Everything in and about creation is for the outpouring expression of His glory. God's sovereignty, power and will ensures that all things work to make known His glory. Because of these aspects of God's Being, His purpose cannot fail, it will be completed in just the way that He willed and decreed. His glory will permeate creation.
And, another aspect of the glory of God is that He purposed to receive praise for this Divine Glory from those He elected and redeemed in His Son, Jesus. We, His redeemed, along with the elect angels will forever offer up praise to God for the glory of all His works.
The other ultimate purpose of God in creating is for Christ to gather together in Christ all things, uniting heaven and earth as we see in Rev. 21:3, that all whom God elected-angels and saints will be one in Christ as He is one with the Father. John 17:10, 19-23.
God's overflowing grace and love is poured out upon the saints and angels whom He elected in eternity past because He willed and purposed for the elected beings to share in the glory and life of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What an outstanding privilege and inheritance!
Col. 1:12-20 speaks of the pre-eminence of Jesus, who made all things and all things created are FOR Him; that God's son is before all things, not only that He existed before creation, but also that in position of greatness and exultation and glory, Jesus is pre-eminent and all things consist in Him. (Vs, 15-18)
Verse 19-20 sums this up with by the cross and the shedding of His blood, Jesus has reconciled all things unto Himself, both in heaven and in earth-that is all the elect angels and saints, and all the physical universe which was corrupted by man's sin and heaven which remained and always is uncorrupted by sin. This reconciliation and making of the corrupted uncorrupted (at the consummation of Jesus' return in glory) establishes an eternal peace between God and that which was redeemed.
THE GLORY OF GOD
Everything in and about creation is for the outpouring expression of His glory. God's sovereignty, power and will ensures that all things work to make known His glory. Because of these aspects of God's Being, His purpose cannot fail, it will be completed in just the way that He willed and decreed. His glory will permeate creation.
And, another aspect of the glory of God is that He purposed to receive praise for this Divine Glory from those He elected and redeemed in His Son, Jesus. We, His redeemed, along with the elect angels will forever offer up praise to God for the glory of all His works.
The other ultimate purpose of God in creating is for Christ to gather together in Christ all things, uniting heaven and earth as we see in Rev. 21:3, that all whom God elected-angels and saints will be one in Christ as He is one with the Father. John 17:10, 19-23.
God's overflowing grace and love is poured out upon the saints and angels whom He elected in eternity past because He willed and purposed for the elected beings to share in the glory and life of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What an outstanding privilege and inheritance!
Col. 1:12-20 speaks of the pre-eminence of Jesus, who made all things and all things created are FOR Him; that God's son is before all things, not only that He existed before creation, but also that in position of greatness and exultation and glory, Jesus is pre-eminent and all things consist in Him. (Vs, 15-18)
Verse 19-20 sums this up with by the cross and the shedding of His blood, Jesus has reconciled all things unto Himself, both in heaven and in earth-that is all the elect angels and saints, and all the physical universe which was corrupted by man's sin and heaven which remained and always is uncorrupted by sin. This reconciliation and making of the corrupted uncorrupted (at the consummation of Jesus' return in glory) establishes an eternal peace between God and that which was redeemed.
See pt. 3
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