The Portals of Time and Eternity
A Perspective of the Everlasting Covenant
Part
XI
prepared by Don R. Hender
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first
and the last." ~ Revelation 22:13
Cut from the fabric of Eternity
are the Ages of Time to be found. From Eternity into and back out of these Ages of
Time there are passageways, guarded portals of entance and exit. Eternity stands
on one side of these portals and the ages of time stand on the other. It is as it
is depicted in the sealing rooms of the LDS temples of God. There are found
endless reflection mirrors mounted on two opposite walls of the room, which
reflect each other's image on into an endless avenue of perceptive vision. They
are a representation of eternity past and yet to come with the sealing room
standing in between them as the here and now of the ages of time we are in.
As the Gospel teaches, there is but one who stands at the entrance and exit from
all eternity, to all eternity. And he is Jesus Christ, the one and only way so
provided by which man may pass. It is he, Jesus Christ-Jehovah, who is Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. He is the Guardian of
the passageways of the ages of time. And all those who enter in and depart from do
so by him and are of his generation.
The portal passage through the test of time is a guarded passage. Lucifer and his angels will
never be let in, nor will they ever advance into the Celestial realm as those of us who may
pass through the test of the ages of time to gain our reward and advance according to God
Eternal Plan. A reflection upon the two all encompassing extents of our Lord and Savior's
service to man and to God the Father may be here understood. Only those who pertain unto this
present realm of the ages of time may minister unto them (D&C 130:5). The Firstborn spirit
son Jehovah, born in the spirit to Elohim, was the rightful heir upon whom the weight of the
responsibility did fall. As one of us, God the Father's spirit children, Jehovah the firstborn
could be called upon to stand in the stead of the Father to Minister unto those of these realms
of time as he too would pass through them with us. Thus the Father, Elohim, did select Jehovah
His son to stand in that position of the 'Deliverer' of mankind from Eternity to all Eternity
through the ages of time. Jehovah was the First, the chosen and the anointed one of the Father.
And the Father endowed him with all the fulness and power of God that he Jehovah might stand
in the stead of the Celestial Father and minister unto man from the foundation of the temporal
creation to the end and final judgement thereof, that what Jehovah would so create under the
direction of the Father, he, Jehovah would redeem, that is have to power to do so. And of
course that work and purpose unto which Jevhovah was called and ordained and consecrated was
and is that grand 'work and glory' of God, which is to bring to pass the immortality and
eternal life of man according to the design of the Plan of God (Moses 1:39).
And this was to the end cause and purpose that we as God's spirit children might grow, successfuly
maturate in the proper use and actions of selecting good over evil according to that agency given
us by God the Father to test us if we will do all that God commands us to do, and thus we may advance
and be enabled and blessed to become even as God is, one with him and Christ Jehovah. That is if we
will accept God's way, take the Lord's name upon us and live the Godly life according to what God
through Jesus Christ (Jehovah) our Lord doth command and direct us that we must do. And Christ
is the only way and means whereby given by God the Father that man might come unto Him. As the
Lord has said and the scriptures do state:
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me." ~ John 14:6
" . . . there shall be no other name given nor any other way
nor means whereby salvation can come unto the children of men, only in and
through the name of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent. . . . men drink damnation
to their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little
children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in and
through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent. For the natural
man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be,
forever and ever, unless he yeilds to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and
putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of
Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient,
full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to
inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father. And moreover, I
say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a Savior shall
spread throughout ever nation, kindred, tongue, and people." ~ Mosiah
3:17-20
NO OTHER WAY
We may rest assured and stand confident in our trust and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. His is of that same love of
the Father for the children of man (John 3:16). He cares only for and serves only the interest of those he has been
positioned by the Father to redeem. Unlike the
self interest which Lucifer did pursue, Jehovah's only interest and concern is his duty to God and man, and the
glory he does not claim for himself but returns it unto the Father (Moses 4:2). He has taken upon himself the
sins of the world that he might redeem those of this world according to the design and stipulations set forth by
the Father. He and the Father are unified in that love offered unto the children of men. 'Come follow me,' the
Savior doth say, 'that I might lead you in the way.' The path is strait and will be long, but man and God he will
work to reconcile that man might unite with God and come home again. In short his interest is in our best interests.
"O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One.
Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but
it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the
Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none
other way save it be by the gate; for he connot be deceived, for the Lord God
is his name." ~ 2 Nephi 9:41
In explaining this position which Jesus who is Jehovah holds as the 'Ministering
God', Advocate, Mediator, and Intercessor between man and God the Father of Spirits,
even Elohim; Alma the younger sets for to his son Corianton that Jesus is the only
means and way. Corianton was not a perfect soul and indeed in need of Jesus' offering
of atoning help. Jesus knew that he came into the world to be the Savior and Redeemer
of sinners, all those who would humble themselves and come unto him to be redeemed
through repentance, the Gospel ordinances and the good works of a Godly life. Jesus
knows and understands that none are without sin and all stand in need of his redemptive
powers unto salvation. His hope and desire is that all will come unto him, that they
will all so humble themselves and repent, that they might be made whole in and through
him. No man can be saved of himself. All must come and rely upon the love,
mercy and justice of God offered through Jesus Christ our Lord.
"And now, my son, I have told you this that ye may learn wisdom,
that ye may learn of me that there is no other way or means whereby man can be
saved, only in and through Christ. Behold, he is the life and the light of the
world. Behold, he is the word of truth and righteousness." ~ Alma
38:9
|
