Ever before God created the world, the redemptive work of Christ had already been fulfilled and completed in the mind of God. Christ happens to be God's word i.e the thoughts, ideas and intelligence of God. This Christ, typified as a lamb in the book of revelation has been slain before the world was created and his blood had atoned for the sins of a world which would later be created by God. This occurrence happened even before angels, cherubim, seraphim, 24 elders, the four living creatures were created. The lamb had been slain, right before the rebellion and the outcasting of Lucifer from heaven.
Before the worlds were framed by God's Word, We all had been with God in Christ. We(believers) had been foreknown, predestined to be in God. He(God the Father) elected, called us and chose us before time began so we can be in fellowship with Him. You might wonder, how and in what form did we existed then? The Answer is this. We all(believers; the elect of God) existed in the mind of God. God had always have those who will later believe in his Son(you & I) in His mind
After the rebellion of Lucifer who coveted the throne of God, seeking to have equal rulership with God, [He coveted the throne on which you and I are seated presently in Christ. He coveted same power and authority God has, of which we've all been freely given by God by the virtue of Christ's sacrifice], man got formed from the dust of the earth and then placed at the east side of Eden in a garden. Prior to this, all things that do appear now(vegetations, mountains, seas, oceans, firmaments, livestock, beasts of the field) had been created before man was formed. On the sixth day of creation, man was created. This symbolizes or typified God's original plan of rest for those in Christ. All the will and purposes of God had already been supplied and all we as sons need do is to enter into the rest of what Christ has done and perfected via his death and resurrection.
After man was created, the devil(who was before Lucifer) saw men and out curiosity, tempted Eve(the woman forned out of Adam), the latter of which brought Adam into the pit of temptation. They were previously told not to eat of a certain tree in the garden(the tree of the knowledge of good and evil), but instead, they were to keep eating of the fruits of the tree of life. The act of man choosing the tree of the knowledge of good and evil typified man rebelling against God's command of feasting on the life of Christ(i.e the tree of Life). Adam and Eve were never created in God's image and likeness. If they had been created in God's image, they would not have rejected the Godlife (the tree of life) and rather choose sin. The tree of life was placed in the garden so Man can come to full perfection in knowledge and understanding of who Christ(the life of God) is, and then grow into the full stature of Christ(in nature, deeds and character).
After their rebellion, God had to pass judgement on Eve, Adam and then the serpent.
The Judgement he passed on the serpent is recorded in Genesis chapter 3:15KJV
Genesis 3:15KJV And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The seed of the woman was later revealed as Christ and the seed of the serpent happens to be any spirit that opposes the things of God(the Antichrist spirit). This judgement was later fulfilled when Christ abolished the power of sin and death, (made active by man's rebellion), thus stripping the devil off of all the power and dominion he took from Adam.
Man, after he rebelled, was sent out with his companion (Eve) from the garden and God placed cherubim at the entrance of the garden to guard it from the reach of men. This act portrayed God's love towards mankind even after man rebelled. After man partook of sin, if he had later ate of the tree of life(which imparts eternal life to the spirit), he(man) would have been trapped in a perpetual state of darkness, in a limbo where there is no hope for salvation and redemption. Man would have kept sinning perpetually, living in an eternal state of death. God had to guard the path to the tree of life so the salvation plan he had planned before time can be fulfilled.
The Fall of Man in Eden brought sin into the world and death took advantage of sin to reign. Man couldn't fellowship effectively with God as it used to be in the garden where God would come down in his glory to fellowship. Man lost sensitivity to the 'consciousness of God's glory and life'. Man's spirit was dead, and he could only reach God through his natural senses and perceptions (of sight, hearing, smell, feeling). For example, Fire had to come down from heaven for man to believe in God's omnipotence, also the Jewish nation had to live a perfect life by abiding totally to the law(which was impossible for men as at then, because the agency that brings empowerment to live perfect wasn't given yet i.e the HolySpirit). All men then we're carnal, sold out to sin, except the elders of faith mentioned in Hebrew 11 who received salvation on a promissory note and accepted the gospel when was preached to them in types and shadows.
When the fullness of all things came (i.e the maturing of the times), God sent forth his word to the earth, His word then became flesh and walked upon the earth, living for the sole purpose to die for the sins of the world and ultimately to restore back the fellowship which man had lost with God. Christ lived the purest form of life under the law. He became the sacrificial lamb who will absorb in his Spirit all the sins of men which had been committed before His time, during His time and after His time. Christ became sin on the cross; God's judgement and wrath which ought to have been passed onto this world, were all focused on Jesus and then He suffered, was hung on a tree, was buried in a tomb and then resurrected from the dead by the power of the HolySpirit (God's glory). He fulfilled the judgement which God gave in the garden, of him bruising the head(power) of the serpent(devil).
2 Corinthians 5:21KJV
For he(God) hath made him(Christ) to be sin for us(believers), who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Just as Adam's rebellion made sin and death available to all those who lived before Christ on earth(those who rejected the gospel), the resurrection of Christ from the dead also made available righteousness and eternal life to all those who will believe in the gospel. Anyone who believes that Christ is the Son of God(i.e God in the human flesh) has eternal life in Him. Such a person has been restored back to perfect, undying, unending, infallible fellowship, union and oneness with God. Such a man hasn't been restored back to Eden, where God had to come down just to commune with man, or where the devil had access to. Such a man(a believer) has been restored to God in Christ and now dwells in Zion, where God dwells in the heart of her inhabitants and the devil can never have right and access into
1 Corinthians 1:9KJV God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Sacrifice of Jesus for the sins of this world is beyond natural. It's a supernatural love towards mankind. God's love is overwhelming. We all who believe are now in God; this goes beyond whether you see or feel it. It's a knowing that exceeds sight...
Confession
Declare boldly, I am in God, I am perfect in God. I am the habitation of the Almighty. I have been redeemed by God; I have received the free gift of salvation. Now I am righteousness, blameless and Holy in God. i stand in God with no sense of guilt, shame and condemnation. I abide in the rest Christ has provided me. I am blessed
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