† Revelation 19:5-8 Over the last three weeks I have given you enough to understand that in the grand plan of God there will be a very special subset of the whole Church called out (“chosen”) to become something unique in all of eternity future—the Bride and the Helpmeet of Christ. All members of the Church are “called” (invited) but “few” (a puny number) will be “chosen” (selected) to be members of the Bride. You should have come to understand that those that are selected out-of the Body of Christ (the Church—in the same fashion as Eve was taken out of the body of Adam) are ones that by their individual choice and follow-through dedication came to love God more that all others and their own lives while having been submitted to the needed transformation from having a sinful nature, idolatries, and all unclean ways to being holy as He is holy. This transformation involves coming to love the Lord Jesus with a deep passion (and His Father also), the cessation of personal sinning, and the getting free of the sinful nature. Loving God and freedom from sin are the results of living lives changed by the work of the cross and the many trials of their faith arranged by God; these believers had been step-by-step refined and purified by the renewing of their minds and refined by the hardships of life in this realm. That choice of each believer and his or her relentless pursuit of God in this life can result in being chosen to be a member in the eternity-future close companion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Selah. There are two other aspects to The Grand Plan of God There are two other aspects to the grand plan of God (that I am aware of through His Word) that involve the eventual total eradication of all rebellion against Him and the coming forth of an eternal future free of rebellion and one that is perfect in peace and harmony with God and with all He has created and will create time-without-end. You don’t want to miss what God has planned for His holy ones, both angels and those granted eternal life! Therefore, no matter where your relationship with God is today—I urge you to dedicate yourself to going forward daily-seeking the help of the Lord and do not become content in wherever you grow to next. Just this last week I was talking to a brother in Christ about life and as a response to him saying where he had come from to where he is now (he seemed to be content with himself), I said, “Do not be satisfied with where you are today—don’t ever stop seeking more from the Lord and being more in the Lord.”

The Second Big Part of Elohim’s Grand Plan The second big part of Elohim’s grand plan is to begin put an end to evil by removing mankind’s external catalyst to sin temporarily from the earth for 1,000 years. At the end of the Great Tribulation upon Jesus’ physical return and the destruction from off the earth of the false prophet and antichrist and his forces, a mighty angel will bind Lucifer ha Satan and cast him into a bottomless pit for the term of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ upon the earth. This imprisonment and the Devil’s final eternal judgment are sketched-out for us at Ezekiel 28:17-19 and Isaiah 14:15. The Word does not say it (that I have found), but we might presume (or at least I think) that along with the exile of the Devil to the pit that all other fallen angels as well as all demons will be cast into the Lake of Fire at that time. He goes to the pit and they go to the Lake.

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† Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. . . 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. . .

During That 1,000 Years of Jesus During that 1,000 years of Jesus literally reigning here on the earth as God and King (not long to happen now!), mortal human men and women that have not taken the beast’s mark and somehow lived through the Great Tribulation will continue to live on the earth and bear children but under the rulership of Jesus Christ and the influence of His then eternally living redeemed ones. I do not know much about how things will be during those years with both Jesus here and the now glorified redeemed ones walking the earth but I suspect many still human men and women, boys and girls will be born again while many others will refuse to surrender. We know this from Zachariah:

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† Zachariah 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

But We Do Know This: But we do know this: At the end of that 1,000 years, the Devil is released and goes out and persuades rebellious nations to rise up against the Lord and His people and they will be destroyed by God, and the Devil finally thrown into the Lake of Fire himself forever and ever. His defeat has long been prophesied!

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† Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent… 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

† Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

† Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

The Judgment of the Dead ~ Small & Great The rest of chapter 20 details the judgment of the dead small and great who will stand before the Great White Throne of Judgment and have their lives judged based on what the book about their individual lives has recorded and what another book of life has to say about each one. Whosever’s name is not found in the book of life will be cast into the Lake of Fire. And so ends the reign of the general rebellion and sin of both fallen angels, demons, and all mankind that would not choose the way righteousness. And finally, as the prophetic eighth day of the Feast of Tabernacles begins, our eternity future where time for us no longer exists, there is peace and joy, no more sickness, sorrow, death or pain, and no-more-tears!

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† Psalm 45: [Hints of the Bride and the friends of Heaven’s Bride and Groom?] 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. 13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. [The king’s palace? Perhaps a reference to this:]

† Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. [And as an everlasting reminder of what “the wages of sin are”:]

† Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

† Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

God’s Great Plan For His Beloved I do not doubt that there is much more to God’s great plan for His beloved creation but we know these parts: There is a Bride for the Lamb of God, a Helpmeet to be assembled out of the whole of the Church, the Body of Christ, Jesus, Who is the second Adam. We know the Devil and all the black host of fallen angels and demons spirits will finally and forever be removed from every corner of God’s creation and cast with extreme prejudice into the forever Lake of Fire—as will all human kind that failed their examination at the Great White Throne Judgment. And we know that the next thousand years will be wonderful, and beyond that “no eye has seen nor ear has heard” what awaits the redeemed. God is victorious in all ways through Jesus Christ and has plans for us that we cannot possibly imagine. I urge you to surrender every part of your life to God, leave no door closed to Him, and allow the Lord to renew and transform you every whit. I can promise you that one day you will not be sorry you did!

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† Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways. . .

† Revelation 22:12 …behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. . . 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. . . 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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~Brother Scott ... With ... The Right Word^© ... For Today~

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