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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It was a Heavenly Kingdom 2

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

 

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In the day you eat, ye shall surely die !

Gen 2:17

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.

This surely dying God speaks of here is something already predetermined by the purpose of God to happen, its a sure thing. By this God had already determined that sin and death should enter the world for man Rom 5:12

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

The above wasn't by chance, mishap, accident, but deliberately purposed by God, it was according to the Eternal Purpose in Christ Jesus Eph 3:11

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

See, what God stated to Adam in Gen 2:17, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. it was based upon and according to His Eternal Purpose He purposed in Christ Jesus. The name Jesus:

Iēsoús – Jesus, the transliteration of the Hebrew term, 3091 /Lṓt ("Yehoshua"/Jehoshua, contracted to "Joshua") which means "Yahweh saves" (or "Yahweh is salvation").

His Name Jesus is related to Salvation, hence this world was Created, and Man for the Eternal Purpose of being Saved through Christ, from Sin and Death, caused by the sin of Adam.

Eph 3:9

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:

This is also the Mystery of Creation ! Created for an salvific Purpose in Christ Jesus !

 

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Christ was foreordained before the foundation of the world !

We know this World was Created for a Redemptive purpose in Christ because He was foreordained before the world began 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:


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


Now John Gill comments on Vs 20

Who verily was foreordained,.... Or "foreknown"; that is, by God; and which intends, not barely his prescience of Christ, of what he should be, do, and suffer; but such a previous knowledge of him, which is joined with love and affection to him; not merely as his own Son, and the express image of his person, but as Mediator; and whom he loved before the world was, and with a love of complacency and delight, and which will last for ever. It includes the choice of him as the head of the election, and the pre-ordination of his human nature, to the grace of union to his divine Person, and the pre-appointment of him to various things. The Syriac version adds, "to this"; that is, to be the lamb for a sacrifice, to be a propitiation for the sins of his people, to be the Saviour and Redeemer of them by his precious blood. The allusion is to the taking of the passover lamb from the sheep, or from the goats, and keeping it separate, from the tenth to the fourteenth day of the month, before it was slain; so Christ, as man, was chosen out from among the people; and as Joseph's antitype was separated from his brethren, and that before the foundation of the world; for all God's decrees and appointments, relating either to Christ, or his people, are eternal; no new thoughts, counsels, and resolutions, are taken up by him in time. The affair of redemption by Christ is no new thing; the scheme of it was drawn in eternity; the persons to be redeemed were fixed on; the Redeemer was appointed in the council and covenant of peace; and even the very Gospel which proclaims it was ordained before the world, for our glory. A Saviour was provided before sin was committed, and the method of man's recovery was settled before his ruin took place; and which was done without any regard to the works and merits of men, but is wholly owing to the free and sovereign grace of God, and to his everlasting love, both to the Redeemer and the redeemed. The Jews (h) reckon the name of the Messiah among the seven things that were created before the world was; in proof of which they mention, Psalm 72:17 but was manifest in these last times for you; he was before, he existed from everlasting; he lay in the bosom of his Father from all eternity: and was veiled and hid under the shadows of the ceremonial law, during the legal dispensation; but in the fulness of time was manifest in the flesh, and more clearly revealed in the Gospel, and to the souls of men; his manifestation in human nature is principally intended, and which was in the last times of the legal dispensation, at the end of the Jewish world or state, when a new world, or the world to come, took place. It is a rule with the Jews (i), that whenever the last days or times are mentioned, the times of the Messiah are designed: and this manifestation of Christ was for the sake of some particular persons, even for all God's elect, whether among Jews or Gentiles, and who are described in the following verse. The Alexandrian copy reads, "for us"; and the Ethiopic version, "for him",

So Adam must sin in accordance with this redemptive purpose ! 13

 

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Was Adam created by God in accordance with His Eternal Purpose in Christ?

Now scripture says this Ephesians 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:

Also speaking of Christ its written Col 1:16-17

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:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Now was Adam created for Him? Christ and His redeeming purpose?

God predetermined that His Elect vessels of mercy should fall in Adam! 14

 

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Everything God commanded of Adam and Eve at their Creation was in accordance to them being Created by and for Jesus Christ.

 

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Adam was created for an redemptive purpose, yes Adam and the vessels of mercy in him Rom 9:23

23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

A Glory only to be found in Christ Jesus, an Eternal Glory 2 Tim 2:10

10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

This Eternal Glory is in the relm of Salvation which is in Christ Jesus !

So God determined the fall and sin of His Own Elect in line with preparing them unto Glory. Man in Adam was made adapted to the redemptive death of Christ slain from the foundation of the world 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.

1 Pet 1:20

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

Foreordained before the foundation to redeem the elect by His Precious blood 1 Pet 1:18-19 !

This Eternal Glory they had been prepared for would come through Christ dying for their sins !

 

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2 Tim 1:9 shows the world was created for a salvation/redemptive purpose in Christ !

2 Tim 1:9

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

It is very apparent that Salvation Grace was given the Elect of God, in Christ their Saviour, before the world began. So that shows that Adam was Created in order to sin, to activate, effect the Eternal Purpose in Christ already established before the world began ! 14

 

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Another scripture that will give us to understand that this world was created for a redemptive purpose in Christ is the OT proverb by the wise man Solomon Prov 3:19

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

Now elsewhere Christ is called the 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.
By Christ/Wisdom the Lord founded the Earth, laid the foundation of it in Wisdom, and as it is written in Col 2:3

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

He created all things by His Son 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:

Heb 1:2

Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds 14

 

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This World did God Create for His Glory, this Glory of His is the Salvation of His Chosen People Israel. Isa 46:12-13

12 Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:


13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.


Eph 1:18

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Isa 43:7

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

Isa 66:19

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory[Salvation] among the Gentiles.


Speaking about Salvation !

Yet unlearned men believe that This world created for a Salvaic/Redemptive Purpose from sin was a secondary thing with God ! 15

 

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This World was Created for Gods Glory to display the Glory of His Grace to Chosen sinners Eph 1:5-6

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

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved

 

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Again This world was Created for a redemptive, salvation purpose, for sin, to display the riches of HIS Glory Rom 9:22

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

Mercy on Chosen sinners is Gods Glory !

David understood this when he penned Ps 103:17

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

From Everlasting denotes this Mercy was in the Eternal Counsel of God before the Creation ! And its the riches of his glory

 

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This World was Created for the Saviour Jesus Christ.

Col 1:14-17

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

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 him:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

This passage is a Testimony that this world was Created for Jesus Christ, look at Vs 16. And Vs 14 tells us that we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins. Also His Name is Jesus, which means Jehovah is Salvation, and that He shall save His People from their sins.

This means that God is the first and primary cause on why sin came into this world, for it was of His Creative Purpose that it do so !

 

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The glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.


2 Cor 4:6

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

To those of you who resist the truth that God purposed, determined sin into this world, and that it was created for a redemptive purpose in Christ Jesus. You eventually believe that sin had a secondary first cause other than God, and that God would have rather that sin never entered into His World. but He went on and permitted it, hence you must believe along with that, that Glory of God which the Gospel reveals in the Face of Jesus Christ according to my text, that God isnt the first cause of it, but it comes about in a secondary sense since He wasnt the First Cause of sin. This would also suggest that Gods Glory would have been better revealed in the face of an innocent adam.15

 

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He was already preordained !

This world was Created for a redemptive from sin purpose for Christ ! All things were made for Christ so testifies scripture Col 1:16

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:

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; ASV

Now the all things would include Adam, he was Created for/unto Christ,

So lets look at this creation narrative Gen 3:1-6

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

This is when sin entered the world created by God, Rom 5:12

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Now even in light of the creation narrative in Gen 3, before that even took place, the scripture testifies of Christ, 1 Pet 1:19-20

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,

See that ? Christ was foreordained BEFORE the foundation of the world, and so before the circumstances of Gen 3:1-6 ever existed !

What was Christ foreordained for ? Look at 1 Pet 1:18-19

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:

To redeem certain ones with His Precious Blood !

 

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He was already preordained !2

Now lets look at the word redeem in 1 Pet 1:18

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;

lytroō:

1. to release on receipt of ransom
2. to redeem, liberate by payment of ransom
   1. to liberate
   2. to cause to be released to one's self by payment of a ransom
   3. to redeem
   4. to deliver: from evils of every kind, internal and external

Christ was setup/preordained to redeem from evil, pay the ransom for sin before the world began.

This wasnt because He foresaw something was going to happen outside of Himself, but it was according to what He purposed within Himself in Christ, an Eternal Purpose Eph 1:9

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Eph 3:11

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

This redemptive purpose in Christ Jesus is Eternal, formed before the creation of the world and Adam !16