GOD THE FATHER’S ETERNAL COMPREHENSIVE PERFECT GRACE PROTOCOL DISPENSATIONAL PLAN OF THE AGES FOR THE MAXIMUM GLORY OF HIS SON, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Part-I)

“Having made known unto us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He hath purposed in Himself That in the dispensation of the fullness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him:” Ephesians 1:9, 10 KJAV

"The impossible task of circumscribing the glories of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ stems from the infinity of His person and the omnipotence and omniscience of all His works. From Genesis to Revelation Jesus Christ is the most important theme of the Bible and almost every page is related in some way to either His person or work. Christianity is Jesus Christ. No other subject is given more complete revelation and yet the half has not been told. No other theme is more intimately related to the creation of the natural world. For ‘all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made’ (John 1:3). The glories of the natural world therefore declare the power and Godhead of Jesus Christ as the Son of God.” Dr. John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord (1969)

God is infinite and therefore is not limited to time and space. He is immutable and therefore not subject to change. There is only one true and living God (cf. Deut. 6:4). The Trinity of God is His tri-personal existence as Father, Son, and Spirit (cf. Isa. 48:16; 61:1 with Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14).

In the dispensation of the Triune Godhead (i.e. pre-creation, Alpha—John 1:1, 2), the Father, the Son, and the Spirit held the eternal council of glorification. The Father introduced His eternal plan of the ages (cf. Ps. 33:11; Prov. 19:21 with Isa. 40:13, 14). His plan was centered in giving new glory to His eternal Beloved Son; by means of the Son taking upon Himself a finite nature through hypostatic union (cf. Matt. 1:23 with Heb. 10:5) and bringing many finite sons to glory (cf. Heb. 2:9-18). This plan allowed the infinite glorified person of the Son to receive finite glory and through this finite glory to glorify the Father (cf. John 17:3-6, 10). The Son agreed to His part in the Father’s plan; and an eternal covenant of glorification was made between the two of them (cf. Heb. 13:20, 21). The Spirit certified the plan and became its eternal seal (cf. Eph. 1:13).

In the dispensation of the Fullness of Times the Father will bring all things in heaven and earth together in Christ! The Son will receive maximum finite glory; and He will use this finite glory to glorify the Father for designing such a wonderful and perfect plan. Christ is the plan’s Alpha and Omega (cf. Rev. 1:8).

“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9, 10 KJAV

 “The general Doctrine of the Plan of God delineates background information which is necessary for answering questions and understanding why God has created and allowed the universe to exist as it is. It describes the purpose of God as: His resolve to manifest the perfection of the unity of His attributes. This resolve will be referred to as the ‘Eternal Resolution.’ ... The Eternal Resolution includes the divine option for the manifestation of His attributes to be achieved through a creation-revelation. This means that God did not create because He was lonely or bored. He created for the purpose of manifesting the Truth about Who and What He is.” Dr. Ron Killingsworth, The Plan of God (nd)

Chronological time began in the dispensation of the Triune Godhead with the issuance of the Father’s divine decree. His divine decree was the proclamation of His decretive will and covered every issue that would occur throughout the creative ages to come. It was the Father’s eternal resolution to manifest the divine attributes of God through creation for the ultimate glorification of God.

The Father was under no compulsion to create. It was His eternal option! At the moment that it pleased the Godhead for Him to do so, He issued the divine decree regarding creation. Creation flowed forth from the Father’s decretive will!

The Son is the image of the invisible God (cf. Col. 1:15a; Heb. 1:3). He is eternal in His divine nature (cf. John 1:1, 2). By means of hypostatic union, the Son is the person of the Christ. The Father decreed Him to be the Firstborn of every creature (cf. Col. 1:15b); though He would be born of a woman in the fullness of time (cf. Gal. 4:4). From the beginning of the plan, He was the Father’s appointed celebrity of the ages. Christ was the actual creator and He is the sustainer of all things (cf. Col. 1:16, 17 with John 1:3). As the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end of the Father’s plan, He is the focal point of all revealed truth (cf. John 14:6), and as the Living Word and Living Revelation of God (cf. John 1:1-2; 14).

“Jesus of Nazareth was not a mere man, excelling others in purity of life and conduct and in sincerity of purpose, simply distinguished from other teachers by the fullness of His knowledge. He is the God-man. Such view of the person of Messiah is the assured foundation of the entire Scriptural testimony of Him, and it is to irresistibly inferred from the style and strain in which He habitually spake of Himself.” John Stock, The God-Man (reprinted in The Fundamentals Vol. 2 (1917)

The Son is Emmanuel, the God-Man (cf. Matt. 1:23). He came at the incarnation to explain the Father through His person, His lifestyle, His work, and His teaching (cf. John 1:14; 18 with 5:17; 9:4). He is one person; yet He is both God and man!

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 KJAV

The entire Triune Godhead had a part in creation. “God” (Heb. Elohim) is a Hebrew uni-plural noun and therefore the Trinity is latent in it. The Father, as Jehovah, is the designer of all creation (cf. Isa. 45:18a with 46:9, 10). The Son, who is also absolute God (Heb. Elohim), did the work of creation (cf. Isa. 45:18b with Rom. 11:36; Heb. 1:2). The Spirit was also involved in creation (cf. Ps. 104:30; Gen. 1:2). Creation was the unified work of the Triune Godhead.

It is essential that believers come to understand the Father’s purpose in creation as it relates to finite rational beings; both spirit beings (i.e. Bne Ha El, sons of God, angels) and mankind (members of the Adamic human race). God is the only infinite eternal being. Spirit beings are created beings. Even though they do not have material bodies, they are finite beings. The human race consists of finite beings with material bodies. All mankind is descended from Adam and Eve (cf. Gen. 3:20 with 5:1-5). The Father designed creation for His purpose (cf. Eph. 1:9; 3:11) and that purpose included revealing God to mankind (cf. Heb. 1:1-3).

God is eternal (cf. Deut. 33:27; Ps. 90:2; Rev. 4:8-10), omniscient (cf. Ps. 139:1-6; Prov. 5:21), omnipotent (cf. Gen. 17:1; Ex. 6:3), holy (cf. Ps. 99:9; Isa. 5:16), perfect (cf. Matt. 5:48), glorious (cf. Ex. 15:11; Ps. 145:5) and immutable (cf. Ps. 102:26, 27). He is love (cf. I John 4:8, 16), faithful (cf. I Cor. 10:13; I Pet. 4:19), and truth (cf. Ps. 10:16). As the eternal perfect being, God exists in three persons. Each one is God; and yet there is only one God. Each one possesses all of the essence and attributes of God in totality, but expresses them individually according to their own personality (the Father paternity, the Son filiation, and the Spirit procession or spiration). God is the only absolutely independent being in existence (cf. Rom. 11:36). He is independent in His being (cf. John 4:24), self-existence (cf. Ex. 3:14), wisdom (cf. Rom. 11:34, 35), counsel (cf. Ps. 33:11; Isa. 46:10), and will (cf. Dan. 4:35; Rom. 9:19; Eph. 1:5; Rev. 4:11). Therefore, God had the option to create or not to create. He also had options in when and how He would create.

The Father was under no necessity or compulsion to design the plan of creation. His decision to execute and achieve His eternal resolution came from the freedom of His own eternal volition. Creation was the perfect plan for the Triune Godhead to reveal itself to other creatures (who did not yet exist) and make known the eternal value of His essence and attributes. His plan is a grace plan in totality.

The primary purpose in creation was to provide finite glory to the Son by allowing Him to possess a created human nature along with His eternal divine nature. The secondary purpose in creation was to make God known through creation to created beings. The primary purpose in the Father’s plan was Christocentric (Christ centered) because it brought a new type of glory to the Son, who is the person of the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. John 17:22, 24). The Son’s response to the Father’s plan is Paterocentric (Father centered) because His attainment of maximum finite glory provided a new manifestation for the Father’s infinite glory (cf. John 17:4). Therefore, creation reveals the infinite God to His created rational beings.

The Father’s eternal plan of the ages calls for three distinct revelations of the infinite God to finite rational beings. God revealed Himself through creation, which is Natural Theology (Ps. 19:1-4). The understanding of Natural Theology was distorted by original sin; and while it still reveals the existence of God it cannot independently reveal the truth about God. He revealed Himself through the Son’s First Advent in hypostatic union, as the God-Man, which is Incarnation Theology (cf. Heb. 1:1-3; John 1:14; I John 1:1, 2). Christ is no longer on the earth, so Incarnation Theology is no longer a means of understanding God. He revealed Himself through His Spoken Word (cf. II Pet. 1:19-21), which was Prophetic Theology. The Father is no longer speaking to men through new revelation; so Prophetic Theology is no longer a means of understanding God. The only independent means that God is using today to reveal Himself is Canon Theology.

Canon Theology is the written Word of God (cf. II Tim. 3:16; I Cor. 2:16; Phil. 2:5 with Rev. 22:18, 19). Natural theology reveals Him but does not reveal salvation.

“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam ‘s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.“ Romans 5:14 KJAV

“A general truth laid down as the foundation of his discourse-that Adam was a type of Christ (v. 14): Who is the figure of him that was to come. God dealt with Adam, and Adam acted as common father, of and for all his posterity. Jesus Christ, the Mediator, acted, as the head of all the elect, dealt with God for them, as their father, died for them, rose for them, entered within the veil for them, did all for them.” Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible

God created Adam in the image of Christ’s human nature. This was the human nature the Father had designed for the Son’s incarnation (cf. Col. 1:15, 16 with Gen. 1:26, 27). Adam was created an adult man, with theoretical knowledge of God and of creation; but without experiential knowledge. From the moment of his creation until the moment of his original sin, he typified Christ. He was under the direct orders of the Son, just as the Son was under the Father’s direct orders. The Son gave Adam personal responsibility (cf. Gen. 2:15-17) and held him personally accountable. The Son was following the directive will of the Father (cf. Heb. 10:5).

Until you understand Adam in the Garden of Eden typifying Christ, you will never fully understand the Father’s eternal comprehensive perfect grace dispensational protocol plan of the ages for the maximum glorification of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ! Today, Bible doctrine is the only source of available truth concerning God!

Adam was a prophet because Scripture declares that the Father had prophets from the beginning (cf. Lu. 1:69, 70; Acts 3:21). Adam was a priest because it was the Father’s directive will for all creation to worship Him (cf. Ps. 29:2 with 66:4). Adam was a King because the Covenant of Works gave Him authority over the entire earth as long as He abided by its conditions (cf. Gen. 28:30 with 2:7-20). Adam typified the Incarnate Son only during the Dispensation of Man (a.k.a. Gentiles) the age of Innocence by means of His obedience to the Father’s directive will. Adam’s Federal Headship over the Adamic (human) race typified Christ’s Federal Headship over the Royal (redeemed) race.

Adam was created a full grown man with the highest intelligence quota in all of human history, with exception of that of the Lord Jesus Christ. He possessed no experiential knowledge; but he possessed the knowledge that allowed him to identify with His creator God and accept the Father’s covenant of works.

“With how much more fervor should the first man have celebrated the Divine goodness as He walked forth upon the new creation in all its loveliness and beauty, and was regaled on every hand with the tokens of the Divine regard! How must his heart have overflowed as he sounded the mysterious depths of his being, and felt the grand and glorious capacities with which he was endowed! His first utterance must have been praise, his first impulse to throw himself upon the ground and bless that God who had made him what he was. It was amazing goodness to have furnished him with all of the blessings that crowned his lot, considered merely as a servant.” James H. Thomwell, Collected Writings Vol. 1 Theology (1875)

Adam was not just a priest; he was God’s high priest of natural theology. Adam was of the earth (cf. I Cor. 15:47) and therefore could not look upon God in all His glory (cf. Ex. 33:20). Spirit beings could see God in all of His manifested glory (cf. Lu. 1:19 with Rev. 4:6-8). The elect spirit beings worship God through Manifested Glory Theology, but seek to learn more of God through His revealed theology to man (cf. I Pet. 1:12 with Eph. 3:10). Adam was created sinless and perfect (cf. Gen. 1:31), but with the potential to sin (cf. Gen. 2:17; 3:6). He could not know God as the Redeemer God (cf. Eph. 2:8). He could only know and worship Him as the great Creator God! The Son explained Natural Theology to him.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.“ Psalm 19:1 KJAV

“When we behold the heavens, we cannot but be elevated, by the contemplation of them, to Him who is their great Creator; and the beautiful arrangement and wonderful variety which distinguish the courses and station of the heavenly bodies, together with the beauty and splendor which are manifest in them, cannot but furnish us with an evident proof of His providence.” John Calvin, The Psalms of David and others (1571)

Try to place yourself in Adam’s place the moment he came alive in the presence of God the Son, (by means of a Christophany appearance), and imagine what it must have been like to behold the grandeur of all that he could see. Then to have God the Son personally instruct him in all things necessary for him to function, not simply as the first man, but as the original type of Christ. Adam was no simple caveman with the mentality of a child. That type of false theology is the result of the influence of anthropocentric thinking based upon the lie of cultural evolution. Adam was created trichotomous which is spirit, soul, and body (cf. I Thess. 5:23). The Son took Adam into the Garden of Eden and introduced him to his home and to a large land grant that went with it (cf. Gen. 2:7, 8). The Son explained to Adam the covenant of works which the God was making with Him (cf. Gen. 1:28-31 with 2:8-17). The implication is that the Son taught Adam all he needed to fulfill it.

The Son placed Adam in the most wonderful orchard in all of Adamic (creation) history because every tree in the garden was perfect in appearance and produced delicious eatable fruits and nuts (cf. Gen. 2:9a, 16). The Father had created all plants and herbs (cf. Gen. 1:29; 2:5) and they were perfect (cf. Gen. 1:31). As he tasted each kind of fruit, vegetable, and nut for the first time Adam must have praised God. Apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, figs, bananas, pineapple, blackberries, strawberries, olives, dates, huckleberries, tomatoes, celery, lettuce, cabbage, pecans, walnuts, hickory nuts, and coconuts were just a few of his available food stuffs. We have no reason to believe that the Son did not explain fire to Adam; so that could have beans, corn, peas, carrots, potatoes, yams, okra, and many other wonderful foods. Why would God withhold the ability to enjoy all of the wonderful treasures He had placed on the earth for Adam and for his prodigy?

“Mankind was created pure and placed under undeflied nature under the laws of creation. In that situation, true theology was also natural and God-given. It was not, despite this, complete or fully in-born because it has always been subject to increase and clarification by revelation, and that necessarily so. In that state, theology was absolutely pure. The light given to Adam was sufficient and beneficial for his recognition of God as Creator, Lawgiver, and Rewarder.” John Owen, Biblical Theology (1661)

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” II Timothy 3:16, 1 KJAV

We need to examine each verse of Scripture in context and make sure we find its spiritual life value. The Father’s plan for Adam was to have a residence in the Garden of Eden (cf. Gen. 1:8); but he was given authority to explore and subdue the entire earth (cf. Gen. 1:28). The first voice he heard was the voice of God! The entire world was made available to Adam. He was given absolute authority over the entire animal kingdom (cf. Gen. 1:30). The Son brought every animal and every bird to Adam; and he gave them names (cf. Gen. 2:19a). Just think how excited Adam must have been as he studied and gave names to the lion, the tiger, the leopard, the horse, the giraffe, the kangaroo, the cow, the pig, the elephant, and all other animals. He was the first human to see the beautiful birds. We do not know just how great the development from genus to species was; but we have no reason to believe the Father was utilizing any form of evolution. Each species brought forth after its own kind (cf. Gen. 1:21, 24). He gave names to “every living creature” and this would include all water and sea life (cf. Gen. 2: 19b). Now whales, sharks, seals, penguins, various genus and species of fish would not have been present in the Garden. Therefore, logic implies that the Son transported Adam out of the Garden to their natural habitat.

Scripture speaks of a river flowing out of the Garden, to become four separate rivers of which two were the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers (cf. Gen. 1:10-14). The Son could well have taught Adam about the value of water, as a necessity for all forms of life (botanical and zoological). Perhaps, He even taught him the value of water for transportation and for energy. Gold (typifying all forms of metal), bdellium (gum resin typifying all forms of tree and plant sap) and the onyx stone (typifying all types of precious gems) are introduced in the same passage. Do you doubt the Son used them to teach Adam things he could use immediately; and things he would need to know after the fall? The Son is omniscient; and He knew Adam would one day commit sin and be cast out of the Garden. He was told to dress (Heb. ‘abad) meaning to till the garden. Therefore, the Son taught him horticulture. Adam was commanded to keep (Heb. shamar) the Garden and shamar means to place a military watch (cf. Judg. 7:19); which implies that he was given some information concerning the protection of the Garden.

How long did it take for Adam to be trained to fully function in the Garden and to understand his long-term potential for blessings outside the Garden? How long did it take him to name all the animals and taste all of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts available to him in the Garden?

Natural theology is designed to teach the essence and attributes of God. The immensity and omnipresence of God is reflected by space. The eternity of God is reflected by time. The spirituality of God is reflected by matter. Adam was created in the likeness of God, because he was created in the likeness of the Son’s human nature, which is in the likeness of God (cf. Col. 1:27 with Col. 1:15, 16). He was created with passive holiness; and every day that he obeyed God he added experiential holiness. We do not know how long Adam was in the Garden before Eve was brought forth to become his wife or how long they were married before sin entered into their lives. Adam’s lifespan of 930 years relates to the time between his original sin and his physically death (cf Gen. 2:17).

The false doctrine of the evolution of the species is a great Satanic lie. It was designed to deny the existence of a Personal Creator God. It has been coupled with the false doctrine of the cultural evolution to brainwash people into believing that the human race started in a total primitive caveman mentality and lifestyle. Cultural evolution is the claim that the initial development of human culture began in what is call the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age and has been in a progressive state every since. Like species evolution it is an attack upon the Word of God because it challenges the truth of the book of Genesis. Believers need to wake up to these false doctrines and realize how much these lies have been used to attack the truth of God’s Word and to confuse believers as to the Father’s eternal comprehensive perfect grace dispensational protocol plan of the ages.