Curtain of Eternity – Part 5
(God) who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel [2 Timothy 1:9-10].
In order to fulfill the eternal plan of God, God needed to enter time as a creature of time. This was why the eternal Son of God at a point in time (circa 3 B.C.) willingly took upon human nature. This is known as the “incarnation”.
The Son of God’s human nature was not sinful human nature but sinless human nature. God originally created man sinless. Man acquired his sin nature by disobeying the Word of God in the garden. The virgin birth of Jesus was the means by which real human nature was acquired without sin.
We already descanted upon the cross and empty tomb. The eternal Son of God exists simultaneously as a creature of time and space and matter because at a point in time He became a creature of time. He became a man. He didn’t stop being the eternal Son of God. Rather, He became a man simultaneously with being the eternal Son of God. Jesus Christ is the God-man, two natures existing simultaneously in one Person.
The duality which exists between time and eternity is intimated at by the Holy Spirit in our text. From God’s perspective my salvation and calling occurred in eternity, and He is the source. But such a concept is incomprehensible to me. Now that the Word of God reveals it to me, I know its veracity and believe it. But I believe it by faith, not by intellect.
This doesn’t mean I stop being intellectual and become a blind dote, gullible and swallowing any blather I hear. It means I know the Lord Jesus personally and have learned by experience as well as His Word that He is utterly trustworthy and never lies or makes mistakes. Consequently I know that what He teaches me about this duality is true, though I am incapable of understanding it because it is too deep for my intellect to fathom.
Having learned all of this spiritual truth today, I am strengthened in the inner man to love Jesus all the more and live His holy calling. “Why so?” you ask. Because I realize even more why He bothered to become a human being forevermore. I recognize more deeply how much He truly loves me because He did so.
His appearance in time so as to fulfill God’s plan of eternity was for my benefit, not for His. He wants me to know His love for me, so He came into time in a manner I could comprehend. This is how God reveals Himself to me and to you and to every Christian.
Can you relate to the love of God for you personally? Does this not strum your heart strings and play a love song for God? If so, then the duality between time and eternity as we read it in 2 Timothy 1 has achieved its goal. Works for me. Hope so for you too.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
In order to fulfill the eternal plan of God, God needed to enter time as a creature of time. This was why the eternal Son of God at a point in time (circa 3 B.C.) willingly took upon human nature. This is known as the “incarnation”.
The Son of God’s human nature was not sinful human nature but sinless human nature. God originally created man sinless. Man acquired his sin nature by disobeying the Word of God in the garden. The virgin birth of Jesus was the means by which real human nature was acquired without sin.
We already descanted upon the cross and empty tomb. The eternal Son of God exists simultaneously as a creature of time and space and matter because at a point in time He became a creature of time. He became a man. He didn’t stop being the eternal Son of God. Rather, He became a man simultaneously with being the eternal Son of God. Jesus Christ is the God-man, two natures existing simultaneously in one Person.
The duality which exists between time and eternity is intimated at by the Holy Spirit in our text. From God’s perspective my salvation and calling occurred in eternity, and He is the source. But such a concept is incomprehensible to me. Now that the Word of God reveals it to me, I know its veracity and believe it. But I believe it by faith, not by intellect.
This doesn’t mean I stop being intellectual and become a blind dote, gullible and swallowing any blather I hear. It means I know the Lord Jesus personally and have learned by experience as well as His Word that He is utterly trustworthy and never lies or makes mistakes. Consequently I know that what He teaches me about this duality is true, though I am incapable of understanding it because it is too deep for my intellect to fathom.
Having learned all of this spiritual truth today, I am strengthened in the inner man to love Jesus all the more and live His holy calling. “Why so?” you ask. Because I realize even more why He bothered to become a human being forevermore. I recognize more deeply how much He truly loves me because He did so.
His appearance in time so as to fulfill God’s plan of eternity was for my benefit, not for His. He wants me to know His love for me, so He came into time in a manner I could comprehend. This is how God reveals Himself to me and to you and to every Christian.
Can you relate to the love of God for you personally? Does this not strum your heart strings and play a love song for God? If so, then the duality between time and eternity as we read it in 2 Timothy 1 has achieved its goal. Works for me. Hope so for you too.
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
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