To the overwhelming majority of people who have inhabited the earth, life is a mystery. Who am I, what am I, and why am I have never been adequately answered by even the most learned philosophers and sages throughout the ages. The reason why no satisfactory answers can be found is simply because they have all turned to the wrong source of knowledge to try and explain all the mysteries of life. Only the source of truth from the holy Bible gives the correct answers. Sadly, even the most learned scholars - both biblical and secular - failed to address the correct issues to elicit the appropriate answers. The Bible has become a mystery even to the most learned scholars themselves!
None of us alive has ever seen our own brain, let alone understand its working. We have never seen the 'inside' of us, be it physiologically, intellectually, emotionally or spiritually, let alone understand how it all work out that govern our behaviour and who we really are. All these are mysteries that few people would be bothered to seek after the truth, let alone have a good grasp of them. The learned academics and scholars would rather accept the theory of evolution to simplify the issues and avoid the hard facts that an eternal Supreme Being Who is behind the design and has created it all!
But why did God put man on planet earth? Certainly, He has a purpose for doing so. God initially created the angelic beings to govern His universe, with earth as its headquarters. But because Lucifer, one of three archangels, rebelled against God's rule and led a third of the angels astray, God then created man to have dominion over all His creation (Genesis 1:26). But our first parents, Adam and Eve, failed the test of obedience and sin was introduced into the world with the penalty of death ever since. The loving and merciful God the Father planned for man's redemption through the sacrificial death and blood of Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind.
But man was made of matter - flesh and blood and is subject to decay and death. This temporal state of man is necessary so that those who eventually refused to obey Him will not be given eternal life in spirit existence. So man has a spirit ('the spirit of man which is in him' - 1 Cor 2:11), which distinguishes man from all other animals, for animals have no spirit in them. It is this spirit in him that enables man to connect with his Creator. When man dies, his spirit returns to God the Creator. Only those who abide in His Word will eventually be made immortal spirit beings free from sin and death (1 John 3:9), and will never dies (Revelation 20:6). All those who rebelled against God after being given the whole truth will be annihilated in the Lake of Fire as if they have never been (Malachi 4:1-3). A merciful God will put them out of misery!
Had man been made an immortal spirit being at the beginning, it would be tragic for all of His creation if he/she rebelled against God's righteous laws - just like the millions of demons did. That is why at the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Life - which typify the Holy Spirit - had to be barred from man after the Fall of Adam and Eve. Had man taken the Tree of Life after the Fall, they would become immortal spirits but not the righteous character to accompany it (Genesis 3:22-24).
The ultimate purpose for man then is to develop the righteous Christlike character that will last in order to be born again as immortal spirit beings in the Family of God. Embedded in the Gospel of the kingdom of God is God's ultimate plan for man's eternal destiny - to become immortal god beings! That is why we are all created in the image of God - the God kind (Genesis 1:26). The physical family structure of man on earth is but a typology of what is God's ultimate purpose for the birth of His Divine Royal Family. Their role in eternity is to assist Christ to rule and reign on earth during the Millennial Age and thereafter the whole universe for all of eternity. God's government has to be restored which had been usurped from man as a result of the Fall.
Although God is Supreme and omnipotent, He cannot create the righteous character demanded of man through fiat. It has to be developed through the crucible of trials and tribulations of life (Acts 14:22), and that takes a lifetime of learning, developing and overcoming - the very reason why we are here on planet earth! I learned as a kid growing up through my dad's pre-war blacksmith shop that a piece of hard iron and steel had to be forged through molten fire, much hammering and sledge-hammering to be made into useful implement of hardware tools. The same applies to our lives that only through much diligence and discipline can man be transformed to become members of the Royal Family of God for His glory and eternal purpose.
Whatever man may say, character is everything. Talent, wealth and material success as seen through the eyes of this world are all but vain and temporal which will eventually fade away. Character is the real test of what makes you and I, and will transcend us even after death. Those who failed to develop the righteous character required by God will not make the grade for immortality. But in this present church age, only a small group of those who are called of God will be born again into spirit immortality (Matthew 22:14). The rest of mankind will await their opportunity for salvation and eternal life towards the end of the Millennial Age when Satan was cast away. Simply put, there is no other way that peace, prosperity, unity and harmony can co-exist, not just on planet earth but throughout the whole universe. That is man's ultimate destiny and why we were all created for.
Only a correct understanding of the true Gospel of the kingdom of God which Christ and His disciples preached will one be empowered by the Holy Spirit to change and transform from the inside out. When Christ and His disciples preached the Gospel of the coming kingdom, power and authority flow from the Heavenly Father to heal the sick and cast out demons of those who were demon-possessed. All those who embraced some truth mixed with much errors are being shortchanged - the millions who are 'Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth' (2 Timothy 3:7).
None of us alive has ever seen our own brain, let alone understand its working. We have never seen the 'inside' of us, be it physiologically, intellectually, emotionally or spiritually, let alone understand how it all work out that govern our behaviour and who we really are. All these are mysteries that few people would be bothered to seek after the truth, let alone have a good grasp of them. The learned academics and scholars would rather accept the theory of evolution to simplify the issues and avoid the hard facts that an eternal Supreme Being Who is behind the design and has created it all!
But why did God put man on planet earth? Certainly, He has a purpose for doing so. God initially created the angelic beings to govern His universe, with earth as its headquarters. But because Lucifer, one of three archangels, rebelled against God's rule and led a third of the angels astray, God then created man to have dominion over all His creation (Genesis 1:26). But our first parents, Adam and Eve, failed the test of obedience and sin was introduced into the world with the penalty of death ever since. The loving and merciful God the Father planned for man's redemption through the sacrificial death and blood of Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind.
But man was made of matter - flesh and blood and is subject to decay and death. This temporal state of man is necessary so that those who eventually refused to obey Him will not be given eternal life in spirit existence. So man has a spirit ('the spirit of man which is in him' - 1 Cor 2:11), which distinguishes man from all other animals, for animals have no spirit in them. It is this spirit in him that enables man to connect with his Creator. When man dies, his spirit returns to God the Creator. Only those who abide in His Word will eventually be made immortal spirit beings free from sin and death (1 John 3:9), and will never dies (Revelation 20:6). All those who rebelled against God after being given the whole truth will be annihilated in the Lake of Fire as if they have never been (Malachi 4:1-3). A merciful God will put them out of misery!
Had man been made an immortal spirit being at the beginning, it would be tragic for all of His creation if he/she rebelled against God's righteous laws - just like the millions of demons did. That is why at the Garden of Eden, the Tree of Life - which typify the Holy Spirit - had to be barred from man after the Fall of Adam and Eve. Had man taken the Tree of Life after the Fall, they would become immortal spirits but not the righteous character to accompany it (Genesis 3:22-24).
The ultimate purpose for man then is to develop the righteous Christlike character that will last in order to be born again as immortal spirit beings in the Family of God. Embedded in the Gospel of the kingdom of God is God's ultimate plan for man's eternal destiny - to become immortal god beings! That is why we are all created in the image of God - the God kind (Genesis 1:26). The physical family structure of man on earth is but a typology of what is God's ultimate purpose for the birth of His Divine Royal Family. Their role in eternity is to assist Christ to rule and reign on earth during the Millennial Age and thereafter the whole universe for all of eternity. God's government has to be restored which had been usurped from man as a result of the Fall.
Although God is Supreme and omnipotent, He cannot create the righteous character demanded of man through fiat. It has to be developed through the crucible of trials and tribulations of life (Acts 14:22), and that takes a lifetime of learning, developing and overcoming - the very reason why we are here on planet earth! I learned as a kid growing up through my dad's pre-war blacksmith shop that a piece of hard iron and steel had to be forged through molten fire, much hammering and sledge-hammering to be made into useful implement of hardware tools. The same applies to our lives that only through much diligence and discipline can man be transformed to become members of the Royal Family of God for His glory and eternal purpose.
Whatever man may say, character is everything. Talent, wealth and material success as seen through the eyes of this world are all but vain and temporal which will eventually fade away. Character is the real test of what makes you and I, and will transcend us even after death. Those who failed to develop the righteous character required by God will not make the grade for immortality. But in this present church age, only a small group of those who are called of God will be born again into spirit immortality (Matthew 22:14). The rest of mankind will await their opportunity for salvation and eternal life towards the end of the Millennial Age when Satan was cast away. Simply put, there is no other way that peace, prosperity, unity and harmony can co-exist, not just on planet earth but throughout the whole universe. That is man's ultimate destiny and why we were all created for.
Only a correct understanding of the true Gospel of the kingdom of God which Christ and His disciples preached will one be empowered by the Holy Spirit to change and transform from the inside out. When Christ and His disciples preached the Gospel of the coming kingdom, power and authority flow from the Heavenly Father to heal the sick and cast out demons of those who were demon-possessed. All those who embraced some truth mixed with much errors are being shortchanged - the millions who are 'Ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth' (2 Timothy 3:7).
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