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he world today may be likened to a camel’s hair, living in the desert (Luke 1:80),
rudderless ship, without a sail, hope and with the poorest of diets, to preach the
lessly attempting to navigate through baptism of repentance for the remission of
Ta great storm. More than ever, we need sins (Luke 3:3).
to remind our hearts of the greatness of our The Spirit of God moved Luke to record
God and heed the call of the Lord to “have both events for us, and behind it all is God’s
faith in God” (Mark 11:22, KJV). We often heart of love which compelled Him to send a
measure God’s greatness by His actions, yet Savior for ruined man. God’s character al
our understanding of God should be more ways manifests itself in action, and His ac
than that. We need to comprehend God’s tions exhibit His greatness.
character, because this is the “why” of his ac His people today can rest assured that the
tions. same God Who orchestrated events on earth
When we think of God acting, we may be 2000 years ago is the same yesterday, today,
assured that He will always show up at the and forever (Heb 13:8), despite the apparent
right time, on the biggest stage, ever involved chaos surrounding us. The events presented
in the events of earth. What was required to by Luke serve as a backdrop to explore God’s
ensure that the Savior would be born in Beth greatness. Bethlehem reminds us of David,
lehem, the city of David, as prophesied? It who authored a majority of the Psalms.
required the most powerful man on earth to Isaiah similarly foretold of a voice crying in
pass a decree “that all should be taxed” (Luke the wilderness (Isa 40:3). The fact that nearly
2:1, KJV). God moved, and Caesar Augustus half (45%) of all New Testament quotations
announced the decree. By contrast, Luke 3 come from Psalms and Isaiah means it be
opens with the political and religious elite in hooves us to consider these two books as we
place, yet God bypasses them all and sends look further at the subject of the greatness of
the “forerunner,” John the Baptist, clothed in God. In these writings, we quickly find rele