“JESUS heard that they cast him out; and when HE had found him, HE said unto him, Dost thou believe on the SON of GOD? He answered and said, Who is HE, LORD, that I might believe on HIM? JESUS said unto him, Thou hast both seen HIM, and it is HE that talketh with thee. And he said, LORD, I believe. And he worshipped HIM.” (John 9:35-38).
Well, I thank the LORD GOD for giving me another day of HIS infinite grace in CHRIST JESUS.
And by HIS (GOD) grace, yours truly has finished reading the Old Testament, and am about to embark reading the New Testament (of the promised MESSIAH from of old, even the LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS).
But before I even try to engage in the endeavour, I tried to get as much information about the missing gap (which is called, “Silent Years”) between the Old Testament era, and the New.
Even though it is considered “silent years” (where not a single prophet spoke), it is buzzing with activities. The LORD GOD is working through human history to bring about “the fullness of time”.
Here is where things (the intertestamental period) get exciting. It was in this period that GOD was most active, sovereignly orchestrating the affairs of human history to bring it to it’s fullness. GOD was fulfilling HIS promise that HE told through HIS prophets, Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, etc… Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
All these or the preparation of the coming of the MESSIAH (the LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS). And with this expectation, I eagerly look forward to the reading of the inspired record of the MESSIAH who came, as HE promised Adam, as HE promised Abraham, and his descendants.
So I feel like that blind man who was cast out. He cannot but help testify of the divine works of the SAVIOUR/MESSIAH in full excitement from experiencing the MESSIAH’s healing power in his life. Then after he was expelled from the synagogue, when the LORD JESUS asked him if he believe on the SON of GOD (the promised MESSIAH); the once blind man answered (in a sense, Yes LORD, where is HE because HE is the ONE who healed me), “Who is HE, LORD, that I might believe on HIM?” (John 9:36).
With a similar sense of expectation, and wonder, I come to the New Testament, to read of the MESSIAH! I may be labeled as over excited (cast out), but I want to know and worship the SAVIOUR who saved me!
“And he said, LORD, I believe. And he worshipped HIM.” (John 9:38).
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