We have found the one...

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

- John 1:45

Hearing this at church this morning, it just hit me how mind-blowing that would have been. Living in a religious tradition that had all these prophecies about a coming Messiah who would bring the Kingdom of God to the earth... and then to actually have Him come in your lifetime. And to see the unfolding of the many, many Old Testament prophecies that Jesus fulfilled during His time down here? That would have been the coolest. I love being able to read about this all in the Bible now, but it opens up an entirely new way of reading the Gospels when I think about the surprise that all of this would have been for Jesus' first followers and the awe they must have had that the Messiah was finally here!