Many of us don't spend enough time learning and contemplating on the great truths about God and His purpose, as revealed in the Holy Bible. There are an enormous amount of revelations concerning who He is, what He wants, and the reason He created the earth.
Just that is enough to spend a lot of time thinking and meditating on, as it actually brings us back to before time and what was on the heart of God before He began the creative process, culminating in man.
Since we don't always grasp the magnitude of His creative thoughts and the reasoning behind them, we can also miss the practical applications in this world we live in, because in fact, since we are able to see this creation, already speaks a lot toward what it is God had in mind.
An illustration should help in that regard, which should help us capture a glimpse of His overall reason for making a visible world. That last part is especially important. He created heaven, which mankind isn't able to see, but also created a earth, which they can see. There's a reason he created a physical universe, and that's what we're going to explore.
Think of it this way. A man has an idea of the woman he thinks will be the ideal one to be his wife in this lifetime. There is also a woman that thinks the same thing. Neither of them know of one another, but they have the same desire to have a mate that is a great fit in all ways.
So each gets a piece of paper and writes down all the attributes they desire in a spouse which will help fill in the weaknesses they have, while also being representative of meeting their physical attraction desires as well.
Each writing down in detail their innermost thoughts, they start to construct their own idea of the ideal mate for them in Christ. After much labor and thought, the man and woman finally complete their list, and look at it with longing and anticipation.
After time, they so much fall in love with the idea of their perfect mate, they end up being satisfied with the description of that person, rather than the real person themselves.
That would be something of what the visible creation would be if God had stopped at that place. He had this extraordinary plan in place before He ever began creating, and if He would have stopped there -satisfied with His perfect idea, it would have been nothing more than an unfulfilled plan. It would have been an awesome plan, but one that would only include longing rather than fulfillment.
Imagine the Godhead holding a written description of the physical universe and earth, with the pinnacle of His creation - man, a wonderful thought that was all He ever needed to meet His purpose. What a disappointment that would be.
With that in mind, think of it in relationship to God's great purpose. He didn't stop with creating the invisible heaven. No. He continued on with the extraordinary universe which declared the grandeur of who He was. In other words, it was part of the very nature of God to be able to see in the way people see, this great universe He created. It is made of invisible stuff that had eternal elements as part of it.
If He had stopped like the two people above with the perfect description of what they were looking for, think of the lack it would have. We of course wouldn't know of it, because we would have been nothing more than a beautiful thought in the heart and mind of God. Thankfully that's not where He left it.
As fantastic as that is, it's only the beginning of understanding God's desire to visibly see His creation at work. He not only wanted that in general, but He put the responsibility of that upon man, where they were specifically commanded to subdue the earth. The purpose was not just to see something that had been visible represented in the visible world, His purpose was to see it in harmony with His nature and eternal purpose, which was to see man conformed to His image, ruling in reigning over the earth as His representatives. They were to rule with His shared authority and according to His nature, which means in obedience to His laws and commands. That's the harmony God is looking for. That's what moved God to create from before the foundation of the world.
Now with the help of the Holy Spirit, and in accordance to His revealed will in the Holy Scriptures, we can work together to implement His eternal plan, where that which is being done in heaven, over time, is what is being done on earth. That's the great prayer Jesus taught us to pray, that His will would be done and His kingdom come on earth in the same way it is being done in heaven.
What if Jesus Doesn't Return Soon
False End-time Prophecies and Loss of Functioning of Body of Christ
In the Heart of God before creation
Sit ... Until I Make Thine Enemies Thy Footstool
Some Thoughts on the Last Days
Great Encouragement
Taking Responsibility
Christian Service
Little Things
Progress and the Kingdom
Conclusion
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