God created all of heaven, earth, and the ministering angels in preparation for His creating mankind. He wanted to pour out His overflowing fountain of love, joy, and glory on a people. One of those angels who so desired to overthrow God and to rule over this earth was angry that God was the one true God-for Satan, himself wanted to be the ruler. Thus began pure evil which so contrasted pure righteousness. Pure righteousness being the presence of full light (God) and evil being the absence of that pure light of righteousness (thus the absence of God). Therefore, Satan attempted to destroy God’s workmanship by tempting man who had been given the ability to rationalize and to choose. Satan knew that he could entice them through their desire to be greater than their creator, to tell them that God had kept the best from them and to entice them to doubt their provider. Before this, they had enjoyed the presence of God in pure innocence of evil or its effects. They after choosing Satan’s temptation, would now and for all the generations to come be overcome by guilt, death, pride, and misery (Satan’s tools of destruction). Now they could see true righteousness as contrasted against their own pride filled, self exalting, and darkened, rebellious hearts. Just as Satan thought he had won; God revealed His plan of redemption which had been designed before anything had been made. He presented a covenant with Adam that would then stand firm from the moment of the fall and throughout eternity future. That covenant was God’s covenant of Redemption and Faithfulness.
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He revealed His plan of redemption that He would send a Savior who would destroy Satan’s power. His faithfulness will forever reign.
Read these verses.
GENESIS 3: “15And 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…..21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
God made coats to cover them which was an act of pure grace. He covers us
with His righteousness. He revealed His plan of redemption that He would send a Savior who would destroy Satan’s power. His faithfulness will forever reign. He provides the way of salvation and throughout all the generations has carried on salvations song from generation to generation.
“ISAIAH 51: 7 my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation from generation to generation.9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord”
He tarries and He waits, bidding that man would come to Him. Knowing all who will accept Him, He waits in Love for the salvation of each and everyone who will accept Christ as His Savior. He so longs to bring each and every believer who accepts His gift by faith into His Kingdom to lavish them with His joy, His love and His glory. He will reign over that Kingdom, having conquered Satan’s army and conquered death for all of eternity.
I CORINTHIANS 15: 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.27 For he hath put all things under his feet.
MATTHEW 25: 34 Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Thus, God’s First Covenant with Mankind was:
1. His Redemption Plan
2. His Faithfulness
He has never left us alone.
Let us sing with Matt Redman, Never Once.
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