THE CROSS OF CHRIST - 1

THE ETERNAL COUNSEL AS PER THE CROSS

Oh that the manifold wisdom of God the almighty has been made manifested to his sons in these last days. That he concealed many of these things from the prophets of Old and the angels was part of his eternal counsel. He made the heavens and the earth and every other thing for himself and for his own great and unsearchable pleasure.

He made the thrones and kingdoms; he made everything including Satan and his cohorts. He created all and all these things are working together in synchronous with this eternal counsel concluded before the world began.

The plan to save mankind was settled before time began; some persons have claimed that God did not plan redemption until Adam fell, which is not true according to the written word of God. He is Alpha and Omega; everything we see today is history to him.

He finished everything in the spiritual before he made them visible. You see, God is someone who establishes something in the spirit realm and then brings it to physical manifestation later. This is because he is a spirit and also because the spirit realm controls the physical realm. So what you see manifested today was first birthed and completed in the spirit realm.

This was what he did when he created man in the garden; he first made man spirit and then manifested the created man bodily later on. In the same vein, the plan of salvation and redemption of mankind back to himself through the death and resurrection Jesus Christ on the cross was first concluded in the spirit realm.

The Cross was the place where the eternal counsel of God which he made before the creation of the world was fulfilled.

The cross was where the sacrifice of the Lamb of God was offered for the eternal forgiveness of sins.

But we must however understand that though this happened more than two thousand years ago, somewhere in the country of Israel but it had already been concluded before time began.

That God wants a family for himself, knew that man would fall and that he would have to redeem mankind back through the Cross.

See it here how Paul puts it…

“Blessed be the God the my father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, according as HE HAS CHOSEN IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. HAVING PREDESTINATED US UNTO THE ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY JESUS CHRIST TO HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS WILL. To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace.” Ephesians 1:3-7

You see how that God chose us before the foundation of the world. But this will not be according to his love, if he did not do this through the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ. So he did this by offering Christ on the cross to express his love and to adopt us as his children.

See again how Paul the apostle puts it to Titus …

“In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN ...”

So the promise of eternal life to those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was promised before the world began. It wasn’t promised when Adam ate the fruit. It had been settled before Adam was created at all.

You see?

Although the eternal counsel of God concealed billions of years into eternity past was manifested within some three days and it brought many sons to their father.

This all happened at the cross!

And that is why we have a keen interest on this subject

What happened at the cross is one of the greatest benefits from God to mankind. God expressed his dimension of love to humanity on the cross.

The man Jesus Christ was God, he took upon himself the body of that man to die the death that mankind should die when there was none worthy.

This is love! That is why the bible repeated it several times that GOD IS LOVE! He is!

It is imperative that you understand everything that happened to you when you became a child of God. Because many things were made available on the cross for those who believe in Christ, and these things we shall closely look into in subsequent lessons

Too many fights and curses today in the name of prayer today, because we are ignorant of what happened to us by the reason of the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus on the cross.

Understanding the cross of Christ is sufficient for your victory in life.

The cross is our glory!

Amen!

Philip Oklu

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