February 3: Heavenly Happiness.
Christ, the Delight of the Father.
"I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth's foundations, I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence."--Proverbs 8:29, 30, NLT
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE UNIVERSE was not alone in His work of beneficence. He had an associate--a co-worker who could appreciate His purposes, and could share His joy in giving happiness to created beings. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God." John 1:1, 2. Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father--one in nature, in character, in purpose--the only being that could enter into all the councils and purposes of God. "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6...And the Son of God declared concerning Himself: "The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting....When He appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him." Proverbs 8:22-30.--Patriarchs and Prophets, 34.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--
all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
--Colossians 1:15-17, ESV
Christ, the Delight of the Father.
"I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth's foundations, I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence."--Proverbs 8:29, 30, NLT
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE UNIVERSE was not alone in His work of beneficence. He had an associate--a co-worker who could appreciate His purposes, and could share His joy in giving happiness to created beings. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God." John 1:1, 2. Christ, the Word, the only begotten of God, was one with the eternal Father--one in nature, in character, in purpose--the only being that could enter into all the councils and purposes of God. "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6...And the Son of God declared concerning Himself: "The Lord possessed Me in the beginning of His way, before His works of old. I was set up from everlasting....When He appointed the foundations of the earth: then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him: and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him." Proverbs 8:22-30.--Patriarchs and Prophets, 34.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--
all things were created through him and for him.
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
--Colossians 1:15-17, ESV
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