Drama of the Eons

by Dora Van Assen

The Blueprint of God

Who would begin to build without a vision or a design? Would anyone build a house before first drawing a blueprint? Doesn't the contractor obtain the necessary material and hire the master craftsmen and laborers before he can begin building according to the exact instructions on the blueprint? If this is so with man, how much more can we expect God to have a definite design and purpose. This purpose is all contained IN HIMSELF. Everything comes out of Him everything is controlled and and passes through Him, and everything is going back into Him.

Glory to His name! God has resources enough, wisdom enough, power enough, patience enough, ingenuity enough, time enough and Love enough to finish His own plan. He will perfect and finish in every man what He has started, making it personal and individual to every soul which He has created. None will be able to mock Him saying, "he began a work which He could not finish." Luke 14:28-32

The Drama of the Eons

Before the eons began, "the high and lofty One who inhabiteth eternity," through the counsel of His own will, wrote the Drama of the Eons. He alone wrote the script; He alone chose the cast: those taking major and minor roles, even those taking insignificant parts and making up the background and scenery. Star players in a movie could not perform without this supporting cast and backstage scenery. How much more in God's great drama everyone is needed in his place and time in this great portrayal of the reality of the Life of the Eons. Even those forming the opposition were chosen of God. Who would write a novel without a villain? A good novel needs a hero, heroine and the villain to make it exciting.

All humanity was in the mind of God before creation. God, as the author, selector, director and arranger of each scene and act in His great plan, has a divine order for every man. Each one shall come forth in his own time, rank and place.

Jesus as the Head and Lamb of God with His glorious Body of Sons who were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world, was there. Israel, through whom Christ descended through the seed of David to be born of the virgin Mary, was there. All the nations who were blessed through Abraham and his Seed, Christ, were there. Each shall come forth in his own time and order fulfilling his own destiny. God directs each stage of His plan until He ultimately brings all into Himself - the grand finale, God All in All. When the eons have run their course, fulfilling there purpose, "every man shall have praise of God."

1 Cor. 4:5 "So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the secret things that are in darkness, and disclose and expose the (secret) aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his (due) commendation from God."

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1 Cor> 15:22 "For just as [because of union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive.
But each in his own rank and turn: Christ, the Messiah is the first fruits, then those who are Christ's own at his coming.
After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power.
For Christ must be King and reign UNTIL He has put all enemies under His feet.
The last enemy to be subdued and abolished is death.
For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ's} feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him.
However WHEN EVERYTHING is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to [the Father] Who put all things under Him, so that God MAY BE ALL IN ALL - that is be everything to everyone, supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life."

The Word - God's First Orginal - The Alpha and the Omega

Coming out of Eternity, He spans the eons and returns from whence He came, a complete cycle. Christ, THE WORD, is the "beginning of the creation of God." (Rev. 3:14) In and through this Word, the living expression of God, all things come forth and exist. All the eons were made by and for Him. Thus, the cross, standing in the midst of these eons, is connected with both eternity and time. The cross, beginning in the heart of God, is a great pivot around with all the eons revolve. All is held in place by THE WORD OF HIS POWER. (Rev. 3:14, Jn. 1:4, Col 1:15, heb. 11:3, 1:3)

Let us notice how that God honored and exalted His first generated and original son. He is the first completed man. As such, He is the Head, subjector, supplier and savior of the body, under which all is arranged and set in order. We will find that Christ is the Head of both the Old and the New Creation. For ALL THINGS were made by and for Him and in Him all things consist. He is before all things. In the ultimate of God all shall be made like unto Him. "the first begotten of the dead, the image of the invisible God, the first born of every creature."

Time Begins in Christ, The Word

1. He is the beginning and the ending of time, the Alpha and the Omega, "Which is, and which was, and which is to come." This denotes a division of time. (present, past and future) Jesus Christ, yesterday and today, is the same creative and redemptive WORD; although in a sense, he has changed from WORD TO FLESH and back again from FLESH TO SPIRIT. (Rev. 1:8, Heb. 18:8)
"Jesus Christ, the Messiah, [is always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and to the ages."

2. He is the "beginning of the creation of God." The Concordant Literal Version render this as "God's Creative Orginal". Not only the Old and New Creations made by and through and for Him, but all humanity is be be finally made in his image and likeness. He is the first Orginal and Finished Masterpiece in whose likeness and image all creation shall be molded and shaped. All return to their own Head.

3. He is the WORD that was in the very beginning of time "with or toward" God. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with (toward) God, and the Word was God." Let us repeat these statements in reverse. "The Word WAS God" (before time); "The Word was WITH God (time begins; WITH denotes a division of TIME from ETERNITY); "In the BEGINNING was the Word" (the beginning of CREATION, for all was made through Him. (Jn. 1:1-2)

4. He is the EXPRESSION of the purpose of God. A word always points back to the thought, will or intention of the speaker. The words "WITH or TOWARD imply this principle. Christ is the expresssion of the nature, essence and glory, and image of God.

5. He pre-existed as the Son of man from the very beginning of creation. Adam is "the figure of Him that was to come." There cannot be a type with there first being the reality. WE cannot make a figure or shadow without first the substance. Jesus Himself said, "What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before?" Christ had FORM before New Testament times. He often revealed Himself in angelic form in the Old Testament. (Jn. 6:52, 3:13, 1 Jn 1:1-2, 2:13-14, Prov. 8:22-36)

6. He made the EONS. The eons were made by and for Christ. The purpose of the eons began, is executed, and will end in Him.

7. He came to bring LIFE which He already possessed with the Father, "That EONIAN LIFE (Christ, The Word) which was WITH the Father." This LIFE was promised before the eons began. This is the true light of life that lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (Jn 10:10, 1 Jn. 1:2, Tit. 1L2, Jn. 1:9)

8. He has the pre-eminence in all things, both natural and spiritual, i.e., the first and the last Adam. He is the Author and Finisher of faith, and all begins and ends in Him. (Col 1:18, 1 Cor. 15:44-45, Heb. 12:2)

"Therefore God has highly exalted Him and given Him a name above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Fathr." (Phil.2: 10-11)