Oh, look, another 3 day time frame where people will go wait and then return with good news. What a surprise...
The Old Testament is constantly looking ahead to the New, anticipating the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are signposts throughout the journey to Bethlehem that help us see and understand how God is going to liberate the people from sin. God didn't come up with Jesus as plan B -- God had been planning this all along, preparing for it, so that the whole world would eventually learn the Good News of Jesus Christ.
So may we be students of the Old Testament, learning the history of the people who made a way forward -- they couldn't see everything, but they continued to press forward, continued to strive to be faithful, and in so doing, they help us understand even more clearly the grace and love of God.
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