9/06/2007

Before the Foundation of the World

Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority
was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who
dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before
the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. -Rev
13:7-8


This passage awesomely expresses some huge truths about God and his plan for the world.
  • The beast will not achieve power by some act unbeknown to God. God is allowing it to make ware, and is giving it authority.
  • God wrote names in the book of life before the foundation of the world.
  • The book of life is qualified with "of the Lamb that was slain." The slaying of the Lamb was planned before the foundation of the world. Adam's sin did not catch God by surprise. The cross was not "Plan B." The cross was God's plan before Adam sinned. It was his plan before he even created Adam. I think it is even a legitimate statement to say God created Adam in order to demonstrate his love on the cross.

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