Mystery of the Ages.PDF - Blow the Trumpet

Unless or UNTIL a son of Adam could qualify where Adam failed--couldovercome and conquer SATAN--could pay the penalty of human sin and ransom theworld from Satan--none could restore GOD'S GOVERNMENT--none could be giveneternal GOD-life!The supreme master plan for working out GOD'S PURPOSE--reproducinghimself--called for the self-existing "WORD" to be born of human flesh as a son ofAdam. But ALSO that plan called for him to be born as the only begotten Son of GOD!The Messiah, and he alone, would be able to overcome and conquer Satan--toQUALIFY to replace Satan ON THE THRONE OF THE EARTH! Only through himcould the sons of Adam be reconciled to GOD, receive God's Spirit, become GOD'S sons--become the GOD BEINGS by whom God should have finally reproduced himself!What a superb incredible master plan for such a SUPREME PURPOSE! HOWGREAT IS THE ETERNAL GOD WHO DESIGNED IT!This wonderful plan of God therefore of necessity called for the sons of Adam ingeneral to be NOT YET JUDGED! God left them to their own devices--knowing full wellthey would willingly and willfully follow automatically Satan's "GET" way.But meanwhile they would not be finally judged, but "reaping what they sowed."They would live this sinful life, die, and God would RESURRECT them in a specialresurrection to JUDGMENT in the end of the 7,000 years of the master plan. Christalready having atoned for their sins--Satan having been removed--Christ and the kingdomof God having restored the government of God over the earth--then they could beCALLED to repentance, to reconciliation to GOD, to becoming, on their then free choice,GOD BEINGS!And THAT'S WHY God has kept the world as a whole CUT OFF from him, evenas their progenitor Adam had cut off himself and his human family.Why a Mystery to the WorldAs the apostle Paul was inspired to write, in Romans 11: "I would not, brethren, that yeshould be ignorant of this mystery" (and it is a mystery to the world) "that blindness" tothese mysteries has happened to this world--even to its "Christian theologians"--UNTILthe kingdom of God has been established in rule of the earth!"For," continues Paul, "as ye [Christians] in times past have not believed God, yethave now obtained mercy through their unbelief: even so have these also now notbelieved, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For GOD hath concludedthem all in unbelief, that he might have mercy UPON ALL"!And at this point Paul shouted out in writing: "O the depth of the riches both ofthe wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his wayspast finding out!" (Rom. 11:25, 30-32).True, the apostle wrote the above concerning ISRAEL, and I have applied it to alluncalled humanity--but it is truly applicable.God called and prepared the Old Testament prophets. He has called and still callsand prepares the CHURCH to overcome Satan--whereas those now blinded, uncalled andcut off from God have NOT had to overcome Satan. WHY?WHY the CHURCH?