God's plan unfolds

[thephnxman]

THE UNVEILING

Can anything be done outside of eternity? Then eternity would not exist! Man, along with
the universe, is surrounded by eternity. The place which we presently inhabit is not
eternal, but temporal.

God chose a speck within eternity; it is like a tiny grain of sand compared to the vastness of
the universe. It is in that tiny speck that God would deal with iniquity and sin. It would
be a place encased in time, having a beginning and an end…even as iniquity and sin will also
come to a definite ending. There were no stars, or planets, or moons…nor light. There was
nothing there, until those angels, along with their master, were cast out from the presence of
God's Holiness!

Taking an account of all His attributes and weighing each of them together and in order,
God had devised a masterful plan, and then He spoke: “Let there be light.”

There you have it: man’s lifeboat, so to speak! The means for man to escape out of sin
and iniquity, and enter into the eternal life he has always been meant to live. What? What
about the “Law of Sin and death”, you say? Even the commandment that eventually caused
Adam and Eve to be deceived and fall into sin? Yes, it was still there.

But the Law of Sin and Death, which came after creation, could never nullify the
Law of Grace, which came first!

[thephnxman]

God's Plan Unfolds

God knew the angels would “…leave their first estate…”, just as He surely knew that man
would sin. In His plan, God had already made some allowances for that. There is one
thing we need to understand: there are two “attributes” that allow God to be God. One is
Holiness: it keeps God separate from that which is contrary to His will; the other is
Love, which would constrain Him to reach out to the crown of his creation! Or have
we not understood? God created man to express His Love in him!

God first created the angels: He would allow them to follow after his righteousness,
or follow after iniquity and the father of it. As we have already stated, the angels were
created BEFORE the establishment of the Law of Grace and the Law of Sin and Death.
Before going any further, we need to answer that question: “What? Did God not love
the angels?” But of course He did! However, by following after iniquity and the father
of it, they forsook God’s Love and the Law of Holiness!

Only the Law of Holiness was applicable to the fallen angels; the Law of Grace and
the Law of Sin and Death, were not yet established.

"For God so loved the world, He GAVE his only begotten son..."