Sunday reading: Verdict reversed

This week, Stott leads us to reflect on the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Sunday's reading led me to think that even with all the scriptural references in the old testament of the Savior, people really didn't know who or what to expect. It seems that only in hindsight after the death and resurrection of Jesus that all those references came together like pieces of a puzzle to reveal and confirm Jesus as " Son of God and Savior".
There are countless scriptural references pointing to the coming of the Messiah. Isaiah 53 gives us a glimpse of what the Savior would be like"...He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,...He was despised and rejected by men,....But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities...." Micah 5:2 even points ahead to where the "ruler over Israel" would be born. Jesus Himself gives a reference back to Moses on how he lifted up the snake to save those who would only believe and look up to it. Jesus said" Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life". Yet, no one was able to figure out who this Savior would be and how He would "save" Israel. Even His own disciples doubted and stumbled over their own lack of understanding.
Even Simeon who held baby Jesus in his arms and worshiped God for allowing his eyes to behold the Savior- could he have known that the baby Jesus would grow up to be crucified then resurrected from the dead? Perhaps the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was a thought that was too lofty and too high for any human mind to grasp. And yet, as Stott stated, it is by resurrecting Jesus Christ from the dead, God "validated Him as truly the Son of God and Savior".
And now, it is for us to fully realize who Christ is and what He has come to do in our lives and through our lives. We as believers are the ones to whom the "arm of the LORD has been revealed" We too have heard and read from the scriptures what the disciples have witnessed as the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Do we fully understand and believe?
Perhaps by meditating on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ- the full meaning and significance, we too can have any false notions or misunderstanding of Jesus Christ "reversed" in our lives. And by getting to know better the "true Son of God and Savior", we can better worship Him, fellowship with Him, better Love Him.