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Think for a moment. What could be more important to understand than the purpose for your life? Atheists refuse to know. Those who do not accept the existence of God certainly cannot accept that He has a Master Plan.

Cynics scoff at the possibility of knowing. They see the confusion and wide disagreement over this question and conclude it can never be answered.

Scientists cannot discover this knowledge through laboratory analysis. Astronomers, microbiologists, and others honest with the facts acknowledge that God exists, but this alone does not reveal His Purpose for mankind.

Philosophers cannot discern it through meditation or discussion. Divinely revealed answers cannot be obtained by centuries of pondering questions.

Educators cannot teach what they themselves were never taught. Those who merely teach from books written by other men cannot teach what those books do not contain.

Astrologers dazzle with tricks that reveal nothing of value. Do any seriously think that such “business people” (those who sell fortunetelling as true understanding), supposedly in contact with the dead and the “spirit world” (actually demon spirits), hold the meaning of life?

Theologians offer humanly-devised theories and counterfeits. All religions profess to hold the answers to life’s questions, but their ideas pale as cheap substitutes—empty counterfeits—when the awesome truth of God’s Plan is fully understood.

Most people live their entire lives without a clue as to why they are here. They drift aimlessly, unconcerned about the answers to life’s greatest questions—“Why life?” and “Why death?” Others enjoy debating the meaning of life, but never arrive at the correct answers. Many conclude that mankind is little more than a product of evolution—blind, dumb luck!

The Pinnacle of God’s Creation

If you have read much of my material, you know that the Bible is God’s Instruction Book for mankind. It is the source of revealed knowledge and understanding that man cannot discover for himself. It explains life’s most important questions. It contains ANSWERS!

Again, the Bible begins with the book of Genesis, which means “beginnings.” The genesis of a matter is its beginning—how it began. Genesis explains how God began His Plan for mankind.

Chapter 1, Gen 1:25 reveals that animals were made in a different way and that each was made after “his kind.” Notice that it said, “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind …” (Gen. 1:25).

Horses look like horses. Dogs look like dogs. Cows look like cows. Birds look like birds. None of these—and nothing else—is formed and shaped in the image and likeness of God. So says God, who inspired this account in His Word!

Men are not part of the animal kind. They do not carry the likeness of any “beast of the earth.” As part of the God kind, man was created to enter a relationship with his Creator that animals can never realize.

It is critical to understand something about WHO and WHAT God is. Genesis 1:1-31 reveals vitally important knowledge. Again, the One speaking there used the plural instead of the singular. Recall Gen 1:26: “Let US [more than one] make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness” (Gen. 1:26). This verse records the God FAMILY doing the speaking and creating. God is one FAMILY—presently composed of two Persons.

The pagan trinity doctrine teaches that God is three persons in one being. This hides the crucial truth that Elohim is a FAMILY composed of more than one Person. In terms of its relationship to the human family, the importance of this knowledge cannot be overstated.

Great Purpose Revealed!

Evolutionists are stymied—completely trapped—within the boundaries of their theory. They see no greater reason for the birth of a human than of a puppy or a giraffe. If, as they assert, human beings are merely the highest of animals, and products of blind, dumb evolution, it is impossible for them to simultaneously believe in a transcendent, God-ordained PURPOSE for human life. The two positions are opposites. No one can honestly accept both!

Though often of great intelligence, the evolutionist’s dependence on human reasoning, accompanied by rejection of revealed knowledge, leaves him utterly incapable of knowing God’s great purpose for humanity. He has literally shut himself out of true understanding!

This book is written to those who will consider what God reveals, not to the unwilling. God REVEALS that man has an awesome purpose completely beyond the bounds of human imagination. After hearing God’s explanation, you be the judge of whether it makes more sense than that offered by evolutionists and traditional Christianity.

Created Incomplete

The Psalmist wrote, “… for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps. 139:14). But you were made incomplete. Genesis 1:1-31 records the account of man’s PHYSICAL creation. Adam was created so that he looked like—appeared like—God in physical form and shape. Though physically complete, Adam was left spiritually incomplete. A vitally important spiritual component was missing.

Notice Genesis 2:7: “… God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Man is made out of physical matter—flesh. While not composed of Spirit, like God, he is fashioned—formed—in the “image and likeness” of God.

Adam was physical. He breathed air, and required food and water. Without any of these, he could not survive. Though Adam was made in the form and image of God, there was an obvious—and big—difference between him and God. Adam was made of the dust. He was flesh (Gen. 2:7). Since God is a Spirit, He is made—composed—of Spirit.

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