When the Spirit of God moves in a person who is seeking proof of God, that
spirit makes his appearance in the life of men actually upon earth and
does
not allow himself to be shunted into secondary matters. For the spirit
knows that the very crux of all truth lies in the kingdom of God—there
rather than in the history of man according to the flesh, which shall
disappear. A true history of man’s life is in process of fulfillment,
bound
up with God, even though presently developing under the husks of an
unfulfilled relation****p. The Spirit knows that this life history is not
that of tradition or historical research but of God himself entering the
scene. Thus, after the history of mankind has been lost, the life of
mankind still will be known, because, from beginning to end, it has been
represented in the life of God himself.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
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