The Holy Bible stories, teachings, and laws are meant for Man. God intended these since the beginning of time until the end, when Jesus Himself revealed "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away." (Matthew 24:35) What about Man ? We know that in Genesis, Man was created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis [KJV] 1:27). As for the end of Man, St. John wrote the Words of Jesus who said: "The world and its desires will pass away. But whoever does the Will of God lives forever." (1 John 2:17)
That is how valuable Man is from the perspective of our Creator. Everything else will pass away. Only God's Words and faithful Man will live forever.
It would therefore be disgusting for our Creator to see how Man is being treated with injustice, sorrows, and pain -- all of which contradict God's love for faithful Man. Let me emphasize "faithful Man" because the bible speaks of death and condemnation for wicked people. King David described Man to be "a little lower than the angels" in Psalm 8: 4-6. But there have been so many cases of human beings treated by fellowmen like they are less important than beasts and demons who devour resources of the weak and lowly.
If we are to first of all accept the Truth about Man's dignity, in order to get started with building Man as God's Temple, there should be governance policies aimed at protecting people against exploitation of weak fellowmen and deprivation of human rights to live with the honor God originally gave to Man when he created Adam and Eve. Are there such policies preventing each government from gross disregard of care for fellowmen ? Actually, there are many circumstances beyond my control or your own control. We can only hope to do our part whatever it may be given this opportunity called life. We can, at the very least, proclaim the Good News about Jesus and how God intends to save those who put their trust in Him. I am presupposing the preconditions to be an effective disciple of Jesus -- all these are already in place. What are these preconditions?
In general, these include consistent, genuine Faith in God, adequate knowledge about God's teachings in the old and new Scriptures, founded on reading the Holy Bible, reflecting on Words of God and the moral lessons taught to Man, and practicing the Way to Love in real life. This statement is an oversimplification of semantics to avoid theological doctrines. In this article, I would like to emphasize the reality that God had long given Man the top priority, although what we see at present reveals how there seems to be substantial failures with uplifting human dignity worldwide. It's not yet end of the world. We still have time to reform ourselves in order to become worthy faithful followers of God.
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In general, these include consistent, genuine Faith in God, adequate knowledge about God's teachings in the old and new Scriptures, founded on reading the Holy Bible, reflecting on Words of God and the moral lessons taught to Man, and practicing the Way to Love in real life. This statement is an oversimplification of semantics to avoid theological doctrines. In this article, I would like to emphasize the reality that God had long given Man the top priority, although what we see at present reveals how there seems to be substantial failures with uplifting human dignity worldwide. It's not yet end of the world. We still have time to reform ourselves in order to become worthy faithful followers of God.
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