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In direct contrast to God spiritualizing everything, God first manifests (makes externally known) everything. As it is written:
Isaiah 42:9
"Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Matthew 20:16
"So the last will be first, and the first last."
1 Corinthians 15:46
"However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual."
And this is the most difficult:
2 Thessalonians 2:3
"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,"
...Thus, it is the natural man who is revealed, made manifest, in a process of God revealing the His will as well as the powers and principalities in high places.
But, God being spirit, is not manifesting the natural to glorify it, but to expose it unto judgement according to the glory of the spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 15:24
"Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power."
Isaiah 42:9
"Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Matthew 20:16
"So the last will be first, and the first last."
1 Corinthians 15:46
"However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual."
And this is the most difficult:
2 Thessalonians 2:3
"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,"
...Thus, it is the natural man who is revealed, made manifest, in a process of God revealing the His will as well as the powers and principalities in high places.
But, God being spirit, is not manifesting the natural to glorify it, but to expose it unto judgement according to the glory of the spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 15:24
"Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power."
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