Tonight we continued our study of the bible as a great novel, trying to get a quick overview of what is all about. Tonight we talked about the need for foreshadowing in a great book. In sci-fi novels it can be a prophecy, a poem, a statement from one of the characters that later comes about. Forewshadowing is the part that tries to show that there is resolve coming to the conflict, it gives you bits and pieces to expect later on so that you have hope in a good outcome. We used the book Two Towers to show a case of this in a sci-fi novel. In it Gandalf tells the people in Helms Deep to look for his coming at the dawn of a certain day. The people there end up trapped by an overwhelming force and they know they are about to be destroyed, but then they see the light of dawn and are reminded of the promise of Gandalf, thus reminding them there is hope that there is someone coming to save them...which he does.
In the Bible there are a lot parts from Genesis-Malachi (the Old Testament) that accomplish this part of the great book, foreshadowing, which is done in the Bible through a process called prophecy. The first prophecy is Genesis 3:15 in which we learn that from the very beginning that God has a plan to resolve this conflict that has driven a wedge between God and man. In isaiah 53:1-12 we get another of those prophecies of a coming solution, a suffering servant who would get crushed for us, heis purpose to restore our relationship with God by taking way our sins. This should bring us hope.
For youth group we asked you to bring your name and the meaning of your name. In the Bible names often carry with them the idea that they mean something about who they are and what they were to do. So Moses means "to draw out" because it describes who he is, he was drawn out of the water by his adopted mom, and who he was to become, the one who would draw his people out of slavery in Egypt. In Isaiah 7:14 we find a foreshadowing of the promised savior and he is named Immanuel which means "God with us". This was to show who he was, God literally with us on earth, but also who he was to become, God with us even now. He is standing beside us even during the most difficult times, he resides in us when we get saved. Don't forget, no matter how difficult the time you are going through Jesus is standing beside you. And that should bring you hope!
I give tonight: A+
Favorite Moment: Times of Ministry for Students
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