1 Peter: Our Glorious Salvation, Part II

In 1 Peter 1:10-12, Peter gives us five Christ-centered facts about our salvation to help us appreciate its glory. We’re on Fact Two:

THE PROPHETS EAGERLY INVESTIGATED IT.

1 Peter 1:10-11 …the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating…

Publishers know that one of the best ways to advertise the worth of a new book is to secure a few key endorsements from well-known people. My copy of Steven Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has no summary or extract on the back cover. It’s nothing but endorsements. The same is true of the front and back flyleaves. The book is literally covered with accolades from noteworthy people. It continues inside, where the first seven pages are endorsements, even before the title page.

Peter is using that same principle of endorsement here. The OT prophets didn’t just write about our salvation, close the book, and walk away. They “searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit was indicating.” They searched and studied, but it’s not just because these were bookish old men. They were excited about this subject, and Peter highlights their eagerness and intensity.

We noted in last week’s post that Peter uses the term “the prophets” to refer to every writer of the OT. Abraham and Joseph and Moses and Joshua and David and Isaiah and all the others wanted a piece of this salvation. Jesus spoke similarly when He said:

Matthew 13:17 “Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

We learn the worth of our salvation from the eager curiosity of these holy men of old.

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