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Unfolding God's plan

Salvation history - traces the pattern of events in human history that reveal Gods saving plan.
the series of events through which the plan of God took shape. it is focused on the
discovery of God's plan as it unfolds through human history.
Salvation - liberation from obstacle or impediment.
Sin constricts human possibilities and God makes them wide and free again.

Salvation comes to imply the rescue of the whole person body and spirit. Ultimately what we need is
to be ransomed from death!so God e"tends the divine rescue all the way to the tomb
3 stages of Salvation history:
#.$ time before %hrist
&.$ the time of %hrist
'.$ time of the %hurch
proof that God salvaged us:
the Bible- the only source that contains detailed information of how God saved us form our sins and
the ' stages of salvation history.
(he )ible is divided into two main parts* the +ld (estament and the ,ew (estament.
the +ld (estament is the story of a nation and the ,ew (estament is the story of a -an. (he nation
was Gods way of bringing the -an!.esus %hrist!into the world.
The Old Testament describes the founding and preservation of the nation of /srael. God promised to
use /srael to bless the whole world 0Genesis #&*&-'$. +nce /srael was established as a nation God
raised up a family within that nation through whom the blessing would come* the family of 1avid
02salm 34*'-5$. (hen from the family of 1avid was promised one -an who would bring the promised
blessing 0/saiah ##*#-#6$. provides for the stage of time before christ.
The New Testament details the coming of that promised -an. 7is name was .esus and 7e fulfilled
the prophecies of the +ld (estament as 7e lived a perfect life died to become the Savior and rose from
the dead. 2rovides for the stage of time of %hrist and the time of the %hurch.
Characteristics of Salvation history
#.$ Christocentric- focused on %hrist it is in .esus that history of humanity finds meaning it is
also to him that the story ends.
)ecause without .esus the history of Salvation would have no value
&.$ Biblical 8 the bible is the record of Salvation history. /t is the will of God that his intervent
in human history be recorded so that all people may know his plan of salvation.
'.$ inculturated when God became human in the person id .esus he immersed himself in a particu9lar
culture and made use of the language of that culture to convey God's message.
5.$ systematic 8 it is a developmental story reflecting the pedagogy of God