God Purposed in Himself

Ephesians 1:9 – Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in himself

Before the Foundation of the World

FOCUS / SCRIPTURE / COMMENT
Ransom / 1 Peter 1:20 - For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for your sakes. / Mankind’s Perfect Redeemer Foreknown
Love / John 17:24- "Father, I desire that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou didst love Me before the foundation of the world. / The Logos Prepared to be the Redeemer, Advocate, and High Priest
Church / Ephesians 1:4 -Just as He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love / Jesus’ Eternal Companions Foreknown & Accepted in Him

From or Since the Foundation of the World

FOCUS / SCRIPTURE / COMMENT
Sabbath / Hebrews 4:3 His works were finished from the world’s foundation / God’s Confidence in Jesus
Truth Hidden / Matthew 13:35-So that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world." / Slow Revealing of Truth
Lamb Slain / Revelation 13:8 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. See also Revelation 17:8. / Great Apostasy Destroyed, Only the Incorrigible Lost
One Sacrifice / Hebrews 9:26- Otherwise, he would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages he has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. / Divine Economy Shown in the Ransom and Sin Offering
Atonement / Luke 11:50- In order that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, / Some Sins Atoned but not Covered by the Ransom
Kingdom / Matthew 25:34- "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. / Faithful Mankind Given the Kingdom God Purposed for Them from Eternity Past

R1560 – Jehovah our God

Jehovah, our God, is the great Emperor of the whole universe, and his wisdom, power, goodness and benevolence are abundantly equal to all the responsibilities of so exalted an office. The human mind staggers in its efforts to comprehend the mental resources of a being who is able to assume and to bear such responsibility.

Think for a moment:

  • of the memory that never fails;
  • of the judgment that never errs;
  • of the wisdom that plans for eternity without the possibility of failure, and that times that plan with unerring precision for the ages to come;
  • of the power and skill which can harness even every opposing element, animate or inanimate, and make themall work together for the accomplishment of his grand designs;
  • of the tireless vigilance that never ceases, nor seeks relief from the pressing cares of universal dominion

--whose eye never sleeps, whose ear is ever open, and who is ever cognizant of all the necessities, and active in all the interests, of his broad domains.