KC Podcast - Episode 117: Passing the Baton

Gospel Preparations

Romans 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

It is amazing to me how God prepared various pagan peoples to receive the gospel of His Son. Recently reading in the Poetic Edda, the collection of Icelandic mythological poems, I was struck by the story of Balder, the God of Light, whose death sparked the battle of Ragnarok and the destruction of the world. Balder's resurrection then heralds the creation of a new heaven and earth and a new humanity. These poems certainly did their work in the conversion of C.S. Lewis, who wrote that he "loved Balder before Christ."

Even more recently in reading the Volsungasaga, I was interested to find this little tidbit: "The child was sprinkled with water and named Sigurd." Even in the most minute details of their cultural life, God was preparing the Northern Europeans for the gospel, and Christian baptism.

Comments

Anonymous said…
I think things like that can be found throughout other cultures. It's cool. :-)
-the awesome sis