converted upon hearing the gospel preached from Isaiah 53 (Acts 8:26–38). This gospel continues to spread in our day, rescuing people from every tribe and language and people and nation (Mark 13:10; Rev. 5:9). PEACE. The world is not the way it is supposed to be. Genesis 1–2 pictures a world of peace (Hebrew, shalom) and universal flourishing. There wasn’t an ounce of tension between humanity and God, among humans, or anywhere else in the created world. But shalom was shattered because of sin. Humanity’s
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