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The IICREDIBLE HUMAN POTEITIAL
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The Missing Dimension in Knowledge
Part V
S
OMETHING CAIJSF.D the Creator God
to decide to create MAN on this
planet. Few indccd know what it was
and what is !he PURPOSE for humanity's
presence he
re.
WHERE
are
we going, and
what is
the
way?
These are the most vital queslions.
Yet science cannot give the answcrs. No
religion has the explanation. No univer–
sity teaches this most imponant of all
knowledge.
Earth Nol
Originally
Populated
by MAN
ll came as an eye-opening surprisc to
many readers to learn io PART IV lhat
originally this earth was populated by
angels - not by MAN.
In PART
IV. 1
took you back into
pre–
history.
1
covered
a
most importaot.
little-understood phasc of the
"missfng
dim~nsion
in kuowledge" -
1/te
super..-co·
lossal eartlt-wide caraclysm
that led to
lhc creation ofMAN!
From pre-history, as revcaled in the
biblical record.
1
covered tbe original
creation of the vast heavens and
thi~
eanh, io perfection and glorious beauty.
Angels were in existence before thc
creation of the earth.
1t
oould have been
many millions of years ago. The earth
was created al first to be the habitalion
of angcls. Angcls are individually cre–
ated spiril beings. crcated immortal and
holy. superior lo and more powerful
than man. However. the human poten–
tial when attained.
will
elevate
man
much higher than angels.
Mosl people know almost nothing
about God. To undcrsland
ourselves.
WHY we are, where we are going. and
how, we need to lwow more about our
Crcator.
Our present life is like going on a
joumey. Suppose you had just won a
prize - an all-expcnse-paid trip to sorne
olher coun1ry. Wouldn't you want to
know
where
you are going, bow to get
thcrc, and as many things as possible
about this lrip? Should we not. then. be
eveo more
~xdred
with
cager anticipa·
lion lo know as much as possible about
chis one
great
lrip of life? And to know
lhac, you need lo know sorne things
about the God who is sending you and
providing the way.
lt is vital at this point, lhcn. to know
this-
as
revealed in the Bible. The Eter–
na! God not only is Creator of all that is.
but is also RULER ovcr all he creates and
also EDIJCATOR. He
reve(J/s
knowledge
basic and viral to know - knowledge
otherwisc inaccessible toman. Yet man–
kind - generally - has rejected revela–
tion
as
a source ofbasic knowledge.
What God creates he
maintains.
Whal
he creates he creates for a PIJRPOSE. He
intends it lO be pul to
use
-
u
right
use
Lhat
preserres and improves.
This use.
maintenance and improvement
is
con~
trolled by lhe GOVERNMENT OF Goo.
This earth, originally. was intended to
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by
Herbert W . Armstrong
Why did God create man on the earth? Was
humanity actual/y put on this planet for a PUR–
POSE? What
is
that purpose?
be the abode of
a
third of allthe angcls.
The angels. bcholding the earth al its
creation, found it so beautiful and per–
fect lhey shouted spontaneously for Jov!
(Job
38:4-7.)
lt was to provide a glorious
opportunity for them. They were to
work ii. produce from it. and preserve
and increase its beau ty.
And whether or not
11
had been re–
vealcd lo the angels. it was
a
supreme
TRIAL ANO TEST.
lt
was
lO
be lhe PROV•
lNG GRO,UND or obedience
lO
Goo's
GOVERNMENT and their Dtness lO take
over and develop the mmions of ocher
planets in the vast univcrsc. For appar–
ently God had crealed the entire PHYSJ·
CAL
untverse
at the
same
lime
he
created Lhe carth. The scventh word in
Oenesis
1: 1
should be translated "heav–
eos:·
Radioactive elements and tbe law of
radioaclivity provc Lhat there was a time
when MA1TER did not exist. Goo
i>
a
spirit. God is composed of spirit. God
was before ALL ELSE - the CREATOR of
all. Angels werc created prior to the
earth. There is strong probability that
matter had never existed before the
original creation of
the
earth - that thc
entire
plty$ica/
universe was brought into
being a tthat time.
So lhc angel potencial was to take
over the entire universe - to produce,
build. and improve the billions of physi–
cal plancts surrounding the unoountable
stars. many of which are
SUNS4
Our sun
in our solar system is merely an average–
size sun. Somc which we see as stars are
actually rnaoy. many times larger than
our sun. Our solar system. vast beyond
lhe imagioalion of mosl minds. is only a
part
of our galaxy. and there are many
galaxies! [n other words. the pbysical
Ul<JVEI\SE which the mighty God created
is
''ast beyond imagination!
How GREAT
is tbe GREAT Goo!
But God may not have yet fuUy re–
vealed this awesome potential to the an–
gels. for one third of them set outto cake
it
from him
by
force, wilhout first quali–
fying.
For this far-reaching purpose. God es–
tablished his GOVERNMENT on earth over
them. Adminisuation of the GOVERN·
MENT OF Goo over this globe was dele–
gated to the super archangel - lhe great
cherub Lucifer. His very name means
"'shining star of the dawn·' or ••bringer of
lighL"
Lucifer was the supreme masterpiece
it was possible for even the great Ood to
create as an individual!y created being.
The Bible reveals the existence of j ust
lWo others of lhc same rank - Michael
and Gabrie.l.
Bear in mind thal eveo lhe boly an-
gels and archangels - including lhis su–
per cherub Lucifer - of necessity were
cndowed with ability to lhink. to reason.
to form auitudcs. and to make choices
and decisions.
Ood started this Lucifer out with
everything going for him. He sealed up
the sum of wisdom. beauty and per–
fection. He was PERFECT in all his ways
from lhe inslant he was created I.JNTlL
(Ezekiel
28: 15)
tNtQUtTY - rebeltion,
lawlessness - was found in him.
He had beeo trained and was thor–
oughly cxperienced in administration of
the GOVERNMENT OF GOO al the very
lhrone of the endless VNtVERSE!
He
was
one of the cwo cherut>s whose wings cov–
ered the throne of God lhc MOST high
(Ezek.
28:
14,
Ex.
25:20).
He
was
created gloriously beautiful -
perfect
in beauty, but he allowed vanity
to seiz.e hm\. Then he turned to er..
roneous reasoning. God's LA
w -
the
basis of God's government - is lhe way
of LOVE - outgoing concern for tbe good
and welfare of others, !ove toward God
in obedience, humility. and worship -
the way of giving, sharing. helping,
oo–
operating. He reasoned that competiúon
would be bener than oooperaúon.
1t
would be ao incentive to excel. to try
harder, to accornplish. Tbere would be
more pleasure in serving saLF and more
enjoyment.
He turned
agatnst
God's law.of LOVE.
He became jealous ofGod. envious. and
re.~entful
against Ood. He allowed lust
and greed
10
fUI
him, and he became bit–
ter. This inspired a spirit of
violencel
He
deliberately beeame his Maker's adver–
sary and enemy.
God changed his NAME to wbat he be–
carne, SATAN lhe DEVtL - whieh
means
adversary. competitor, enemy.
He directed his supernatural powers
henceforth to EVIL. He became biner not
only against God, but against God's
LAW. He became subtle and used his
subtle wilcs of deception 10 lead the an–
gels under him into disloyalty, rebellioo.
and revolt againsl thc Creator and
fi.
nally into
a
WAR of aggression and vio–
lence to anempt to depose God and
seize the throne of the IJNIVERSE.
As long as Lucifer remained loyal and
administered the GOVERNMENT OF ÜOD
faithfully. mis earth was filled with won–
derfu[ and perfect PIIACE. The angels
were vigorously HAPPY to tbe extent of
JOY! The LAW of God's govemment
is
THE WAY OF LlJ'E that CAIJSES and pro–
duces peace, happiness, prosperily, and
weiJ-being. Sin ÍS the WAY OF WFE that
has
ca1Sed
all existing EVtLS.
Tbe penalty of sin by the angels was
no1
death - for God bad made them im-
mortal spirit beings who cannot die.
What God gave them was THtS EARTII as
their abode and opportunily to qualify
to possess
an,d
beauúfy lhe entire IJNI·
VERSE.
Their penalty (they are still awaiting
final judgmeol
up
to now) was dis–
qualifieation - forfeiture of lheir grand
opportun.ity. perversion of mind, and
a
colossal earthwide CATACLYSM
of de–
struction wreaked upon this earth.
AS
a
re.~ull,
the earth carne to tbe con–
dition briefty described
in
Genesis
1:2-
(the Hebrew words " tohu aod bohu"
here mean was1e and emply. chaolic aod
in extreme confusion) with water cov–
ering !he whole face of !he earth. in
deep darkness. Lucifer was created a
perfect bringer of t.tOHT. Now he be–
carne author of DARKNESS. error. oon–
fusion, and evil.
So ihe rebellion of t h.e angels that
sinned
(JI
Pet
2:4-6;
Jude
6-7:
lsa.
14:12-15;
Ezek.
28:12-17)
brougbt this
extreme cataclysm to the ea rth.
And in all probability it did more!
\Vh.atever God creates is crealed in
perfect condition.
1
ant
unable to believe
thac che other
plancts
were
created
as
dead hulks of waste and empty DECA
Y –
like our mooo. We do not yet know too
much about the olher planets. bul every
evidence so far indicates this same state
ofdecay.
We have already covered, in this se–
ries, the awesome. incredible POTENTtAL
OF MAN. Originally, lhis potencial of
being put over the UNtVEIISE was the po–
tential of lhe angcls. But they became
disqualified.
1
cannot believe God created our
moon and the planets
in
this state of
waste and decay.
1
believe tbe evideoce
of what God does reveal strongly in–
dicates thal lhe entire
material
universe
was created when the earth was stiU per–
fect and beautiful.
As
just stated. God is
NOT the autbor of waste, decay, a nd de–
struclion, but Satan is.
h
seems. there–
fore, based on whal
is
revealcd. thal a
similar cataclysm of destruction most
likely bappened to che surface of our
moon and lhe planets al !he time it hap–
peoed to this eanb! And all this was
caused by the rebellion of Lucifer and
his angcls! But notice what God did
o
ex
t.
In Psalm
104:30.
"Thou sendest forth
lhy spirit, they are created: and thou re–
newestlbe face oftbe earth."
Back. oow lo Genesis
1:2.
"And the
earth was [became] without form and
void (Heb.
tc;hu
and
bohu
-
chaotic, in
confusion,.waste and empty]; And dark–
ness was upon the face of the deep. Aod
the Spírit of God moved upon the facc
of the waters."
Ood oow RENEWED the face or the
eartb, preparing it to beoome the abode
ofMAN/
But
WHY?
WEEK ENDINO AUOUST 2,
1975