What is God's big plan for mankind?

Answer 1

God's plan of Salvation "was" and "IS" revealed through His "seven annual Sabbath Feasts." Each of the seven Holy Sabbath Feasts are "prophecies" that picture a phase of that plan. And they revolve around "the two harvest seasons" of the year.

The first three take place at the time of the "spring harvest" season -- the "time of the Firstfruits."

And the last four take place at the time of the abundant "fall harvest" season: ["Let the nations be called to arms... There I, the LORD, will sit to pronounce Judgment on them all. Now LET THE SICKLE DO ITS WORK, FOR THE HARVEST IS RIPE. Come, tread the winepress because it is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people." - Joel 3:12-13 NLT New Living Translation].

God has already set about the fulfillment of the three phases of the "Harvest of the Firstfruits." They are:

1) The Passover -- Christ's blood sacrifice:

"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and BECOME THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM THAT SLEPT [died]." (I Cor.15:20 NLT)

"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: CHRIST THE FIRSTFRUITS; afterward they that are Christ's AT HIS COMING." (verses 22-23)

2) The Days of Unleavened Bread -- The Illuminating Word of God; the Manna from Heaven, which is Christ, Himself, and His Living, Written Word, The Bible... now open to Understanding in the hearts and minds of His servants:

"...I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry again..." (John 6:35 NLT).

It's the Living Jesus Christ who Illuminates and Gives Understanding to the TRUTH [God's Word, the Bible - John 17:17] to the hearts of His own:

"Then He opened their minds to Understand these many Scriptures." (Luke 24:45 NLT)

3) Pentecost - the Gift of the Holy Spirit:

"...now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as My Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with Power from heaven." (Luke 24:49 NLT)

"On the day of Pentecost... the believers were meeting together in one place... And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit..." (Acts 2:1-4 NLT).

Yet... contrary to much of modern professing Christian teaching... the plan of God is NOT FINISHED! Christ's "fulfillment" of these first three phases of God's plan of Salvation is an ONGOING THING. The "time of the firstfruits" is STILL GOING ON!

"...but ourselves also, which have THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." (Rom.8:23 KJV)

[same verse NLT]: "...even we Christians, although we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of Future Glory, also groan to be released from pain and suffering. We, too, wait anxiously for that Day when God will give us our full rights as His Children, including the New Bodies He has promised us."

The first three phases of God's plan shall continue to see fulfillment until Jesus Christ returns [in the Fall], at the time of the end of His plan, when Christ shall fulfill the final four phases.

Since Jesus ascended into heaven... people have CONTINUED down through the centuries, to place their Faith in His Shed Blood. And Believe He Is Alive!

Since Jesus ascended into heaven... people have CONTINUED to receive the Holy Spirit; and through the Power of God; have had God's Living Word... the Bread of Life... opened to Understanding in their hearts and minds.

Since Jesus ascended into heaven... the time of the Firstfruits has CONTINUED being fulfilled.

The four fall season Sabbath Feast "prophecies" of God's phased plan of Salvation shall also be fulfilled by Christ -- each in their proper time.

4) The Feast of Trumpets -- Jesus Christ RETURNS AT THE LAST TRUMP:

"For the LORD Himself will come down from heaven with a Commanding Shout, with the call of the archangel, and WITH THE TRUMPET OF GOD..." (I Thess.4:16 NLT).

"It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET IS BLOWN..." (I Cor.15:52 NLT).

"Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet [the LAST trumpet - see Rev.8:2], and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: 'The whole world HAS NOW BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST, and He will reign forever and ever... for NOW YOU HAVE ASSUMED YOUR GREAT POWER AND HAVE BEGUN TO REIGN." (Rev.11:15-17 NLT)

5) The Day of Atonement -- the phase of God's plan when Christ will DISCARD all of the world's sin that He's borne for the Love of His creation, man, during the Firstfruits Phases... and place them squarely on the head of him whose sins they truly are -- SATAN THE DEVIL -- and banish him from His presence for a thousand years:

"When Aaron has finished making Atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, and the altar [this pictures Jesus Christ, our High Priest, gone to His Father in heaven to intercede on behalf of His people - Heb.4:14-16; and to return...], he must bring the living goat [Satan] forward. He is to lay both of his hands on the goat's head and CONFESS OVER IT ALL THE SINS AND REBELLION OF THE ISRAELITES [mankind]. In this way, he will lay the people's sins ON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT; then he will send it out into the wilderness, led by a man chosen for this task. After the man sets it free in the wilderness, THE GOAT WILL CARRY ALL THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE UPON ITSELF INTO A DESOLATE LAND." (Lev.16:20-22 NLT)

"Then I saw an angel come down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the Dragon - that Old Serpent, the Devil, Satan - and BOUND HIM IN CHAINS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he would be released again for a little while." (Rev.20:1-3 NLT)

"On this Day, Atonement will be made for you, and you will be cleansed from all your sins in the LORD's presence." (Lev.16:30 NLT)

6) The Feast of Tabernacles -- the Thousand Year Rule of Christ on earth:

"And the LORD WILL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. On that Day there will be One LORD - His Name alone will be worshiped." (Zech.14:9 NLT)

"In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague [that Christ will inflict upon the rebellious, disobedient nations when He returns] WILL GO UP TO JERSALEM EACH YEAR [for a thousand years] TO WORSHIP THE KING, THE LORD ALMIGHTY, and to CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS [the Feast of Tabernacles]... And if the people of Egypt refuse to attend the Festival [the Feast of Tabernacles], the LORD will punish them with the same plague that He sends on other nations who refuse to go. Egypt and the other nations will all be punished IF THEY DON'T GO TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL [the Feast of Tabernacles]." (verses 16-19)

7) The Last Great Day -- Judgment Day; the final phase of God's plan of Salvation, when the vast majority of Satan-deceived and blinded mankind who never received God's Mercy, shall have it offered to them, then. Shall be given their opportunity to see sin for what it is, be given their opportunity to repent, and to cry out to the LORD for His Mercy and Forgiveness:

"You will look back at all your sins and HATE YOURSELVES because of the evil you have done. You will know that I AM the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have HONORED MY NAME by TREATING YOU MERCIFULLY IN SPITE OF YOUR WICKEDNESS..." (Ezek.20:43-44 NLT).

"In the LAST DAY, that Great Day of the Feast [Judgment Day, that follows the Feast of Tabernacles], Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, LET HIM COME UNTO ME, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said [according to the Scriptures], out of his belly shall flow rivers of Living Water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet Glorified.)" (John 7:37-39 KJV)

"...the Ancient of Days did sit... ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him: THE JUDGMENT WAS SET, and the books were opened..." (Dan.7:9-10 KJV).

"...I saw a Great White Throne, and Him that sat on it... saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books [of the Bible] were opened... and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." (Rev.20:11-12 KJV)

"...behold, I come quickly; and My Reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Rev.22:12 KJV)

That's some of how God's plan of Salvation is revealed.

The really crazy thing is... few people can see God's plan in them because Satan has blinded man to it.

For instance, the Jews, who observe these "Christ-centered" feasts, don't "believe" in Christ -- so they observe these "prophetic revelations" in error. And modern professing Christianity "rejects" them because they think they're "Jewish" Holy Days [instead of - "...the Feasts of the LORD..." - Lev.23:2]... and the Truth of these feasts regarding God's plan of Salvation remains hidden from their hearts.

The seven phases of God's plan of Salvation are there in God's Commanded Holy Day feasts, nonetheless. And God still reveals it to those whose eyes, heart and mind He chooses to open.

Answer 2

God's plan of Salvation is for us to attain realization. Self-realization leads to God-realization, but for this there must be liberation - liberation from the ignorance that we live in. We blindly follow the herd, we blindly follow what we have been taught, we follow other people's interpretation of religion and scriptures. We don't ask questions, therefore, we continue to pray in a temple and a church. We don't realize God because we don't start a search. When we go in search of God because we love God, we seek God, we yearn for God, then there is salvation. There is liberation from this world and unification with the Divine. That is enlightenment - enlightenment is going beyond achievement and fulfilment. God's salvation happens when we love God so much that we are liberated and we become one with God.

Answer 3

In the Old Testament, God had always said that he was going to send down the ultimate sacrafice, jesus. I think in the old testament they slaughtered sacrafices.

Answer 4

To save people from sins and death. To be happy with Him in eternity.

Answer 5

To save the salvation of the world.