Guidance

The Holy Spirit guides the pathway of spiritual history. Over the centuries before Jesus arrived, the people following God knew they were sinful and needed cleansing and saving from an eternity away from God. However, the coming release from sin went further than humans. The whole creation suffers because of sin (Rom. 8:22-24), and even angels anticipated this wondrous event. "As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries,  seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.  It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things into which angels long to look." 1Peter 1:10-12 (NASB)