THE DIVINE PLAN.

 " IN THE BEGINNING..., GENESIS 1:1. "THEN GOD SAID ' LET US MAKE MAN,'  "GENESIS 1:26 . " MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM,  GENESIS 1:27. THE CROWNING GLORY OF CREATION., MALE AND FEMALE, IS PLACED ON EARTH.
"... IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS," GENESIS 1:26. " SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD THROUGH ONE MAN AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND SO DEATH SPREAD THROUGH TO ALL MEN BECAUSE ALL HAVE SINNED. ," ROMANS 5: 12. " THE WAGES OF SIN. IS DEATH," ROMANS 6:23. AFTER MAN PLUNGED HIMSELF INTO SIN, AND BECAME SUBJECT TO JUDGMENT AND DEATH, GOD DID NOT HOLD HIMSELF ALOOF FROM THE HUMAN SCENE. HE ACTED IN LOVE AND MERCY.  HE HIMSELF BECAME INCARNATE (INTO FLESH) IN CHRIST, AND REDEEMED (RESCUED) THE FALLEN HUMAN RACE FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF ITS SIN, GALATIANS 4:4,5. CHRIST'S SAVING ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF MEN ARE TRADITIONALLY DIVIDED INTO (ACTIVE OBEDIENCE). HIS PASSIVE (OBEDIENCE).
HIS ACTIVE OBEDIENCE, CHRIST DID FOR US WHAT WE, SINCE ADAM'S FALL, CANNOT DO. HE KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS ON BEHALF OF SINFUL MAN. HIS SAVING MISSION WAS TOTALLY A SERVANT MISSION.
IN HIS PASSIVE OBEDIENCE, CHRIST DID FOR US WHAT WE, SINCE ADAM'S FALL, CANNOT DO. HE KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS ON BEHALF OF SINFUL MAN. HIS SAVING MISSION WAS TOTALLY A SERVANT MISSION.
IN HIS PASSIVE OBEDIENCE, HE WHO WAS NOT A SINNER BECAME A SINNER AND SUFFERED THE PUNISHMENT THE HUMAN RACE DESERVES FOR ITS SINFUL REBELLION AGAINST GOD, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-21.
AS "CHRIST"-IANS, THEN WE DO NOT TRUST IN WHAT WE ARE OR DO AS A REASON WHY GOD SHOULD ACCEPT US. WE PUT OUR TRUST IN WHAT GOD DID FOR US, THROUGH CHRIST. CHRIST LIVED, DIED, AND ROSE AGAIN FOR US. HE REMAINS WITH US THROUGH HIS HOLY SPIRIT (DOVE), TO FORGIVE US, AND TO HELP US TRY TO DO WHAT WE WERE FIRST CREATED TO DO. TO KEEP OUR IMPERFECT OBEDIENCE THIS SIDE OF ETERNITY). DEATH HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM THE "GRIM END" INTO THE DOORWAY TO ETERNAL LIFE;" CHRIST RESURRECTION IS THE GUARANTEE OF THAT, EPHESIANS 1:13,14. FURTHERMORE, CHRIST HERE, AND NOW GIVES US A GLIMPSE INTO  THE LIFE TO COME. IN THE LIFE TO COME, GOD WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE ALL THINGS NEW AND PERFECT FOR HIS CHILDREN. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND MAN AND MAN, WILL BE AS GOD INTENDED THEM TO BE PRIOR TO THE FALL IN SIN, REVELATION 5:11-14; 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13. IN THE LATTER TEXT, PAUL'S POINT IS THAT LOVE IS THE GREATEST OF THE SPIRIT'S BECAUSE IT WILL CONTINUE INTO LIFE THE LIFE TO COME.

"IMAGE" A REPRODUCTION OF THE APPEARANCE OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING; ESPECIALLY , A SCULPTURED LIKENESS.
 ONE THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLES ANOTHER.      (NEW COLLEGE DICTIONARY.)