In looking up at the heaven, the Psalmist wrote: “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalm 8:4).
Have you ever considered yourself – wondering why are you here on this earth and just what is your purpose?
(Ever wondered why you were born and if there is a purpose for you being here?)
The question of why we were born has been the age- old question; the great thinkers – the philosophers, the so - called – educated - has all pondered this question – yet never coming to an understanding.
The Bible – which is the most misunderstood book, is the book of revealed knowledge that came from the mind of man’s supreme creator; it is likened to that of an instruction manual that comes with a product; that manual reveals how to operate and use the product, and in like manner, the Bible comes to man with the instructions on not only how we should live, but it also reveals the purpose of our creator; and why He has chosen to create man. This manual – the holy Bible contains the answer to that which has evaded and remained hidden from the minds of the so called wise and prudent of this world – all because they are wrapped up in their own conceit – by allowing human reasoning to reject the spiritual things of God. The Bible says that the “natural man (meaning those who does not have God’s spirit) receiveth not the things of the spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Cor. 2:14).
(God’s word is truth - John 17:17).
The things of God are foolishness to the wise of this world; it means nothing to them, and so they are devoid of the knowledge of God and his purpose; they simply spurn it and see it as none other than religious nonsense. Of course, it cannot be denied that this world of religion – with all its differing groups and practices - have not done much in adequately representing the true purpose of God and the purpose of Christ’s mission to this earth. The religion of professing Christianity has not at all done justice in declaring God’s true purpose to this world, but have, instead, preached a Gospel about the person of Jesus Christ - while over- looking the significance of the message God gave Christ to announce to the world. In other words, they have placed their focus mainly on the person of Christ and not on the very SIGNIFICANT message Christ came to deliver; this is like going to hear Jesus speak, but while speaking, they focus more on his person or personality – than on what He was actually saying. How many times have you not heard professing Christians talk about giving their hearts to Jesus or wanting to preach about Jesus and witnessing for Jesus? They say and do these things as if God the Father does not exist; they leave the Father out of the picture while seeming to focus more on the person of Christ and not his message; they actually preach a Gospel about Christ and not about the message the Father sent him to proclaim.
Now what was the actual message Christ delivered? And what was it that the professing Christian world failed to understand about that message?
I want you to notice how Christ actually began his ministry and the significant message He delivered; this message has everything to do with why you were born and of God’s supreme purpose for man. Notice what Jesus came preaching at the very start of his ministry: “Now after John was put in prison Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God. And saying, the time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand …” (Mark 1:14,15). Notice, Christ did not come preaching a gospel about himself, but about the kingdom of God.
Here was Jesus Christ announcing or broadcasting the news about the KINGDOM of God. The word Gospel means Good NEWs; so. Christ was the announcer of Good News; He came preaching Good NEWS about a coming KINGDOM of God.
I want you to pause and think about that for a moment: Here was Christ bringing Good News about a coming kingdom of God. But what do you suppose this kingdom is?
(Evangelical leaders rally around Mr. Trump but they too do not understand God’s purpose for creating man; they do not know what the Gospel of the kingdom of God really is).
People will make reference to the kingdom of God, but it seemed no one truly understand; some will say the kingdom of God is within you - that it is something set up in your heart, and still others think of the kingdom of God by which Christians work together to bring peace and tolerance and brotherly love then the kingdom will be finally established in the hearts of men. The overall fact is that the Churches of this world does not know what this kingdom of God really is; they will occasionally talk about it, but shockingly, they do not understand the truth of the kingdom of God and what it really is.
But can we get behind the confusion and truly come to understand what this kingdom of God really is? Can we come to grasp what Jesus was really talking about – in regard to this kingdom? Millions have been misled about the kingdom of God, and this Satan the Devil would love to keep humanity blinded to the real truth of the Kingdom of God.
What do you think of when you think of a kingdom? Consider that we have the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom; the plant kingdom is made up of plants and the animal kingdom is made up of animals, and the kingdom of this world is made up of you and I who are flesh born humans -meaning mankind; and so when Christ preached the Gospel of the kingdom of God, He was actually preaching about a literal kingdom of God that would be ruled by God, but not only that, this kingdom of God would be composed or made up of those who are of the GOD KIND – meaning the Spiritual kind and not the flesh kind because “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God …” (1 Cor. 15:50). Just as you have the animal kingdom, this kingdom of God is speaking of those who are of the God kind. In other words, this is speaking of a kingdom made up of God Beings who are just like God. Can you see this?
I want to make this picture even more clear to you by going to Gen. 1:1 – which says, “In the beginning God created …” This word for God is Elohim in the Hebrew and it means more than one person; it should actually be translated “GODS.” These two beings that existed was God and the Word that later became flesh as Jesus Christ (You can see that in John 1:1). The word “Elohim” signifies that these two Beings existed as a family or that Elohim is a family name -meaning more than one person. In other words, a family may have the last name of Smith or Jones; the Smith or Jones is a family name that has more than one person in that family – hence the name God is a family composed of two Beings or person who is one family; and though they are two separate Beings, this family name of God makes them to be one God family; that is why you can go to the book of Isaiah 45:5 where God where God says, “… there is no God beside me …” There is no other God except this one God family.
The world has never understood this; there is no religion on the face of this earth that know Who God really is, because they do not know that God is a family composed of two persons. Satan has deceived humanity in truly knowing Who or What God is.
The AMAZING truth of what the world – including professing Christianity has not understood, is that we flesh born humans can be born into that very divine family of God. In other words, God’s supreme purpose for creating mankind is that we are to become members of that divine family of God. YES, your destiny is to become God; very much God as God is. Why? Because God’s plan is to reproduce Himself into multiple billions. This is the most WONDERFUL and AMAZING TRUTH that this professing Christian world has never understood; and this is the actual message Jesus came preaching to the world; He was preaching the Good News of this very kingdom of God; this was the most wonderful news in all of human history, yet millions have not grasped it.
(Man has been created for an infinitely higher purpose than to just remain a physical creation).
Luke 17:21 records Jesus answering the Pharisees by saying, “… behold the kingdom of God is within you.” Many have taken this to mean the kingdom is in our hearts, but if you look closer and examine this scripture you will see there is an error in translation as the Greek translation means that the kingdom of God was in their “MIDST”; the word “WITHIN” should be translated as “in your midst” and NOT within you. Here is how it is read in the New American Standard Bible: “… the kingdom of God is within your midst.” Jesus was God in the flesh, and He is the divine member of the God family and of the kingdom of God, and so He was telling them that as a member of that kingdom, He was physically there standing in their midst or is among them. But like the millions today who refuse to see, those religious Pharisees did not get it; they did not understand.
We humans are to be born into this very divine family of God; man’s destiny (your destiny) is to become very God as God is. As flesh and blood humans, we cannot enter God’s kingdom but can only enter therein when God changes humans from flesh to spirit; God is spirit and is incalculably higher than the angels – who are of lower spirit level; but we are to become just like God. The apostle Paul wrote: “And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (meaning no flesh born human) … Behold I shew you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump … and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Cor. 15:49 – 52), The true saints of God are going to be made the immortal members of the divine family of God. In speaking of this change from flesh into members of the divine family of God and becoming God just like God is, John wrote: “… and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). So many have read over this scripture and failed to see that this is talking about man becoming God just like God is; we are to be just “LIKE” God - meaning we are to become the exact representation of God; this is the SUPREME MASTER Project or plan of God; HE has determined to reproduce himself into multiple billions so man can become a member of the divine family of God BEINGS; we are going to be composed of the very same spirit that God is; we are not going to be some inferior spirit Beings but will actually be Gods just like God is. This is NOT blasphemy; it is the teaching of the Bible, but Satan wants to keep this wonderful truth hidden from man’s understanding because this was never offered to him; and he is resentful and bitter about this.
The very first to be changed from flesh to Spirit among humanity was Jesus Christ; he is spoken of as the “… firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29); Jesus by his resurrection was the first to be changed to Spirit and the Christian are to follow or also be changed at the second coming of Christ – an event that appears likely to occur in this very generation – the time we are now living. Then ultimately - when Christ is ruling on earth over mortal humans, they too will come to learn God’s way and also be changed into Spirit to join this ever expanding family of God, and then will come the great resurrection of all that have lived and died from the time of Adam until now; they too will come up in the judgement and have the opportunity for salvation; the apostle John spoke of these saying: “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished …” (Rev. 20:10).
This professing Christian world has been deceived – not understanding that by creating man in his image – made of flesh, God’s overall purpose is to make man as a spiritual creation; He did not create man to forever live in a fleshly body, but in his awesome supreme and glorious purpose, God has embarked on doing or accomplishing the most staggering creative project and that project is to reproduce himself or expand the God family into multiple billions. This is the awesome purpose why God created man; this is why you are here; your destiny is to become like God; to be God and to live for eternity the very same way God has forever lived. How wonderful is the plan of God and yet the world does not understand it.