Gospel

Who is this God that demands, commands praise morning, noon, and night ? Is He some egomanical being with an inflated view of Himself ? One who was so anxious to produce creatures in His own image, people like Him, that He ignored the possiblity that 6,000 years of sin, suffering and death would ensue for billions of beings ? Think of poor Job and what all he went through .

Twice in the Book of Job we are told that there was a day when the sons of God [heavenly beings, NRSV ] came to present themselves to the Lord. Job 1:6;2:1 . When asked, Where have you come from ? ,Satan replied, The earth .

Who are these "sons of God", these "heavenly beings", that assembled before God ? The Book of Hebrews tells us that God spoke to mankind by His Son, by whom He made the worlds, plural .KJV,ASV,NRSV, Amplified. Are these sons of God representatives of these worlds,plural, who are convening in a heavenly congress ? It so appears, and Satan claims to represent the earth. After all he is the prince of this world. John 12:31. A prince rules a principality.

From Isaiah 45:18 we get the idea this world was to support life. ...He hath established it,He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited... .It seems that if all the countless heavenly bodies did not support life, they would be a useless creation .

With this in mind, consider Ephesians 3: 10 NRSV where Paul says that the gospel is "...to make every one see what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things; so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places... .

The words " rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms" , are used in the NIV, The New English Bible, and the Living New Testament, while the KJV and RSV has "principalities and powers in the heavenly places . "

Should our present 50 billion galaxies and counting, support living, intelligent beings, we would have an astronomical number of creatures who will learn the wisdom of God in its rich variety, from the experience of humans on this earth.It should be clear that the plan of salvation is not only to save mankind from sin and death, but as an object lesson for the entire universe so affliction shall not rise up a second time.

God will be seen as just and the justifier of them that believe in Jesus. Every knee will bow and every tongue confess !

While all must marvel in amplified astonishment at the creation of God who holds these spheres in orbit, we must view in even more amazement that such a powerful being would take on a nature lower than the angels and pay an unimginable price for their existence. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart. See article # 48, WAS THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST MORE THAN WE USUALLY THINK ?, at www.christianitysconfusion.com .

What is your existence worth ? You can think, reason, experience feeling and emotions. You can exercise a will to stand up, sit down ...etc . What is the existence of untold numbers to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness worth ?

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us...[for]..We know that all things work together for good for those who love God... . Romans 8;18,28 NRSV .

WHAT HAS CREATION AND REDEMPTION BEEN WORTH ?

EVERY THING !!!!