MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
August 27, 2025
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
THE BROADER AND DEEPER PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION
“God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers [patriarchs] by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things by whom also He made the WORLDS.” Heb. 1: 1, 2, KJV.
Take note of that last word, “worlds.” If you are, like me, a follower of Christ in these last days of earth’s history who “cherishes the old rugged cross,” here’s an invitation: closely re-examine the hopes you have been cherishing of the expected eternal “rewards” in the after life, if it includes the prior realization of God’s “greater” purpose in the plan of redemption as highlighted by His death—other than “saving” us.
Contemplate on fhe following (all emphasis and bracketed words provided):
“But the plan of redemption had yet a broader and deeper purpose THAN THE SALVATION OF MAN. It was NOT for this alone that Christ came to the earth; it was not merely that the inhabitants of this little world [called Earth] might regard the LAW OF GOD as it should be regarded; but it was to ViNDICATE THE CHARACTER OF GOD BEFORE THE UNIVERSE.
“To this result of His great sacrifice—ITS INFLUENCE UPON THE INTELLIGENCES OF OTHER [unfallen] WORLDS, as well as upon man—the Savior looked forward when JUST BEFORE His crucifixion He said: [John 12: 31, 32 quoted].”
Here’s what the Death of Christ on Earth means to Heaven and the Unfallen Worlds of God’s Universe:
“The act of Christ dying for the salvation of man would not only make HEAVEN ACCESSIBLE to men, BUT BEFORE THE WHOLE UNIVERSE if would justify God and His Son in their dealing with the rebellion of Satan. It would establish the PERPETUITY of the law of God, and would reveal the NATURE and the RESULTS of sin.” (End quote E. G. White, Patriarchs & Prophets, Pacific Press, 1913, p. 69).
Dear fellow Christian, I can only hope and pray that you will rejoice, as I continually do, having found out these exceedingly profound and precious truths, revealing so very much more of who Jesus really is, the imponderable enormity of His atoning sacrifice, mission, and work on earth and in His intercessory atonement in heaven as our merciful High Priest and Mediator, what it comprehended and what it has accomplished for eternity future for the eternally redeemed!
Indeed there is no other God like God the Father, no other Friend and Savior like Jesus Christ, no other Comforter like the Holy Spirit, and no other security like the protection of our ministering spirit, private guardian angel.
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.