God's Plan For Man Final

and the choices inadvertently made, would work to the perfection of mankind in the end. God could have defeated or destroyed Satan of His own accord, but, if He did that, perfect justice would not have been rendered. God could not render perfect justice in this imperfect state, for nothing would have remained. Perfect justice is actually or inadvertently served by injustice, and mercy, while unjust, is a form of justice. God extended mercy by sending His Son into the world, to save and redeem the world, and to show man how to defeat Satan for the love of God. The vision revealed to John has not yet begun; the angels are waiting patiently for the day when a mere man [Christ] will have them sound the alarm. Then all hell will break loose and the results of Armageddon will be obvious. The relativity of God to man is a Divine phenomenon. Under the guise of a mere man, Jesus spiritually defeated Satan to empowered mere man to following His footsteps. Satan sought a ho l y one understanding him to be a king, desiring to defeat Him in order to rule the earth. Asserting Jesus was a blasphemer Satan was convinced the mere man was speaking inaccurately saying He was the Son of God and would not admit He was only a mere man. The question now is who is the son? What is the relativity of the son, two sons at two different times? The first Son, Divine essence of God the Father, was manifested in the flesh of a Divine Son. Since God the Father is perfect, anyone coming into His presence would be made perfect or destroyed, God condescended to become flesh in the person of Jesus. God offered a physical presence in His Son; a seemingly natural presence, whereby the full Divine presence of the Father was diminished in this imperfect window of time. Under the guise of a man, Jesus took upon Himself all that Satan would put upon Him in order that Satan would remain deceived. Jesus never considered Himself equal to the Father in human form—He was not equal. After His passion and resurrection He and the Father are One, as Jesus proclaimed, and are now in One Body as the fullness of God—one Divine presence as two persons per’se.

Heaven and Earth

God condescended to enter into imperfect time; He assumed flesh or

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