Monday, April 5, 2010
ISAIAH 55:5 - "For He Hath Glorified Thee (Us)"
"And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken." (Genesis 3:22 & 23) If you thought anything I shared thus far was strange or unusual; you really might get a kick out of this one. There is something rather common in all areas of 'The Fallen', both in heaven and earth: And that is the corruption of power, or authority; in other words: 'Power corrupts and ultimate power corrupts ultimately'. For not only the mightiest men, but the mightiest angels have fallen due to ultimate power. God has made a way for this also to no longer be a problem; to cause a falling away. Talk about complex; this blows holes in the circuits that get blown. When we look at the curse given to the serpent, the woman, and unto man, in Genesis 3:14-21, there is something quite interesting in verse 15: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." This was the first formal announcement of the Gospel; but the victory that Jesus would achieve over Satan would come at a tremendous cost: The Cross. He would also journey to that cross in a way that would proclaim His ultimate authority; in all areas. We could look at some within the Line He ascended up through to His birth; we could consider His birth in a manger, or the town in which He was raised; we could look at His humble life that He lived, that even though He was a king, He lived the life of a peasant. All of these and more, were different ways in which He proclaimed humility in the path He choose to the cross. However, there was nothing that compared to the fact of who He was: He was God, who took on the form of a man; the Creator had taken on the form of the created; to suffer and die on a cross: to literally die in a manor that was a curse within it's self; to remove the curse of sin that separated man from Himself. In taking on the form of a man, He was able to put all things in subjection under Him; this we can see explained in Hebrews 2:8 & 9; "Thou hast put all things on subjection under His feet. For in that He put all in subjection under Him, He left nothing that is not put under Him. But now we see not yet all things put under Him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man." Now, to eliminate the 'Power Failure' from ever happening again, God makes all of us 'One In Him'. This is a great mystery, and the fullness of this completed plan shall not be revealed until He reveals it in Heaven; but, we must Know that this is our Ultimate High Calling. We must realize that ultimately we will be Glorified with Him, and we must walk accordingly: Because this is our High Calling in God. Back to Hebrews 2:10 & 11: He goes on to say' "For it became Him for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of One: For which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethern;". There is something which God has wanted to do, and still wants to do, more than anything else; 'That is to have Fellowship with us'. He has desired our fellowship from the very beginning; the problem has been, that He can not fellowship with darkness, sin and evil; because He is Light, Holy and Good. There is something missing in the New Garden in Heaven, it is the Tree of Knowledge; that tree will no longer be needed; Why? Because we will know all things, and there will be no need for any further knowledge, or power... Okay; maybe the picture is not clear enough yet to see what it is that I am trying to say; so let me see if I can 'nut shell this thought': Since the beginning there has been a problem of power wanting to yield onto more power; but at the completion of God's Perfect Plan, ultimate power will have been achieved; therefore, there will be no more need or desire to achieve power, or knowledge...Got that? "Wherein He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of His Will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in One all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him." (Ephesians 1:8-10)
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