Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Foundation of the world

Cited from You Tube 

'Peter spells out the initial principles of the call to a life of devotion to Christ.' 
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Bruce Gore continues with his series on 1 Peter. This week: Peter's First Rules for Holy Living 

1 Peter 1:20 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared [a]in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. a 1 Peter 1:20 Lit at the end of the times

Christ is the lamb slain from the foundation (foundations also works theologically) of the world, Revelation 13: 8, see also Revelation 5 for related. 

Ephesians 1:3-4: New American Standard Bible (NASB)

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before [a]Him. In love Footnotes: (a) Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love