The Eternal Purpose of Creation !

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Why Adam must sin !

Adam must sin for the simple fact that this World was Created for a Redemptive Purpose in Christ Jesus, Its called the Eternal Purpose in Christ Jesus Eph 3:11

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

In this, everything was made or created for Christ Jesus Per Col 1:16

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

Adam was Created for Him, Jesus Christ was the First and Primary cause why Adam was Created.

Again not only was all things made by but for Him, the Earth was Established and founded in Wisdom Prov 3:19

The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Christ is the Power and Wisdom of God 1 Cor 1:24

24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

When Adam was formed and placed in the Earth, it was Very Good, for he was made according to the Infinite Wisdom of God and in the best possible state in execution for the accomplishment of the Work of Redemption Christ was set up unto from Eternity, Christ had an Eye to that in these Words leading to the Cross Jn 17:4

4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

The Earth here is that same one of Prov 3:19

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

That Work that the Father gave Him to do was that of Redemption, for Redemption and Wisdom go together 1 Cor 1:30

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

When God finished Creation Gen 1-2, hence all things had been made in the best possible state that Divine Wisdom could contrive, to expedite the Cross Work of the Lord Jesus Christ;

And so all men in Adam from the very beginning were made for Jesus Christ and a Redemptive Purpose that would magnify the Grace and Wisdom of God Eph 2:7

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Eph 3:8-11

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

You see that in Eph 3:8 ? In Adam's Creation God had an Eye to the Preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles of the Unsearchable Riches of Christ !

 

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Why Adam must sin ! 2

Adam must sin according to being made for the Lord Jesus Christ and His Eternal Purpose of Redemption, for all things, including Adam and those in him were made by and for the Lord Jesus Christ Col 1:16 !

Also according to the Divine Purpose Adam must be given a Law in order for him to Transgress the Command of God, for if he would have obeyed the law or command, then that would have been counter to God's Purpose in Christ, whereas Christ had already been constituted the Lamb slain from the foundation Rev 13:8

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Also 1 Pet 1:18-20

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Yes, the Redeeming blood of Christ was foreordained before the foundation, hence before Adam was Created, who can deny that ?

If Adam would have rendered perfect obedience and gained Eternal Life, that would have defeated the Eternal Purpose of creating all things for Jesus Christ.

Scripture does declare that Christ was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, before it began, and that all things were made by Him and for Him Col 1:16 as He was before all things Col 1:17, then all things were made by Him and for Him in that Capacity of being slain before the foundation !

Thats why Adam must sin, and transgress the Law of God, for in the Eternal Purpose of God, He had already been wounded for our transgressions Isa 53:5

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

The wounded for our transgressions is the same as the being the slain Lamb from the foundation ! 5

 

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Did God really want Adam to obey ?

Did God really want Adam to obey that command found in Gen 2:17 ? Lets read Gen 2:16-17

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

I don't believe it was God's Purpose nor design in giving adam that command, for him to render explicit obedience to it , for if He did, then Adam's inclination proved greater than God's Purpose, which would contradict a scripture such as Prov 19:21

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

The word devises, the heb word is Machashabah and means:

thought, device thought
device, plan, purpose
invention ,schemes NASB

So if it was really God's Purpose and design for adam not to sin by eating of that tree, then adam's desire and the serpents evil scheme proved Greater than God's Purpose and overcame it !

Now such a thought cannot even begin to be entertained for one second to a heart that Truly knows the True God, and Fears Him with Holy Reverence !

Nor was it God's purpose and design in commanding Abraham to sacrifice Isaac his Son, to the point of death, even though Abraham may have perceived it that way, however God's Purpose was made manifest when at the very point Abraham was to deliver the fatal blow, An Angel halted him ! 6

 

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If adam had not sinned, and he and his posterity in him could have gained the eternal inheritance by his obedience to the covenant of works he was under Hosea 6:7, then the Glory of Eternal Life and Inheritance had gone to Adam and Not Jesus Christ, it could read Rom 6:23b " The Gift of God is Eternal Life through Adam our father "

 

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God Created Evil, even Moral Evil !

Isa 45:7

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.


God Created Evil, even Moral evil, for the word here for evil, the hebrew rah means:

I.bad, evil
A.
bad, disagreeable, malignant

B.
bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

C.
evil, displeasing

D.
bad (of its kind - land, water, etc)

E.
bad (of value)

F.
worse than, worst (comparison)

G.
sad, unhappy

H.
evil (hurtful)

I.
bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

J.
bad, evil, wicked (ethically)
i.
in general, of persons, of thoughts

ii.
deeds, actions=Evil deeds or actions

I already know that the athiest in heart cannot receive this Truth, but i will testify to it anyway !

Now God being the Creator of moral evil, is not to say He is the actual doer of the evil, but the first causer of the doer of the evil, for His Purpose Prov 16:4

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

It is a plain declaration here that God made the wicked, the word for wicked is rasha` :

I.wicked, criminal
A.
guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)

B.
wicked (hostile to God)

C.
wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)


The word make means to produce, create , to ordain ! The wicked, they were for His Purpose !

This world was Created, Made for a God Glorifying Redemptive Purpose in Christ Jesus Eph 3:9-11

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

This purpose originated from within God's Own Wisdom Eph 3:10

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

God did not have to consult His creature and their actions to gain His Wisdom, the though is Blasphemous !

 

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God Created Evil, even Moral Evil ! 2

1 Pet 1:20

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

When was Christ foreordained according to this verse ? Was it after or before the Creation of the World ?

The word foreordained proginōskō :

I.
to have knowledge before hand

II.
to foreknow
A.
of those whom God elected to salvation


III.
to predestinate

Christ could not have been foreknown, predestinated to be manifested to take away the sins of God's Elect by the sacrifice of Himself had not Moral Evil within God's Own Purpose had been so determined by Him ! He was setup for this in the Eternal Purpose from Everlasting Prov 8:22-23

22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Thats what it means by Peters 1 Pet 1:20

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Also predicting the same Micah 5:2

2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Meaning the predestination of His being manifested in time to be the Elects Redeemer, this has been from Everlasting !

2 Tim 1:9-10

9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

God's Eternal Purpose consisted in an engagement with His Mediator Son, is evident that Moral Evil was according to His Eternal Purpose Acts 2:23

23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

The wicked hands were made by God for the day of evil Prov 16:4

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Those wicked hands was Moral Evil, made to bring to past to fulfill God's Purpose in Christ to be slain Rev 13:8

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

So Moral evil was not an accident, or reluctantly allowed, but purposed and calculated for God's Own Glory in Christ. You see, sin and or moral evil could not have had any existence in God's World, if it would have been in the least contrary to His Purpose and Will, and so its reality must be the result of God's Own Sovereign predeterminate counsel ! 7

 

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God purposes our immorality !

Not only did God create moral evil for His Eternal Purpose in Christ as stated in Isa 45:7

7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

Prov 16:4

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The wicked, the word rasha` :

I.wicked, criminal
A.
guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst)

B.
wicked (hostile to God)

C.
wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

God made the wicked, the one hostile to God, satan and his seed, for His Purpose !

Now not only that, He also by His Sovereign Power causes men to sin, to be guilty and culpable of sin,

He causes men to act immoral against His Moral Perfections, so He can justly and deservedly punish them for their evil deeds !

We read of Eli's sons 1 Sam 2:22-25

22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress.

25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

Their immorality with the women was purposed and decreed by God because God determined already to to slay them. Thats why they did not listen to their fathers counsel and warning for their immoral and criminal conduct !

If God wanted to, He could have prevented the sons from sinning against Him Gen 20:6

6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.


But He decreed and purposed for the sons to act lewdly with the women so He could put them to death justly and He was not at fault or unjust !

 

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God purposes our immorality !2

Also we can recall the moral evil of absalom and his lewd conduct that was ordained by God; The sacred story is recorded here 2 Sam 13:1-18 and notice Vs 14:

14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

he raped her, and God's will ordained and purposed it and energized him through his corrupt nature to do it and to be guilty of it. So does God's Purpose CAUSE the moral evil of rape and incest ? YES ! For absaloms rape and incest was one of the results of this Divine Promise 2 Sam 12:11-12

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

Also see 2 Sam 16:21-22

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Furthermore absalom was guilty of moral evil when he went into his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel ! Now according to scripture who ordained, determined that he do this moral evil ? Was he not but fulfilling the Purpose of God in this ? Again 2 Sam 12:11

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

God is taking full credit for this immoral behaviour being done by absalom !

 

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God purposes our immorality ! 3

Again, David numbering of the people was a terrible , bad and immoral before God, and yet who determined that he should do it according to 2 Sam 24:1,10

1 And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

That word moved in Vs 1 is the word cuwth and means:

I.to incite, allure, instigate, entice
A.
(Hiphil)
i.
to incite (to a request)

ii.
to allure, lure

iii.
to instigate (bad sense)

God instigated that David do what David would later confess as this 2 Sam 24:10

10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

I know some will quote 1 Chron 21:1

And Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to number Israel.

Yes that is also true, however satan can only carry out what God had purposed for David to do. Like with Job, it was God who iniated satans leave to attack Job, for the sacred record tells us Job 1:1-8

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she *****, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Clearly from the sacred text The Lord instigated the whole matter with Job, satan was merely a secondary cause and participant !

Even the wise God fearing Job knew that the evil conduct of the thieves and robbers and murderers were from God, listen to him here afterwards of the first attack of satan Job 1:20-22

20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Why dont you think Job did not say the Lord giveth but the Sabeans hath taken away Job 1:15

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Or why did not Job blame the sabeans for the murder of the servants ? Was not their being slain a violation of this commandment Ex 20:13

13 Thou shalt not kill.

Yet it was the Lord that instigated their murder by the sabeans for His Purpose !

So satan in 1 Chron 21:1 is merely a secondary cause carrying out the Sovereign Will of the The First and primary Cause of Davids sin he did 2 Sam 24:1,10 ! 8

 

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These things God caused !

Bearing false witness and all kinds of lying is immoral behaviour, in fact it is stated about all liars Rev 21:8

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. So its without a doubt an moral evil, yet we read in 1 Kings 22:23

23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

Notice Precisely that The Lord put the lying spirit in the mouth of those prophets, He is the First Cause of their lying, and He will be Just in punishing them along with therse Liars in that Great Day Rev 21:8

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Also hate is immoral, it even causes some to be called a murderer 1 Jn 3:15

15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

But yet the sacred record informs us of this Ps 105:25

25 He [God] turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

Who is going to lie that this scriptures testifies to the fact that God is responsible for turning these peoples hearts to hate His People and to deal subtilly with them ! The word subtilly means I.to be deceitful, be crafty, be knavish

 

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God purposely hardens men's heart to punish them!


God intentionally makes men's hearts hearts obstinate as like Rom 2:5 in conformity to His Purpose, to justly punish them or destroy them Deut 2:30

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

Notice carefully it reads that God "made his heart obstinate" That word for heart means:

I.inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding

So much for freewill !

To make obstinate, to make firmly stubborn, and its the description that fits the definition of here of what Paul wrote Rom 2:5

5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

That word hardness sklērotēs means I.
hardness

II.
obstinacy, stubbornness

Remember what 1 Sam 15:23 says

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

God purposely hardens men into idolatry and then Justly condemns them to hell for it Rev 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 8

 

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God purposely hardens mens heart to punish them! 2

And God is said to actively harden and make stubborn the heart of sihon, that he and his might be smited or destroyed. That also is what is meant that God fits men [the vessels of wrath] for destruction Rom 9:22

22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

That word fitted as in fitted to destruction, is the greek word katartizo :

I.to render, i.e. to fit, sound, complete
A.
to mend (what has been broken or rent), to repair
i.
to complete


B.
to fit out, equip, put in order, arrange, adjust
i.
to fit or frame for one's self, prepare

a) I fit (join) together; met: I compact together, (b) act. and mid: I prepare, perfect, for his (its) full destination or use, bring into its proper condition (whether for the first time, or after a lapse).


C.
ethically: to strengthen, perfect, complete, make one what he ought to be

It is said to mean:

of men whose souls God has so constituted that they cannot escape destruction

Like as when Jesus said to these men Matt 23:32-33

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

And that word katartizó is in the perfect tense, passive and middle voice, and its in the passive first because it is God being the one in control fitting them for destruction because He made them vessels of wrath, and even though they are said to fit themselves also [middle voice] for destruction, thats because they cannot but conform to God's decretive will for them, of Him fitting them for destruction, and the point of the Apostle is that God is being the active Author of them being fitted for destruction, because Paul is only elucidating what he began saying in Vs 18 Rom 9:18

18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

That God hardens or makes obstinate whom He wills or purpose to, God hardens is in the present active indicative !

 

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God made us sin /err from His way or ways !

Isa 63:17

17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

That word err means :

I.to err, wander, go astray, stagger
A.
(Qal) to err
i.
to wander about (physically)

ii.
of intoxication

iii.
of sin (ethically)

iv.
wandering (of the mind)


B.
(Niphal)
i.
to be made to wander about, be made to stagger (drunkard)

ii.
to be led astray (ethically)


C.
(Hiphil) to cause to wander
i.
to cause to wander about (physically)

ii.
to cause to wander (of intoxication)

iii.
to cause to err, mislead (mentally and morally)

The same word used here

Ps 95:10

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Ps 119:76

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Now this scripture Isa 63:17 informs us that God is acknowledged as the First Cause of men sinning against Him, that it is He that Purposed it, as with man in Adam, Paul writes Rom 8:20

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

That word vanity means :

I.
what is devoid of truth and appropriateness

II.
perverseness, depravity

III.
frailty, want of vigour

Perverseness is:

turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.

God because of His Eternal Purpose in Christ is the First Cause of men in Adam wandering from Him as sheep both mentally and morally Isa 53:6

6 All we like sheep have gone astray or err; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

And so it was with Adam and Eve and the serpent, for God purposely did not create adam and eve with the moral rectitude to withstand the subtle temptation of the serpent, because it was not His Purpose to, for He could have if He had purposed it for His Glory.

The writer of Isa 63:17 knew and understood that walking in the good ways of God Prov 2:20 ;Hos 14:9 and in His fear, was not a matter of mans freewill decesion as many idolators do and believe today !

For the language of Isa 63:17 is strong and cannot be gainsaid, but God is acknowledged as being the First Cause, that He is causative of their going astray, their wandering out of the way, He MADE them to err, and yet He has every right to hold them accountable for the same ! They acknowledged that it was all of the Sovereign Yaweh that made their hearts hard, or hardened their hearts, made them stubborn, for that is not unusual for God to do, there is Pharoah in Ex 4 and Joshua 11:20

20 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Its also of the Lord in our day, being the First Cause that men believe a lie instead of the Truth 2 Thess 2:11,12

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Oh what terrible things of Righteousness ! 8

 

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God determines disobedience to the Gospel !

Rom 10:16

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

2 Thess 1:8

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Pet 4:17

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Disobedience to Faith in Christ, The Gospel, or the Word , and as immoral as it is, Yet God determined it to be so for many. That was the indication here Lk 2:34

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

That word set is the greek word keimai and means:

A.to be (by God's intent) set, i.e. destined, appointed

He was destined, appointed to be the fall of many in Israel, National, that word fall means:

B.metaph. to fall under judgment, came under condemnation ,vi.to fall out, fall from i.e. shall perish or be lost

Jesus said that one of His Purposes of coming to national Israel was for Judgment and to blind Jn 9:39

39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

That would be the jews who had been given the Law of Moses. This also means that when it is stated that Israel shall be saved in the Lord Isa 45:17 and that all Israel shall be saved Rom 11:26 it was not talking about all ethnic jews of Abraham's physical descendants !

So God has determined that disobedience to the Gospel would be the appointed lot of many people, and again Peter teaches that here 1 Pet 2:8

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. Confirming Lk 2:34 !

This disobedience is their unbelief that God would cut them off for Rom 11:20-22

20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

The word fell here is the same word for fall in Lk 2:34, So Gods severity on them was set Lk 2:34 to be (by God's intent) set, i.e. destined, appointed

This disobedience was to be opposition to the Gospel as Paul as saul acted 1 Tim 1:13

13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Unbelief is the symptom of an evil heart Heb 3:10-12

10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Notice Vs 10 " They do err in their heart " Does God cause that ? Isa 63 :17

17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

If we are Believers of the True Gospel, God caused and determined it, If we are disobedient and contrary to the True Gospel, God caused and determined that also ! 8

 

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To make His Power known !

One of the purposes of creation, and particular of God's creature man, especially the non elect whom He created for destruction, was to make His Power known, for we read in this context Rom 9:17-22

17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

This means that God purposed this situation, to make His Power or Sovereignty and Dominion over the hearts of men known, which is an irresistible power; and that his readers were to understand it that way is clear from the anticipated response to this hard Truth of God now revealed for read Vs 19

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

Here is the reasoning, Now if God does exercises such irresistible power over men and their actions, then how can He justly find fault or culpability in them ?? For after all, they are only doing what His Sovereign government over them dictates for them to do , for they really had no freewill choice to do or not to do ! The ways of God here revealed to man by Paul is unfair, not just, not equal Ezk 18:25, but Paul replies in Vs 20

20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Basically Paul is saying here, so what of what you think of this matter, For God has a unequivocal right to do as He so pleases with His creature man, for man is but a puppet to God, and what i mean by that word puppet is this:

That all men without exception, that all of our actions are prompted, induced and under the control of God's Power, to fulfill His Own Purpose and good pleasure ! This is fundamental of God in making His Power known, oh how our hearts should bow before Him in this matter ! 8

 

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Yes man sins willingly by the decree of God !

When man sins, beginning with adam, yes he sins willingly or consentingly in that which God so determined he would sin willingly in ! So God's Sovereign Decree of determination has predetermined what man can willingly do or not do, if a man commits incest, he did it willingly according to his corrupt sinful nature, by the determinate will and purpose of God, which means this, if it had not been for God's Sovereign determination of it, the mans willful and sinful act of incest would not came about, could not have come to past. You see its like this Ps 76:10

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

Mans wrath is just another passion of the flesh James 1:20

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

Gal 5:19-20

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

That word restrain in Ps 76:10 it is the hebrew word chagar :

I.to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt

To gird something is to hem it in, it also means to guard, to restrict !

Spurgeon comments on the verse :

The verse clearly teaches that even the most rampant evil is under the control of the Lord, and will in the end be overruled for his praise.

Back to the point, Yes man is a free agent being being, BUT it is free only within the scope of fulfilling God's counsels and purposes Eph 1:11

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

God has already determined what man can or cannot do with his free agency, and whatsover God has determined, mans free agency conforms to it willingly and responsibly ! 9

 

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Thou hast created all things, for thy pleasure !


Rev 4:11

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

By this we know and understand that God in His Purpose is the First Cause of sin, for He is the First cause of Lucifer and Adam, both of them being Created for His Pleasure ! That word pleasure is the greek word thelēma:

I.
what one wishes or has determined shall be done
A.
of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ

B.
of what God wishes to be done by us
i.
commands, precepts



II.
will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure

The Angels, and Man, the Earth / World even were Created for an Eternal Purpose in Christ Jesus Eph 3:9-11, a Purpose whereby God would bless Man through Jesus Christ, this was an Redemptive Purpose or an Soteriological Purpose, meaning it entailed Salvation and or Redemption from sin for the Glorifying of God's Mercy/ Grace and Justice !

It involved the Pleasure of the Lord spoken of here Isa 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Yes, this pleasure of the Lord is the same as the pleasure of the Lord in Rev 4:11 !

Isa 53:10 is speaking of Christ, and this World was Created for Him to carry out and execute the Purpose and pleasure of God !

The word pleasure in Isa 53:10 also means Purpose, of which it is translated so here Ecc 3:1,17

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work

The wicked and the Righteous were Created for the Purpose of God in Judgment ! Prov 16:4

4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

The day of evil here can also refer to the day of Judgment and wrath for the wicked at the Judgment ! The day of their calamity !

Both Rev 4:11 and Isa 53:10 are speaking within the context and relation of Redemption !

This Purpose of the pleasure of the Lord prospering in the Hand of Christ, after His Soul being made an offering for sin Isa 53:10

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

This was foreordained before the world began 1 Pet 1:20

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

Now to see this, and still deny that sin was Created by God's Purpose for the Eternal Purpose of Christ and His Pleasure, is tantamount to atheism, that there is no God, to show such disregard and contempt to His revealed Eternal Purpose in scripture through Christ Jesus !

 

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Creation of Angels prove it !


Now that this world was Created for a Redemptive / Salvation from sin purpose, it is seen in that it was the purpose why some of the Angels were Created, for they are included in the all things here Col 1:16

16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

In scripture principalities, powers are known to include Angels ! And we know that Angels were Created for an Soteriological Purpose involving the Heirs of Salvation Heb 1:13-14

13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

The Heirs of Salvation, for the very word Salvation means:

Saving from Sin Matt 1:21

21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Isa 45:17

17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

The Angels were Created for that Purpose ! And so, also was Adam Created for that purpose, subservient to it, and men in him, now who can disagree with this ? 9

 

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Sin Essential to God's Purpose in Christ !

In God being the First cause of sin into His World/ Creation, He by His Wisdom, deemed it essential for His Own Glory, and the accomplishment of His Eternal Purpose in Christ Jesus Eph 3:8-11

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Even Christ desired and anticipated the Glory and Joy that was to follow His death of redemption for sin, for which He came into the world Heb 12:2

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

When was this Joy set before Him ? We believe before the foundation Prov 8:31

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights/joy were with the sons of men.

1 Pet 1:11

11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

For these things were set before and appointed the Son of God in the Eternal Counsels before the world began, so it should be quite obvious the world began in order to accomplish the Eternal Purpose in Christ, and hence sin was essential to that Purpose ! 9

 

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That God is the First and Primary cause of the evil in our hearts is perceived by the godly david, for his prayer here indicates that Ps 141:4

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

The word incline here means:

iii.to bend, turn, incline

Or Ps 119:36

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

And coveteousness is Idolatry Col 3:5

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

And the psalmist prays, to God not to incline his heart to coveteouness which is idolatry !

These verses also show that the truly godly do not believe in freewill of man ! The corruptions of mens hearts are under the government of God's purpose, along with any that may entice them; which goes for the devil, our own evil nature such as James 1:13 ; the originating cause of all evil, to include moral evil, is the will , purpose, or predetermined counsel of God !

God is said to be the doer of the evil, even when subordinate causes were employed by Him, such as in the case with the godly Job, and what saith he to his desponded wife, as evil prevailed in their life ? Job 2:10

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Now the word for evil here is the same as that in Isa 45:7 ! Now part of that evil that Job acknowledges as being directly from the Hand of God was ethical and moral evil ! Was not the thieving of his cattle and murder of his servants by the sabeans morally evil of them as per Job 1:14-15

14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the ***** feeding beside them:

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Thats Two violations of God's Moral Law Ex 20:13,15

13 Thou shalt not kill.

15 Thou shalt not steal.

And yet Job acknowledges that God was the first cause of those men doing that evil against Him, He actually said God was the doer of the evil !

Job 2:10

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Why didnt he say that they received evil from the hand of the devil or from the hands of the sabeans ?