God's Purposed Counsel Hidden From Our Eyes - PART 212

ONE LORD .. ONE FAITH .. ONE BAPTISM.

One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism. In the same context, one ought to believe that there is only one Lord. Not because believing so puts a person in a higher category than others. No, it's because it is recorded in the scriptures that the devil also believes that there is only one God and trembles at the thought. Indeed, even as an enemy of God, the devil holds firm to the confession that there is only one God.

Similarly, in believing that there is only one God does not catapult you into heaven. Rather, it is a statement of fact that needs to be recognized. No one has seen God at any time yet God fills the heavens and the earth. The heavens declare God’s glory and the earth shows forth God’s handiwork.

In blog 211, we referred to the three religions arising from Abraham’s offspring. Apparently none of them were, or are enlightened as to what God was doing. The reason for this is that God’s purposed counsel was hid from their eyes. But hopefully, God's purposed counsel is not hid from your eyes.

Just in case, let me emphasize once again the details concerning God’s promise to Abraham. The Bible states that, In you Abraham and in your Seed will all the nations of the Earth be blessed. Even though Abraham was 100 years old at the time, Abraham's natural Seed was resurrected. As well, God opened Sarah's womb. Sarah was 90 years old. This in and of itself would be an unheard of miracle. But again, what God promises, God is more than able to perform.

At the same time as God performed these operations, God planted into Abraham the Seed of promise. Now we have two seeds of promise. The Seed promised to Eve was now, according to the recorded genealogy, dwelling in Sarah. Abraham received the other Seed of promise. These two seeds being Seeds of promise were a New blood line. In fact, they were the blood line of the Holy Spirit of God. These two promised Seeds passed into Isaac.

But Isaac was not the coming together of these two promised Seeds. Isaac was from Abraham’s natural seed originating from Adam and Eve. Within this blood line dwelt death, resulting from Adam's disobedience and his expulsion from Eden and his subsequent separation from direct fellowship with God.

The genealogy continues. The Seeds of promise passed from Isaac into Jacob and so forth. Take note that we are now presented with two genealogies -- one originating with Eve -- and the other originating with Abraham. The Genealogies are the travels of the Promised Seeds or the new blood line!

The promised Seeds soon arrive in a young maiden named Mary. The promise Seeds of God. The point in time when the Lord our God would become our Saviour springs into action. Mary was informed that she is now pregnant with child conceived of the Holy Spirit of God. But Mary totally bewildered says, How can these things be? For I have not had intercourse. Still, Mary does not question God's plan for her life. Instead, Mary expresses the sentiment -- be it so unto me as said by the angel.

As we now know, the fetos formed of the two promised Seeds was now in Mary’s womb. The natural response of the womb is to provide sustenance whereby the fetos is clothed. Mary's womb clothed the child in a body bearing the generational features of her ancestors, in prone to sin flesh. The Holy thing born of her appearing in fashion as one of Adams race. However, inside that prone to sin flesh flowed the life giving pure and holy blood of the Spirit of God Jesus being the only begotten Son of God.

God with us because apart from JESUS there is no obtainable salvation! Reach out to Jesus today and be blessed!