The Eternal Purpose of Creation !

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It was a Heavenly Kingdom

Matt 25:34

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Its the Kingdom the Apostle to the Gentiles writes of here 2 Tim 4:18

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Again this Kingdom is an Heavenly Kingdom, and Adam, man in Adam in their first beginning in the Garden before the fall, while yet having not sinned, even then was not fit for the Heavenly Kingdom, because Adam was naturally in his best estate but flesh and blood, whereas God had determined from the foundation this Grand Truth 1 Cor 15:50

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

That Kingdom that those on Christ Right Hand Inherit Matt 25:34

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Its the same Kingdom Paul says this about in 1 Cor 15:50

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Man in Adam was also Made subject to corruption and mortality, which disqualified Adam and his Seed to inherit the Kingdom that was prepared for some from the foundation !

Only those who were to be Born Again from incorruptible Seed, were to inherit the Kingdom prepared from the foundation Matt 25:34 !13

 

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Now because it was an Heavenly Kingdom, the Elect of God, the Heirs of God, in their natural head Adam, had not yet been made meet for the Eternal Kingdom of God, which God had prepared for them from the foundation Matt 25:34

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

But in Adam they were only made flesh and blood, as stated in Heb 2:14

14 Forasmuch then as the children[heirs Rom 8:16-17] are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Now being in Adam, and in him only natural flesh and blood, they were not yet prepared or made meet for that Glorious Inheritance they were to Inherit. No they would only be made prepared for it through Union with Christ, the Adam from Heaven 1 Cor 15:47

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Their Heirship to the Heavenly Kingdom came not because of their natural union with adam at creation, but because of a Eternal Union in Christ before the foundation of Creation. They were in Christ before being in adam, and by their Election in Christ prior, they were Heirs of God and Joint Heirs with Christ Rom 8:17

17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

It was always a necessity for the Heirs to be redeemed by Christ to fit them for their Heavenly Heirship !

 

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Because Predestinated to the Adoption of Sons !

We know this World was Created for a Redemptive Purpose in Christ because of the end of Predestination. God before the foundation of the World had chosen a People in Christ unto the Adoption of Children/Sons [in time] Eph 1:3-5

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

BTW, only those who in Time receive the Adoption of Sons by the Spirit coming into them Rom 8:15-16

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Then they were not Chosen in Christ before the foundation as in Eph 1:4, .

Pay attention to Eph 1:5 for its in accordance to having been Chosen in Christ before the foundation in Vs 4, and only some were Predestinated to the Adoption of Children by Jesus Christ.

The word Children here are the greek words huiothesia one word is huios and primarily means a Son, and the other word is tithēmi and means to place, to set,

Its the Divine act in Time whereby God sends the Spirit of God into our hearts that we become the Manifested Sons of Adam Gal 4:6

6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

They were always secretly Sons of God because of their Election Union in Christ, but its veiled by their natural connection with Earthy Adam.

This is also connected with their being being predestinated to be conformed to the Image of their Elder Brother, Gods Son, Jesus Christ Rom 8:29

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

This also means they were predestinated to be born again ! And the Adoption of Sons comes through Christ and His Redemptive Death Gal 3:13-14;Eph 1:7, So Redemption by His Blood was Predestinated before the foundation Eph 1:4 and Adam was Created under that Eternal Redemptive Purpose ! 13

 

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Eph 3:7-11

7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

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:

10T o 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:

Col 1:14-16

14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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:

The creation of the world was Soteriological and Redemptive for all intents and purposes..

Gen 1:1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

This is where God begins to manifest a Divine Eternal Purpose, which He eons afore time, purposed in Himself, the Triune God..

This Eternal Purpose was predicated upon God manifesting His redemptive [from sin] wisdom of His Chosen People, the Vessels of Mercy Rom 9:23..

Hence from all eternity God, That the world He created through Jesus Christ Eph 3:9 would be for the display of His manifold wisdom and grace in the redemption of Chosen lost sinners. Eph 3:10

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,

For the execution and accomplishment of this Eternal Purpose, God has sovereignly controlled the world from its beginning, and will continue until its consummation, and time will be no more.

All that happens in this world, mysteriously has Soteriological and or Redemptive meaning, that which is both good and evil is included. All has been ordained by God and serves to operate into the displaying the manifold Wisdom of God in the Salvation or Redemption of the Church and His Glorification Through Jesus Christ !

Yes it will always display that the Lamb is worthy!

 

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Yes it will always display that the Lamb is worthy!

That was the objective from Day 1 of Creation

 

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All things were made for Jesus Christ the Saviour !

There's no doubt that the Word of God teaches that all things created were so for Jesus Christ Col 1:15-16

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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/unto him:

This would include the Creation of Adam and Eve, man in Adam in the beginning , when God said Gen 1:26

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

It was for /unto Redemptive Glory in and through Jesus Christ. Now Col 1:14 is connected to Col 1:16-17, and so Man in Adam was Created for Redemption, Forgiveness of sins through Christ's Blood, for it was only through this means that Man would fulfill the God ordained purpose for his Creation, in being made in the Image and Likeness of God; For that could not have been accomplished or fulfilled in Adam in his flesh, seeing that at his best estate he was only natural, carnal, and mutable, none of which can constitute the True Image and Likeness of God, for it was always to be achieved through the Redemption in and through Christ Process.

So when God gave Adam the Command not to eat of that particular tree 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.

The Command was given in connection and subordinate to the Redemptive Purpose in Christ where Forgiveness of sins is appropriate Col 1:14

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Lets not forget that All things were Created for The Saviour/Redeemer Jesus Christ Col 1:16 in how He was to Glorify His Father upon the Earth Jn 17:4-5 , a Work given Him to do before the World began, and it had to do with Redemption through His Blood ! 13