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was a dry, barren surface of decay and futility--total
unproductiveness.
Few indeed have any remote conception of the fact that GOD
ALMIGHTY reveals facts about this universe--planets such as Mars,
their origin, their present state, and the causes and reasons
thereof. Sometimes it seems futile that many of the BEST MINDS of
humans are devoted to a lifetime of vain speculation, based on
erroneous hypotheses totally untrue.
I had to realize that from this scientific laboratory, right
here in Pasadena, great minds are, in fact, uncovering facts
ACTUALLY REVEALED IN THE BOOK THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND PROBABLY
DO NOT ACCEPT--the revealed FACTS and TRUTH of the ETERNAL LIVING
GOD!
For example, in Hebrews we find this:
"For unto the angels hath he [God] not put in subjection the
world to come, whereof we speak" (Heb. 2:5). In other words, this
passage is speaking about "the world to come." The Bible mentions
three worlds: 1) the world "that then was," from Adam to Noah, 2)
"this present evil world," and 3) the heaven which is the seat of the
coming millennial world--which we call so often "The WORLD TOMORROW."
Also, the Bible speaks of three heavens: 1) the air, or earth's
atmosphere; 2) outer space; and 3) the heaven which is the seat of
God's Throne, to which no man save Christ resurrected has ascended
(John 3:13).
So now, speaking of the NEXT world, "the world to come," con-
tinue: "...What is MAN, that thou [God] art mindful of Him?...Thou
madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with
glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Thou hast put ALL THINGS in subjection under his feet. For in that
he [God] put all in subjection under him [man], he left nothing that
is not PUT UNDER HIM. But now we see not yet all things put under
him" (Heb. 2:6-8).
In the first chapter, "all things" is translated in the Moffatt
translation as "the universe." It means EVERYTHING God has created--
everything that exists.
This remarkable, almost INCREDIBLE revelation of the fantastic
HUMAN POTENTIAL continues to reveal how what we do now see or know,
is that Jesus, as the "first-born [by resurrection] of many
brethren," as our pioneer, has gone on ahead of us, paving the way--
and now already is SUSTAINING THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE BY THE WORD OF
HIS POWER (chapter 1:2-3).
Chapter 8 of Romans ties in with this. We--if His Spirit
dwells in us, and if we are being LED by His Spirit--are HEIRS of
God, and CO-HEIRS with Christ, who already had INHERITED THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE!
In my PLAIN TRUTH series on the "Incredible HUMAN POTENTIAL,"
I have shown how angels inhabited this earth prior to the creation
of man. That might have lasted up to millions of years. Those