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After many years of study and contemplation upon the Lord and his great work, beginning in Genesis, I still have questions regarding the nature of ETERNITY and our role in it. Yes, the Lord shows man as he was created and how He redeems man back to Himself for His purposes, and those purposes include worship, fellowship and most of all, LOVE! Indeed, it is LOVE which will be all that remains of humanity after the judgement. It is LOVE that will be the tongue of fire that we each become. It is LOVE that will be integrated into the spiritual body of Christ.
But there is something still missing in His instruction to us.
Perhaps it is intended to be the ongoing mystery of our existence, but...
Why does God even want anything to do with mankind?
(It is obvious that mankind has been a rebellious child, even contentious with Him over the duration of man's existence.)
And once He has man back where he belongs (in the presence of God for ETERNITY (emphasis mine), what is man supposed to do? Sit around the campfire and sing kumbaya?
My point is that the lack of further disclosure into ETERNITY makes me both curious and suspicious that it may have something to do with the origins of God's creation of man. In an sense, God was "robbed" in Genesis.
He was robbed of the relationship that He looked forward to with man.
Now, maybe that is naive in that God is omniscient and knew ahead of time that man would fall and need restoration in order to even have a relationship with the Lord. But that awkward condition does not shed light upon the true nature of what that original intent was or how it could be characterized.
It is this original intention regarding the nature of man's relationship with his Creator that I believe will guide us into what we should expect in ETERNITY.
My brothers and sister in Christ, I look forward to your edification regarding this most perplexing subject.
But there is something still missing in His instruction to us.
Perhaps it is intended to be the ongoing mystery of our existence, but...
Why does God even want anything to do with mankind?
(It is obvious that mankind has been a rebellious child, even contentious with Him over the duration of man's existence.)
And once He has man back where he belongs (in the presence of God for ETERNITY (emphasis mine), what is man supposed to do? Sit around the campfire and sing kumbaya?
My point is that the lack of further disclosure into ETERNITY makes me both curious and suspicious that it may have something to do with the origins of God's creation of man. In an sense, God was "robbed" in Genesis.
He was robbed of the relationship that He looked forward to with man.
Now, maybe that is naive in that God is omniscient and knew ahead of time that man would fall and need restoration in order to even have a relationship with the Lord. But that awkward condition does not shed light upon the true nature of what that original intent was or how it could be characterized.
It is this original intention regarding the nature of man's relationship with his Creator that I believe will guide us into what we should expect in ETERNITY.
My brothers and sister in Christ, I look forward to your edification regarding this most perplexing subject.
Thank you all and God Bless YOU!
Cal
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