GOODNEWSLETTER
Number 391 October 19, 2011
FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
It seems that I should write about consistency since I had to miss nearly a month of GoodNewsLetters. Consistency is what the Good News is all about; what God says will be. Amen! We have learned to trust God's word, all the time – every time. Further, that's what we are attempting to accomplish in the Letters.
We attempt to present the truth by untangling its mysteries, putting verses and prophecies together and understand the one great message of God's love.
Certainly, God is consistent. From Genesis to Revelation, the plan is the same – "God's will done on earth as it is in heaven" (Mt. 6:19).
And so, we want to pray for His Kingdom come, but we also want to expect the Kingdom of God to come to the earth. In the Current Events and Biblical prophecies, we see strongly much to indicate that Jesus is coming soon. When He does arrive, He will bring the Kingdom with Him. Today, "Thy kingdom come" is not far from any of us.
FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD PRESENTS a view of the Trinity looking down, GOING all the way to the Second Coming of Jesus, the Christ. In other words, God saw all things needed for the creation and for its nurture. It is God's Salvation and the only One to be able to complete it would be Jesus, the Son. Jesus did the job and until He finally steps off the throne at the end of the Millennium. He rules until then-even today within His body the Church.
God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit viewed man's rebellion; then, the entrance of sin and the Fall of mankind through Adam. But, God's word beautifully explains the Lord's love for mankind and He planned the needed work. And, all this was all settled before the earth's foundation was laid down – before the laying down of the creation.
In His makeup, God is omniscience, knowing what is needed to save man. We must learn to trust the Lord in His REDEMPTION matter. Take a long look at God's plan and see yourself right in the middle of it. You'll be blessed.
1. Peter teaches us HOW AND WHEN God settled man's redemption. "For as much as you know that you were NOT redeemed by corruptible things (silver, gold, vain lifestyles from the fathers) but with the precious blood of Christ...Who verily was foreordained before the FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD," 1st Peter 1:18-20.
2. In the Book of Matthew, we are told that these "...things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world" (13:35b).
3, God's kingdom was prepared before the foundation of the world, too. When Jesus gathers His disciples and tells them "...Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared before the foundation of the world:" (Matt. 25:34).
4. A very precious teaching is God's love. In John 17:24, we learn that the Son was so loved "before the foundation of the world." When it came time to initiate God's love to the world, Jesus was willing to leave His special and unique abode as the only son of the Father. He gave up that position for you and me. No wonder His Father was in love with His Son.
5. Finally, notice carefully the finished work of Jesus. "...although the works were finished from the foundation of the world" (Hebrews 5:3).
Can we imagine that God's word is true. What He states is so true that it is to be considered as a finished event, even before anything takes places; as in our study today, the FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.