The Last Days
and Parallels in History
and Parallels in History
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Chapter Thirteen
History begins with God and his purpose for creating. God’s motive for creating was a parental motive seeking joy and satisfaction through the interaction of love with his children. The consummation of parental satisfaction is when the children fully mature to embody the ideals and values by which the parents have lived. This was God’s hope in creating man and woman in “his image.”
Thus, human history began with the birth of Adam and Eve. However, the consummation of that history would be when Adam and Eve fulfilled their mission to establish the Three Blessings and by so doing launch the eternal expansion of God’s uncontested lineage.
Intended history, then, should have been the on-going record of that expansion from the individual to the family, society, nation and world. That record would also include a clear testimony of the real experience with the world of spirit, a world that would not have been subject to human ignorance as a result of the fall.
History would be the record of all mankind as one family and not as a aggregation of separate tribes, clans, nations and blocks of nations with competing cultural and religious values engaged in struggle for land and sovereignty. In that Adam and Eve “walked and talked with God,” they had no scripture, no dogma, no rituals other then the direct experience of God’s love. Thus there would be no impetus for the world to divide itself into religious cultures. In short, the intended history was to be the record of the natural unfolding of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in spirit.
This intended history came to an abrupt halt on the very day they ate the fruit. They died and with them died their opportunity to fulfill those goals of the intended history.
What came about instead was man’s fall into darkness and death. Human ignorance became a bottomless pit. The seed of our humanity, our divine spark, was shrouded in a sea of confusion, carnage and corruption. This became the external manifestation of actual history. It was expressing the internal reality that a pretender had usurped the sovereignty of God over his children. Now the record of history, rather than the unending celebration of the expansion of a mighty love, would instead become the requiem of suffering and tears.
Hidden deep within this history of suffering was its only completely innocent victim. This was the grieving God, himself. God had no practical experience with grief until that first moment of the fall. Now he stood alone at the pinnacle of suffering. He had committed no crime nor was any iniquity ever found in him. He had only sought to selflessly share his divine nature so that the joy of love could be realized. His gift of love was returned unopened. The hoped for heart brimming in joyous satisfaction became instead the bottomless basin of sorrow.
This grief is the evidence that God maintained his commitment to humanity and to the ideal for which he had created. God did not disassociate with humanity even when maintaining faith and hope in us drove him to the lonely place of sorrow and tears. This is what it truly means to be “God.” He is almighty, indeed, yet he is a slave to his unchanging nature of love. How we vacillate toward our own interests in comparison.
Out of this deep compassion and commitment emerges the hidden dimension of fallen history. That hidden dimension is the effort of God to recover humanity and fulfill his original dream of love. God would not languish in his own sorrow. He would not seek self-centered solutions whose only focus was the alleviation of his pain alone. God instead, contested Satan’s sovereignty and began a providence to resurrect humanity as his uncontested sons and daughters.
Thus actual history became the struggle between God and Satan for dominion over humanity. Satan’s goal is the total depravity of humanity; God’s goal is the total recovery of humanity.
God is relentless. God will get the victory and his ultimate purpose will be accomplished. God expressed this determination to Isaiah when he said, “ I have purposed it and I will do it.” This is the steadfastness of God.
Because of this, we see that the vision of scripture is of a time when God would completely fulfill his original purpose. Revelation 21:1:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”
What is “the old order of things” that will pass away? This is the actual history that was founded on corruption. That is, the Satan-centered history of the descendants of the dead Adam and Eve.
And the “new?” This is the beginning of the original history whose inception was thwarted by the fall of the first human ancestors.
Christ, as the new Adam, is the central figure and starting point of original history.
Thus, human history began with the birth of Adam and Eve. However, the consummation of that history would be when Adam and Eve fulfilled their mission to establish the Three Blessings and by so doing launch the eternal expansion of God’s uncontested lineage.
Intended history, then, should have been the on-going record of that expansion from the individual to the family, society, nation and world. That record would also include a clear testimony of the real experience with the world of spirit, a world that would not have been subject to human ignorance as a result of the fall.
History would be the record of all mankind as one family and not as a aggregation of separate tribes, clans, nations and blocks of nations with competing cultural and religious values engaged in struggle for land and sovereignty. In that Adam and Eve “walked and talked with God,” they had no scripture, no dogma, no rituals other then the direct experience of God’s love. Thus there would be no impetus for the world to divide itself into religious cultures. In short, the intended history was to be the record of the natural unfolding of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth and in spirit.
This intended history came to an abrupt halt on the very day they ate the fruit. They died and with them died their opportunity to fulfill those goals of the intended history.
What came about instead was man’s fall into darkness and death. Human ignorance became a bottomless pit. The seed of our humanity, our divine spark, was shrouded in a sea of confusion, carnage and corruption. This became the external manifestation of actual history. It was expressing the internal reality that a pretender had usurped the sovereignty of God over his children. Now the record of history, rather than the unending celebration of the expansion of a mighty love, would instead become the requiem of suffering and tears.
Hidden deep within this history of suffering was its only completely innocent victim. This was the grieving God, himself. God had no practical experience with grief until that first moment of the fall. Now he stood alone at the pinnacle of suffering. He had committed no crime nor was any iniquity ever found in him. He had only sought to selflessly share his divine nature so that the joy of love could be realized. His gift of love was returned unopened. The hoped for heart brimming in joyous satisfaction became instead the bottomless basin of sorrow.
This grief is the evidence that God maintained his commitment to humanity and to the ideal for which he had created. God did not disassociate with humanity even when maintaining faith and hope in us drove him to the lonely place of sorrow and tears. This is what it truly means to be “God.” He is almighty, indeed, yet he is a slave to his unchanging nature of love. How we vacillate toward our own interests in comparison.
Out of this deep compassion and commitment emerges the hidden dimension of fallen history. That hidden dimension is the effort of God to recover humanity and fulfill his original dream of love. God would not languish in his own sorrow. He would not seek self-centered solutions whose only focus was the alleviation of his pain alone. God instead, contested Satan’s sovereignty and began a providence to resurrect humanity as his uncontested sons and daughters.
Thus actual history became the struggle between God and Satan for dominion over humanity. Satan’s goal is the total depravity of humanity; God’s goal is the total recovery of humanity.
God is relentless. God will get the victory and his ultimate purpose will be accomplished. God expressed this determination to Isaiah when he said, “ I have purposed it and I will do it.” This is the steadfastness of God.
Because of this, we see that the vision of scripture is of a time when God would completely fulfill his original purpose. Revelation 21:1:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”
What is “the old order of things” that will pass away? This is the actual history that was founded on corruption. That is, the Satan-centered history of the descendants of the dead Adam and Eve.
And the “new?” This is the beginning of the original history whose inception was thwarted by the fall of the first human ancestors.
Christ, as the new Adam, is the central figure and starting point of original history.
