God sets the appointed time for all things to occur. The wisdom of king Solomon declared:
Eccl 3:1, There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--
God has set the time of our salvation.
In an exact moment in history, He sent a Saviour. As He said He would through His prophets. That time came. That time is here; that time is now.
The apostle Paul declared it by quoting Isaiah:
2 Cor 6:2, for He says, "At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you"; behold, now is "the acceptable time," behold, now is "the day of salvation"—
The time in which God would send His Son, our Saviour, had to be a time – a precise time – in which the convergence of so many factors coming together all at once could not be argued.
1. Alexander the Great made the language common throughout the civilized world at the time.
2. A governance by Roman rule that would afford peace (pax romana).
3. Roman government made travel free, rapid and secure through a network of roads and byways.
4. The Jews were scattered across the globe through Dispersion by enemies over hundreds of years previous. Acquainted with the promises and looking for the Messiah, had they embraced Him, they would have served as apostles, zealous and devoted missionaries through numerous synagogues.
But most importantly, the One who comes at that precise moment in history would also:
1) have to be the One the prophets spoke of. 2) He would have to be a descendant of David. And, 3) He would have to be declared the Son of God by the Father.
Jesus Christ fit all of the OT criteria for Messiah perfectly.
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