Prophecy

Luke 10:24 -- Blessed are the eyes that see the things you see; for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things you see, and have not seen it, and to hear the things you hear, and have not heard it.

Warning. Warning.
Harry Potter spoiler to follow.
Maybe.


Sometimes I wonder what it was like for the people of the Old Testament to know Jesus, to believe in Him, and yet not have the intellectual knowledge of how the Promise was going to pan out.

I'm not done with The Deathly Hallows yet. When my family was listening to Pastor Stuckwisch on the 7-29 radio program yesterday, I heard something while carrying a laundry basket through the room: Harry dies as he defeats Voldemort. My husband gasped and reached to shut down the volume before I heard any more secrets.

THAT was a secret?

C'mon, I knew THAT. I knew that from way back when I first starting reading the books (when #4 was newly published). I can't remember when I figured it out, but I know that I knew prior to finishing reading book #4.

I didn't know the details. I didn't know in which book it would happen. I didn't know that Dumbledore would die too. I didn't know whether Snape would turn out to be good or bad. But I knew the anointed one would give his life to defeat the evil one. And as I continue to read, the details continue to unfold.

And it crossed my mind: is this what it was like for the believers in the Old Testament? The slow revelation of details? But knowing all along the basic plan?