The Word and The Devil

One must understand The Logos to understand Christ Jesus.

The Logos is God's idea of himself and the expression of his idea of himself. (see John 1:1-2 and Hebrews 1:3)

Every member of The Church of God was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (see Ephesians 1:3-9) Being chosen in him, being in him, implies that we are one with him, a part of him. Ergo, the body of Christ was predestined before the foundation of the world and has come into the world gradually in space and time.

When the fullness of the body of Christ has come into the world and has been revealed then Christ Jesus himself shall come again (see Romans 11:25). Hence, the reason for evangelization is to call the body of Christ together. The Church is the manifestation of The Word of God on earth (1 Corinthians 12:27). Once the fullness of Christ is revealed, Jesus himself shall return and the time of the great restoration will come.

Satan is the antithesis of The Word of God. He is the idea and expression of what God is not that has opposed The Word of God from the beginning. The Word and The Devil (Satan) are antithetical to one another. Hence, whatever The Word is, whatever characteristics he possesses, The Devil possesses the opposite.

It is then the nature of The Devil and all that is of The Devil to oppose The Word and all that is of The Word. This includes opposition to the revelation of The Word of God and those that are of The Word. Stated another way, The Devil and all that is of The Devil stands in opposition to the revelation of The Children of God and whatever would facilitate that revelation.

Jesus came to destroy that works of The Devil (1 John 3:8). The work of The Devil is destruction, the spreading of death and falsehood, and the concealment of The Word of God. The Work of Christ is creation, the spreading of life and truth, and the revelation of The Word of God. We, being The Children of God, The Body of Christ, are called to this same work, so that death may be defeated, The Lord may come, and that God may become all in all.

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