THE MYSTERY OF THE AGES

THE MYSTERY OF THE AGES

 

Who am I? Why was I created? What is the meaning of life?
 

These are perhaps the most profound and least understood questions ever asked by mortal man. Monks in Tibet; Bible scholars; the wise men throughout the ages have pondered these questions. If there is a God, why would He create evil? Why would He create free will? Why does God tolerate man who has always defied God the Creator, and throughout the ages caused Him nothing but grief? WHY? WHY? WHY?Yet in the very nature of God, the Creator; of What and Who He is, we find the answer!God is love—the purest form of love!To understand this love we must look within, for we are made in His image—not of flesh, but rather of Spirit. We, in the image of God, have a need to love and be loved in return. We know that when we love and it is not returned, the love for that person slowly dies within us. We cannot force someone to love us—that would not be the pure love that we hunger for. Thus, the love we seek must be pure and freely given by choice.But how does this relate to our Creator?

God created the universe as a platform to display His ultimate love. He created the angels, and the spirit of man in His image to love Him! Yet, for it to be fulfilled in His perfect plan, this returned love that He desired had to be purely and freely given. It must be a love of freewill else it would not be pure, but rather forced. For freewill to exist, therefore, there had to be a “choice”. God then, in His perfect plan, created that choice by creating evil and all that goes with it; jealousy, hatred, etc. Evidence of choice, or freewill, came when Satan and his minions rebelled against God and as a result was given earth as his domain. We as flesh and earthbound are given that same choice—to fulfill the purpose of our creation—to love our Creator with the pure love He created in us—or to reject that love and be separated from Him for eternity. It is that simple!

God loves us and created us to love and worship Him! In fulfilling this plan of creation, we will reap the rewards of His unending love for eternity—else spend eternity in torment.

We are in the end times as prophesied in His Holy Word. One only has to look at how the world has changed in the last fifty years to see this is evident. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, as a blood sacrifice to atone for our sins of the flesh; to grant us forgiveness and establish the covenant of His promise that if we love Him we will spend eternity with Him in paradise.

This too is a choice of freewill. Jesus said He would return to claim His. Be careful in your choice, for your decision is permanent! It is that simple!

Amen amen amen

© Charles Branthoover