Introduction to Old Testament History

By way of introduction, we may point out that it is certainly impossible to have a proper conception of either history in general or sacred history apart from the idea of God's providence and God's counsel. But we hasten to add that the purely formal idea that history is the working out of God's counsel, or that all history takes place according to the sovereign government of the Most High, is not adequate. For one thing, we may never separate in our minds the providence of God from the facts...