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Speaker 1: Where was Jesus before creation? Where was he before Adam
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took his first breath, before the earth had rivers or
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stars or time itself. That question might sound theological, but
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it's actually personal, because your confidence in Christ depends on
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your revelation of who He's always been. See some people
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treat Jesus like he showed up halfway through the Bible,
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like he's a New Testament figure who didn't exist until
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the Nativity scene. But John One slams that error with thunder.
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
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with God, and the Word was God, not became God.
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Was God before Genesis said let there be light. The
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light of the world already existed before God formed Adam
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from the dust, the Son, the Living Word, stood face
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to face with the Father, outside of time, immersed in
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divine glory. He was created, He created through him. All
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things were made. Without him. Nothing was made that has
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been made that includes you, That includes the breath in
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your lungs, that includes the cross he chose, and the
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throne he never left. Now let's go deeper. Colossians one
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sixteen to seventeen declares for in him all things were created,
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things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, All
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things have been created through him and for him. He
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is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
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That means your Jesus isn't just a carpenter from Nazareth.
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He's not some moral example you bring out on Sundays.
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He's the glue of creation, the divine architect who hung
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planets on nothing and designed the DNA you carry. He
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holds galaxies in his hand, and he also holds your anxiety,
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your future, and your very being. Let's pause and imagine this.
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Before the mountains were shaped, Jesus was already planning the
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hill he would die on. Before time started ticking, the
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lamb of God had already chosen the nails. That's not
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just sovereignty, that sacrificial love from eternity past. So when
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people try to shrink Jesus down into a wise man,
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a historical figure, or a motivational prophet, they're not just mistaken,
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they're deceived. The one who laid down his life is
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the same one who laid the foundations of the earth.
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And he didn't just create, He sustains. Hebrews one three
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says he upholds all things by the word of his power,
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not by effort, not by energy, by his word. That's
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how powerful he is. The atoms in your body held
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together by the one who also holds the stars in place.
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That Jesus and the Alpha and Omega was not made,
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he he is maker. Now why does this matter for you?
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Because if Jesus existed before creation, then your salvation wasn't
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an afterthought. It was a pre creation plan. Before there
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was sin, There was already a savior, before the fall,
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there was already grace. You are not a random accident.
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You are the result of an eternal strategy, authored by
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the Word, sealed by the cross, and guaranteed by an
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empty tomb. Let me remind you of the scene in
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John eight fifty eight when Jesus told the religious leaders
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before Abraham was I Am. They wanted to stone him,
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not because he used poetic language, but because he was
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claiming what only God could claim, eternal self existence. I
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Am is the name God gave to Moses at the
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burning Bush, and Jesus took it as his own. That's
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not subtle, that's divine mic drop. Here's the cultural correction.
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Modern theology likes a soft Jesus, tame, non threatening, palatable,
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for social media quotes. But the real Jesus didn't start
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in Bethlehem. He always was. He wasn't created, He is
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the creator. That's why Genesis one twenty six says, let
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us make man in our image. That us wasn't God
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talking to angels. That was Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
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eternally one, eternally divine, eternally working. Want a lesser known
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verse that will shake your understanding even deeper. Proverbs thirty
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colon four asks who has gone up to heaven and
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come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the
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hollow of his hands? What is his name and the
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name of his son? Surely you know that's Old Testament,
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that's pre incarnation. That's the shadow of Christ in the
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poetry of Solomon, pointing forward to the soun one who
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always was. Let this reshape your prayer life. When you
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pray in Jesus name, you're not invoking someone who came
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late to the scene. You're calling on the one who
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created the scene. The one who wrote time can rewrite
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your timeline. The one who formed the earth can reform
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your heart. The one who stood before creation now stands
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with you in every storm. So where was Jesus before creation.
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He was already king, already present, already preparing to redeem
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what hadn't even fallen yet. You don't just serve a
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savior who showed up. You follow a king who never left.
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And if he was there before the beginning, trust me,
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he'll be there beyond your ending. Because Jesus is not
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bound by the story, he's the author of it. Before
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Jesus was arrested, before the betrayal, before the beatings, before
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the cross, he prayed. But this prayer wasn't just for strength.
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It wasn't a panic prayer. It was a declaration of identity.
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John seventeen five records one of the most mind blowing
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statements in scripture. Jesus praying to the Father, says, and now, Father,
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glorify me in your presence, with the glory I had
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with you before the world began. Wait, what did he
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just say. He's not asking for something new, He's asking
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for something restored. Jesus is saying, give me back the
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glory I already had before there was an earth, before
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there was Eden, before there were humans to rebel and
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nails to pierce. Jesus wasn't imagining. He was Remembering this
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one sentence dismantles any theory that Jesus was just a
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man who gained divine status. He knew he existed before creation.
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He didn't come to earn glory, he came from it.
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Pause here and ask the uncomfortable question, why don't we
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talk about this more? Why do we reduce Jesus to
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an emotional rescue figure, someone who just helps us out
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of sin and into Sunday service. It's because many Christians
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are still trying to worship a savior they haven't yet
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recognized as king from eternity past. If you think Jesus
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showed up in the New Testament, you'll treat his words
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like updates. But if you understand he existed before Genesis
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one one, you'll treat his words like law and life.
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This prayer in John seventeen isn't the desperate whisper of
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a man fearing death. It's the powerful reminder of a
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son returning home. He's speaking with the confidence of someone
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who has seen the Father's face before the universe had shape.
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This is not a cry for help. It's a reunion request,
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and that should shake your theology to its bones. Now,
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think about the context Jesus is praying this on his
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head way to gethsemone a garden filled with olive trees
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in a region still there today called the Mount of Olives,
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just east of Jerusalem. Today those trees are still standing,
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some of them have stood for over two thousand years.
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Imagine this somewhere in the same grove. The creator of
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time was speaking about a time before time. That's not poetic,
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that's prophetic. And what did he pray next? In verse
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twenty four, Father, I want those you have given me
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to be with me where I am and to see
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my glory, the glory you have given me because you
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loved me before the creation of the world. Stop reread that.
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He's not only talking about his pre existence, he's including
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you in it. He's saying, bring them into this eternal reality.
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Let them see who I really am, not just the
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Galilean with sandals and parables, but the eternal son wrapped
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in unapproachable light. This is the part where theology becomes personal.
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Jesus isn't just returning to glory. He's bringing you into it.
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You're not following a timeline bound leader. You're being invited
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into a reality older than time itself. This destroys the
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cheap theology that paints Jesus as a soft moral teacher
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or spiritual influencer. You don't pray about pre existent glory
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unless you were actually there. You don't ask for restored
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majesty unless you once wore it. Jesus is not a
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visitor to glory, he is its source. Let's shake up
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another modern error. Some believers say things like Jesus became
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the sun at his birth. Not true. He was always
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the sun. He didn't become divine, he became flesh. That's
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what John wants One fourteen says, the Word became flesh
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and made his dwelling among us. Not was created, not evolved,
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became the eternal Son, stepped into skin, not for promotion,
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but for redemption. Now consider how revolutionary that is. Jesus
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didn't need to earn glory through good works. He left
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glory to do the father's will. The angels didn't start
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worshiping him when he healed the blind they had been
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worshiping him before there was even such a thing as blindness.
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So here's the bold truth our generation needs to hear.
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If Jesus knew who he was before the foundation of
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the world. Then you better stop treating him like he's
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just part of your spiritual support system. He is not
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your motivational speaker. He is not your vibe. He is Lord,
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and every knee, past, present and future will bow. And
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now the practical part. When you pray, realize who you're
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praying to. You're not speaking to a man who walked
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the earth two thousand years ago. You're speaking to the
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eternal one who designed the very breath you use to pray.
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When you worship, you're not singing to some one who
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needs your affirmation. You're joining a song that started before
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time and will never end. So when Jesus said in
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John seventeen five, glorify me with the glory I had
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before the world began, he was lifting the curtain for us.
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He was saying, I'm not just your rabbi. I'm the radiance.
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I'm not just your deliverer. I'm the designer. I'm not
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just coming back. I'm returning to where I came from.
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That's the Jesus. We need, not a helper, not a
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back up plan, the pre existent, co eternal, ever ruling,
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glory carrying king. And he didn't just pray about it.
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He invited you into it before the serpent hissed in Eden.
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The Lamb had already been chosen. Before Adam inhaled his
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first breath of life, Jesus had already exhaled the future
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cost of redemption. This isn't poetic language. This is divine planning.
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Revelation thirteen Colonate doesn't ask for your theological comfort. It
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demands your owe. It says the lamb who was slain
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from the foundation of the world. Read that again before
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the foundation, not after, not during, not in response. Before
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That means Calvary wasn't a surprise to Heaven. The Cross
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wasn't a plan b. Jesus wasn't God's emergency exit for
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a humanity that went rogue. He was always the plan.
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The Lamb didn't show up because sin broke the system.
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The Lamb was already present when the system was being built.
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You want to know how powerful this truth is. It
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means before there was sin, there was sacrifice, Before man
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un fell, mercy had already stood. This absolutely wrecks our
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shallow cultural theology that says God is just reacting to
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our mess like a cosmic janitor. Nope, Jesus wasn't an
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emotional band aid after Adam's mistake. He was already the
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answer before the question was asked. Let's sit in that
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for a moment. In our modern world, we love reaction,
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we praise God for showing up. But revelation says God
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was always there with the solution before Eve had a
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conversation with the serpent. The Lamb was already slain in
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God's eternal calendar. And let's not overlook the weight of
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the word slain. It doesn't say prepared or selected, It
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says slain. In the mind of God. The Cross was
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not just a future event. It was a finished decision.
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That's the kind of savior. You follow one who walked
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toward the cross before you ever walked into sin. Now,
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imagine that, before the world had mountains or oceans or stars,
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there was already a sacrifice. That's not just sovereignty. That's
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scandalous love. That's a God who planned to bleed before
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you plan to breathe. It challenges every cheap gospel that
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makes Jesus look like a desperate rescue boat for sinking people. No,
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he is the Lamb of God who stood slain before
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the curtain of time ever lifted. This is not reaction.
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This is revelation. Let's go deeper. When God covered Adam
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and Eve with animal skins in Genesis three twenty one,
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blood was shed, and we know without the shedding of blood,
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there is no forgiveness of sin Hebrews nine twenty two.
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That animal wasn't just a quick fix. It was a
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shadow of the Lamb that was already slain in Heaven's heart.
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That wasn't the first sacrifice. It was a physical echo
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of an eternal reality. And let's not sanitize the word slain.
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In Greek, the word is esphagmenu, meaning butchered, violently killed, slaughtered.
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Heaven's most glorious being was eternally committed to being bloodied.
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Not because we deserved it, but because He loved us
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before we were even born. Here's where it gets uncomfortably personal.
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Some people think God is good to them because they
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got saved. No, God was already good, and that's why
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you could be saved. The Lamb was not waiting to
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see if you'd earn him. He was already given before
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you could breathe your first rebellion. Now, let's reflect on
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this through a lens. Our modern world doesn't want to hear.
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Your redemption was not cheap. It was calculated before creation.
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You weren't an afterthought. The sun wasn't sent in panic,
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he was scent in purpose. That should shake the boredom
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out of your Christianity. Why do you think Jesus said
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in John ten eighteen, no one takes my life from me.
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I lay it down of my own accord, because the
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plan wasn't man made. It wasn't Rome's decision. It wasn't
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Judas's betrayal. It was the will of a lamb who
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had already laid himself down in eternity long before Roman
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nails touched Jewish skin. Let me tell you this, if
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your theology doesn't include the pre existence of the crucified Christ,
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it will always feel like God's playing catch up with
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your brokenness. But if you understand that he was slain
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before the foundation of the world, you'll finally rest in
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a love that was never afraid of your failure. You see,
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the Cross was never a reaction, It was a revelation,
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and revelation thirteen eight doesn't whisper this truth. It thunders
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it through history. And here's a practical implication that will
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confront your soul. If God had this level of intentionality
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in planning your salvation, why do you live like your
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life is accidental. If the blood of Christ was already
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decided before Eden had grass, then your existence is not random.
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It's precise. You are walking in a grace that predates gravity.
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So next time you feel like your sin is too great,
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remember Jesus was already bleeding for it before time began.
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You can't out sin a savior who had your redemption
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written before your DNA was sequenced. The Lamb was slain
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before the world began, not because of what you did,
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but because of who he is. Mica five two reads
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like a whisper from eternity breaking into human history. But you,
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Bethlehem Ephraitha, though you are small among the clans of Judah,
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out of you will come for me one who will
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be ruler over Israel, whose goings forth have been from
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of old, from the days of eternity. Read that again slowly.
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That's not just prophecy, that's pre existence being announced in
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Hebrew poetry. Bethlehem was not the origin of Jesus. It
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was the location of his arrival, not his beginning. You
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don't begin when you've been eternal. Jesus goings forth were
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from of old, from the days of eternity. That phrase
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in Hebrew me yamayolam literally means outside the boundary of time.
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So before Caesar taxed, before Mary labored, before Joseph panicked,
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Jesus already was. That's why the angel in Luke Too
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didn't say, unto you, a baby was born who will
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one day become Lord. Number it said, unto you is
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born this day a savior, who is Christ the Lord.
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He didn't grow into divinity, he brought it with him
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into the womb. This is what our generation forgets. We
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treat Jesus like he showed up in Matthew chapter one.
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We turned Christmas into his birthday party, like it was
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his grand entrance into existence. But Jesus didn't begin at Christmas.
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He broke him through Christmas. That's why John eight fifty
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eight matters so deeply. Jesus stood toe to toe with
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the religious elite, men who had memorized the Torah, fasted weekly,
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and knew their spiritual resume. They challenged him, thinking he
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was just another Galilean trouble maker, and Jesus, with unwavering
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certainty declared before Abraham was born, I am. Now, that
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sentence wouldn't mean much unless you knew exactly what he
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was referencing. He wasn't just dropping a cool catchphrase. He
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was quoting Exodus three fourteen, where God introduces himself to
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Moses through the burning bush and says, I am who
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I am. Jesus didn't say I was or I will be.
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He didn't need grammar lessons. He used the sacred name
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I am, and the people picked up stones to kill
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him on the spot. Why because they knew exactly what
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he meant. He was claiming to be the eternal one,
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not created, not just prophetic, not angelic, God in flesh.
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You can almost hear the clash of eternity and time
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in that moment. Jesus didn't flinch, he didn't blink, He
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didn't say, guys, I meant that metaphorically. He stood in it, boldly, eternally.
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And that's the problem with our culture today. We like
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baby Jesus, sweet Jesus in the hay, but we are
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uncomfortable with timeless Jesus, who predates the sun and outlives
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the stars. We don't know what to do with the
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Jesus who is older than time and yet calls us
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to follow him right now. But Micah saw it. The
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prophets caught glimpses that the one who would be born
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in a feeding trough in Bethlehem had already been feeding
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galaxies into existence long before Genesis. One one ever said,
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Let there be theologians call this his pre incarnate glory.
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But let's be real. It's more than theology. It's awe
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its weight. It's the realization that when you pray in
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the name of Jesus, you're not talking to a historical
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figure from Nazareth. You're addressing the one whose goings forth
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are from everlasting. And here's the part that stirs your soul.
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That Jesus, the one from eternity past, chose to enter
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your time. He stepped into diapers and death so that
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you could step into life and eternity. He who always was,
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became what he wasn't so that you, who are broken,
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could become what you never earned. This is not myth,
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this is not legend, this is not symbolism. This is
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the eternal. I am taking on mortal breath. And don't
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miss the drama of that phrase. Before Abraham was I
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am That means Jesus didn't just exist before Abraham. He
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still is. He's not bound by past, present, or future.
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He inhabits all three at once. You're yesterday, to day,
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and tomorrow. He is there. So when you're overwhelmed by
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the world and the headlines feel bigger than your hope,
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remember this, the one you serve was before it all.
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He was not surprised by empires, not shaken by war,
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not limited by time. Jesus existed in eternity past, and
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he holds the present in nail scarred hands. Bethlehem wasn't
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the beginning, it was the doorway. Jesus was and is
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before all things. You can't understand eternity without confronting Proverbs eight.
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You can't understand Christ before Bethlehem without hearing him speak
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in the poetic voice of wisdom. Proverbs eighth twenty two
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to thirty reads like a conversation overheard in Heaven's throne room.
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Before the foundation of the world, it says, the Lord
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brought me forth as the first of his works, before
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his deeds of old. I was appointed from eternity from
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the beginning, before the world began. I was there when
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he set the heavens in place when he marked out
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the horizon on the face of the deep. Hold up,
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who is this me talking here? Some theologians will say,
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that's just personified wisdom, like a poetic device. But if
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you lean in close, you'll see something more than just poetry.
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You'll see prophecy. This wisdom doesn't just advise, It creates.
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It doesn't just suggest ideas. It's present at the architect's
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table of creation. Sound familiar, it should, because John one
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is like a mirror reflection of Proverbs eight. John says
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in the beginning was the Word, and through him all
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things were made. That word Logos was not just logic,
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It was a person Jesus, and Logos in Greek culture
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wasn't just a title. It meant the animating wisdom behind
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the entire universe. So when Proverbs eight says wisdom was there,
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it's not just waxing poetic. It's revealing the eternal presence
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of Christ, the same Christ who would be born in
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a manger, preach on hillsides, walk on water, and die
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on a cross. Before he wore sandals, he wore eternity.
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Let that hit for a moment, before there was light,
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He was the light before oceans roared. He was the
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boundary setter before man breathed. He was the breath before
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the cross. He was the lamb. Jesus didn't just bring
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wisdom into the world. He is the wisdom of God.
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Paul affirms this in First Corinthians one twenty four. Christ
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the power of God and the wisdom of God. Jesus
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is not just clever, He's not just insightful. He's the blueprint,
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the divine genius, the whisper of strategy, and the shout
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of glory. And here's the staggering part. That wisdom was
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with God before time and then made himself nothing for
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your sake. Imagine the eternal engineer stepping down from his
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heavenly drafting table and saying, I'll become the broken clay
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so they can be restored masterpieces. He who measured the
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waters in the hollow of his hand Isaiah forty twelve
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became thirsty on a cross. He who told the oceans
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this far and no further, became the one who said
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I thirst He who created galaxies submitted to nails hammered
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by hands. He made why Because wisdom doesn't just know
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what to do? Wisdom knows who to become, and Jesus
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became the lamb, the servant, the sacrifice. Back to Proverbs eight,
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as it says, then I was constantly at his side.
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I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always
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in his presence. That's not cold theology. That's eternal relationship,
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joy presence. This isn't a savior created in response to
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a crisis. This is a savior who was delighting with
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the Father before there was dirt to walk on or
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stars to count. And you, yes, you were in the
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plan before creation began. Jesus didn't just watch history unfold
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like a cosmic netflix binge. He was writing redemption into
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the story before there was ever a story to write.
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That's why Revelation thirteen eight calls him the lamb slain
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from the foundation of the world. That's why Paul says
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in Ephesians one four he chose as in him before
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the creation of the world, wisdom made the world, saw
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the fall, planned redemption, and then entered the very brokenness
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he foresaw. Think about it. If Jesus is the wisdom
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of God before time began, and he now lives in you.
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Colossians one twenty seven Christ in you the hope of glory.
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Then you are never without wisdom. The world may confuse you,
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the news may overwhelm you, culture may pressure you. But
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if the person of wisdom lives in you, you can
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walk with confidence in chaos. So what does this mean Practically?
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It means you don't need a crystal ball to make decisions.
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You need Christ. It means wisdom isn't just memorizing proverbs.
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It's fellowshiping with Jesus. It means when you ask for guidance,
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you're not hoping for vague signals. You're asking the very
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architect of time for direction. Don't treat Jesus like an
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afterthought in your prayers. Treat him like the first voice
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at the table. He's not just a source of wisdom.
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He is the wisdom. He isn't Google for your spiritual questions.
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He's the eternal answer. So before the world began, Jesus existed,
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before anything moved, He spoke before you were born, He
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loved before sin entered. He planned your redemption, and before
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you even asked, he was the answer. You've probably heard
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some one say God had a plan, But first Peter
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one twenty doesn't just whisper it. It roars from eternity past.
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He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but
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was made manifest in the last times. For your sake,
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let that land. Jesus wasn't an emergency response. He wasn't
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Heaven's nine one one call. He wasn't summoned when Adam
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bit the fruit, like someone breaking glass in case of sin.
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He was foreknown, not an afterthought the first thought. That
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word foreknown in the Greek isn't casual. It's the same
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word used for intimacy, for choosing in love, for deliberate decision.
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In other words, before time was clocked, before atoms assembled,
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Jesus was already the plan, before you had a past.
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God had a purpose. Don't miss the power of that phrase.
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Before the foundation of the world, not just before Bethlehem,
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not just before the Red Sea, before there was a sea,
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before there was a world to need. Saving the cross
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was not divine improvisation. It was divine intention. This means
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Jesus knew what he was walking into. He didn't get
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surprised by Judas, he didn't get ambushed by Golgotha. Heaven
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didn't say oops, no, Heaven said yes, and he stepped
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forward for your sake. That's what Peter wrote, not for
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a cosmic display, not for applause, for you name included.
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Imagine this, before Eve was formed, Jesus was already the lamb,
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before Cain's anger ever brewed. Jesus blood was already the
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solution before Pharaoh hardened his heart. The deliverer had already said, Yes,
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that's the kind of God you serve. Not a god
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reacting to evil, but a savior who had already planned
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for your victory before your failure existed. You see, when
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people teach the Gospel like it's a fix it story,
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a holy patched job on a broken world, they shrink
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the glory. This wasn't Plan B, this was Plan A
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before a existed. Jesus mission was eternally intentional, and the
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cost fully known, fully embraced, no heavenly fine print. Let's
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go deeper. Isaiah forty six ten says, I make known
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the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is
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still to come, My purpose will stand. That means the
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cross didn't surprise the throne, and your life, your mess,
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your pain, your detour, doesn't surprise it either. If Jesus
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was foreknown. So was your redemption story. Even your comeback
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was pre written. Jesus didn't volunteer as tribute at the
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last minute. This wasn't divine guilt or obligation. It was delight.
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He wanted to come. He wanted to rescue you. Hebrews
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ten seven pulls back the curtain on a heavenly conversation
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between the Father and the Sun. Then I said, behold,
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I have come to do your will, Oh God, as
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it is written of me in the scroll of the book.
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He wasn't drafted. He chose, and not reluctantly, but with joy,
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for the joy set before him. He endured the cross
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Hebrews twelve two. And here's where it gets more personal,
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because if Jesus was foreknown, that means you were known too.
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Revelation seventeen eight talks about those whose names were written
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in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world.
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That means this, Your story didn't start the day you
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were born. It started before there was dirt to be
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born into. Your name was already echoing in heavenly records,
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before your voice ever cried in a delivery room. That
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changes how you walk. You don't have to beg for
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belonging when Heaven already wrote you in. You don't have
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to hustle for purpose when God already designed your steps.
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You don't have to build your identity from scratch when
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God foreknew you with love. Now zoom out and think
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about how shocking this would have sounded to Peter's audience
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first Sentry believers, most of them persecuted, hunted, misunderstood. Some
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thought they were on the losing side of history. Peter says, no,
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You're part of a cosmic plan that started before creation.
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And Jesus didn't just show up. He was sent for you.
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And what about us in a world addicted to self discovery.
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Here's the secret. You don't need to find yourself. You
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need to remember that you were found in Christ before
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you ever got lost in sin. That's the mystery of
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the Gospel. That's the scandal of grace, that God would
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write your name into an eternal story before you earned it,
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before you prayed a single prayer before your parents. Man,
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So don't treat Jesus like a historical figure who showed
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up mid story. He wrote the story. Don't live like
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the Cross was an act of desperation. It was a
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prescripted demonstration of eternal love. You've been living in chapters
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that began before time ticked. Next time the enemy whispers
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you're not worth it, answer him with first Peter one
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twenty say, before the world was made, he was chosen
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for me. So I'm not random, I'm not forgotten. I'm
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not broken beyond repair. I was part of the plan.
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And if that doesn't stir your soul, check your pulse.
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Time it's the one thing everyone runs out of. We
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chase it, waste it, save it, but we never control it.
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Not fully. Time locks us in with its ticking past regrets,
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present pressure, and future fears. But not Jesus. Revelation one
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eight slices through every time line and says, I'm the
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Alpha and the Omega. Who is and who was, and
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who is to come? The Almighty not was like his history,
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not will be like He's catching up, but is eternally
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presently now Jesus is. When John received this vision on
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the island of Patmos, exiled alone, persecuted, Jesus didn't show
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up wringing his hands. He introduced himself with authority that
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shattered isolation. I am the beginning, I am the end
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and everything in between belongs to me. This wasn't poetic fluff.
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It was divine positioning. Jesus isn't reacting to time. He
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reigns over it. Jesus isn't watching history unfold, He's holding it.
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He sees your childhood memory and tomorrow's miracle in the
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same glance. He sees your deepest failure and your future freedom.
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Without blinking, and guess what, he still chooses you, before
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your first mistake and beyond your last breath. He already
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loves you. That verse in Revelation wasn't written just for
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theologians to debate. It was written for you. The one
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who feels late to purpose, the one who thinks they
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missed their moment, the one who thinks too much damage
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has been done. Hear this. Jesus doesn't need time to
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bless you. He rules it. He doesn't need a clock.
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He uses eternity as his canvas. Think of it. He's
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the Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because
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he starts everything. You didn't begin at birth. You began
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in his imagination. You were written in him before the
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womb knew your name. Jeremiah one five, And he's the
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O mega the last letter, because he completes everything, he
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doesn't abandon half way through Philippians one six says, he
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who began a good work in you will carry it
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on to completion until the day of Christ. Jesus the
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author doesn't drop his pen. Let's bring it home. Have
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you ever walked into a movie halfway through and felt
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completely lost? You see the characters, the conflict, the chaos,
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but it makes no sense because you missed the beginning.
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That's how many live, entering the story at trauma, tragedy,
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or confusion. But Jesus sees the entire script. He doesn't
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just join your chaos. He authored your comeback. Psalm one
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hundred and thirty nine, Verse sixteen is your confirmation. All
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the days ordained for me were written in your book
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before one of them came to be. That's divine authorship.
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God doesn't wing it. Jesus, the eternal Word, has already
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read tomorrow's news, and you're still in his plan. This
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should wreck every lie that says it's too late, late
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late to whom to the one who exists outside time.
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That's like showing up late to a sunrise when you're
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speaking to the one who commands the light to rise.
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Jesus is not rushed. He's eternal, and that eternity isn't distant.
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It's personal. Revelation doesn't just give Jesus a title, It
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gives us an invitation. It says he is right now,
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right here with you. In the breakup, in the job loss,
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in the diagnosis, in the addiction cycle. You haven't told
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anyone about he is. And he doesn't just see your timeline,
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he wants to step into it. Consider the Cross. The
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eternal King willingly stepped into time, into pain, into skin,
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And when he stretched out his arms, he wasn't just dying,
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he was redeeming every hour humanity lost. The Alpha wrote
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himself into the middle of our story, not as a bystander,
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but as the lamb slain before the foundation of the world,
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anchoring eternity in human history. So we'd never be alone
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in time again. And what about the future? Jesus holds
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that too. Revelation twenty two thirteen closes the whole Bible
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with the same eternal reminder. I am the Alpha and
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the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and
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the end. That's Jesus on the last page, saying spoiler alert,
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I win, and if you're in me, so do you.
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So when culture tells you time is running out, don't panic,
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when the world says you missed your season, don't s
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look up. Look to the one who isn't defined by time,
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but defines it. The one who can restore lost years
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Joel to twenty five, the one who redeems even wasted
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time and still uses it for glory. If he can
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turn crucifixion into resurrection, he can turn delay into destiny.
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Jesus holds eternity in his hands, and you're not falling
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through the cracks. You're held, chosen, seen, and written into
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the only story that never ends. So when Peter says
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Jesus was foreknown before the foundation of the world one
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Peter won twenty he wasn't making acute theological statement. He
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was pulling back the veil. Jesus wasn't just foreseen. He
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was already known, loved, appointed, and sent. Heaven didn't scramble
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after Eden. The plan of salvation was written in eternity,
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not panic. That same eternal Lamb slain before the world began,
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was not reacting to sin, but fulfilling purpose. And if
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he was known from the beginning. What makes you think
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you were an accident? What makes you think your life
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is random? This brings us to the staggering truth. Jesus
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isn't just in your story. He holds all of it,
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every chapter, every breath. Revelation one eight roars this truth
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into history. I am the Alpha and the Omega. Who
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is and who was and who is to come? The Almighty.
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He's not trying to figure it out. He is the solution.
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He doesn't need a calendar. He is the eternal. Now,
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your yesterday is known, your to day is secure, and
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your future it's already been held, written, seen, and yes redeemed.
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When John received this revelation, he was in exile on Patmos,
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surrounded by isolation and Roman oppression. He had every reason
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to despair. But Jesus appeared not as a carpenter from Nazareth,
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not as a lamb in a manger, but as the risen, eternal,
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unstoppable Alpha and Omega. This wasn't comfort through circumstance. This
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was confidence through eternity. Jesus is not pacing heaven trying
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to fix your life. He's not watching the clock with worry.
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He's already at your ending. Cheering from your future while
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walking with you in the present. That addiction you've been
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cycling through, he sees it, and he's already written a
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chapter called freedom. That prodigal child you've been crying over,
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he's not lost in Jesus eyes. He's just between pages.
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That broken marriage, that financial ruin, that diagnosis. Jesus has
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seen it all, and he still says I am, not,
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I was, not, I will be just I am. When
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Jesus says he's the Alpha and the Omega, he's saying,
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there's no part of your life where I'm absent. I
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am at the start of your trauma, and I am
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the author of your healing. That's not religious hype. That's
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eternal truth. And here's the best part. The one who
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holds time doesn't just want to inform your time line.
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He wants to redeem it. He wants to step into
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your pain, your delays, your shame, and not just fix you,
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but rewrite you. Isaiah forty six ten says God declares
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the end from the beginning. So while you're still asking
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how will this work out, Jesus already knows how the
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page turns. He's not surprised, he's not scrambling, and he's
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certainly not silent. He's just waiting for you to trust
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him with the whole story. So maybe you feel like
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you're too late. Maybe life didn't go as planned. Maybe
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the clock has been ticking and you're tired of waiting.
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Listen to me. Jesus holds eternity in his hands, and
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he is not late. He is the Alpha who began
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a good work in you, and the Omega who knows
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exactly how to finish it. And now, wherever you were
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reading this, pause, take a deep breath. Let's pray together, Jesus,
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Alpha and Omega. I come to you not with perfect faith,
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but with a willing heart. You are the one who was,
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who is, and who is to come. You were not
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surprised by my beginning, and you won't be confused by
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my ending. You see every hour I've wasted, every fear
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I've entertained, every moment I've doubted, and still you love me.
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I give you my time line Lord, my past that
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haunts me, my present that overwhelms me, my future that
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intimidates me. I surrender it all to the one who
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exists outside of time, yet stepped into it just to
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rescue me. You are my Alpha. You saw me in
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the womb. You are my Omega. You'll be with me
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at my final breath, and in between you are Immanuel
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God with me. I reject the lie that I've missed it.
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I reject the shame that says I'm too far gone.
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I receive your eternal love, written before the foundations of
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the earth. I receive the truth that I am known, chosen, redeemed,
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and held. Write your word across my life. And when
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I'm tempted to panic, remind me you are still holding
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the pen in your eternal, unchanging, all powerful name, Jesus.
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I pray Amen.