MINDBENDING

By Rick Mathes

Author of “Allah or Jesus”

Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

I know Jesus because He first knew me and made both He and I known in His Word. As a believer, I looked into the mirror of the Gospel and saw my sinful self in the flesh and as I repented my image faded and His came into view. When Father God looks on me He sees His Son Jesus! The wisdom of the Godhead is communicated to me in the essence of the Word made manifest in the form of Christians that exemplify Him to me. It’s a new spiritual awakening, one which gives me the insight and vision to see with His eyes and think thoughts through with His mind. This knowledge and subsequent application of His words and works is the sum total of all that is. Someday we will see Him as He is and this adventure of discovering Him will rise to a new level.

All His three years of actions clearly pointed to our redemption on His cross. He knew the minute He left the family wood-shop He was headed to a wood-cross. There was no turning back because of His deep love for those the Father left Him. He was in a no-choice situation because He was the only one the Father would accept crucified for our sins. There wasn’t any “Plan B.” He had to go through with this terrifying ordeal and could not turn back or we would all be condemned and the Godhead would have been dissolved into the fiction non-believers think it to be.

The covenants were made with all the main characters of the Bible and the new covenant must be kept and fulfilled or God would be found out to be a liar. Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jacob and all the rest have watched Jesus’ life closely and are in agreement that Scripture has been completely fulfilled in Him. Jesus said it when He gasped loudly, “It is finished!”

Now is our time to watch His providence play itself out in these end times. The Lord is near and the writer of the last chapter is organizing the outline of this book right now. The old book will be closed and the new book of life will be opened in that day and we will rejoice in our reward.