During March I try to summarize in writing my understanding of the plan of God for humanity - reminding myself that His plan is really good news!
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, is saying the Lord God, Who is and Who was and Who is coming, the Almighty...I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Origin and the Consummation." (Revelation 1:8; 22:13)
"..there is one God, the Father, out of Whom all is, and we for Him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through Whom all is, and we through Him..." (1 Corinthians 8:6-7)
There is one Father God and there is one LORD, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the Son of God, made the ages.
"On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son,whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature..." (Hebrews 1:1-2)
The LORD made the ages as the stage from which He would reveal the Father to His creation. To do so, evil was needed as a contrast to good. Evil humbles humanity so they may be taught about righteousness.
"I applied by heart to inquiring and exploring by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: It is an experience of evil God has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it." (Ecclesiastes 1:13)
"Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore, He shall direct sinners in the way; He shall cause the humble to tread in right judgment, and He shall teach the humble His way." (Psalm 25:8-9)
The Father sent the Son, our LORD Jesus, o ransom humanity from evil.
"The Father has dispatched His Son, the Savior of the world." (1 John 4:14-15)
"In this is love, not that we love God, but that He loves us, and dispatches His Son, a propitiatory shelter for our sins." (1 John 4:10)
As a sinless Man, the LORD Jesus gave His life not only to ransom humanity from evil, but to reconcile us to His Father.
"There is one God, and one mediator of God and humanity, a Man, Christ Jesus, Who is giving Himself a correspondent ransom for all..." (1Timothy 2:5)
"...to reconcile all to Him (making peace through the blood of His cross), through Him, whether those on the earth or those in the heavens." (Colossians 1:20)
This reconciliation will be finished at the end of the ages when God has become "All in all" of His creation.
"Now, whenever all may be subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also shall be subjected to Him who subjects all to Him, that God may be All in all.” (1 Corinthians 15:28)
Most of humanity has lived and died without hearing about God's plan and purpose for the ages. And, even those who hear usually deny the truth of the salvation and reconciliation of all. Nevertheless, God has planned it and the "LORD, Jesus Christ" made the ages so that the will of the Father and Son could come to pass.
"...to head up all in the Christ - both that in the heavens and that on the earth - in Him in Whom our lot was cast also, being designated beforehand according to the purpose of the One Who is operating all in accord with the counsel of His will." (Ephesians 1:11-12)