THE BLESSING OF THE LORD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ! ACTIVATING THE PLAN: THE RESTORATION BEGINS !

THE BLESSING OF THE LORD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ! ACTIVATING THE PLAN: THE RESTORATION BEGINS ! "Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught: but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified THE LORD of glory." (1 Corinthians 2:6-8). Nothing Lucifer did in the Garden of Eden could change the words God has spoken over man. Despite the fall of Adam and Eve, despite the curse that invaded the earth through their sin, God stood by what He'd said. He didn't back off. He didn't say, "I guess I'd better scrap THE BLESSING, and do something else." Instead, He invoked the plan. He bridged the the gap between Himself and mankind by forging covenant relationships with those who would believe and honor Him. Through such men and women of faith, He preserved a bloodline for Himself on the earth. He established a lineage that would eventually produce the devil crushing Seed He had spoken about in the Garden. He brought forth a covenant people through whom He could one day fully restore THE BLESSING. From the beginning, the devil thought hard to destroy those people. There are very existence threaded the demonic kingdom he has set up on earth. He didn't know how, where or when, but according to God's WORD, someday a king would come from their bloodline and overthrow him and his government. A Messiah, born through this covenant race, would strip him of his authority over the kingdom of the world. If you think the devil didn't really have that much authority, think again. When he took mankind captive, he became, in a very real way, the god of this world. Through his control of sin-enslaved people people, he took possession of the resources of this planet. His rulership over the world's system of commerce and the nations that depended on it was so indisputable that even Jesus acknowledged it. He didn't argue with the devil when he took Him up onto a high mountain during the wilderness temptations and showed Him "... All the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them." Jesus didn't contradict the devil when he said, "All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." Jesus simply answered, "Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship The LORD thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." It's obvious from that interaction that the devil has the goods to back up his offer. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a real temptation. Someone couldn't tempt me to do something by offering to give me half of Texas if they didn't own half of Texas. I'd just laugh at them. Jesus would have done the same thing has the devil been lying. He would have said, "You can't give Me something that doesn't belong to you." Jesus treated the devils offer like the real thing because it was. Satan actually did have possession of the world's kingdoms and glory. That's why he was so determined to rid the planet of God's covenant bloodline. If he wanted to make his lordship over planet Earth permanent, he would have to destroy the warnings through whom God intended to restore dominion to all mankind. Every time he tried, however, he ran into one, major problem. He found that God Himself defended His people whenever they were attacked. He protected them and any costs, anywhere, anytime. To preserve that bloodline, God would even destroy the adversaries the devil incited against them. Although it would grieve His heart, He would do it. Brother Lewis, how could God's side with one person against another ? You might ask. "Doesn't God love everyone ? Certainly, He does. God loves the worst criminal just as much as He loves you and me. He loves every man, woman and child on earth, no matter what their race or creed, but He doesn't have a covenant relationship with all of them. He is only in covenant with those who will receive Him and His WORD by faith. He'd be thrilled if everyone would do that but, many won't. God has great compassion for those who reject Him or His WORD; but if they tried to harm His covenant people, He will side against them. He will do what ever it takes to protect His own seed.