Questions We All Ask (part 2)

Who Am I? Why Am I Here, What Am I Supposed to Do?

We answered Who Am I in an earlier Blog today we will look at Why Am I Here? These are all great questions and it helps to know the answers to these questions. All kings want to expand their territory. God was no different he wanted to expand his heavenly kingdom to earth. He wanted his invisible kingdom in heaven to be made visible here on earth. This is why he created man. We are his children created in his image. The word image means to have his character. God created us to have dominion which means authority, mastery and control on the earth. He wanted his children to develop his character and to represent him and his kingdom on earth.

A kingdom is the governing influence of a king over his territory, impacting it with his will and his laws. Creating a citizenry under his influence creating a culture that reflects the king’s values. This is what Gods original intent was for Adam and Eve. We all know the story. They rebelled against God and his word thus rejecting their assignment as representatives of Gods kingdom. In a kingdom the king’s word is law and you can’t pick and choose what you want to obey. Th penalty for disobeying the king is death. We know first their relationship with God died and later they died physically.

     Their disobedience caused them to be expelled from the garden. They turned over their authority in the garden when they disobeyed God and listened to the voice of Satan. This created a void and Satan was already in the garden ready to take the authority they were given. You see to operate legally on earth you have to have a body, that is why Satan used the serpent’s body, it gave him legal right on earth. This is also why when you die you no longer have legal authority to be on earth and your spirit has to leave. God gets blamed for all of the ills on earth but he has no legal authority to operated on earth. He had given that authority to Adam so all of the ills are created by man.

     Yes, God is in control in that he had a plan before time began and his plan will prevail and ultimately his will, will be done. Meanwhile the plan was God himself would come to earth and take on a body (Jesus) so he would now be legal on earth. The death burial and resurrection of Jesus was to undo what Ada and Eve had done. He took the power and authority back from Satan and sent the Holy Spirit to earth to give us power that we could overcome the power of the enemy (Satan). You see the Spirit also has to have a body to operate on earth. That is why your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

     Now God has legal authority on earth because he now has a body, you and me. We have the Spirit which enables us to be the sons and daughters of God who will carry out the Kings will and laws and creature a culture that reflects the kings’ values. This is why Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “Our father who aren’t in heaven Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom comes thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” God is a God of order. This put things back in order. The reality is, “If it is to be it is up to me” and you. We have been waiting on God and he is waiting on us. You can read more about this in my new book “The Shift in Time the Reformation Awakens.” Check out the website section on books.