A History of the Work of Redemption

A History of the Work of Redemption is what Edwards called 'a great work.' This seems to be out of character. For he was known to be a very humble man. He probably meant that this was to be the sum of all his work, or that the topic of his work was great. He wrote it just before he died. And this work was used greatly of God.... In a world that is loosing it's foundations, we should be building foundations from the entirety of the scripture and also the glorious gospel of our Lord.

Here is what Edwards say about his History.

"But beside these, I have had on my mind and heart (which I long ago began, not with any view to publication) a great work, which I call a History of the Work of Redemption, a body of divinity in an entire new method, being thrown into a form of a history, considering the affair of Christian Theology, as the whole of it, in each part, stands in reference to the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ; which I suppose to be, of all others, the grand design of God, and the summum and ultimum of all the divine operations and decrees; particularly considering all parts of the grand scheme, in their historical order.- The order of their existence, or their being brought forth to view, in the course of divine dispensations or the wonderful series of successive acts and events; beginning from eternity, and descending from thence to the great work and successive dispensations of the infinitely wise God, in time, considering the chief events coming to pass in the church of God, and the revolutions of mankind, affecting the state of the church and the affair of redemption, with we have an account of in history or prophecy; till at last, we come to the general resurrection, last judgement, and consummation of all things; when it shall be said, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End.-"

Jonathan Edwards

Please read it. A History of the Work of Redemption

'And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.' Luke 24:25-27