Throughout history,
questions constantly move
man. Man has always sought
the answers to the
fundamental questions of
life: "Who are we and why
are we here?" Why do we
exist? What is our destiny?
Why were we created?
Do we just exist for a short
time and then disappear
forever? What sets us apart
from the animal world? What
makes us different from any
of the other living
creatures?
Knowing about his origin and about the reason for his existence are
important things that everyman must know, be he rich or poor, learned or
illiterate, wise or fool. This is the knowledge that frees man from thoughts of
power, fame, riches or wisdom and that leads him to striving for a worthy existence
dedicated to the Almighty.
08A.1
Is
there a divine plan of creation conceived by the almighty?
In Genesis
1:24-27, this is how the Bible account for
the creation of man and animals:
24. Then God said, "Let the earth
bring forth living creatures after their
kind: cattle and creeping things and
beasts of the earth after their kind";
and it was so.
25. God made the beasts of the earth
after their kind, and the cattle after
their kind, and everything that creeps
on the ground after its kind; and God
saw that it was good.
26. Then God said, "Let Us make man
in Our image, according to Our likeness;
and let them rule over the fish of the
sea and over the birds of the sky and
over the cattle and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth."
27. God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created
them. (NAS)
Man must ponder
and realize:
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That
man
and animals were created separately by God, so
we are very sure that man did not evolve from apes
as what many people would like to believe.
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That man was created by God as superior to animals. In fact
God purposely made man to rule over all animals on earth.
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That man was created by God in His own image, point to
the fact that God created man for a certain purpose.
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That man did not just came
about to live here on earth without any reason at all.
Yes, there
is a divine plan conceived by the Almighty
God, for the creation of man.
Let us study the words of
God written in the bible
that we may be able to
comprehend the purpose of
God in creating us. Let us
come to know His plan while
we still have a chance to
change the course of our
life and live in
accordance with His will
and become worthy before
His sight.
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