We Have Every Spiritual Blessing In Christ!

My Paraphrase of Ephesians 1:1-14:

At this time, you and I have been blessed in the Heavenly realms

With every spiritual blessing in Christ.

We were chosen to be in Christ, before the creation of the world;

To be holy and blameless in His sight.

In love God predestined you and I

To be adopted as His sons and daughters, through Jesus Christ,

In accordance with His pleasure and will--

To the praise of His glorious grace,

Which He has freely given you and I in the One (Christ) He loves.

In Him (Christ) you and I have redemption through His blood,

The forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace

That He lavished on you and I with all wisdom and understanding.

And He made know to you and I the mystery of His will

According to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ,

To be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--

[When all the Gentiles, the non-Jews,

Have been brought in to the Kingdom of God at the END of “Time”]

To bring all things in Heaven and on earth together under One Head,

Even Christ.

Beginning with the Millennium

When Christ's Kingdom will be established on earth.

In Christ we were also chosen,

Having been predestined according to the plan of Christ

Who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will,

In order that you and I, who have put our hope in Christ,

Might be for the praise of His glory.

And you and I were included in Christ when we heard the Word of Truth,

The Good News of our salvation.

Having believed, you and I were marked in Christ with a Seal,

The promised Holy Spirit, who lives within us,

Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance

[The Kingdom of God, Heaven, and all its glory]

Until the redemption of all those who are God's possession--

[When the final saint is added in Christ, at the END of “Time”]

To the praise of His glory. (Ephesians 1:1-14)

The exceeding greatness and wonder of God's plan and purpose

Includes you and I. Hallelujah!

It was established before “Time” began.

That is why events will unfold exactly according to The Book, God's Word.

As it is written, so it will be.