It is now possible to recognize what the Triune God - Father, Son, and Spirit - are Each realizing in one ultimate intention.The Father is realizing that which His heart has yearned for throughout the ages - a vast family of sons conformed to the image of His only Begotten. His is a family who will bring Him paternal honor, glory and satisfaction.The Lord Jesus, as the Son, is receiving what the Father has purposed for Him- a many membered Body which will be for the expression of Himself throughout the universe.The Holy Spirit is receiving a glorious temple built of living stones which will be His eternal habitation.This is truly so uniquely divine as to be utterly beyond human comprehension! The Three-in-One Godhead is finding Triune delight in one great intention- The Family, the Body, and the Temple are all one and the same. All are three in one.And furthermore, the Father has intended for His Son to have the pre-eminence in all things. It is no marvel then, that the Lord Jesus is gloriously referred to as:Christ, the first-born - in the Family"He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]"(Col 1:18 Amp.).Christ, the Head - of the Body"He also is the Head of [His] body, the church...For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently" (Col 1:18,19 Amp.).Christ, the chief cornerstone - of the Temple"Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen ( honored), precious chief Cornerstone...The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the main Cornerstone..."(1 Peter 2:6,7 Amp.)We see then, in all three - whether the Family, the Body, or the Temple - The Lord Jesus has the place of pre-eminence. Perhaps this would seem in itself to be a completely satisfying goal. But God's glorious vessel and instrument is only the means to the ultimate goal of which we read in 1 Corinthians 15:28: "that God might be all and in all". This is the ultimate realization: The Father, Son, and Spirit will have glory, honor, and satisfaction, world without end.DeVern Fromkefrom Ultimate Intention
