LC: Long catechism
Bible Characters as Unwitting Participants in God’s Grand Narrative
“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, like rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.” (Proverbs 21:1)
At first glance, the Bible appears to be a collection of historical accounts—stories of kings, prophets, and ordinary people navigating life in their own time. But a deeper look reveals something profound: these individuals were unknowingly acting out a divine script, a narrative authored by God long before they were born.
A modern analogy would be Live Action Role Play (LARP)—where participants believe they are simply playing their roles, but in reality, they are part of a much larger story. The key difference is that the Bible’s figures were not consciously acting out a script; they lived freely, making real choices, yet their lives unfolded precisely according to a hidden, prophetic design.
God orchestrated events, not by overriding free will, but by weaving human decisions into His divine purpose. Every choice, every action—whether righteous or rebellious—was folded into a larger message that pointed to Christ. The Old Testament not only records history but also encodes prophecy, as real people unknowingly foreshadowed the greater story of redemption.
This is why the Bible is not just history—it is revelation.
It is God’s invisible authorship working through real lives, ensuring that everything He needed to declare was lived out before it was ever written down; then written down to be lived out.
