The Eternal Purpose
Once we commit ourselves to a course of learning, it becomes difficult to change. Changing direction often requires tearing down many things we spent years learning. Hebrews 11:10 tells us that Abraham looked for a city “whose builder and maker is God.” Yet nowhere in Genesis do we find him making that confession. His desire was a hidden mystery until Paul revealed it. The fullness of this mystery has been clouded and distorted in these last days through misguided and ambitious leaders who have divided the church around foundations that have nothing to do with God’s eternal purpose.
Are we building simply for the sake of building? Are we building without, or even contrary to, the blueprint? Are we following the path of the majority without questioning whether what we are building is really from God? What is our foundation and where are the stones?
Paul stated God’s eternal purpose in Ephesians 3:8–12: that he was granted grace to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ and to make all see the fellowship of the mystery hidden in God from the beginning of the ages. This revelation was always intended to display God’s manifold wisdom- through the church -to the principalities and powers in heavenly places—according to the eternal purpose accomplished in Christ Jesus.
When we compare Hebrews 11 to Ephesians 3, and then look back to Abraham, we find that his faith was guiding him toward something he could not fully see—a heavenly city of which he himself was a part. This revelation became clear only through the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. God’s purpose from creation forward was to build a temple of His presence using living stones. His focus was never on forms, rituals, Sunday services, programs, or agendas, but on a living body fitly joined together without divisions.
Paul makes this point in Ephesians 2:19–22: that believers are no longer strangers and foreigners but members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone. In Him, the whole building is being fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord—a dwelling place for God in the Spirit. A corporate revelation of the indwelling of the Trinity.
Can we see what we have done with His purpose? The agendas, the false revelations, the divisions, the names we gather around—all of it has lacked the true Builder and Maker, who has one purpose. If every man had built on the true foundation, there would have been a continual joining of His members into one house. But we have lost the vision by building around men. We now find ourselves in the same condition Israel was in at Jesus’ first coming—our traditions, though sincere, have overshadowed God’s eternal purpose.
God’s purpose was to create a living temple of living stones and reveal His wisdom, majesty, glory, and power to the ruling angelic powers through this temple. These angels witness God continually unfolding His glory in ways that exceed their understanding. So overwhelming is this revelation that all they can cry around His throne is “Holy, holy, holy!”
God’s eternal purpose is to manifest His glory through His earthly temple—you and me and all the saints (not just the leadership) bound together in love. He desires to reveal the fullness of His love through His body on earth, as it is in heaven. This revelation is too vast for any one person; it must be comprehended together. A corporate understanding of love.
As Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:17–19, believers together—rooted and grounded in love—would comprehend the width, length, depth, and height of Christ’s love and be filled with all the fullness of God. Jesus, the cornerstone and great High Priest, is preparing a dwelling place for God forever. Too often we have been rooted in men and their false revelations rather than Christ’s eternal purpose. We don’t need anymore books, methods, techniques or traditions. We need the outpouring and anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Can we honestly say that when we stand before Jesus we will hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant”? Have we been faithful to His eternal purpose—or only to building our own kingdoms, saving our lives instead of losing them? Whoever destroys God’s temple will be destroyed. The consequence is great because the calling is great.
How can we ignore Jesus’ prayer in John 17, where He pleads for unity among believers—unity rooted in the oneness He shares with the Father? The world will know Christ was sent by the Father only when His people walk in this unity.
This unity cannot be with those who gather in another name—whether a denomination, a ministry, or a personality—but with those who gather in His name alone. Jn 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” Look at the names of some of these big ministries…whose name is on them? The fullness of God can only dwell in a body united perfectly in Christ. There must be unity from the head to toe so the anointing will flow from the head to the hem of the garment, where healing takes place. (Ps 133) This seems impossible to men who do not understand the cross. Men seeking their own glory cannot grasp God’s purpose. We must go to the cross and surrender our ambitions.
God’s promises were given so we may partake of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Yet many apply God’s promises to carnal desires—money, significance, power. Such pursuits cannot produce the divine nature and will not become building material for His temple. God will not use imitation stones but only those shaped by His hand.
Once we commit ourselves to a course of learning, it becomes difficult to change. Changing direction often requires tearing down many things we spent years learning. Hebrews 11:10 tells us that Abraham looked for a city “whose builder and maker is God.” Yet nowhere in Genesis do we find him making that confession. His desire was a hidden mystery until Paul revealed it. The fullness of this mystery has been clouded and distorted in these last days through misguided and ambitious leaders who have divided the church around foundations that have nothing to do with God’s eternal purpose.
Are we building simply for the sake of building? Are we building without, or even contrary to, the blueprint? Are we following the path of the majority without questioning whether what we are building is really from God? What is our foundation and where are the stones?
Paul stated God’s eternal purpose in Ephesians 3:8–12: that he was granted grace to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ and to make all see the fellowship of the mystery hidden in God from the beginning of the ages. This revelation was always intended to display God’s manifold wisdom- through the church -to the principalities and powers in heavenly places—according to the eternal purpose accomplished in Christ Jesus.
When we compare Hebrews 11 to Ephesians 3, and then look back to Abraham, we find that his faith was guiding him toward something he could not fully see—a heavenly city of which he himself was a part. This revelation became clear only through the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. God’s purpose from creation forward was to build a temple of His presence using living stones. His focus was never on forms, rituals, Sunday services, programs, or agendas, but on a living body fitly joined together without divisions.
Paul makes this point in Ephesians 2:19–22: that believers are no longer strangers and foreigners but members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone. In Him, the whole building is being fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord—a dwelling place for God in the Spirit. A corporate revelation of the indwelling of the Trinity.
Can we see what we have done with His purpose? The agendas, the false revelations, the divisions, the names we gather around—all of it has lacked the true Builder and Maker, who has one purpose. If every man had built on the true foundation, there would have been a continual joining of His members into one house. But we have lost the vision by building around men. We now find ourselves in the same condition Israel was in at Jesus’ first coming—our traditions, though sincere, have overshadowed God’s eternal purpose.
God’s purpose was to create a living temple of living stones and reveal His wisdom, majesty, glory, and power to the ruling angelic powers through this temple. These angels witness God continually unfolding His glory in ways that exceed their understanding. So overwhelming is this revelation that all they can cry around His throne is “Holy, holy, holy!”
God’s eternal purpose is to manifest His glory through His earthly temple—you and me and all the saints (not just the leadership) bound together in love. He desires to reveal the fullness of His love through His body on earth, as it is in heaven. This revelation is too vast for any one person; it must be comprehended together. A corporate understanding of love.
As Paul prayed in Ephesians 3:17–19, believers together—rooted and grounded in love—would comprehend the width, length, depth, and height of Christ’s love and be filled with all the fullness of God. Jesus, the cornerstone and great High Priest, is preparing a dwelling place for God forever. Too often we have been rooted in men and their false revelations rather than Christ’s eternal purpose. We don’t need anymore books, methods, techniques or traditions. We need the outpouring and anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Can we honestly say that when we stand before Jesus we will hear, “Well done, good and faithful servant”? Have we been faithful to His eternal purpose—or only to building our own kingdoms, saving our lives instead of losing them? Whoever destroys God’s temple will be destroyed. The consequence is great because the calling is great.
How can we ignore Jesus’ prayer in John 17, where He pleads for unity among believers—unity rooted in the oneness He shares with the Father? The world will know Christ was sent by the Father only when His people walk in this unity.
This unity cannot be with those who gather in another name—whether a denomination, a ministry, or a personality—but with those who gather in His name alone. Jn 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.” Look at the names of some of these big ministries…whose name is on them? The fullness of God can only dwell in a body united perfectly in Christ. There must be unity from the head to toe so the anointing will flow from the head to the hem of the garment, where healing takes place. (Ps 133) This seems impossible to men who do not understand the cross. Men seeking their own glory cannot grasp God’s purpose. We must go to the cross and surrender our ambitions.
God’s promises were given so we may partake of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Yet many apply God’s promises to carnal desires—money, significance, power. Such pursuits cannot produce the divine nature and will not become building material for His temple. God will not use imitation stones but only those shaped by His hand.
