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Created for Christ • Dec 31st 1989
What is the eternal purpose of God—and how does creation reveal it?
In this profound teaching, Gene Edwards challenges the modern, man-centered understanding of the gospel and redirects our focus toward something far greater: God’s eternal purpose formed in Christ before creation ever began. This message explores a truth often overlooked in Christian teaching—that God’s ultimate intention is not centered on human need, but on His own divine purpose.
Drawing from Scripture, especially the themes found in Genesis, Ephesians, and Revelation, this message reveals that redemption, while essential, is not the final goal—it is part of a much larger plan. God’s purpose existed before the fall of man and continues beyond redemption, pointing to something eternal, vast, and centered entirely in Him.
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Through powerful illustrations, Gene Edwards explains how much of Christianity has become focused on the “detour” of redemption—while losing sight of the ultimate destination: God’s eternal purpose.
This message is both awakening and re-centering. It invites believers to move beyond a focus on personal salvation and instead align their lives with what has always been in the heart of God—a purpose that is from Him, through Him, and ultimately unto Him.
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This teaching offers a compelling and deeply biblical perspective that will expand your understanding of God’s intent and your place within it.
Now, I’ve got to come back over here and see my God drinking. I have to. If this is eternal, and it shows up in Genesis 1 and 2, then I have to see that my God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit drink water. It’s true, and we’ll come back to that later. You see, you think of physical things, but brothers and sisters, remember that this is the water that is alive, and that, by the way, just as a parenthesis, that’s what makes the gold alive, and that’s what makes the stone alive, and that’s what makes the bdellium alive. I know you think I’m going too far here; that’s good. And there is living water. And I don’t know anything about what the purpose of that water is right now, but I stand in Genesis 1 and 2, and I know I’ve got to see it again. It may disappear, but I’ve got to see it again. There’s water, and in the water are some things that grow. Gold and bdellium and stones.
Now, I’m going to tell you one thing. That, brothers and sisters, is a lumber yard. That’s a lumber yard. Have you ever gone by a lumber yard? Or have you ever driven by a lumber yard and said, As you saw, have you ever been to one of the really big lumber yards? You walk through it, sometimes just acres of… Do you ever walk through it and say, “There’s a house, there’s a house, then there’s a house”? Well, you don’t see a house; it’s not been put together yet, but brothers and sisters, you walk through a lumber yard, you’re passing houses.
Alright, let’s see what else we have here. We have two realms: a physical realm and a visible realm, and we have a place where the physical realm and the invisible realm meet. The two realms meet. And that has something to do with God’s purpose.
One other thing I want you to know: there’s fellowship in Genesis 1 and 2; there are two fellowships. You want to hear them right quickly? You want to hear the first one? Let us. Do you get that? That’s the fellowship of the Godhead. There’s fellowship in the Godhead. You want to hear the other one? And Adam walked with God in the cool of the day. Just remember this. Adam walked with God. There is fellowship. I don’t know what all is going on in God’s eternal purpose, but I know there is fellowship in the Godhead, and I know that there is fellowship between this person called a man and this one who is called God. And somewhere in all of those elements, plus what we’ll see tomorrow, somewhere wrapped up in that is some sort of eternal plan.
Alright, brothers and sisters, you have a choice. Turn off the TV set and say, Boy, that was interesting, or you’ve got a chance to say, “If that’s that important to God, Lord let me co-work, let me become part of Your passion for those things which were from You, by You, for You, and eventually are going back to You.” I have not yet stated to you what the eternal purpose of God is, but we are drawing together its elements. Praise His name. And praise His name. Amen.
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