Humanity is religious by nature. People have desired to
connect to something greater and outside themselves throughout human
history. There is a pantheon of gods
throughout human history. However, in almost every culture a god with no name
is acknowledged. This is usually the result of people becoming disillusioned
about their gods and the religious official that represent these gods.
This un-named God has a name. He is the God that created
this world and all that is in it. He is the Lord of all that is in heaven and
on earth. He doesn't dwell in buildings of stone or wood. He doesn't live on
some plot of land on the earth. He doesn't need our money or help in any way.
He needs nothing because He has provided the life that animates us as people.
With a Word He created the lands and the seas and all the living creatures and
plants.
Through Adam and Eve he started the human race. We were meant
to have dominion over the entire earth. We were to live in harmony with one
another and our environment. We were to live in the unveiled presence of God as
He guided humanity through the journey of a life untainted, without pain or
sorrow or death. It was going to be the perfect kingdom that covered the earth.
He made a covenant with us for this perfect life. The only thing we couldn't do
was to unilaterally determine what was right and wrong or good and evil.
However, humanity decided to break the covenant because they wanted to be like
God and determine what was good and what was evil. This breached resulted to
humanity being removed from God's presence. A metaphorical veil was erected
between humanity and God. Not only where we removed from paradise on earth, we
would now become familiar with pain, suffering and ultimately death.
People began to multiply and nations formed. These nations covered
the earth. He knows which ones would come into existence. It was Him who
orchestrated their boundaries. It was in these diverse cultures that God knew
some would reach out to that unknown God.
Some might think He's too far to reach but He's not. We were
created in His image. He is ever present, ready to welcome us back into His
kingdom.
Since we were created in His image, God cannot be reduced to
a statue of stone or gold or anything created by the hands of men. He is not
confined to a building or a plot of land. He doesn't listen a little more
because of money.
But humanity has been in the dark and as a result we didn't
know God or what God wanted from us. However, ignorance is no longer an excuse.
Because God has revealed Himself and is calling of all humanity to turn from
their ignorance, to step out of the darkness and into the light, to commit to
changing their ways. Why? Because a time is coming when He will judge the
entire world with perfect justice. This will be done through Jesus Christ. The
evidence for this claim is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
The first perfect man Adam plunged all of humanity into
darkness and death. This resulted in God's perfect justice coming to bear
because Adam broke God's covenant. Jesus on the hand came to start a new covenant
on behalf of all humanity. However, before he could accomplish this he had to satisfy
the requirements of the old covenant on behalf of all humanity. He was the
second perfect man. He never once disobeyed God. Since a perfect life was
require in God's perfect justice when we disobeyed we could never pay that
price, which would result in our being separated from God for all eternity in
outer darkness. However, that was the reason Jesus came. On behalf of all
humanity he could offer that perfect life to God. That’s what happened. Jesus entered
a new covenant with God on behalf of all humanity. This covenant will never be broken. We can become citizens of
Gods kingdom right now if we are willing to agree to the new covenant. It's the
only way to know the unnamed God. Why? Because of the resurrection. All the nations of the world are coming to an
end and if you're not a part of Jesus's nation then you will perish with the
rest of humanity that rejects the gospel of the Kingdom of God that Jesus
revealed.
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