MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
April 29, 2026
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
THE STATE OF HEAVEN AND THE UNIVERSE BEFORE THE ENTRANCE OF EVIL AND SIN
TEXT: “Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.” Isa. 46: 8-10, KJV.
The Bible, the Word of God, countless other divine revelations to “the world, man, and angels,” is the sacred record of the history of the creation of planet EARTH which God made to be “the first dominion” of MAN—the crowning of God’s work of creation and creative power. Man alone was “made in the IMAGE of God, and after His LIKENESS”—not any of His numberless “ministering spirits” angels, neither any of the intelligent beings in all the other worlds in the universe!
We are privileged and blessed to be regaled with what was in eternity past in heaven and the universe before the earth was!
We continue quoting from “the lesser light that points to the greater light” of the Bible, from the inspired pen of Ellen G. White, in her book The Great Controversy, 1911 edition, pp. 483-4 (all emphases and bracketed words provided):
“Before the entrance of evil, there was peace and joy THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. All was in PERFECT HARMONY with the Creator’s will. Love for God was SUPREME, love for one another IMPARTIAL.
“Christ the Word, the only begotten of the eternal Father, was one with the Father—ONE in NATURE, in CHARACTER, and in PURPOSE, the only Being in all the UNIVERSE that could enter into the COUNSELS AND PURPOSES of God.
“By Christ, the Father wrought in the CREATION OF ALL HEAVENLY BEINGS. [Col. 1: 16 quoted in the original]; and to Christ, EQUALLY with the Father, ALL HEAVEN gave allegiance.
“The LAW OF LOVE being the foundation of the GOVERNMENT of God, the HAPPINESS of all created beings depended on their PERFECT ACCORD with its GREAT PRINCIPLES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
“God desires from all His creatures the SERVICE OF LOVE, HOMAGE [worship; allegiance; adoration; obedience] THAT SPRINGS FROM AN INTELLIGENT APPRECIATION OF HIS CHARACTER. He takes no pleasure in a FORCED ALLEGIANCE, and to all He grants FREEDOM OF WILL, that they may render Him VOLUNTARY service.” (End of extract).
We will both be reminded, taught, enlightened, and yes, warned as to when, where, what, why, and who broke this heavenly and universal peace and harmony! Only the “truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth can set us free and be eternally saved!
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.