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Originally Posted by Elden1971
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I found the article to be quite unsatisfying. It reminded me of nothing so much as Martha bustling about in her kitchen and ignoring the one thing that mattered. It could use its own advice to "be still" and see the salvation of the L
ORD.
I argue here that the salvation of God is quite simple (this is the opposite of what I want to say to OBW's remarks, but his are entirely different from this article).
The salvation of God is His salvation of His Son Jesus Christ: God raised the Man Jesus Christ from the dead. God loosed Jesus from the grip of death. And this is our hope, and our promised salvation. In our faith we may join the victory parade, as Christ removes the sting of death, and leads captivity captive, and gives gifts to men.
"He (Christ Jesus) trusted in Him (God the Father); let Him (God the Father) save Him (the Man Christ Jesus) now." Matthew 27:43; see Psalm 22:8. If you don't see the Father saving the Son, tell me, what do you see, instead? What vision can supersede this?
Look at Peter's words to the amazed crowd in Acts 2. Look at how he follows the idea of salvation, raised in verse 21.
21 And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of [the] Lord shall be saved.
22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know
23 —him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye, by [the] hand of lawless [men], have crucified and slain.
24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;
25 for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.
26 Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope,
27 for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me [the] paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
29 Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;
31 he, seeing [it] before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption.
32 This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all *we* are witnesses.(Darby translation)
This is our unique witness, and testimony. The entire Bible points to this. Apart from this, it is all useless noise.