The LORD uses leaders to deal with threats to the welfare of his people, and he is the God who delivers them.
In a second vision, Daniel saw into the future when the Jews would need to remain faithful under terrible persecution.
The rejection of Jesus by many Israelites is God‘s plan for the salvation of the nations, and even of Israel itself.
In his greeting, Paul previewed coming attractions in the rest of the letter, including the main event of Christ’s humiliation and exaltation.
