Determined Deliverance

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3: 16, RSV


"The root meaning in Hebrew of "salvation" is to be broad, to become spacious, to enlarge. It carries the sense of deliverance from an existence that has become compressed, confined, and cramped.

Salvation is the plot of history. It is the most comprehensive theme of Scripture, overtaking and surpassing catastrophe. Salvation is God's determination to rescue his creation; it is his activity in recovering the world. It is personal and impersonal, it deals with souls and cities, it touches sin and sickness. ... There are no fine distinctions about who or what or when -- the whole lost world is invaded, infiltrated, beckoned, invited, wooed."

Reversed Thunder

Determined Deliverance, God's Message for Each Day by Eugene Peterson