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Originally Posted by A little brother
F. The existence of the universe is according to God’s eternal purpose to have the church—Rev. 4:11; Eph. 3:9-11:
1. The full revelation of the Scriptures unveils to us that all things in the universe are for the church—v. 9.
2. Even the three persons of the Godhead are for the divine purpose of having the church to fulfill God’s eternal plan through the dispensing of God in His Divine Trinity into humanity so that the church may come into existence—1:3-23; Matt. 28:19; 16:18; 2 Cor. 13:14; 1:1.
3. The heavens, the earth, a multitude of other things, and the tripartite man are required in order that the church may exist to express God; without these things God cannot have the church in the universe to be His corporate expression—Zech. 12:1; Rev. 4:11.
If they are talking about the obvious you mentioned, don't see why they use the word "even".
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Alb,
It is what I thought. It does not mean the Gods existence is dependent on the object of His purpose. It does mean that before creation in eternity past the Triune God had a purpose and everything that followed was related to that ...
even His Triune being is for the purpose He decided on and through all three, the Father, Son,and Spirit He accomplishes His purpose.
Drake