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ITS GRAND ORIGINIn looking at the Doctrine of Election, we must not only take regard of the doctrine as the foundation of salvation, but we must not overlook the glorious head of election, the Son of God in whom the elect were chosen and from whom they receive all blessings. (Eph 1:3-4)CHRIST as the Firstborn of the ElectSince we were chosen in Christ, it is evident that we were chosen out ourselves, and since we were chosen in Christ, then it was necessary that He be chosen first.God was “the God” of Christ first, because he chose Him of that grace and union. (Eph 1:5)In view of the covenant made with Christ, He became His “God” (Isa 42:6)God is the author of all Christ blessedness. (Ps 45:2,7)In all things Christ must have preeminence, therefore He is the firstborn in election (Rom 8:29). We were not chosen for ourselves apart but in Christ:We were chosen of Christ to be part of his bodyWe were chosen in Him in the pattern in which we should conform toWe were chosen in Him for the final end, to give Christ glory. (Eph 1:23)It was the will of the the eternal three to elect and predestinate Christ into human existence that as God-man (Col 1:15), He would be the subject of divine decrees and the principal object of the love of the co-essential three. And as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given the Son- considered God-man, to have life in Himself (John 5:26), and to be fountain of life, of grace and of glory.Out of the innumerable people that shall come from the line of Adam, the line of Abraham was selected, then of Isaac, then of Jacob. God elected not an angel to the high union of the Christ-God, but one chosen out of the people. (Ps 89:19)The Holy Trinity Before the Foundation of the Earth and All CreaturesWhat was God engaged in before He stretched out of the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth?Answer: The blessed, co-equal, and co-essential three, Father, Son, and Spirit had a mutual in being and society together, and were essentially bles