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But God's Purpose for decreeing Adam's sin, so that man in him would surely die, was for His Greater Glory in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, for this World was Created because of Him !
For Adam's and his offspring in him sin and death was motivated for His Glory as was Lazarus, and why he died Jn 11:4,11,14-15
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God,that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe;nevertheless let us go unto him.
It was God's intent that Adam and Eve would Believe in Christ their coming Seed, the Seed of the woman.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Lazarus death was for the manifestation of the Glory of God, as well as Adam's was for the Glory of God. His Death was for the Glory of God in the Highest Lk 2:14,
For even if Adam had not sinned, God's Glory could not have been more manifested, even moreso is it through Adam's sin.
Now ask ourselves, was God the First and Primary from within Himself, as to what would bring Him the Highest and Grandest Glory, or was it only after He foresaw what decisions His creatures would make after He created them ? What was it that dictated God's Eternal Redemptive Purpose in Christ Eph 3:11, was it Himself and His Own Purpose from within, or was it from without His Own Purpose and it being the will of His creatures and if He had His way, He'd prefer that Adam would not sin. The way we answer this question manifests our knowledge of what we know of the True and Living God, or do we believe in a god of our imagination !56
This world was Created for a very specific God Glorifying Purpose in Christ Eph 3:11 and it involved Redemption through Hid Blood Eph 1:7
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Now when Adam was Created, he was made according to this Purpose Eph 3:11
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Grace had been given God's Elect in Christ Jesus according to this Purpose before the world began 2 Tim 1:9
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,
That's why again in Eph 1:7 all given Redemption, Forgiveness was according to the Riches of His Grace, pointing back to that Grace Given them in Christ before the world began, and when Adam was Created, he was Created for that Gracious Redemptive Purpose and not vice versa, and so when Adam sinned it was so that God would make known to Adam his Need of Christ and His Grace, who was to be of his seed according to the flesh, to redeem him, which redemption had been ordained, appointed before time 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:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Now this is important information, for Christ, before Adam was Created, had already been foreordained, prepared by God to be the redeeming lamb of the World Jn 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.57
Now this is important information, for Christ, before Adam was Created, had already been foreordained, prepared by God to be the redeeming lamb of the World Jn 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Now understand something, Adam's sin did not happen by accident, but it was a calculated event within the Eternal Purpose God, Christ in God's Eternal Purpose and View had been slain before 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.
The word slain here in the greek is σφάζω:
I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally.
to slay, slaughter, butcher: properly,
A primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice)
The tense of the verb is perfect, which indicates an act accomplished in the past with the results of the action are continuing on, in full effect.
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
That Christ by His Incarnation has been manifested in these last times for YOU !
Which means He became manifested, came to view openly, for the sake of God's Elect, those foreknown 1 Pet 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
The word foreknowledge here is the same word as in Vs 20 but only a Noun !
Now this being manifested , is the same as 1 Jn 3:8
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Now of course this means also that the works of the devil, that which Christ became manifest to destroy, that they were also according to the Eternal Purpose of God in Christ, so neither was the deed of causing Adam and Eve to sin a accident, but it was preordained before the foundation !58
Now this is important information, for Christ, before Adam was Created, had already been foreordained, prepared by God to be the redeeming lamb of the World Jn 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Now understand something, Adam's sin did not happen by accident, but it was a calculated event within the Eternal Purpose God, Christ in God's Eternal Purpose and View had been slain before 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.
The word slain here in the greek is σφάζω:
I slay, kill by violence, slaughter, wound mortally.
to slay, slaughter, butcher: properly,
A primary verb; to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice)
The tense of the verb is perfect, which indicates an act accomplished in the past with the results of the action are continuing on, in full effect.
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
That Christ by His Incarnation has been manifested in these last times for YOU !
Which means He became manifested, came to view openly, for the sake of God's Elect, those foreknown 1 Pet 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
The word foreknowledge here is the same word as in Vs 20 but only a Noun !
Now this being manifested , is the same as 1 Jn 3:8
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Now of course this means also that the works of the devil, that which Christ became manifest to destroy, that they were also according to the Eternal Purpose of God in Christ, so neither was the deed of causing Adam and Eve to sin a accident, but it was preordained before the foundation !59
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
This world was created for a purpose of grace, because it was made for a redemptive purpose. This grace was given to all whom would be redeemed through that redemption that is in Christ Jesus, the grace was given them in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim 1:9
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his ownpurposeandgrace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Also a scripture in Eph 2 sums it up accurately 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.
This sums up the Purpose of creation. So the World was Created for a Redemptive Purpose in Christ, which is also called the Eternal Purpose here Eph 3:11
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
This verse above speaks to the purport 2 Tim 1:9. Now by the way, it was for this Eternal Purpose and cause as to why God is the First and Primary cause for sin and death coming into the world, and why He wanted adam and man in him to sin and purposed that sinned, which Paul points out here 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,
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Notice the term before the world began ! Where did we see those words before ? Here 2 Tim 1:9
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 66
