As I was driving along and talking with God. He dropped a thought into my spirit about what He wanted. Everything I could see outside my windshield and windows were things God wanted. God wanted the trees, the grass, the squirrel, and deer. God wanted the morning light shinning across the mountains filtering down between the tree branches. God wanted the beautiful blue sky with the white and gray clouds. It was a tranquil moment thinking I am driving through what God wanted. He then took me quickly to Adam and Eve. God wanted children like unto Himself. God wanted light and warmth to shine on His children. He wanted dry land among the water for His children to enjoy. For His children He wanted vegetation, grass, and trees. God wanted creatures of the water, land, and sky to freely roam inside their habitat for His Children. God wanted a simple life with His children, their garden, and the world for them to explore.
After God created His first man after His likeness and image He wanted Adam to name the animals as they came before him. Gen. 2:19 “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” God wanted to enjoy Adam’s fellowship and happiness. At the end of naming the animals you can see God wanted Adam to be happy because God allowed us to see His feelings v20 “…; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.“.
God wanted a son after His image and likeness, but Adam was lonely. This shows us Adam had God for fellowship, but God was still different from Adam and no one among animals were like him. God wanted and moved to correct this just for Adam. It is obvious to us God knew no creature from the land or sky could be Adam’s companion as it was for Adam. So, as God created Adam after the pattern of His likeness and image God wanted to have someone that fits Adam’s image and likeness maintaining the semblance to God. Step over into the mindset of God. God wanted to continue the cycle of fellowship and procreation. The woman would the perfect answer for Adam and more children. It is awesome to slow down and look to the things God wanted.
v21 “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;” v18 “And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” v22 “And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”
God wanted a woman that perfectly matched Adam’s anatomy. This explains why God wanted to use a rib of Adam. God did not want a bone from the foot for a woman to be walked upon. God did not want a bone from the head for the woman to be over Adam being the first creation, but this was in keeping the order of what God wanted. God wanted the woman to be from the ribs, which symbolizes a place crucial to the structure of the human body that protects the vital organs of the heart and lungs. God wanted her to walk by Adam’s side as a helpmate crucial and a vital part to him. This is what God wanted and the order from Himself and on down. Eph. 5:23 “For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.” An order of responsibility from God to Adam and to the woman. This is what God wanted.
There is a beautiful relationship God wanted to setup with mankind. He wanted to be the center of two people supporting and loving each other along with accepting His protection and guidance. Now, Adam had someone to share his feelings, thoughts, and desires. He could tell her stories about how God came to sit with him brining the animals before him so that he could name them. She could share with Adam how beautiful the world around her was and that she was thankful to have life, eyes that see, ears that hear the wonderful songs the birds sing. I can imagine the world being so peaceful with God, Adam, and Eve enjoying nothing but pure tranquility. Back to what God wanted.
God wanted to hear what Adam had to say about this woman like no other creature Adam had seen before. When Adam laid his eyes upon her he said, v23 “…This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” The power of God’s love and desires clearly hit Adam. I am from God and she is from me by God. God is all about oneness. In the purity of it all was the fact v25 “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” There were no corrupt thoughts or evil intentions. God wanted no knowledge of evil, shame, or disappointments to be in His creations. All creations were originally made in His goodness and that is what God wanted.
This takes us to the place where God did NOT want something. In all of God’s existence there was an element available for choice. The angels and now mankind could choose from this existing element. This element existed in the heavens and now in the creation of the earth where there will be inhabitants. God wanted all of His creations made in the knowledge of good only. The knowledge of evil was separated, contained, and controlled by God only. God is the only one that can keep the knowledge of evil in place. It was never meant for angels or mankind to try to tame and control evil. God wanted to protect us all from evil, but would not deny choice.
God wanted Adam and Eve to know there is only one tree you don’t want to eat from among the many good trees in the garden. This one tree has the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil mixed in it. If you eat of this tree it will bring forth death causing a great separation. v16 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:” v17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” God commanded, meaning this is something He did not want.
It amazes me to imagine an entire world free from harm, pain, and sorrow being totally under their control to do with it as they will. They could walk freely and nothing to stick or cut their feet. They could interact or pet any creature without fear of being bit or poisoned. They could swim in any of the waters absolutely free of any danger. The entire earth was at peace and absent of all disasters under Adam and Eve’s control. This is what God wanted. God wanted a beautiful and peaceful place to watch and fellowship with His children freely growing in their own kingdom.
To quickly cover, God did not want any of His creations to attempt to try to take the knowledge of evil unto themselves because it would completely overrule them and only He could truly separate, contain, and control evil. One angel called Lucifer caused a third of the angels to believe that they could absorb the knowledge of evil and found out the hard way that they could not. This one angel, Lucifer, became an evil devil tricking Eve into disobeying God by eating of the forbidden fruit along with Adam joining her, which caused death, sickness, and disease to rule them and the world. This is where we will see what God wanted after this happened. God’s children were lost to death and a judgment of eternal hell separated, contained, and controlled.
Again, this amazes me to think about all of the glory of God and the beauty of heaven with the angels seeing all of this and yet wanting to rebel against such glory and beauty. A third of the angels made their eternal choice of evil, but Adam and Eve were different from the angels and had a chance according to what God wanted. When God spoke through His Word for all of creation He wanted it to return to Him in full with completion and prosperity. Is. 55:11 “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” God wants to send help if help can be sent. Angels were made of eternal substance, but Adam and Eve were part earth and part God.
God is an All Present Spirit. So, God had a focal point and location for His creations to visit Him. As an example, if God were the air on the earth where would we go visit Him? Air is all over the world. If God took the air and formed a focal point and location we would know where to go to fellowship with Him. God called this focal and location point inside His All Present Spirit – the Word. The Word was His version in Spirit of what He would look like in solid form. The Word, His Godhead, had the pattern of arms, legs, feet, head, and torso. God wanted children and this is what Adam was fashioned by.
This explains the scripture: Jn. 1:1“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” v2 “The same was in the beginning with God.” v3 “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” The Word is not a second part of Him, but the focal and location point of His All Present Spirit. Adam is not an All Present Spirit, but a focal and location point of knowledge, presence, and the power of life. This all leads up to what God wanted to do to pay the death debt and to redeem Adam and Eve – mankind.
After God’s children, Adam and Eve, fell to sin, judgment of death, and hell God had a plan to save them. God spoke through His Word placing Himself to born in the future generations of mankind to pay the sin debt, remove the judgment of death and hell from His children. God’s prophecy was this Gen. 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” The power of the life blood of the man God would visit us in would be the only way to pay the eternal death and judgment of hell. Heb. 2:14 “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” To save us is what God wanted. The same God that wanted the earth and universe for us.
God said, “And I will…“, which is what God wanted to personally to take of Himself. God wanted to divide the devil’s eternal death sentence from the seed He would come in to personally strike down the head of the authority of the devil taking away sin, death, and hell from us; while the devil believes his poisonous bite on the heel of the woman’s seed brings him victory while God is crushing his head of authority forever. God wanted to save His children and death had to be paid because His Word is final.
God never wanted the plans for Adam and Eve to be ruined, but the freedom of choice is the one thing God will not overrule. Everyone of us are born into this world with God sending His plan for our lives in the hopes we will choose it over the things of this world. Jer. 1:5 “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Thankfully, Jeremiah chose God’s plan for his life and now we see this side of God for all of us. We are dominated by the knowledge of evil in our flesh being born into sin, but we can overcome it through Jesus Christ returning to God’s original plan for our lives. God made a way for us.
God wanted children after His own likeness and image to know Him as their Father without the corruption of the knowledge of evil. God wanted to come as a man, like unto a son of flesh, in order to save us fulfilling another personal desire. 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” God is not willing to lose any of us, but there is still a freedom of choice. God inside Jesus the man followed strictly the scripture prophecies showing us the way, the truth, and the life with the ability to return to the Father through Jesus Christ, unlike what Adam and Eve did.
Adam and Eve not following strictly God’s Word cost us and the entire world be thrown into death and disease. God being manifested in the flesh, the first thing of His ministry He wanted to show us was Jesus the man being baptized in water. Mtt. 3:13 “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.” John did not want to baptize Jesus. He did not feel worthy. No matter how noble or seemingly good the intentions following God’s word is crucial. v14 “But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?” How important is it to God for us to follow His word? God wanted life for Adam and Eve, but they followed disobedience bringing death to all of mankind. I believe it is a life or death situation.
v15 “And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.” Disobeying one scripture cost all of mankind. Jesus the man was one hundred percent in obeying every single scripture God prophesied to the one that should come to redeem and save mankind. Jesus the man had the one True God inside of him doing what God wanted to save His children. Jesus told John “…it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness…“. God wants us on the path of His righteousness and Jesus provided us the power to do so. Jesus the man reflects on how a true child of God should behave.
God wanted us to see the importance of being baptized. When Jesus the man was baptized God was inside the man doing what was for righteousness sake. v16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:” v17 “And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” This is a beautiful life changing revelation, if God shows it to you.
The everywhere present God wanted us to see the importance as He was inside the man Jesus while in the water being baptized as the fulness of the focal point and location of God known as the Word for all of creation to interact with; at the same time reassuring and showing John the sign of His Spirit descending like a dove (key words: “like a dove“) proving scriptures being fulfilled. The All Present everywhere Spirit of God spoke from the sky above the people sealing the man Jesus Christ as the seed promised to Adam and Eve for the saving of mankind. v17 “…This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Col. 2:9 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.“
God wanted us to see He is the everywhere Present Spirit speaking from the heavens as a voice, while giving John his sign like as a dove, and revealing Jesus the man had within himself the fulness His Godhead bodily. God simply did not create us, mankind, like His All Present Spirit because we would be everywhere without a body. God wanted a single place, if He were to be solid, for all of creation to visit Him. His Godhead and Word is that single point for all of to come to fellowship and interact with Him. His Word is His thoughts, plans, and ideas for solid forms to exist. Remember the air example on how would know where to go to stand before Him? It is easy to see Jesus as a man he hungered and as God he fed the five thousand with a few fishes and loathes of bread – the oneness of God in man. All of this boils down to what God wanted and not the corruptions of man.
The only way we can remain and interact with Him is to be purely following His Word rejecting anything twisted outside of His word. Thus, we have Jesus and John being obedient to the scriptures and not mankind. John had good intentions and so did Peter when He did not want Jesus to die, but following the scripture are more important than good intentions. Jesus told of his coming death and rebuked Peter. Mtt. 16:22 “Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.” v23 “But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” It is crucial for us to follow the scriptures to the best of our abilities to ensure we are loving the things God wants and not the things mankind wants. There are Christian religions based on man’s wants.
We could never consider ourselves above Jesus Christ. Jesus the man did everything God wanted. God wanted Jesus to give the keys of the kingdom of heaven to Peter. Mtt. 16:19 “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” When did Peter bind or loose on earth? God wanted perfect timing from the beginning of the Bible to this present day and even to the end.
Jesus the man did not start the full swing of his ministry until he was baptized, the Spirit of God displaying a sign like a dove descending upon him, and His voice from heaven declaring Jesus the man as His son. God did the same thing with Peter. Instead of a dove, it was cloven tongues like as a fire that sat upon everyone them. Jesus did not need the cloven tongues of fire because the Spirit of God was already inside of him or the dove. It was John who needed the confirmation of a dove as a sign. For Peter the voice from heaven did not come from the outside, but from the inside of Peter’s body through his own lips speaking the Words of God in praise as the God gave them the power to speak those words. Jesus the man symbolically showed what was to come upon us after he ascends to heaven as signs of God’s redeeming powers. Now, let us see what God wanted to pour out on us through Jesus Christ.
Acts 2:2 “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.” v3 “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.” v4 “And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.“
John’s ministry and prophesying of what he was doing was just preparing the way of what greater things Jesus would do. Mtt. 3:11 “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:” This is the day God started His wanted plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. On this day Peter invoked the keys to the kingdom of heaven binding things and loosing things here on earth by God’s desire. On this day there was no other disciple greater than the voice and words that Peter spoke. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John do not have the authority over Peter on this day because God is giving him the divine utterance to tell us what we must do to be saved.
This is what God wanted to be said when the people were under conviction feeling their sins and the need to be saved. Peter, the former fisherman, now the fisher of men, completed his preaching the people reacted this way towards God’s word. v37 “Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?” No other apostle, men, or brethren answered, but Peter. This is what God wanted. Do you want to follow the scriptures God wants or the scriptures mankind has pieced together for salvation?
Peter put God’s desired binding power upon v38 “…Repent…” just like John did before the coming of the man Jesus Christ preaching repentance. Peter continued speaking God’s will with the loosening power of God “…and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Baptism in Jesus name applies the God given power blood of forgiveness, loosening us from our sins, and the gift of the Holy Ghost changes our spirit into a new creature in Christ.
John preached the coming of the Lord and baptism for repentance. When John baptized Jesus the man, Jesus was representing God and mankind becoming one once again through water baptism. When Jesus came up out of the water the Spirit like as a dove descending as a sign represented the Holy Spirit coming down upon mankind bonding in soul and Spirit as one. God’s voice that was heard from the heavens represented God speaking directly to mankind once again for all to hear.
John was applying repentance in water baptism. Peter was applying repentance and the blood of Jesus Christ washing away our sins in typology of being buried in the tomb with Jesus and resurrecting to the infilling of the gift of the Holy Ghost as sign to us being born again of the Spirit. Peter fulfilled the scripture Jesus said, 5 “…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.“
The keys to the kingdom have been bound to what Peter said and the only way to unlock that door is the key of repentance, to open the door with being baptized in Jesus name for the remission of our sins, and to step through the door into the body of Christ with receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost with the sign of speaking in another language as God gives us the utterance. 1 Cor. 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”
All of this is what God wanted. God wanted everything to go through the man Jesus Christ and his name. Peter again in another place binding and loosening the keys to the kingdom of heaven, Acts 4:8 “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them…” he explains the impotent man being healed and he wanted them to know 10 “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth… by him doth this man stand here before you whole.” God wanted these words spoken clearly and precisely binding the truth to the name of Jesus with no other option that v12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Peter bound the keys to the kingdom of heaven to the name of Jesus whereby we must be saved.
God did not want people to be baptized using the titles of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost according Matthew 28:19. God wanted the NAME of the Father. The NAME of the Father is Jesus. Jesus said, Jn. 5:43 “I am come in my Father’s name…” What other name do we know Jesus by, but Jesus. The NAME of the Son is obviously Jesus. The NAME of the Holy Ghost is Jesus. Jesus said, Jn. 14:26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name…” The Father is a title for God when He created everything. The Son is a title of the man baby born with God inside him to save us. The Holy Ghost is a title for making us the children of God once again.
Obeying the scriptures is crucial in my opinion. Jesus never compromised as Adam and Eve did. If you want to compare Matthew 28:19 with Acts 2:38 you will lose scripturally. Matthew 28:19 has the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost – titles and not names. Acts 2:38 has the name of Jesus Christ that there is no other salvation given among man whereby we must be saved. Matthew 28:19, Father and Holy Ghost cannot be killed or die for us. Father and Holy Ghost cannot shed blood for our sins. Acts 2:38 has the blood of Jesus Christ (the Lamb of God) inside it along with the death and burial. Matthew 28:19, the Father and the Holy Ghost cannot be resurrected or renewed being eternal. Acts 2:38, the name of Jesus has the power of the resurrection through the man Jesus for us to be resurrected and renewed in the Spirit. There is no record of anyone in the Bible being baptized in the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
God wanted Acts 2:38 as the plan of salvation, but He did not want mankind to twist Matthew 28:19 against Acts 2:38. God did not want mankind to say Jesus spoke Matthew 28:19 in red letters to diminish or take away Peter’s words as the keys to the kingdom of heaven as Jesus spoke to him in red letters for Mtt. 16:18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” v19 “And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 28:19 does not cover you with his blood, death, burial, or resurrection. You will be like in the days of Moses and the Egyptians without the blood over your door post when the angel of death passes through the streets.
God wants us to see the All Power of salvation He has placed inside the name of Jesus. This is what God wanted for us to know that Jesus Christ is the physical Word image and likeness that mankind was suppose to be like. We lost all of that through Adam and Eve’s sin, but we gained it back through Jesus Christ. Look around you and see the good things God wanted in this world for us to enjoy freely. God will create a new heaven and a new earth, but before that God wants to do one last thing and that is to save as many of His children as He can. Rev. 21:1“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.“
It is possible when you see Jesus after this life he may turn to you and say, Mtt. 16:23 “… Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.” and Mtt. 7:23 “…I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” God has a plan for you and He loves you so much He came Himself inside Jesus Christ to give you the power to be the true sons and daughters of God He always wanted.
What do you want to do? I want to walk this earth living as best as I can following the Word of God and His Spirit. If you have read this far I want to tell you the knowledge you have gained puts you in a place of gambling with your eternal soul if you do not seek to fulfill repentance, water baptism in Jesus name, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost bound by what God wanted Peter to speak. Get the blood of Jesus Christ over your fleshly doorpost housing your eternal soul. Come be with me as we journey to that heavenly home we long for. God bless you overflowingly is my prayer for reading this to the very end and may He anoint you with a powerful witnessing testimony and fellowship with His Spirit.