The themes of God’s plan, salvation’s arrival and the triumph of God’s Word about Jesus are certainly central. They permeate the entire Gospel, from the note in the infancy material that God is bringing his promise to pass to the Great Commission setting forth the church’s mission as a fulfillment of promises centered in the Christ. Others argue that Luke desires to defend God’s faithfulness to his promise, offering a kind of theodicy to explain what has happened to Israel while defending the inclusion