The Cross of Christ                                                                                FROM DEATH TO LIFE                                               By Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.

Before the worlds had been created, God the Father together with His Only begotten Son and the Holy Spirit planned the Redemption of fallen man! It is called the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant! In His heart, Jesus was already crucified then!

THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT

The Holy Bible declares: "Now the God of Peace that brought again from the dead. the Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the Blood of the Everlasting  Covenant make you perfect in every good work..." (Heb.13:20).

This Word of God from St. Paul opens one's eyes to the all - knowing and Eternal greatness of our Creator God! It is difficult for the natural mind to even try to understand the process through which God in His all-knowing and all-wise plan assembled. 

Almighty God knew that Lucifer  would lead a rebellion, and that Adam and Eve would fall for Lucifer's' lies and disobey their Creator. Before the creation of the earth and before the tragic revolt of the Evil Lucifer, God had planned the salvation of mankind. It was decided that the Son of God would give Himself as the holy and perfect sacrifice to purchase the Salvation of the human race yet to be born! 

St. Paul understood God's plan of salvation probably more than the other writers, have been taken to Heaven and shown things that were so holy he couldn't  divulge them: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, whither in the body, I cannot tell; or out of the  body, I cannot tell: God knows; 2 Cor.12:2-11)

BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN   

God had prepared a beautiful Garden in Eden for the creation of mankind. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7); And the Lord cause a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept,  and He took one of His ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed." (Gen. 2:25)

THE EVIL LUCIFER WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN

"And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the Dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found anymore in Heaven: Michael  and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 

"AND PREVAILED NOT; NEITHER WAS THEIR PLACE FOUND ANYMORE IN HEAVEN! AND THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT OLD SERPENT CALLED THE DEVIL., AND SATAN, WHICH DESEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD, AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM!

"Now the serpent was more suble than any beast of the fleld which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea hath God said, Ye  shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

"But of the fruit of the  tree, which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, 'and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

EVE DISOBEYS HER CREATOR GOD!

"And when the woman saw that the tree was dood for food, and was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise, SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT THEREOF, AND DID EAT, AND GAVE ALSO  UNTO HER HUSBAND AND HE DID EAT.

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