The Plan of Agape Love

Before His ascension, Jesus said a very interesting and important word to His disciples. Let's read Matthew 28:18: "...All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."

The work that Jesus accomplished on Earth was of great significance for Heaven as well. In the light of Calvary, God's true love was revealed to the entire Universe. If before Christ's sacrifice some heavenly beings might have had questions and doubts about God's character, methods of His governance, and Satan's claims to supreme power, after Jesus' death, the correct answer was found for all these questions, and all doubts and misunderstandings were dispelled.

Calvary clearly showed the visible and invisible worlds that God is love. On the cross, absolute divine mercy towards sinful and fallen people and absolute divine justice concerning lawlessness were manifested. A great Sacrifice was offered, which established the significance of all conditional sacrifices made in faith before Calvary and revealed the path of salvation for all who would accept Christ after Calvary. A new door of salvation was opened for all humanity, a door named Jesus Christ. Sin and its adherents were sentenced to death.

But, by God's providence, people were still given time so that all who wished would have the opportunity to hear the message of salvation, the message of a better life and of God's loving character. Not all prophecies pointing to the final time's struggle and the beginning of judgment had been fulfilled yet. The enemy of humanity received special power to destroy and tempt all living on earth, without having complete authority over God's children.

God predicted all periods of Christianity's development, gave special revelations through the apostle John, and established times and seasons within His authority.

And now, in our time, all seasons have been fulfilled, all signs point to the imminent culmination of final historical events. And something vitally important must happen on our Earth.

Jesus possesses special authority to act at this time, producing something very important in our world and in our souls. Light has already been fully poured out on every inhabitant of Earth. Knowledge and discoveries in all areas of human life have exceeded human capabilities, sin has completely revealed its disgusting essence, Satan's deceptions have become overwhelmingly strong and sophisticated. The whole world lies in evil, and the Lord has not yet come. Jesus desires to have a special people who will fully reveal to the world the genuine character of God and His beauty. How is this possible? The Lord has a plan.

The parable of the ten virgins tells what and how this will happen. It helps understand how important it is to prepare for upcoming events. And Christ's address to Laodicea points God's people to what will be necessary to understand, accept, and do in this last time. This is not my plan, but God's plan, and God longs to implement it in my and your life.

I have the following opportunities for implementing this plan:

1. I ponder, begin to explore and discover the meaning of God's symbols and follow the instructions given to me. I begin to receive everything that God wishes to entrust and sell me.

2. I ponder and begin to explore the given question, but allow current cares to absorb my attention and postpone the implementation of God's plans to an indefinite future. However, I firmly believe that this issue needs to be devoted time to, and after studying it, implement it in my life. But for now, there are more important matters.

3. I heard, believed, rejoiced, but did not attach special significance to this message, therefore did not dedicate time to it. And I do not intend to engage with it in the near future.

4. I consider these messages to be one of many information streams, and they will not change anything in my life, so it is not worth delving into them at all.

In our school of love, we have decided to follow the first path. We strive to understand what God offers us, delve into the essence of symbols and prophecies, accept God's plan, buy heavenly true values, and wait for further fulfillment of God's blessings and promises in our lives. Time is very short. And world events are loudly calling us from all sides to understand that the end is very near and it is time to wake up.

And Jesus very calmly and tenderly teaches us His love. He has neither haste nor delay in this matter. He is preparing a people, desiring to present them pure and spotless before the entire Universe and show the visible and invisible worlds what the power of Love can do with those who seek, find, and accept it.

God will not abolish His prophecies and will not change His plans to reach uninterested people. But at a certain time, everything will be fulfilled. God's love will find trembling and seeking hearts and establish itself in them forever to form a special people for the final events.

Everything happening in my consciousness now has eternal consequences for me. It is precisely at the present time that each of us chooses the very path to follow. God pointed to the narrow path and did everything on His side so that everyone could walk and develop along it. The Lord will not change His plans but will seek and attract those through whom He can implement them. And this plan leads me to complete acceptance of the love of the One who embodies it. All symbols and calls point to this.

The power of love is boundless. It is larger, stronger, and wiser than everything; it is available to all but given to the chosen. It is acquired by those who seek it, who understand it, and who desire to have it.

It is amazing how, on one hand, God's plans are simple and accessible, and on the other, full of mysteries and depths that cannot be penetrated through superficial study.

We await the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. But what will He change in an indifferent heart of someone who heard calls but did not respond to them? I think nothing special will happen in such a soul. When the seed is sown, then the rain only nurtures and fills it with strength so that fruit appears, but it does not change the composition and nature of the seed. Of course, if I did not manage to acquire good seed, I can still buy it if I know where, but there might not be time left to grow it.

Love cannot be learned in an instant. It is a process with its own duration and laws. Its beginning is laid in this world, and in Eternity, the learning will continue, but I must enter this process now, learning the foundations and laws of God's love. In this case, this gift will become mine and bear much fruit. And the early rain of the Holy Spirit will strengthen this seed, grow it, and prepare it for harvest.

God loves us. And He will not leave any seeking soul in ignorance. He gave His plan not to tease us and hide it in an inaccessible place, but to reveal and implement it in me and in you.

Christ has enough authority to establish God's will in my life and accomplish everything He has planned. With my "yes" and further desire, I allow my will and God's will to merge into unity of purpose. Then God's plan begins its implementation in my life. And having begun this good work in me, God will continue it until the day of His glorious Coming.

Christ's love will become my life, God's character will transform my heart, my will shall rest on God's principles. Unity of thoughts and feelings with Christ will bind us with eternal bonds of love.

Reflection Questions for this Chapter

1. Please read Amos 3:7; Hosea 4:6; Deuteronomy 29:29; Revelation 22:18-19; Daniel 12:4 in light of this chapter.

2. What was revealed to you in this chapter?

3. Do you have a desire to explore God's plan outlined in the address to Laodicea?

4. Do you have time for classes in this school?

5. Are you interested in studying the lessons and comparing them with your life?

6. Is God's plan for your future being revealed in this school? Do you see God's Hand in our lessons?

7. Do you understand what kind of love will be given to you in the process of learning?