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31/03/2010
By Mark Farquharson
Before getting in to the subject matter of this topic a quick explanation might be helpful, for your understanding.
Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on the panoply {full armour} of God, to enable you to stand up to the stratagems of the Adversary, for it is not ours to wrestle with blood and flesh, but with the sovereignties, with the authorities, with the world-mights of this darkness, with the spiritual forces of wickedness among the celestials. {CLV}
This tells us that sovereignties and authorities mean spiritual forces in the heavens. Thus when you read of them in the next part, these are spiritual forces, that is spirit beings.
Colossians 1:15-20 Who is the Image of the invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him is all created, that in the heavens and that on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities, all is created through Him and for Him, and He is before all, and all has its cohesion in Him. And He is the Head of the body, the ecclesia, Who is Sovereign, Firstborn from among the dead, that in all He may be becoming first, for in Him the entire complement delights to dwell, and through Him to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens. {CLV}
That is all beings in the heavens and on the earth were created through Christ and for Christ. This process formed a union between Christ and all beings that were created. A union between Christ and all mankind, all animals, and all spirit beings. That is even the spiritual forces of wickedness were created through Christ and were created for Christ.
Satan influenced many angels to follow him. Adam sinned and doomed all mankind to death, not hell. Over time few actually followed God. Christ came and few followed him. Even now while there are many millions of people who claim to be Christians, there are few who are the actual chosen brethren, that form the body.
Even with all this, and all the evil in the world, over all the history of the world, this union , this connection has not been broken, it has not been lost, it still exists. And it does not just exist with the chosen, or just with the chosen and the angels that did not follow Satan. This bond still exists with all the created beings. It does not matter if they have done evil. The bond still exist with the rest of mankind that are not chosen. This union still exists with all animals, and it still exists with all the spiritual beings, even those ones that followed Satan, and Satan himself.
This bond is unbreakable, it can not be lost, it can not be destroyed. The bond has not been lost or broken or destroyed with any of the beings that were created. It still exists with all beings that were created. For it does not matter what they have done.
Thus when Christ died on the cross, He did not just died for the chosen, just so a few people could be saved. He died for all of mankind, for all of mankind was created through him. But he did not just died for all of mankind, for all the animals were created through him. Thus he died for all the animals as well. However what might be harder to believe is that He also died for all the evil spirit beings, those angels that followed Satan, and Satan himself.
All beings are reconciled to him, through the blood of the cross. That is all the beings on the earth, all mankind & all animals, and all the beings in the heavens, all the spiritual beings will be reconciled to Christ. And all beings will have their cohesion in Christ.
In the future all that was created through Christ and for Christ will be enjoyed by Christ. And all beings in the heavens and on the earth will delight to dwell in Christ, all beings will be a complement to Christ.
Copyright © M J Farquharson 2010
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