Chris Wright Salvation Belongs to our God is a book that used Rev 7:9-10 as the key to open the big story of the bible, or perhaps the big story of God's mission.
This is an excellent book and I would commend it to any Christian who is willing to do some serious thinking and bible reading to understand better the salvation that belongs to our God.
Chris Wright offers, in chapter 1, a very helpful overview of the use of 'salvation' words in both OT and NT, leaving us with a much bigger view of salvation than merely 'the forgiveness of my sins', although salvation is not less than this it is much more.
Salvation is then set in the context of God's unique identity, his covenant blessing and story and our experience of salvation.
The longest chapter in the book is on Salvation and the sovereignty of God, this is a chapter that will repay serious study and re reading. Wright sets all the nations under the sovereignty of God and therefore in need of the message of God's salvation. Wright tackles the question of the destiny of the unevangelised by asking 'do we need to know of God's salvation and our part in it before God can save us?' I would rephrase - are we saved by the knowledge of salvation or by the work of Christ on the cross? If the latter then how does this impact our thinking about those who have never heard the gospel? Clearly a sovereign God can choose to save anyone, even if they have not heard the gospel. This however does not reduce the urgency of our need to tell the world of God's salvation.
Once again, thanks to Chris Wright for this helpful and timely book.
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