When we look carefully at what one writer called “The great design of our Lord in redemption,” perhaps it will help us to be a little less self-centered and more interested in the church of our Lord, the kingdom of our Lord, and the general well-being of his people everywhere.
His grand and glorious design and purpose in the everlasting covenant of mercy in Christ is:
- To glorify himself! “That, according as it is written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
- To exalt and give all pre-eminence to Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:9-11).
- To restore all that was ruined by the fall in the heavens and the earth. “Behold, I make all things new.”
- To destroy every enemy and all that is contrary to his perfect holiness. “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
- To populate the new heaven and the new earth with a people from every nation, perfectly conformed to the image of Christ. “We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
My best interest lies in finding the direction our Redeemer is moving in my day, those to whom his message is revealed today, and walking that way with them in a fellowship of kindred minds.
Henry Mahan
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