Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. (1 Peter 1:10-12 ESV)
Peter is here talking about the Old Testament prophets who long to understand what God was doing in bringing His grace. They only had bits and pieces of God’s plan. Even thought they did prophesy about Christ, even his suffering and death, there was still a veil over the fullness of what God was doing.
One of the points of our passage is that we now have the good news preached to us. We see clearly from the scriptures how God has saved us in Christ. We should seek to understand this because it has been reveled to us clearly now in Jesus Christ.
Application: Realize how blessed you are that you have the good news of Christ. You live in the light of Christ, whereas the Old Testament saints only had a dim light. These saints longed to know Christ, now that we have Christ we should long to know our salvation! We should long to understand who Christ is and what he has done for us, knowing that this will change our lives!
