Another Gem from N.T. Wright: The Summons of the Gospel

Brian over at Near Emmaus has posted another gem from the writings of N.T. Wright:

The death and resurrection of the Messiah are, for Paul, the turning-point of history—Israel’s history, the world’s history, even (if we can speak like this, not least in the light of the incarnation of Jesus) God’s history. The gospel message, the proclamation of Jesus as the crucified and risen Lord, summons men, women and children –and, in a manner, the whole creation (see Colossians 1:23)! –to discover in Jesus, and in his messianic death for sins and new life to launch God’s new creation, the fulfillment of the single-plan-through-Israel-for-the-world, the purpose through which, as a single act with a single act with a single meaning, sins are forgiven and people of every race are called into God’s single family. (Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’s Vision, p. 106, emphasis added)

Love him or hate him, but N.T. Wright articulates the general move of redemptive history unlike any other contemporary author out there .

He gets it!