Page 17 - Gods Plan of the Ages

The Cycle of Creation

he wise king Solomon began his great book of wisdom by speaking of the circularity of
Tcreation.

Ecclesiastes 1:5-7
The sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again. Blowing
toward the south, then turning toward the north, the wind continues swirling along; And
on its circular courses the wind returns. All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is not
full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.

Solomon referred to the circuit of the Sun, the courses of the wind, and the cycle of
water on the earth. These are things the wise man contemplated as he sought to understand
life, and his place in the creation. Solomon perceived that the creation functions in cycles.
I want to make mention of the grandest of all cycles in the creation. All things
originated in God, and when the creation has run its course, all things must return unto
God. You and I are part of the creation. We are bound by this cycle. Man became a living
soul when God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. One day, at the end of the ages,
God will gather His breath back to Himself.

Job 34:14-15
If He should determine to do so, if He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

When Yahweh conceived the creation He set limits to its endurance. Yahweh created
a plan that encompasses many ages, concluding in one final age that is at times referred to
as "the age of the ages."

Daniel 7:18
And receive the kingdom do the saints of the Most High, and they strengthen the kingdom
unto the age, even unto the age of the ages.
(Young's Literal Translation)

Yahweh framed the creation with a master plan where each age was determined. I
have referred to this as "God's plan of the ages." Following are two translations of a passage
from Paul's letter to the Ephesians that bring forth a literal rendering of the original Greek.

Ephesians 3:8-11
To me the far inferior of all holy ones; was given the favor this, among the nations to
announce glad tidings the unsearchable wealth of the Anointed, and to enlighten all, what
the administration of the secret of that having been hidden from the AGES in the God in
that the all things having created; so that might be made known now to the governments
and to the authorities in the heavenlies, through the congregation, the manifold wisdom
of the God; According to a plan of the ages, which He formed for the Anointed Jesus our
Lord.
(Diaglott)