What Can You Learn About the Creator From a Book? - His Purpose-Your Purpose

While God's name reflects purpose, many people find it hard to find real purpose in their own existence.  The observe mankind stumbling from one crisis to another-wars, natural disasters, disease, epidemics, poverty,  and crime.  Even the privileged few who somehow escape such damaging effects often admit to nagging doubts about the future and the meaning of their life.

The Bible makes this comment:  "The physical world was made subject to frustration, not by is own desire, but by the will of the Creator, who in making it so, gave it a hope that it might  one day be delivered . . . and to share the glorious liberty of the children of God."  (Romans 8:20, 21, The New Testament Letters, by J.W.C.Wand) The account in  Genesis shows that at one time humans were at peace with their Creator. In response to human misconduct, God justly subjected mankind to a situation that, in a way, produced frustrations.  Let us see how this developed, what it shows  about the Creator, and what we can anticipate for the future.  

According to that written history, which has in many ways proved to be verifiable, the first humans created were Adam and Eve. The record shows that they were not left to grope about with no purpose or instructions concerning God's will. As even any loving considerate human father would do for his progeny.  The Creator gave mankind useful directions. He said to them:  "Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the seas, and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving upon the earth." -Genesis 1:28. 

Note: He said to become many, thinking the humans would have enough sense to know when to quit overpopulating the earth.  

 Thus, the first humans had a meaningful purpose in life.  It included their taking care of earth ecology and providing the globe with a responsible populations.  (Compare Isaiah 11:9.)  No one can justly blame the Creator for the present state of our polluted planet, as if he gave humans an excuse to exploit and ruin the globe.  The word "subdue was no license for exploitation.  It implied cultivating and taking care of the planet that humans were entrusted to manage. (Genesis 2:15)  Moreover, they would have a continuing future in which to realize that meaningful task.  Their prospect of not dying dying accords with  the fact that humans have a brain capacity far exceeding what can be fully utilized in a life of 70, 89, or even a 100 years.  The brain was meant to be used indefinitely. 

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From the book Is There a Creator That Cares About You?