What’s the greatest story you have ever heard? Maybe it’s something from
your childhood, or something that you have seen on the news. These stories can
inspire and encourage us to go on and live better lives.
The greatest story ever told would have to be the coming of Jesus
Christ. But, where does the story of Jesus Christ begin? For many it was in an
animal’s feeding-box in the stall in Bethlehem, Lk 1:13. For others it was one
year before the birth of Jesus when Gabriel appeared
to Zechariah and promised a son (John the baptiser), Lk 1:5-25. Luke said that
John would be a prophet Lk 1:14-1, which had already been prophesied over 400 years earlier, Mal
4:5-6. But this was still not the beginning of the greatest story.
For others, it was Luke’s legal family line of Jesus, Lk 3:23-37. While Luke
did understand that, that it began with the story of humankind, as Jesus son of
Adam, was the Son of God, this was still not the beginning of the story. To find
the beginning of the greatest story ever told, we need to look beyond time into
eternity,
Gen 1:1. The story is about Jesus Christ, which begun in eternity, Jn 1:1. The story is God’s eternal story.
Therefore, God sent His messenger to Zachariah to prepare for the coming
of Jesus Christ and the fulfillment of all, Lk 1:13,31; Matt 1:21. God was
beginning to speak again, as it had been a 400 year silence by God, Lk
1:13,22,68. He had prepared the way for the final and fulfilling step and sent
Jesus Christ to redeem His people in eternity.
Can I encourage you to see the proper story of the Bible? To see how the
whole Bible fits together as one. This is the story of the Bible and not just
stories. Can you see the eternalness of the greatest story ever told and how it
impacts you?
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