Abraham Park - God’s Profound and Mysterious Providence: As Revealed in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ From the Time of David to the Exile in Babylon

Gods Profound
and Mysterious
Providence

Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
Ask your father, and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.

Deuteronomy 32:7

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Contents

* E XCURSUS 1:

* E XCURSUS 2:

: The Transmission of Faith
and the Lamp of the Eternal Covenant

Professor Emeritus at Anyang University, Honorary Chairman of the Korean Archaeological Society

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

Recently, I received a mail from a pastor that I admire, Rev. Kang-Ro Lee (former moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Korea). It was a book about the genealogy of Jesus Christ, a common theme about which too many people have written. I did not even open the book and stuck it in a corner of my bookshelf.

Later, I was talking with my old acquaintance and he started to share with me about Rev. Abraham Parks books. Because I had no knowledge of Rev. Park nor had I read his books, I began to be curious about everything he was saying. He said that he had read a newspaper article, which motivated him to go buy and read his books. He is now waiting for the publication of the fourth book in the series.

Then, he urged me, the Old Testament scholar, to read those books. So, I took out his book and read it. In reading the book, I tried to understand the book from the perspective of the author, Rev. Park, who is a minister, and forego the various theories and perspectives proposed by contemporary theologians.

What struck me when I started reading the introduction was his testimony about spending years in a cave on Mt. Jiri in order to study and understand the Word of God. There, he read the Bible and every time he had a realization, he wrote it down on arrowroot leaves, which he bound together with bush-clover stems. These notes later became the sources for his books. I was touched by the fact that there still is a pastor in Korea who reveres and searches through the Word of God today because many Korean pastors these days do not research the Bible, even know how to study the Bible, deeply meditate upon the Word, nor have the zeal to wrestle with the Holy Scriptures for clearer understanding. Setting aside the content of the book, I believe that Rev. Parks sincere and earnest zeal for studying Gods Word sets an excellent example for our young pastors today.