I wanna know the conversation between God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit before time began. Just to sit in on that.
I know God is a complete genius and knows everything, but do you think he planned? I wanna say he planned. I mean there are things that are so intricate that needed planning. Not only the intricacy of things, but also how things relate and tie into each other and feed off each other. You can look at the big things like the the main objects on earth, humans, dirt, trees, and water. What humans expel (carbon dioxide) is the same thing that trees need to live. What trees expel as a bi-product (oxygen) is the same thing that humans need to live. 60% of the human body is made up of water - 70% of the world is covered in water. Humans were made from dirt, and when humans die, they turn back into dirt. The dirt, along with the water, gives nutrients and life to the trees which supply food and air for the humans. Isn't this kinda a fun cycle? (Sorry for those of you who just got carsick trying to follow that.)
Now that's the big obvious things about the physical world. Look at the history of the world: we'll use the Bible as a history book for a moment. There were over 300 prophesies or prior predictions that a man would come and fulfill all of these. The man showed up named Jesus and fulfilled all of the predictions. I think that took some planning ahead of time to call out all of those shots. That at just the right moment in human history, all the pieces of the puzzle fit together that he could fulfill those. That's some good timing, and some planning.
But I want to sit in on this planning meeting. This brainstorming session. Was there any ideas that got scrapped? Probably not sense they were always right. Maybe the angels gathered around as they started laying out the blue prints and leaning over shoulders to try and get a peak at what was about to happen. Gabriel calling over Michael to check out this idea the three had just shared called, "pine trees", and another angel snickering when they announced how farting would help relieve internal gas build up created by the digestion process. Maybe one angel just runs over and puts his ear up to another angels belly to listen for a digestion process, then with a question on his face looks back at Jesus and says, "wait, so how was that gonna work again?"
But no seriously, to sit in and listen to them create waterfalls and porcupines, funnel cakes and nano-technology, the light spectrum and the sonic boom. As pure extravagant creativity flowed among them, out of them, into these plans for creation, all of heaven must have gathered around to see. Then... the grand finale. The 3 look at each other and smile, then look around at all the angels eagerly waiting in anticipation. How can you top off the digestion-process of a grizzly bear? or the majesty of when this ball of burning hydrogen atoms hits the horizon, how a small section of the light spectrum is blasted across the sky? Is it possible to top this?!
Then they begin to reveal the plans for the newest creation, the pinnacle of everything they've made. They've saved it in. They go around the circle, The Father starts and explains part of it, then Jesus explains a little more, then the Holy Spirit explains more. Round and around they go more and more excited as they just begin to reveal their plans to the angels. The angels stand with eyes plastered opened and mouths gapped. They applaud with praises of "Holy, Holy, Holy." It seems to be the only word that begins to describe such a beautiful phase. A background of praise grows as they explain the digestive system and how the neurons of the eye connect to the brain and send pulses to interpret. They explain how the minds will be able to think and learn, to create and make this new thing they just invented called music. That all of these things made possible because they have a much simpler version of the Brain of the Father. The angels rejoice as such a miraculous invention as free will and the power of a choice. It seems phenomenal.
Then the conversation takes a downturn as the Father continues to explain how they will use this freedom of choice. The angel's face turn into pain and repulsion, disgust and not understanding. "But how could they?" they ask. "After all that you've just made, after this amazing presence flowing from them, after You being everything that is good, how could they leave that?" Angels step back nauseated at the sound of what the humans would dare to do. Saddened yet amazed at how far they could run away, how they could deny the existence, how they would use creativity to make up pieces of different materials into the shape of animals and other things to give them credit, how they would know the right they should do, but chose to go the other way. "This isn't' right! This can't be!" God nods his head. "But you won't be able to be with them?!" one making the statement that hadn't occurred to the other angels. They gasp. Eyes even wider than before, holding their breathe. The pain swept over them. "That's right," God replies. "What will you do?" the angels question. "Scrap it? Change it? Remove the free choice? Get rid of it all?"
He smiles, "For my love is far too great to be separated from them forever." The angels all wide eyed leaning in feeling the warmth of the essence of Love emanating from the throne. "Jesus will go." The angels step back in shock and look at Jesus. "He will die in their place." Jesus nods in agree-ance. Waves of Love rippling away from the throne like_______ waves pulsating through the angels bodies. They drop to their knees and just cry "Holy, Holy, Holy." The only word ever good enough. "Holy, Holy, Holy" they repeat over and over. "Holy, Holy, Holy." It never seems to be enough. "Holy, Holy, Holy". The best word invented just for this purpose still cannot capture it. "Holy, Holy, Holy."
The sharpest and most intense pain rings throughout the heavens, but is overwhelmed by a greater Love. They cannot fathom, but it makes perfect sense. How can it be that the King of Glory, would go live among them. Not even as the supreme ruler of the world having Kings report to Him at the very sound of his name, but instead live among the poorest. A near insult for anyone to just suggest, yet he does it. He struggles with them, de-robeing himself of his powers to struggle along side them. He remains sinless. Then after blessings and miracles have been poured onto him, God raises him up like a prized sheep for all to see, spotless. He leads him off of the pedestal and walks him into the slaughter house. He dies. He's brutally beaten and murdered. Don't they know who he is? Don't you know what he's given you? What he's made for you? That he's made YOU. "This is NO treatment for the KING!" the angels cry out, "How could they?!" The angel's listen as He describes taking Jesus lifeless body from the cross and hiding it in a grave. He describes the battle Jesus has in Hell and how He will raise Him from the dead 3 days after. The angels clap with joy. He describes how Jesus will reappear to many and many will see and believe. Then that God would bring Jesus back into the realms of Heaven to rejoin Him and prepare a new place. Many will see and believe, but many more will hear and believe. They will turn and repent, accepting the cross and being reunited with their maker. Then, the Father will send the Spirit to help them, to call them to Him, to guide them, to help them walk in His ways. They angels jump in celebration. Dancing and shouting "Holy, Holy, Holy" to the Father, "Holy, Holy, Holy" to the Son, "Holy, Holy, Holy" to the Spirit. "Holy, Holy, Holy" over and over they cry out. A celebration like none ever before.
God, Jesus, and Spirit turn and smile at each other. Excitement fills the air. "Let's do this." They turn, and God created the heavens and the earth...
"For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake." - 1 Peter 1:18- 20
"Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again."- John 12:27-28
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, He was with God i the beginning. Through him all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:1-3
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