day no. 17,177: world changes and Word keepers

“God raised up a ne’er-do-well tchotchke-maker to pave the way for a spiritually tortured monk, and his successors, to reclaim the word of God and reset the history of redemption.” —  Rick Segal, The Accidental Reformer

What Gutenberg meant for profit, God meant for prophets. Gutenberg meant to make some money and God used it to make disciples. As the Bible was rediscovered in the days of Josiah, it was rediscovered in the days of Luther. God preserved it and in plain sight and then provided a prophet to read it and a printing press to reproduce it. The history of redemption is always marked by a return to the Word of God. He keeps it safe in its purity and then unleashes it in its danger. God gives us world changers as He raises up Word keepers. The Word changes the world and it always will until the world is conformed to the commands of Christ and delivered by Him to His Father.