All Men are by Creation God’s Children/People (through Christ)
By creation, all men are under Pre-Incarnate Christ…
The One through whom God created man and the world,
God’s Right Hand and Representative,
The Radiance of God’s Glory,
The Exact Representation of God’s Being,
The Judge of All the Earth.
By creation, man did not have
Eternal life,
The Nature & Glory of God (he was created mortal, of the dust of the ground), and
Access into Heaven, the “Holy of Holies”, the very Presence of God, (the Garden of Eden is equivalent to the Holy Place and not to the Holy of Holies).
By his transgression
Man and Creation come under condemnation(the curse of death)—the Devil’s power,
Man is driven out of the Garden of Eden/Holy Place into Eden/the Courtyard (He is driven out of the Garden because of the blessing there which he had become disqualified to possess. Nevertheless, man is still in God’s presence and still under Christ).
Re-entering the Garden was made impossible by the Cherubim guarding the entrance to the Garden and the flaming sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life.
Man needs
Eternal life (and freedom from condemnation) to re-enter the Holy Place, and
The Glory of God to enter the Most Holy Place (man was created for glory)
Eden Temple Destroyed—Man is Cast out of God’s Presence
Eden (and its Garden) was God’s first dwelling place on earth. This temple was for all mankind.
There was no Jew/Gentile distinction
There was however a Seth/Cain distinction
The destruction of the Temple of Eden was for mankind as the destruction of the Temple of Solomon was for Israel; it meant that
Men were no longer God’s people, God had cast them off (God was no longer dwelling among men),
Men were no longer under his blessing and protection,
The destruction of Eden did not mean that
God would absolutely have nothing to do with men ever again (he spoke to Daniel, Ezekiel, etc., even after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and performed miracles for them, even in their exile. And though he rejected Israel, he had a remnant among them.)
Men come under the Ps & Ps
Men are removed from under the direct authority of Christ, and thus, from under God and are no longer His people
Men are given their inheritance but not having glory, they must be placed under Gs & Ts. Thus,
They are divided among Christ and the other lower sons of God. (God/Christ chooses Israel as his people)
The Gs & Ts are all under God, and so everyone still belongs to God. It matters however, through whom one belongs to God.
Just like the mother of Abraham’s sons, Ishmael and Isaac, mattered
All future benefits, such as provision for eternal life and glorification become unavailable to the Gentiles, because they are no longer under Christ and have become disconnected from him
Abraham’s Descendants are all God’s People/Children by Covenant
Christ, being God’s representative on earth,
choses Abraham and his descendants through Isaac
and Jacob and becomes their Lord
God makes covenant with Abraham making him
and his chosen descendants, God’s own people
Even before the Old Covenant, God called Israel, “My
People”. This shows that it is not the Law, but the
Abrahamic Covenant that made Israel God’s people
Canaan land is Abraham’s allotted inheritance
Israel is by Covenant God’s People/Children
Israel was put under God and Christ’s holy angels (not Satan and his angels)
Through these holy angels, Israel is indeed God’s people (and under Christ) as Abraham was promised
These holy angels are like Hagar and Christ like Sarah
The Law offered Israel Eternal Life & inheritance
Christ’s disciples are all God’s children
Christ abolishes the flesh of all his, thus,
Fulfilling the circumcision requirement of the Abrahamic Covenant for all in him
Destroying the bodily distinction between races and sexes
Destroying the claim of the Ps & Ps on Gentiles and
Creating a new nation
making it possible for Gentiles to join Abraham’s family
Christ abolishes the Law
Christ ratifies a New Covenant, making all who are his Sons of God
All nations are God’s People/ Children by the New Covenant
All nations are once again under Christ
Christ destroys death and the Ps & Ps
His glorified servants are kings in all the earth and through them owns all the nations
And they all come under the covenant he is under with God