God’s Plan for His Chosen: The Cost and the Conflict

This book explains God’s plan for His chosen from before time began up to the present time in pre-written history.

Not only was God’s plan for those whom He would create in His own image devised before the foundation of the world, so were the chosen participants of His magnificent plan which were listed in His registry known as the ‘Book of Life.’

And then when the predetermined time in history arrived, God prepared the earth to receive Adam and Eve.

Angels, including Lucifer, were created before Genesis. Lucifer, i.e. Satan, presented himself to Adam and Eve and did everything in his power to disrupt, and in fact nullify, God’s plan for mankind.

Such began the ‘conflict’ mentioned in the title words of this book.

Adam and Eve did in fact succumb to Satan’s temptation to disobey God which resulted in their banishment from God’s presence and the disruption of their relationship with Him.

At that time God announced His curse on the earth and mankind, which included ‘enmity’ between the woman (Eve) and Satan and her seed and his seed.

The next major portion of the book focuses on God’s provision for those created in His image to be brought back to His favor and presence. Such is the gracious gift of redemption. Redemption is the most significant doctrine in the Bible.

Redemption means in essence buying something back, or reclaiming something that has been lost. Then according to Levitical law there must be a redemption price and a redeemer. The redeemer must be a near relative, i.e. kinsman to the one who lost the possession. An entire chapter is devoted to the exact determination of the Kinsman Redeemer.

The lost possession and the price (cost) of redemption are also explained in great detail in this book.

Redemption is explained as it applies to the nation Israel, the church, and the nations.

Two ‘women’ are defined and illustrated in separate unique chapters. The first ‘woman’ is termed the ‘preeminent woman’ in the Bible and is further defined by Solomon as wisdom.

In the New Testament, Christ is defined as the ‘wisdom of God.’

The second woman, called the ‘other woman’ is a seed of the enemy relating back to the promise of enmity between the adversaries defined in the initial chapter of Genesis.

Solomon differentiates between the two ‘women.’

“When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil…to deliver you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words…for her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead…” Proverbs 2:10-12a, 16, 18 NKJV

Detailed examination of the second woman reveals her harlotry which culminates in Revelation 17.

“Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, ‘Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on any waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication…’” Revelation 17:1-2 NKJV

An entire chapter is devoted to ‘seeds of the enemy’ which are identified and described throughout the Bible.

Then the final chapters of this book focus on the present. An entire chapter is devoted to differentiating the majority from the minority. The majority of mankind consists of those who have refused God’s gracious offer of redemption. Thus the majority is classified as the ‘world’ and the minority is identified as the ‘kingdom.’

It is very significant that throughout the Bible the term ‘remnant’ is applied to describe those who have been, and will be, redeemed. The primary definition of ‘remnant’ is the smaller part remaining after the whole has been dealt with.

The final chapter of the book entitled: What in the ‘World’ is the majority up to these days… focuses on application.

If the ‘world’ is the majority, and the world consists of the unredeemed, what is the future of democracy? What is America’s future as a nation?

Numerous examples of recent legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and executive orders are examined to see if America is more in line with tenets of the ‘world’ or more closely aligned with attributes of the ‘kingdom.’

Also to be examined will be progressivism and current national priorities and weigh them against Scriptural teachings.

Details of current foreign policy especially as it relates to the ‘Apple of God’s Eye,’ i.e. Israel will also be examined in detail.

And inasmuch as a commonly held belief is that the president of the United States is the most powerful man in the ‘free world,’ many of our current president’s positions will be examined.

This book is ideally suited for group Bible studies in addition to personal enhancement inasmuch as nearly 1000 Scripture verses are identified and quoted. It is a natural follow-up to our previous book entitled: America’s Vision vs. God’s Standard of Justice: Rethinking the American Dream.