Faith Without Answers • Apr 27, 2026
Jul 01st 1994
Before there was time, before angels, before creation—Christ was. In this message, Gene Edwards takes us into the mystery of eternity past, where the Father, Son, and Spirit dwelled in perfect love and fellowship. It was there, before the foundation of the world, that you were chosen, portions of Christ marked off, named, and destined to be His. This is not just theology; it is the breathtaking reality of who you are in Him. Listen with a quiet heart and let the Spirit draw you into the eternal purposes of God. This is a message to receive slowly, deeply, and reverently.
You really are beautiful, and you and all of those portions of His being which were marked off in Christ before the foundation of the world, where He always is, at the before the beginning. He watched all of those portions of His being come together after the end in that place where He always is. And He saw all the chips of Himself come there and become one again, but separate from Him, not separate, and there emerged a beautiful girl.
And so, He said, “Oh man, I will be one with her.” And He said that at the end, beyond the end where he always is. And therefore he said, “I will go back to before the beginning where I always am,” and with my Father and with the Holy Spirit, We will counsel in the Godhead to mark off portions of My being and put names on them and put those names in the book of life, that I might have a bride, and that will be my purpose, my eternal purpose.
And so, before the beginning, where He always is, He chose to have you as His beautiful, beautiful bride. You sisters, who are really beautiful, have to forgive me, but I really like to look at a beautiful woman, and not a whole lot of them in the world. All of them in this room, of course, are. I cannot help but wonder how beautiful, then, can that girl be. And so, He stood at the beyond the end where He always is, and He received her to Himself, and they joined like a husband and wife join.
They joined and they became one, and the old creation was already gone, and when they became one, things were very similar to the way they were in the beginning. And she became one with Him as they joined, and she became one with Him, and she went into Him, became one with Him, and went into Him, because that’s where she always was. She had always been just one place – in Christ – and before creation, dear honored one, you were in Him. And when the fall took place, you were in Him. When time took place, you’re in Him.
And one day, He came to you looking for you because He was in love with you, and you received Him, and you were placed in Christ, and He was there at the moment that you got saved. That’s where He always is, and you were placed in Him where you always have been. And at the very end, when He let this creation dissolve for the second time, but not the second time at all because this creation had been crucified and destroyed before creation began, but when time and eternity when He was slain and rose, when that dissected with the cross of Christ on Calvary in Jerusalem, and in the garden tomb, then creatures saw what had taken place before creation and creatures saw this old creation pass away, and you were not there because you were in Christ dead and risen and you were never part of this creation. For you have always been in Christ, because that’s where you always are. You are always where He is.
And in fact, the new creation is older than the old creation. The new creation preceded the old creation, and the new creation came after the old creation because Jesus Christ is before creation and after creation, you were in Him, and you are the new creation. But you’re not a creation at all, because you are that which cannot be created. For you have in you a life that was previous to creation. It is uncreated life, and you belong and always have belonged, now and always will belong, where He is and He is at the end and beyond the end. And He is here. This is where He always is. And at the point where you’re saved, that’s where He always is, and you are at the foundation of the world where He always is, and you are with Him before the creation. That’s where He always is because the creation is in Him and He completely envelops it, and you are in Him, and you are in Him, and you are in Him, and you are in Him, and you are in Him. And you always are in Him, and your name is written and was written where He always is, in the book of life before the foundation of the world.
But that’s not my point. I have a point greater than that, I have a point beyond points. Is that some Lord or is that some Lord? By the way, this is the radical wing of the house church. And this is what I meant by the church is built on a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Now, is that a glorious Lord or is that a glorious Lord? Could you love a Lord like that? I want you to know He loves you. Look at Him, slain before the foundation of the world. All things were created in Him, for Him, by Him, through Him, to Him, and in Him. He is the firstborn of creation. He is before all things. He is the beginning, He is the end, He is the head of the body, the church.
It was the Father’s good pleasure that He be the incarnation and the coronation of all glory. It was the Father’s desire that He reconcile all things to Himself. And some of those things He did away with, and some of them cannot be done away with because they are portions of Him. He who lives beyond death cannot die, and He chose you before the foundations of the world. He loves you. He died for you before the foundation of the world. And he’s a lover, and I mean He is a lover, and He will make love to you.
He’s going to marry you, and that’s why I’m so for sisters and not particularly interested in brothers. I’m trying to learn to be a girl. Ladies, I can’t do that; I mess up almost every day. I really do, and I’m sorry, I don’t understand you, and you’re gonna have to forgive me for that. Can you be patient with me? But I promise to join you. I’m going to be a girl. What a Lord. Is this a glorious Lord? And He’s head of the church, and He’s in the church, and He died for the church, and He loves the church. That’s not my point.
It was the Father’s good pleasure that this glorious one have preeminence in all things. He is the first, and He is the first for you, and He is the first for me, and He is the first for all of us. Don’t mess around with that position. He is the first. And none of this that I have shared with you is the point because all that I have told you, to me, pales in glory to the main point. It was the point that Paul made.
It’s the point that is incomprehensible, that this glorious Lord, who created all things and all things were created in Him, who finished all things before He created all things, who chose you in Him before the foundation of the world and put your name in the book of life, and who was slain before creation for you. And this one who is preeminent in all things and the glory of the Father, the joy of the Father, this one who is the all and all things are in Him.
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