Salvation history
Salvation history (Germ., Heilsgeschichte). In Christian theology, the history of God's saving work among men and women. More usually it is supposed to denote a distinctive concept in the Bible itself, according to which God is essentially one who acts in history, and Christ is the midpoint of a continuum from creation to consummation.
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