Post 8 Chess Analogy

I am not a chess master. I just like to play. The world is not a chess board but there is a comparison to be made. Over the centuries there have been moves made among humanity. We know God can see the end as well as He can see the beginning, so the ending is not in doubt. There being a spiritual world and a physical world, the spiritual manifestation on earth is visible to us only in the physical sense. We have glimpses of the spiritual but we are limited by our physical abilities.

Look back through the pages of biblical history from where we are today and the moves and counter moves can be seen. God creates a perfect world and Satan brings sin to mankind causing corruption. The couple are blessed with children and one rises up against the other. Sin corrupts the world and Noah builds an ark. The world gets a new start but sin still remains in the nature of man. A nation with promise is formed. The nation Israel. Trouble comes to them in slavery but eventually arrive in the promise land after many moves and counter moves along the way. All through the process the impossible is brought to pass. Finally, it seems the plan of the master is stopped when the leader of the nation is killed on a cross. Then, on the third day the man Jesus rises from the dead and sets off another kingdom within the hearts of believers. Now there is the physical nation of promise and the spiritual kingdom of promise. Who would have thought, way back when, that there was any other plan than to raise up a king more powerful than David and wiser than Solomon to sit on the throne in Jerusalem. That is part of the plan but first He choose to go to the uttermost parts of the earth. I am so glad He did. To read the plan for the end read the entire book of Revelation. You can study it in conjunction with Daniel.