God's Plan For Man Final

time as a speck in the evolution of the natural world. The world existed prior to the creation of Adam and Eve; it is obvious that other physical elements of life existed to sustain human life as well as animal life. However, time was not recorded prior because time, for all intents and purposes, was not relevant; time did not exist in a natural world without human life. Time is only relevant to a human struggle, a struggle with Satan. God had a plan from the very beginning—an undocumented—plan, from the inception of human beings, which involved the human mind. The plan, [eventually experiences of human life were documented] was recorded for our edification. His plan is intended to be understood, and it evolved over time. The scriptures address the concept of creation in terms of days, but we know the time periods are not days. No one knows the relevance of time in this regard. So, lets look again at the beginning, using the words in Genesis. Reflect on the understanding of what God caused or created, represented in time periods, and articulated as days: First day: “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.” The earth, was set apart from the celestial universes, it was intended to support life, as we know it. The sun is a light, a source of energy used to activate and sustain life, and darkness is dispelled or separated in order for life to exist. We understand that light is representative of wisdom. So, wisdom represents spiritual light, a Godly and angelic state, intended to be the means of spiritual unity within him. Knowledge represents information that typically lacks spiritual depth; it is worldly by nature. Second day: “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” A clear distinction between the natural and the supernatural worlds and water represents a spiritual substance. Nothing can exist in this dimension of time without water as a life—giving source. Third day: “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed— bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kind.” Essential sustenance: food, medicines, shade, oxygen producing plants, building materials—all the natural essentials to

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