Eternal Paradigm

By Florian H. Berndt

Before there was time,

before there was dust,

before there was breath drawn into human lungs,

there was relationship.

At the centre of all things is not force,

not power,

not hierarchy,

but love.

A living, giving, receiving love.

A dance.

And for this dance, all things were made.

Abba, in His love, has always desired intimate relationship with His creation.

This was not a response to human brokenness.

It was not a rescue mission conceived in urgency.

It was the eternal longing of His heart.

He created because He desired relationship.

He redeemed because He refused to abandon us.

From eternity past, the purpose has been the same: that we should live in union with Him.

Created for Relationship

There is a relationship we were created for —a relationship that is not peripheral, but central.

Not secondary, but ultimate.

Not temporary, but eternal.

The astonishing truth is this:

we have been created to be part of the relationship that lies at the centre of all things

— the triune family of Abba, Yeshua and Ruach HaKodesh.

We were not created merely by Abba.

We were created out of the mutual love with which He loves His Son in the Spirit.

And that selfsame love is our destiny.

Not a role. Not a ministry. Not a title.

But participation in the triune family of Abba, Yeshua and Ruach HaKodesh.

Two Paradigms of Intimacy

Scripture uses many names for Abba.

He is the Ancient of Days.

He is the Almighty.

And Yeshua is called King of kings and Lord of lords.

All of these are true.

And yet, within the realm of intimacy —within the language of family and love —Abba has given us two primary relational paradigms by which we will know Him forever.

Parent

and

Bridegroom.

These are not just metaphors.

They are the ways how Abba, Yeshua and Ruach HaKodesh eternally relate to us.

The Original Parent

In the Garden of Eden, we see the first picture of God as Parent on the earth.

Adam is later called “the son of God” (Luke 3:38).

In the beginning we see the birth of parenthood as humanity experiences it.

Parenthood did not begin with fallen humanity.

It began with Abba.

Moreover, Abba has always been Parent, for He has always had a Son.

Before there was a world to redeem, before there was anything to forgive,

before there was fear to heal,

Abba was loving.

Paul tells us we were chosen before the foundation of the cosmos (Ephesians 1:4).

This choosing was not reactive.

It was not remedial.

It was not Plan B.

It was the overflow of Abba’s heart.

Abba did not send the Son to create love.

The Son came to reveal the love that already existed within Abba’s heart.

This is why eternity cannot be a probationary state.

Love does not test before it embraces.

Love embraces so that fear dissolves.

The eternal paradigm begins not with human effort, but with divine belonging.

“It Is Not Good for the Man to Be Alone”

Abba says something astonishing in the beginning:

“It is not good for the man to be alone.”

This is not a statement of ignorance.

Abba knows the end from the beginning.

The beginning was not only about Adam and Eve.

It was about Parent and Child.

Bridegroom and Bride.

Messiah and His Body.

The Helper

Abba says He will make a “helper” for Adam.

The Hebrew word ezer is most often used of Abba Himself.

“Elohim is my helper.” (Ps 54:4)

The woman was to reflect the way Abba helps —not subordinate,

not inferior,

but corresponding.

A counterpart.

And suddenly the picture deepens.

Revelation of Revelations

It’s not about us receiving an absent Yeshua into our life, but the discovery that we’ve been included into the triune family of Abba, Yeshua and Ruach HaKodesh.

It's about Abba giving a Bride to His Son.

It's about Yeshua giving many children to His Abba.

This is what we were created for.

We are the gift of the Son to His Abba, and Abba’s gift to His Son. This is the divine dance of Abba, Yeshua and Ruach HaKodesh, into which we’ve been included.

The Bridegroom Revealed

Yeshua HaMashiach is our  Bridegroom —not just metaphorically,

but mystically.

A holy romance.

A knowing beyond doubt.

Yeshua HaMashiach is Bridegroom — eternally.

Earthly parents are meant to reflect eternal parenthood.

Earthly spouses are meant to reflect the eternal spouse.

The picture has been marred —but the intention has not been erased.

The Bride Birthed From His Side

The beginning unfolds like prophecy.

Adam falls into a deep sleep.

From his side, the woman is formed.

Yeshua, the second Adam, sleeps the sleep of death.

From His pierced side flows blood and water.

His Bride is birthed.

The Bride is another form of Messiah,

as Eve was another form of Adam.

One Image, Restored

Originally, man and woman shared one name — adam.

One being in two expressions.

Then separation entered.

Names were divided.

But in Messiah, what was divided is reunited.

The Bride is now the body of Messiah —distinct, yet one.

Abba presents the Bride complete to His Son.

And the family is complete.

Caught Up Into the Dance

We are all called to experience the exchange of love between Abba and His Son

— Ruach HaKodesh carrying us into the jubilant giving and receiving of the triune family.

Here we are enveloped in divine love,

becoming like a child at a mother’s breast,

participating in the life and love flowing from Abba into creation.

This is not imagination.

This is destiny.

Our Destiny

Not to strive to become divine.

But to participate in divine love.

Not to earn a place.

But to awaken to belonging.

We were created for the fellowship of Abba and Yeshua in Ruach HaKodesh.

The dance is eternal.

And we have been included.

Not someday.

But now.

And one day,

we will see what has always been true.