The use of the phrase "good news" or "good tidings" from which we get the word "gospel" finds its first appearances in the Old Testament Scriptures of the Prophets. Not only are the substance of the "good news" in the New Testament found within the Old, but the phrase itself is also already in use before we get to the New Testament Scriptures. The phrase denotes the subject of Israel's final consolation, salvation, and restoration at the day of the Lord-- "news" which Jerusalem and Israel longs to hear finally brought to her as the end of her crisis. The Apostle's usage of the phrase in reference to their message concerning Jesus of Nazareth, His death, and resurrection, is a deliberate way of defining the nature of Israel's final apocalyptic salvation-- that it would come by way of Jesus' own crucifixion and resurrection-- a mystery revealed to the apostles. This orientation constitutes "[Paul's] gospel," "which is able to establish [us]" at the day of the Lord (Romans 16:25). FOR NOTES AND FEEDBACK: http://www.danieltrainingnetwork.org/gospel-according-revelation-mystery-1-stewarding-revelation-mystery EMAIL: [email protected] FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/danieltrainingnetwork TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/dtnetworking
