idea of victory, health, or preservation (www.biblia.com). Salvation can be viewed as a spiritual transformation which the dependency of the Holy Spirit assist in the change of a believers past, self to a vessel of God in the present lives which exemplifies life, deliverance, peace, and a victory won through personal conviction. The victory is one that only Jesus Christ has authority save us which gives believers complete approval to have possession to enter the kingdom of heaven.

God is our creator, He loves and protect us, He wants us to be safe and happy.

God’s redemption plan in the Old Testament foreshadows His redemption plan in the New Testament. The physical redemption of the Hebrews is that of the spiritual redemption Christians experience through Jesus Christ. Everything in the Old Testament Tabernacle points the Israelites to Jesus Christ, which follows the Order of Melchizedek. These components of revelation inform understanding of God’s progressive revelation of redemption and have an important impact on individual faith.

There are many opportunities to give back to people every day. It could be the time you give someone or something they need to sustain them, and keep them going. The fundamentals of giving back are often seen through charity work or even so much as donating a few items of clothing. I, however, decided to devote my time to feeding the homeless through the Salvation Army.