In this section Peter described a historical perspective that I had never really pondered before. I never stopped to consider how this truth might have impacted the lives of those people of faith that he described. Peter has a lot to say about God’s revelation in chapter 1 verse 12 of his first letter. But when I gave it some time to grow in my imagination some interesting questions came to mind. In that verse Peter wrote: “God revealed to these prophets that their work was not for their own benefit, but for yours, as they spoke about those things which you have now heard from the messengers who announced the Good News….” We read in the Bible a common message from the prophets of someone who would come. A theme that stretches back to Abram. Along with that message the prophets of the Old Testament also received the message that the someone special would not be seen by their eyes. I wonder how disappointed Moses was to hear of one to come, who would be like him, but he would not live to see him? I wonder if David felt greater loss at missing the sight of Messiah than he was of not building the temple? Isaiah passed on the description of the suffering servant, but how did he feel about not witnessing the servant’s ministry? Did Jonah understand that his three days in the fish would captivate generations as a picture of God’s firstborn from among the dead? These faithful people of centuries past were faithful to deliver the message. They must have felt like many parents; hoping, pining for the better things that God had planned for those believers who would follow them. I should be doing the same.
Stuart
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