The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” Daniel 2:10-11
“With all due respect, it isn’t done that way, O King. Tell us the dream first, and then we’ll get back with you. Only the gods above could actually tell you what you dreamed, O King, and they aren’t anywhere around that we might inquire of them.”
You know where this is going. The Christian gospel that God—God—became a real man, and not only a man but a servant, and not only a servant but a sacrifice for the sins of mankind, is absolutely a unique idea in history.
It is news, good news that is too good to be true, except that it is…
