THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN LIFE

 

 

In 2021, as in 2006 (by Sister Gloria), I again received "The Mystery of Human Life" from a younger brother and in a twice the size. For me it is a very clear version where one can understand the great mystery of human life by unlocking it with 4 keys.

 

THE MYSTERY OF HUMAN LIFE

 

"BY REVELATION THE MYSTERY WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME"

(Note 1)

1. THE PURPOSE OF EXISTENCE FOR MAN

Have you ever asked yourself why7 you living in this world

and what the purpose of human life is?

No matter what type of person you are

or what your profession is,

there are a few things which you, like most people,

would agree with , that is:

 

-Money cannot satisfy man.

-Nor can education satisfy man,

-Nor can pleasure satisfy man.

Nor can success satisfy man.

WHY?

Because you have not yet realized:

 

2. GOD'S PLAN

God has a plan.

This plan has everything to do with man.

In the Bible this plan is called God's economy

(Note 2)

 

God's economy is just God's entire plan for man.

 

It explains:

* the origin

* and destiny of man,

* as well as the meaning  of human existence.

 

HOW CAN YOU KNOW GOD'S ECONOMY?

 

3. THE FOUR KEYS

God has prepared four keys for you

to unlock God's economy.

These four keys are recorded in the Bible.

Each of these four keys is equally important

and indispensable.

 

Please open your heart now

to quietly and carefully  read through this booklet, you will then understand these four keys,

 

• understanding God's economy,
• realize the purpose of man
• and begin a satisfied human life.

 

(Note 1) Ephesians 3 : 3

 

That is why I, Paul, a prisoner for the sake of Jesus Christ, pray for you Gentiles. Surely you must have heard that God has entrusted me with the task of passing on the grace that has been given to me for you.

Ephesians 3:3 It has been revealed to me by revelation the mystery about which I have briefly written before.

From that, as you read it, you can form a picture of my understanding of this mystery of Jesus Christ. It has not been revealed to the people under previous generations, but has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: The Gentiles also share in the inheritance through Jesus Christ, are part of the same body, and are also partakers of the promise , on the basis of the Gospel.

 

 

(Note 2) Or, dispensation

(Ephesians 1:10),

 

Ephesians 1:1-14

From Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will.

To the saints in Ephesus, to the believers who are one in Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from Jesus Christ the Lord.

Praise and thanks

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

who has blessed us in the heavenly realms,

 

in Christ, with many spiritual blessings.

For in Christ, before the foundation of the world, God lovingly chose us to be holy and pure before him,

 

and predestinated us according to his will and desire to become his children in Jesus Christ,

to the glory of the greatness of God's grace, given to us in his beloved Son.

In him we are redeemed by blood

and our sins are forgiven,

thanks to the rich grace that God has given us in abundance.

 

 

 

He, in all His wisdom and insight, has revealed to us this mystery:

His purpose to bring about the consummation of time with Christ, and His resolve to gather all things in heaven and on earth under one head, under Jesus Christ. In him,

 

In him God, who accomplishes everything according to his will and decree, has destined us to place our hope

in Jesus Christ from the beginning, 

to the glory of God's greatness.

THE FIRST KEY  

GOD'S CREATION

UNLOCKING HUMAN EXISTENCE

 

1. MAN HAS GOD'S IMAGE

 

Read the following verse:

"And God said: Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness...."

Genesis 1:26a

Genesis 1:26(-31)

Then God said, "Let Us make humans like Us and be able to rule over all the beasts of the earth, in the seas and in the air." God then created man in his image. Male and female He created them. God blessed them and said: Multiply, populate the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish, the birds and all other animals. Look around you! All over the earth are seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, which I give you for food. All the grass and plants I have given to the animals and birds as food. Then God looked over everything He had made, and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning again, the sixth day.

 

God's creation of man is different from His creation of all other things.

He created man in his own image.

A glove is made in the likeness of a hand

with the aim of being able to grasp the hand.

Likewise, man was created

in the image of God

for the purpose of containing its Content.

 

2. MAN IS A VESSEL

Now read the following verse:

What matters to God is that His extraordinary greatness be seen by men,

with whom He is well disposed.

 

He has appointed them long in advance

and now also called them.

We are those people!

Not only Israelites,

but people from all nations.”

God "must make known the riches of His glory in vessels of mercy...

...and this is in us."

 

Romans 9:23-24

(pre-Romans 9:19-24)

God decides over the people

You might ask, “Then why does God get angry when people do wrong things?

Doesn't he decide for himself whether someone obeys him or not?"

 

Then I say: Listen, you are a human being How dare you speak of God like that?

Have you ever heard a pot ask the potter:

"Couldn't you have made me different?"

The potter decides what to do with his clay.

From the same clay he can make a beautiful vase,

But also a very ordinary pot.

Likewise, God Himself decides what He does.

God could have punished the people,

for by their wickedness they deserved the severest punishment.

 

God was angry with them

and He wanted to show His power.

Yet He continued to be patient with the people,

And He let them live.

 

For He had appointed a portion

of men to eternal life.

God wanted to show them how good He was to them.

And He wanted to show them how wonderful eternal life was.

That's about us.

We hear ben the people whom God has chosen,

And it's not all Jews

But also people from other nations.

 

We are vessels of God.

God wants to be our content.

As bottles are made to hold water,

so we are made to contain God.

It's no wonder

* knowledge,

* wealth,

* pleasure

* and presentation

never COULD satisfy you,

for you were created to contain God!

 

 

3. THE PARTS OF MAN

 

Continue reading the next verse:

“I pray that the God of peace may sanctify all your lives.  So that your spirit, your soul and your body may remain pure. Then you will be perfect when the Lord Jesus Christ returns.”

"May your spirit, soul and body be fully preserved."

 

1 Thessalonians 5:23

 

Man is God's vessel.

The Bible divides this vessel into three parts:

the spirit, the soul, and the body.

 

See image below:

 

-The BODY is simply the physical body, belonging to the physiological level, contacting the things of the material realm, and is the most superficial part.

 

-The SOUL is the mental faculty, belonging to the psychological level, contacting the things of the mental realm, and is a deeper part.

 

-The SPIRIT is the deepest part of man, belonging to the spiritual level, and contacts the things of God. For problems of the body one may see a doctor. For problems of the mind one may visit a psychiatrist. Yet only God can solve the problems of the spirit.

4. GOD’S ECONOMY

God wants to enter into man’s spirit, to become his content and his satisfaction.

 

This is the purpose of human existence!

You are not merely created to contain food in your stomach, or to contain knowledge in your mind, but 

you are created to contain God

in your spirit