He was loyal in the books, and
certainly fulfilled a purpose which I think could be one of the things you're describing — a stereotype going back to any number of white hero - Asian driver, servant.
She was
certainly fulfilling her purpose, even though the circumstances were tough.
Not exact matches
And do observe in Ezekiel that (1) Yahweh's ways, if sometimes unfathomable, are deemed to be just and right; (2) history, even in its anguish, is interpreted in terms of Yahweh's concerned, purposeful impingement upon it; (3) Yahweh's ultimate
purpose is confidently assumed to be redemptive — to recreate by resurrection a people who will be his people and (
certainly implicitly) will yet
fulfill themselves as his people; and (4) the bold faith that despite any appearances to the contrary, the Word of Yahweh is accomplishing itself and can not in any future be thwarted.
That Jesus died nobly or showed confidence in God are historical statements, subject to the vicissitudes of historical research, but that his death
fulfilled the
purpose of God in regard to «my sins» is
certainly not such a statement, and it lies beyond the power of the historian even to consider it, even though, as a Christian, he might believe it.
That's generally the rule, anyway,
certainly for spacecraft that have
fulfilled their
purpose and have no way to stay in orbit.