Title: To Be First Partaker of the Fruits (a purposeof the Lord's First Coming)

Topic: First Coming

Summary: One way of looking at the purpose of Jesus' Coming into the world was that he came here to go through the process we need to go through in order to change.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
2 Timothy 2:6, 3, 5-7
Galatians 5:22, 16-19
Ezekiel 34:1, 12, 23, 30-31
Matthew 23:13, 15, 23
John 10:11-15
1 Corinthians 9:7-10
Deuteronomy 25:4
1 Corinthians 9:9-10, 18
Colossians 1:9-12
Hebrews 2:14-18; 12:1-4, 10-11
1 Peter 4:12-13
2 Corinthians 12:7, 9
Jude 1:24-25

It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it's true! The case is this: The Lord is love itself given form and expression as wisdom itself, and that Divine Love and Divine Wisdom flow down into us, into the world and into the Bible in an unending stream with endless variety. Divine Love gives rise to our loves, our affections, our desires for good and the joy we can feel; Divine Wisdom gives rise to facts, knowledge, intelligence, understanding and human wisdom. And the more we can bring those two aspects of our lives into harmony, the more elevated we can become -- which will in turn make us happier, more useful, and ultimately more angelic.