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People pass from this earth for various reasons. Some pass because God wants them in His Kingdom, and others pass because they are the result of God’s making things work out for good. In the time we have been on earth, we have been tempted by evil. Some have fallen prey to it, and others, because of their strong belief in Him, have warded evil off for the most part, as if it were a disease fought off by our bodies.
But considering the trials and tribulations we’ve had to go through in our lives, why are we even here on earth to begin with? Are there enough people who say they are ‘happy to be alive?’
In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” It should be noted that on many of the previous days in which God created the heavens and the earth and life, the Scriptures say that God ‘saw it was good.’ How do the Scriptures describe the reaction to God’s creating man? In Genesis 1:31, there is merely an indirect reference to the creation of man. It says, ‘And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.’ Presumably, “everything” includes man. But, at least regarding this translation it seems that it isn’t God that is saying the creation of man was good; seems that someone else is saying that “it was...good.” Then again, who else would be saying that the creation of man is good, when God Himself breathed out the Scriptures?
It still leaves us with the question of what the creation of man was good for? Understandably, it could be useless to try and figure God out, as considered by Proverbs 3:5 and declared by Isaiah 55:8. From our standpoint, though, we may be tempted to believe that God created us to be his playthings, imposing things on us which could either be pleasant or harmful. But God stands ready to punish us if we leave this earth of our own accord, saying to us ‘You don’t like it on earth? Then spend your days in hell.’
As far as why we’re here is concerned, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 says “...Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” Have we been commissioned to just do what God wants us to do? If so, then I guess it’s up to Lord Jesus and our faith in God through him to show us the way.
But considering the trials and tribulations we’ve had to go through in our lives, why are we even here on earth to begin with? Are there enough people who say they are ‘happy to be alive?’
In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” It should be noted that on many of the previous days in which God created the heavens and the earth and life, the Scriptures say that God ‘saw it was good.’ How do the Scriptures describe the reaction to God’s creating man? In Genesis 1:31, there is merely an indirect reference to the creation of man. It says, ‘And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.’ Presumably, “everything” includes man. But, at least regarding this translation it seems that it isn’t God that is saying the creation of man was good; seems that someone else is saying that “it was...good.” Then again, who else would be saying that the creation of man is good, when God Himself breathed out the Scriptures?
It still leaves us with the question of what the creation of man was good for? Understandably, it could be useless to try and figure God out, as considered by Proverbs 3:5 and declared by Isaiah 55:8. From our standpoint, though, we may be tempted to believe that God created us to be his playthings, imposing things on us which could either be pleasant or harmful. But God stands ready to punish us if we leave this earth of our own accord, saying to us ‘You don’t like it on earth? Then spend your days in hell.’
As far as why we’re here is concerned, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 says “...Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.” Have we been commissioned to just do what God wants us to do? If so, then I guess it’s up to Lord Jesus and our faith in God through him to show us the way.
