Notice how similar Jesus' story is to the three we have looked at this week. It begins with a dream and a promise. God was going to save the world through a person, his only begotten son. He uses angels and dreams to pave the way. Then there is danger. Then there is silence. Thirty years of waiting. Then there is a sign. There is hope. There is opposition, struggle, suffering. Then, suddenly it appears that all hope is lost. The evil side seems to win. But then, in the end, God's servant is victorious. The climax of The Story. He's alive. He is sitting on the throne. Promises are fulfilled. Dreams realized.
Consider this today, all stories are part of this one.
Joseph's story is a deliverance story for the nation of Israel. It also explains why the Israelites end up in Egypt, a land and a people that will enslave them. Joseph story is the back story to the first Great Deliverance - the Passover. It is also the foreshadowing of the Greatest Deliverance - Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
Abraham's story tells about an only begotten son sent to be sacrificed. God used this moment to test Abraham's faith - God rested the hope of the nations on it, on Abraham's obedience. But God ultimately rested the hope of the nations on a second Son's obedience. God's only begotten - sacrificed to save the world.
David tells us about a young man's journey to become king. But it is also the story of how God establishes a throne that will never end - one made for the King of kings.
The same is true for our story. Yours is a gospel story. But it is also part of The Gospel Story.
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