THE DESIGNER'S DESIGN
W H A T I S L I F E ?
A very important question that has passed through your lips and many others known to you, is How are you? The immediate stereo-type answer to the latter is F I N E, but this answer would depend entirely on ,whether one has understood the first Question, which is What is Life?
This leads us to many other Peripheral questions like: Who am I? Why am I on this earth? Where am I going from here? Have I sincerely accomplished my design on this earth? Am I existing or living?The answers to ALL the above questions are available if one has understood LIFE and its PURPOSE.
To begin with, right from the first man/woman created on the earth, I do believe the Purpose of LIFE would be found with THE MANUFACTURER ALONE. Every thing on this planet, the galaxies, the stars, the plants around you, the birds in the air, the fish of the sea and the animals is the workmanship of a FAR SUPERIOR PERSON i.e. GOD . Likewise everything visible to our eyes, has been the product of the mindset of GOD'S Ability Released in mankind and so this brings us to a simple conclusion and that is: {Every Product has been created by a manufacturer, and ONLY The Manufacturer would know the REAL Purpose of his/her product. That is why every product designed on this earth, has got a Manufacturer's identity on the product purchased}.
eg.If a SONY TV has been purchased anywhere in the world, you would be able to clearly distinguish the TV, by the Name of The Manufacturer on the TV purchased. .
WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO THE MANUFACTURER ?
1.The Manufacturer Always has the buyer's mindset on his mind, hence his product has to be so distinct from all other similar products of the same nature.
2.Each product is carefully designed to suit the NEEDS of the Potential buyer.
3.Whenever there is a manufacturing problem , ONLY the manufacturer would be able to LEGALLY service the product purchased from him/her,and not anybody or everybody.
4.Very important NOTE: For every product purchased, the buyer would get a Book which has All the Specifications or details of the Product bought. All over the world this book is called "THE INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL".
Why is this book called Instructions Manual?
Manual comes from The Spanish word Manu-al or the manufacturer's book. This book would give you ALL the details necessary to know about the product bought. e.g..
A) Keep the product always away from dust .
B) Always maintain airspace (breathing space) all around the product-here we're referring to the SONY -TV.
C) Also make sure the voltage used/wire-connections done are as per Specific instructions given in the Manual.
Now there is a REAL problem, with most buyers all around the world, and i.e. We are told to carefully READ ALL instructions in THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL before using the product. This is hardly done, as most would want to watch the TV as early as possible. Nobody has time for that, but they just want to get going.
Eventually some day, when problem ‘s arise, immediately the buyer would then go to the manual . Then he would try to work his way if possible through the problem, and the best he would achieve is messing it further.
Note :Even I have been so often a victim of this problematic issue.
With this brief introduction, permit me NOW to Come back to my Original question,
W H A T I S L I F E ?
THE TRUE MEANING OF Life can only be found with The Manufacturer and that is with OUR CREATOR- ALMIGHTY GOD. HIS NAME IS "YESHUA-MASHIAH" in Hebrew (which is the original text of the Bible- GOD'S WORD) or simply JESUS,THE CHRIST. JESUS Meaning Savior – in Hebrew, Christ meaning The Anointed One – in Greek.
In the 1st book of the Bible- (Genesis. 1.26-28) we find out this:
"And GOD said: Let us, The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit) make man in OUR IMAGE, after OUR Likeness and LET THEM have Dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over ALL the earth, and over EVERY Creeping thing that creeps over the earth. So God created Man in His own Image, in the Image of God created HE him; male and female created HE them.
And God blessed them and God said unto them: BE FRUITFUL, and MULTIPLY, and REPLENISH THE EARTH, SUBDUE IT and HAVE DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
So according to the above verses, we find out how the 1st man/woman was designed by The Manufacturer-GOD. Let's look at 2 important pattern of words used:
1. GOD's OWN IMAGE meaning having The Mindset of The CREATOR-GOD, having the CREATOR-GOD’s Nature.
2. GOD's OWN LIKENESS meaning having The Glory of GOD on you, having GOD’S fullness, having the ability to release HIS character.
That is why it's so important if I have to understand Life, that I must go back to my Originality in Discovering my GOD and HIS purpose for my life. Amongst 6.5 billion people on this earth, each of GOD's Creation i.e. you/me were designed for SPECIFIC purposes, which only THE MANUFACTURER WOULD KNOW, and that is why it's also so important for me to understand the Function of my life, in line with my purpose from GOD. Hence it is of VITAL IMPORTANCE that I must not TRY TO BE what I WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE.
Ever since man's Fall- from the presence of GOD, into the presence of a world that is dominated by SELF ,or THE " I "syndrome, causing one to be not themselves, but what others have chosen for them to be , e.g.. What do society say, what do parents say , what do friends say, what do neighbors say, what do spouse's or family members say, even what does church say etc. The list increases because EVERY MAN/WOMAN ever since the fall, have their TRUE IMAGE IN GOD M A R R E D . Hence one seeks an image of whatever others choose for them, giving them LOW SELF IMAGES of themselves.
" Now every Man/Woman according to The Bible: were designed in 3 parts and i.e."
(a). Spirit-Part-meaning The place of Communion/
Communication with a Holy God,which The Bible calls heart most often.
(b). Soul- Part-meaning The place of My Mind-Emotions, Will, Sub-Conscious etc.
(c). Flesh-Part-meaning The place of My skin/body/fleshy appetites/own ambitions, Or one’s own ability to do things.
In the Corporate world we perform for others ALL THE TIME, be it in the family, or in the job-place with one's colleagues, or with one's friends. Nobody would accept you for nothing, or as you are. So now we go on a Educational Trip, or a Busy-ness Trip, or a Religious Trip or other extreme trips like Sex Trip, Drug Trip, Alcoholic/Workaholic or any Olic Trip, as long as it gives the acceptance which One is looking for.
It's important to note that the original Man/Woman in the Bible, didn't see the need of using his/her mind, as they were covered with The Glory of GOD all the time, and hence even though they were naked, the GLORY itself was a covering for their nakedness, which incidentally was not an issue, as they were basking in the Spirit Realm all the time with Their Maker-GOD. This is evident of what they did, as seen in v.8 of Genesis.Ch.3.
MAN WAS DESIGNED BY GOD TO WALK & TALK LIKE HIM :
So the Original Man/Woman were W A L K I N G A N D T A L K I N G with GOD. GOD actually intended through Relationship by Friendship with MAN/WOMAN to bring forth THE Creator's Desire in them and on HIS planet earth. So The Creator's mandate for Man to dominate the earth was established in the words " Let them " have dominion. Through these words GOD-ADONAI had drawn boundaries of HIS right to legally influence/or interfere with the earth realm, as GOD is Totally Integrated with HIS WORD. So there were some principles laid down in this by GOD for man to understand GOD's WAY ’s.
They were: :
a) God's purpose is more important than any of man's plans.(Proverbs.19.21,22).
b) God placed His WORD even above HIS NAME. (Psalms.138.2)
c) God would never break or go against HIS WORD.(Psalms.119.89,90)
d) God's Nature of Holiness is foundational of HIS integrity and Faithfulness.(Isaiah.46.10,11)
THE CURSE OF SIN, AND IT’S SLAVERY:
But as Man/Woman broke this pattern, and chose to LISTEN to a New-GOD called Satan or Self, whole of CREATION experienced a DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT.
1.Ever since the fall of our first parents, man/woman started using their mind to get RE-CONNECTED to GOD, as they were removed from THE PRESENCE of E L O H I M. Hence the first visible demonstration of S I N, resulted in man/woman depending on their unrenewed minds (intellect), instead of using their spirit which they were already used to (Genesis.3.7), hence becoming a prey to I R R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y . This was the result of receiving the rebellious nature from Satan, GOD’s enemy.
2.Now the man/woman hid themselves from The Presence of THE ONE WHO FORMED them . Sadly until this day most men/women have been Dominated by this Hiding from- THE MAKER syndrome.
3.They now settled to hide amongst the Very Trees of The Garden, which they had been given dominion over, as fear RULED them for the first time (Genesis.3.10).
"Sin always exposes our True Nature, and takes Security in God's Creation OR God's Sources." So they made FIG-LEAVES to cover their nakedness.
Incidentally who else were they trying to hide from, as there was nobody else in the Garden. Here we see, for the first time Man cursed himself by now even hiding from the woman God gave him as help-mate (companion). Sadly this is where ALL Marital Issues started, right in the garden of Eden. Hence Satan not only separated man/woman from GOD ,but also from each other.
4.They brought The Curse/Wrath of GOD upon themselves through REBELLING AND EVEN REJECTING HIS Spoken WORD. The result, they were driven away from the Domain of GLORY, and ANGELS to Till the Ground, where they were taken from.(Genesis.3.23,24).
Every Adamic authority, ability, gifting in the King-dom of The King, and its Ownership was Transferred to Satan, through the disobedience of the Original Man/Woman in responding to their NEW GOD-Satan.
5.They now had to hear the voice of their fears and the enemy, instead of the Loving Voice of GOD that guided and lead them until they entered into sin.
Now forever was man moved from The REALM OF THE SPIRIT, to be a prey and a victim of deception from his/her own mind. This was the beginning of ALL BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS. For the first time man fell the impact of EMPTINESS IN HIS LIFE, since his spirit died and the relationship with HIS CREATOR MARRED. This was caused by the nature of the enemy who now became man/woman's god, as they broke COVENANT with GOD by handing over to Satan (GOD's enemy) their rights and authority, and in exchange receiving Satanic nature released through lies/deception. Now for the first time man had to provide and make provisions for himself/his wife. Man who wanted NOT TO WALK under GOD'S AUTHORITY, now bowed down to the schemes of THE TORMENTOR or THE TASKMASTER.
THE CAIN SPIRIT OR THE BIG-BROTHER SYNDROME:
NOW, man/woman BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM GOD, and Dependant on what he/she could derive out of their own discoveries. Since ALL Broken Relationships stemmed from the garden of Eden, we find that this NATURAL REALM became more Destructive. NOW CAIN USED his position as a big-brother TO SLAY his own younger brother ABEL ,through craftiness, and jealousy, thus bringing in the ministry of satan into form, released through satan’s master tool - DECEPTION.Thus the SLAYING of HUMAN BEINGS was initiated for the 1st time. SADLY it's ONLY man/woman in their ABNORMALITY & INSANITY OF MIND, who determine killing of other Fellow-Being's. It is difficult to see such UNDUE EXPLOITATION amongst any OTHER PART OF GOD'S CREATION, which includes animals, fish and birds and reptiles.
MAN/WOMAN in their best capacity NOW TRIED TO REACH GOD through THEIR own intelligence, as they felt the emptiness of their spirit, which ORIGINALLY was designed to Fellowship with GOD, by being GOD’s FRIEND.
THE PROJECT OF BABEL AND ITS RELIGIOUS SYSTEM :
In their best effort, fallen Man/Woman created a City for themselves to reach GOD. Here they raised a Tower for themselves which could reach the heavens, making a name on the earth called Babel , as nothing would RESTRAIN THEM FROM WHAT THEY IMAGINED TO DO. Thus began the Babylonian system of this world, where every man and woman tried to reach GOD through the efforts of their OWN INDEPENDENT, UNRENEWED MIND-SET. GOD came down and BLEW THIS EFFORT OF THEIR'S, and so entered for the first time an era of different languages causing CONFUSION thereafter. MAN/WOMAN had to NOW find their way through the earth, and so every form of TRADE and BUSINESS dominated their thinking until this day. So money was used as a form of exchange as this was the MENTALITY of THE SURVIVAL FOR THE FITTEST. This brought in a system where SLAVERY became THE NORM of the day, allowing BIG Brother's to RULE the Weak and the Down-trodden. Inequality and Injustice of every kind dominated man's thinking.
Hence man now TRIED RELIGION ( a product of his own creation) in order to REACH GOD. So he performed much through THE IDENTITY-CRISIS he was a victim of. Religion is Man's FUTILE EFFORT in pleasing GOD or coming near HIM. It is man's best effort in FILLING THE VACUUM of his spirit. So if man has to please GOD, he also has to create one with his own mind-set, but incidentally this god doesn't have ears to ear, nor eyes to see, as they are all idols released from the idolatry of man's heart. The greatest idol man bows down to from morning to evening is SELF, whether in the church, or in the religious setup's man has created to identify himself with others. In every sphere of life we can see this, whether in the office setup or in the village setup, man refuses to BOW DOWN to GOD's AUTHORITY.
Since he doesn't bow down to GOD's authority he would find it difficult to bow down to another man's authority in his field of life. That's how the SLAVERY SYSTEM came into being, where man would sell his fellow-being for whatever he could get. Shockingly this system of slavery will continue to dominate mankind ,until man seeks genuinely from his heart THE MAKER AND HIS KINGDOM RULE .
As this process continued, God saw how FUTILE man's effort was and how he became a PREY to his New taskmaster-satan. The Bible says: that GOD still had compassion on the one's HE created for HIMSELF. GOD used various methods of communicating to HIS creation, using HIS priests, prophets to speak on HIS behalf, but man had other Independent plans. Man wanted their own elected kings and judges to control them, instead of God .So GOD gave them up to their folly and destructive mindset.
THE MASTER-PLAN OF THE MASTER-BUILDER:
One day, GOD could not ANYMORE watch how man was destroying himself without HIM. HE released HIS MASTERPLAN in taking the form of man, born of The SPIRIT, released through a Virgin called Mary in Bethlehem. Approximately in the year 1 BC, a SON was brought forth to MANIFEST the HEART of GOD on this earth. His name was JESUS the Messiah, and from birth He was drawn to do THE FATHER' s KINGDOM BUSINESS, RELEASING HIS HEAVENLY MINDSET on the earth.
What was this Heavenly Mind-set all about?
A) At the age of 12, we see how JESUS chose to stay in the temple learning from doctors and teachers of the law, SEPARATING HIMSELF from the patterns of this world. Until the age of 30, JESUS PREPARED HIMSELF for the Greatest Battle of ALL times, "The Battle over the mind and the realm of the flesh". JESUS had to single-handedly oppose the System of Parasitism's, etc. to RELEASE THE HEAVENLY GOVERNMENT. (Isaiah.9.6,7)
B) HE Subjected HIMSELF to HIS earthly parents, while increasing in wisdom and stature, finding favor with GOD and Man (Luke. 2.52) .At 30,HE chose to be Water baptized in the river Jordan by his cousin John, so as to Fulfill ALL Righteousness (Mathew.3.15). HE Subjected HIMSELF to everything amongst people except sin, learning to refuse evil, choosing the good, to be THE EMMANUEL (GOD with us- Isaiah.7.14,15)
C) From the 1st day of HIS Journey on earth, HE chose to BE THE WORD made flesh, dwelling amongst us (the glory of THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER ) FULL of Grace and Truth. (John.1.14). Then HE started RELEASING THE MANIFESTED SEED (John.12.24) from heaven, as HE healed every form of Sickness, Broke the demonic power over oppressed people, Raised the dead, Walked on the water, Multiplied bread and fish to feed thousands, Commanded winds and storms in the sea to cease and they obeyed HIM, Preached the gospel of The Kingdom of GOD- {healing the broken-hearted, deliverance to captives, and liberty to them that are bruised} (Isaiah.61.1-3 ) and opening THE WAY TO THE FATHER once again for the whole human race.
D) One day HE was Crucified to A CROSS at Golgotha (Place of the skull) Identifying every Battle with Sin in the Thought-Realm pertaining to EVERY Sickness, even EVERY Curse ,and gave up HIS right to live by dying on behalf of fallen-man. Then The Scriptures being Fulfilled, HE went down to hell, took back the keys of death and Hades, preached to the spirits in prison (1 Peter.3.19). Then ROSE AGAIN after 3 days, Revealed HIMSELF physically to many of HIS disciples and Other Witnesses. Ultimately ascending to heaven HE put HIS OWN BLOOD on the Mercy Seat, thus paying SIN ’s Penalty in FULL. NOW THE FATHER made HIM Sit down at HIS right hand, until HE makes ALL HIS ENEMIES bow down to HIS FOOTSTOOL. (Hebrews. 10.12-14).
JESUS CHRIST DID ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED ON MY/YOUR BEHALF TO BREAK :
THE POWER OF SIN,
THE NATURE OF SIN
AND THE AUTHORITY OF SIN.
THUS SATAN’S KINGDOM OVER FALLEN-MAN WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED .SO IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT to Accept THE DEATH, BURIAL and RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST in one's life. Declaring HIS LORDSHIP ALONE Over One's Life, Can Sinful– Man be TOTALLY REDEEMED from SIN and its Consequences. Not only this, but through THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS Man CAN NOW HAVE A NEW TASTE of Heaven on Earth (Righteousness, Peace, Joy), as his Spirit Comes Alive Into a RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MAKER, which was marred earlier by Sin (Man's Independence from GOD's RULE). He can now be FREED from sin, sickness, poverty, curses, and even death because of his explicit trust in GOD's ONLY PROVISION - JESUS CHRIST. Through GOD's SPIRIT living in man, he can be NOW RESTORED IN DOMINION, AND AUTHORITY Over ALL of GOD's Creation. HE also becomes a Joint-Heir with GOD in matters of Government on this earth, so that TOGETHER we bring forth ALL THE KINGDOMS of this earth to OUR LORD and CHRIST (Revelation.11.15) and THEN SHALL THE MEEK INHERIT THE EARTH. (Mathew.5.5) . IMPORTANT NOTE: HIS JOY will be complete in you, when KING JESUS'S Reign and Rule manifests in and through you to others, so that then we can all together hasten HIS Second Coming on the earth. MARANATHA.
