Read Daniel 12:1-4
“…But at that time your people — everyone whose name is found written in the book — will be delivered.” (v 1b)
Some Thoughts…
It is passages like this that affirm my faith. The God of the Bible has been working out His purpose from day one: Salvation by grace for all who believe and faithfully follow God’s “One Way” – In the time before Christ, there was still only one way – it was God’s way (Salvation through sacrifice and obedience). Those who lived before the time of Christ believed all that they knew and understood about Yahweh and trusted their lives to His One Way – avoiding the beliefs and practices of the nations around them.
God’s faithful few believed and continued in His will and mercy…and their names are written in His Book. God reveals His plan…it is our responsibility to follow His plan to the “T” (see Deuteronomy 29:29)…and God will sort out all the details (see v 2).
There is much I don’t understand in scripture, but the story of salvation rings true for me. And I believe without a doubt that Jesus is the way – the only way – He truly fulfills all that was done before Him through the Jewish sacrificial system and the prophesies of the coming Messiah (the only man in history to fulfill over 300 Old Testament prophesies!). And in scripture, God give us no other option than Jesus of Nazareth to bring the proper conclusion to God’s love story.
A Prayer…
Father, I believe, and I am thankful that you saw fit to reveal YOURSELF and YOUR plan to me. Help me to live today in the reality of YOUR rule and mercy as I show grace to those you place in my path. And I pray that my life will be useful to point more to your loving plan to save them too. Amen.