Willie

Yeah, the mystery is how the... Specifically in Ephesians is how the Gentiles will be grafted into the family.

Yeah, the mystery is how the... Specifically in Ephesians is how the Gentiles will be grafted into the family.

Which is the family. Yeah, I tied it all under the umbrella of the family. Yeah, because the way it plays out in the Old Testament is that all peoples at the time was Adam and Eve. That was everybody. So there was no division of peoples until Genesis 11. Everybody was like part of the same race and same – there wasn't a national distinction. And so there's a – the motif is –

Which is the family. Yeah, I tied it all under the umbrella of the family. Yeah, because the way it plays out in the Old Testament is that all peoples at the time was Adam and Eve. That was everybody. So there was no division of peoples until Genesis 11. Everybody was like part of the same race and same – there wasn't a national distinction. And so there's a – the motif is –

Which is the family. Yeah, I tied it all under the umbrella of the family. Yeah, because the way it plays out in the Old Testament is that all peoples at the time was Adam and Eve. That was everybody. So there was no division of peoples until Genesis 11. Everybody was like part of the same race and same – there wasn't a national distinction. And so there's a – the motif is –

Family happens through the fruitful multiplication, right? Be fruitful and multiply. All the families of earth shall be blessed because of Abraham. So you see that running through. And then coinciding with the fruitful multiplication of people is also dominion and cultivation. So when you read the Ephesians passage in Ephesians 1, it's not just the people. It's also the whole creation itself.

Family happens through the fruitful multiplication, right? Be fruitful and multiply. All the families of earth shall be blessed because of Abraham. So you see that running through. And then coinciding with the fruitful multiplication of people is also dominion and cultivation. So when you read the Ephesians passage in Ephesians 1, it's not just the people. It's also the whole creation itself.

Family happens through the fruitful multiplication, right? Be fruitful and multiply. All the families of earth shall be blessed because of Abraham. So you see that running through. And then coinciding with the fruitful multiplication of people is also dominion and cultivation. So when you read the Ephesians passage in Ephesians 1, it's not just the people. It's also the whole creation itself.

So you have the concept of dominion. cultivation of the earth, but that happens through families. I thought about this, this week. Um, I was thinking about, um, you ever known someone like the, they, they had their life together, married couple and their yard. They, they, they had a nice yard. They had a nice house. They kept it clean, whatever.

So you have the concept of dominion. cultivation of the earth, but that happens through families. I thought about this, this week. Um, I was thinking about, um, you ever known someone like the, they, they had their life together, married couple and their yard. They, they, they had a nice yard. They had a nice house. They kept it clean, whatever.

So you have the concept of dominion. cultivation of the earth, but that happens through families. I thought about this, this week. Um, I was thinking about, um, you ever known someone like the, they, they had their life together, married couple and their yard. They, they, they had a nice yard. They had a nice house. They kept it clean, whatever.

And then there, some kind of infidelity enters into the marriage. And anytime I've ever seen that happen with friends of mine and the marriage falls apart, I've always noticed that the cultivation and the dominion that they once exercised goes away and chaos enters in. They quit mowing their yard. They quit caring about the house. They quit caring about their business.

And then there, some kind of infidelity enters into the marriage. And anytime I've ever seen that happen with friends of mine and the marriage falls apart, I've always noticed that the cultivation and the dominion that they once exercised goes away and chaos enters in. They quit mowing their yard. They quit caring about the house. They quit caring about their business.

And then there, some kind of infidelity enters into the marriage. And anytime I've ever seen that happen with friends of mine and the marriage falls apart, I've always noticed that the cultivation and the dominion that they once exercised goes away and chaos enters in. They quit mowing their yard. They quit caring about the house. They quit caring about their business.

They quit caring about all these things and it just gets devoured. I think there's something to this that healthy families, which is the bedrock of civilization, healthy moms and dads raising children together in the and the way of the Lord, that leads to cultivation of crop and gardening. It leads to building things and creating things with the stuff that God's given us.

They quit caring about all these things and it just gets devoured. I think there's something to this that healthy families, which is the bedrock of civilization, healthy moms and dads raising children together in the and the way of the Lord, that leads to cultivation of crop and gardening. It leads to building things and creating things with the stuff that God's given us.

They quit caring about all these things and it just gets devoured. I think there's something to this that healthy families, which is the bedrock of civilization, healthy moms and dads raising children together in the and the way of the Lord, that leads to cultivation of crop and gardening. It leads to building things and creating things with the stuff that God's given us.

I think that's kind of the mystery, because when it moves into Ephesians 3, he says very clearly in Ephesians 3, 6, that this mystery is, That the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body and partakers of the same promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. So that seems to be the whole thing. So you get to Malachi, for example, and God's what he's like talking about divorce.

I think that's kind of the mystery, because when it moves into Ephesians 3, he says very clearly in Ephesians 3, 6, that this mystery is, That the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body and partakers of the same promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. So that seems to be the whole thing. So you get to Malachi, for example, and God's what he's like talking about divorce.

I think that's kind of the mystery, because when it moves into Ephesians 3, he says very clearly in Ephesians 3, 6, that this mystery is, That the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body and partakers of the same promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. So that seems to be the whole thing. So you get to Malachi, for example, and God's what he's like talking about divorce.