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God's Plan in Action--His Universe

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When we look into the universe beyond our solar system, we sometimes see what appears to be threatening chaos—supernovas, black holes, exploding stars, colliding galaxies, comets speeding through space, and the like. However, the truth is we are witnessing precise, calculated order. Everything happening in our universe is governed by laws. Every law has a maker and an enforcer who compels compliance with the established law to avoid chaos. Unarguably, it is a simple fact: "…every house is constructed by someone, but the one who constructed all things is God." God has a plan. Part of that plan was to create spirit beings like himself, who have been given the task of applying and enforcing his laws in the universe in harmony with his design. The Bible says all these "sons of God" applauded at God's creation of the earth. So, when we see a supernova, or spot what we call a black hole, or an exploding star, it is these spirit beings carrying out their task to mainta...

God's Grand Purpose

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Life, God alone possessed it. At some point, eons ago, he decided to share it. So, God put into motion a plan with a purpose. Only the heavens existed at this time, God's home. First, he created a spirit individual like himself. This individual, by virtue of being the first, would come to be called the Firstborn of Creation. Next, with the assistance of his firstborn, he created other spirit individuals and gave his firstborn authority over them, assigning him the title, Archangel. God also gave him the title, the Word, because he was God's foremost representative and would make sure God's declarations were known and enforced. This was God's spirit family, and they were called his spirit sons. Next in God’s plan, with the assistance of his Firstborn, he created the material universe. He assigned his spirit sons various positions of responsibility in taking care of this material universe, such as Cherubs, Seraphim, and Messengers, and put them under the direction of his ...