mirror trans...francious du toit..Ephesians 1:4 He associated us in Christ before 1the fall of the world! Jesus is God’s mind made up about us! He always knew in his love that he would present us again 2face-to-face before him in blameless innocence. (The implications of the fall are completely cancelled. Paul uses the word, 1kataballo, meaning “to fall away, to put in a lower place,” instead of themelios, meaning “foundation” [see Eph 2:20]; thus, translated “the fall of the world,” instead of “the foundation of the world.” The entire "Fall" was a falling away in our minds from our true identity as image and likeness bearers of Elohim. Just like Eve, were we all deceived to believe a lie about ourselves, which is the fruit of the "I-am-not-tree". We all, like sheep have gone astray. [Isa 53:6]) God found us in Christ before he lost us in Adam! We are presented in blameless innocence before him! The word, 2katenopion, suggests the closest possible proximity, face-to-face! Your in-Christness is not the result of a lucky draw! Calvinism lied to you! Neither is it the result of your "choice" to follow Jesus! Something doesn't become true by popular vote! Or by our beliefs! If it wasn't true to begin with, we're wasting our time trying to "believe" it true! Faith happens to you when you encounter the good announcement! Of God’s doing are we CHRIST… (1 Cor 1:30) For “evangelical theology” to miss the meaning of mankind’s inclusion IN CHRIST before they knew it or believed it, is to completely miss the point of the death, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension of Jesus! This would make Jesus irrelevant and reduce the salvation of the human race to their own fate managed by institutionalized religion, attaching mere sentimental value to an historic Jesus who died and rose again. By dying our death as fully God and fully man, once and for all (not for a "select few!"), death became the doorway, whereby Jesus would enter into our hell and deepest darkness and sense of lostness and loneliness as a result of the lies we believed about ourselves - to triumphantly lead us out as his trophies and relocate us face to face with the Father of the universe! Eph 4:7,8 and 9 See Mirror Bible! All this happened while we were still dead in our trespasses and sins! Eph 2:5,6 Co-quickened, co-raised, co-seated in his Executive authority [his right hand] Now ponder Colossians 3:1-3 and engage your thoughts with throne room realities!) 1:5 He is the architect of our design; his heart dream realized our 1coming of age in Christ. (Adoption here is not what it means in our Western society. It is a coming of age, like the typical Jewish Barmitsva. See Galatians 4:1-6, “ ... and to seal our sonship the spirit of his Son echoes Abba Father in our hearts.” This is 1huiothesia.) 1:6 His grace-plan is to be celebrated: he 1greatly endeared us and highly favored us in Christ. His love for his Son is his love for us. (The Gospel is not about telling people how lost they are, but reminding them of how loved they are! See Luke 1:28 only other use of the word, χαριτόω 1charito Luke1:28 Entering the house, he stood in front of her greeted her with a most joyful salute! “Heavenly 1bliss, in its most bountiful extreme is yours! The extravagant favor of God [for mankind] infuses you with grace! The 2Lord is with you!” (The verb, κεχαριτωμενη, 1kecharitoomene, is the Perfect Passive Participle of χαριτόω charitoō. It is only used here and repeated twice in Eph 1:6 See my comment in Luke 1:1 on the use of the Perfect Passive Participle. Then Gabriel reminds her of the prophetic word in Isa 7:14 by saying, ὁ Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ - ho Kurios meta sou - the Lord is with you! Now the spoken language was Aramaic so what Mary heard was, 2Immanuel! This immediately reminds of Isaiah 7:14! “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call his name Immanuel - עמּנוּאל Immanuel, God with us,& immediate i