1917_The_Finished_Mystery_Text

Thou art worthy, O Lord OUR LORD ANDGOD.— "The proper view of the matter showsus the Heavenly Father perfect in all theattributes of nobility of character; perfect inJustice, so that the just sentence of His righteousLaw cannot be infracted, even by Himself;perfect in wisdom, so that His plan andarrangement, not only with respect to man'screation, but also with respect to man's salvation,the Atonement, etc., were all so complete that nocontingency or failure could arise, nor anynecessity for change of the Divine Plan; as it iswritten, ‘I am the same, I change not, saith theLord,' and ‘Known unto the Lord are all Hisworks, from the foundation of the world'; perfectalso in His Love, than which there could be nogreater love possible, and yet that Love is in fullbalance and accord with the other Divineattributes, so that it could spare the sinner only inharmony with the just program marked out byDivine Wisdom; perfect also in Power, so that allHis good purposes, good intentions, just programand loving designs, fully co-ordinated, shall beexecuted, and bring the originally designedresult; as it is written, ‘My Word that goeth forthout of My mouth shall not return to Me void; itshall accomplish that which I please, and it shallprosper in the thing whereto I sent it.' (Isa. 55:11;Mal. 3:6; Acts 15:18.)"— E37, 34.FM96To receive glory.— All the glory, Greek.And honor and power.— "Could this Scriptureever be fulfilled, could the Divine character everbe appreciated by intelligent, honest, just andloving hearts, if in any corner of the Universethere were such orgies and tortures of Hiscreatures as the creeds of the Darker Ages haveset forth? Surely not!"— B.S.M.For Thou has created all things.— The allthings, the Universe, Greek. "Across the vista ofages He saw in His purpose the glory of anintelligent creation in His own likeness,established in righteousness and worthy of Hisgift of eternal life. He therein foresaw the mutualpleasure of the Creator and the creature, and with