MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
April 8, 2026
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
GOD’S PURPOSE FOR PERMITTING SIN FIRST IN HEAVEN THEN ON EARTH
Scripture Foundations of this sub series:
“The secret things belong to the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Deut. 29: 29, KJV.
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 1 John 3:4.
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust [desires], and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1: 13-15.
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point [any of the ten], he is guilty of all.” James 2: 10.
“Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death, by sin; and so death passed into all men, for that all have sinned. For until the the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed where there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude [likeness] of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of Him [Christ, ‘the last Adam’] who is to come.” Rom. 5: 12- 14.
Sin, of all places, began in heaven, the home of God and angels! Since Almighty God Creator is in full control of all beings and things created in heaven, earth, and the unfallen worlds and beings in His immeasurable universe, He must have allowed or permitted sin to start in heaven. Why? What divine purpose was to be served by allowing “the mystery of iniquity” to form and break out in heaven, and then continue here on earth for six thousand years now?
The answers and explanations to these fundamental questions is the burden of this sub series. We shall source two parallel chapters, namely: “Why was Sin Permitted?”, chapter 1, Patriarchs & Prophets) and “The Origin of Evil,” chapter 29, Great Controversy, 1911 edition; both authored by Ellen G. White.
I long struggled with these questions and found no satisfactory explanations and reasons offered and propounded by any and many. That is, until in my persistence, I was finally blessed undeservedly by being led by the Holy Spirit to these ‘Testimonies’ and the said chapters. I “return His favors” by sharing these enlightenment by emphasis with all who “have eyes to read, ears to hear, and hearts to yield to the “still small voice” of the Holy Spirit.
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.