The Just Shall Live by Faith – Part 13

Heb. 11:3 By faith [to the saving of the soul] we understand that the worlds [lit. ages] were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.The ages were equipped and fitted by the Word of Godto accomplish His Own divine purpose.The first part of Heb. 11:3b, describes ‘that which we see,’‘what is seen,’ ‘what we now see’ and/or ‘the things which are seen.’ These are different ways of describing what can be seen in the natural through our naked eye i.e., the ruin arising from the fall of Man! This realm is associated with sight.The second part of Heb. 11:3b, gives an explanation regarding the first part i.e., that which is visible in the realm of sight, ‘did not come into being out of that which is visible,’ ‘hath not been made out of things which appear,’ ‘did not come from anything that can be seen,’ and/or ‘were not made of things which are visible.’This latter part describes what is visible in the realm of FAITH ONLY; this is the realm of the spiritual NOT natural.The present-existing RUIN, which God MUST have knownright from the beginning when He arranged the ages around the pre-planned activity of the Son within the framework of these ages, is NOT part of God’s orderly structure. This RUIN has to do with the disorder which entered on account of the fall of Man!