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Friday 29 September 2017

Before the Beginning

It was always enough in ages past to consider time in terms of the history of the material universe. The beginning of time is not before the beginning of nature. In going beyond this to what happened before time began there are few revelations in scripture. Only if you include the Book of Enoch do you get written prophecy speaking of holy things before time began and The Son of Man is there mentioned along with God the Lord of Spirits as it is translated from the Ge'ez sacred language of the Ethiopic Orthodox Church. It speaks of the name of the Son of Man being invoked before God even back then before time began and creation was created. "In that hour was this Son of man invoked before the Lord of spirits, and his name in the presence of the Ancient of days." "Before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were formed, his name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of spirits. A support shall he be for the righteous and the holy to lean upon, without falling; and he shall be the light of nations. He shall be the hope of those whose hearts are troubled. All, who dwell on earth, shall fall down and worship before him; shall bless and glorify him, and sing praises to the name of the Lord of spirits. Therefore the Elect and the Concealed One existed in his presence, before the world was created, and for ever. And his name before the Head of Days.Yea, before the sun and the signs were created, Before the stars of the heaven were made," So too Paul wrote "His is before all things and in Him all things hold together" speaking of the Son. Otherwise we can only deduce the things before Creation from what is inspired by the Holy Spirit. A word I heard in tongues interpreted said "Consider the trees how they bud and put out leaves; they do so by the authority of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ" and likewise I found it was written in the writing of Enoch thousands of years ago "Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, how steadfast they are, how none of the things upon earth change, but all the works of God appear to you. Behold the summer and the winter, how the whole earth is filled with water, and clouds and dew and rain lie upon it.  Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.  And again, observe ye the days of summer how the sun is above the earth over against it. And you seek shade and shelter by reason of the heat of the sun, and the earth also burns with growing heat, and so you cannot tread on the earth, or on a rock by reason of its heat.  Observe ye how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so." So the whole works of creation operate to the authority that must have existed before creation existed.