Having clearly established the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, Jesus next goes on to describe the fundamental facts of existence. It is the nature of God to be in heaven, and of man to be on earth because God is Cause, and man is manifestation. Here heaven stands for God or Cause, because in religious phraseology heaven is the term for the Presence of God. The word earth signifies manifestation, and man’s function is to manifest or express God as Cause. In other words, God is the Infinite and Perfect Cause of all things; but Cause has to be expressed, and God expresses Himself by means of man. Man’s destiny is to express God in all sorts of glorious ways. To express means to press outward, or bring into sight. Every feature of your life is really a manifestation or expression of something in your soul.
Since it is misunderstandings about the relationship of God and man that lead to all our difficulties, it is worth any amount of trouble to correctly understand that relationship. Trying to have manifestation without Cause is atheism20and materialism, and we know where they lead. “Our Father which art in heaven.”
…as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them…(2 Corinthians 6:16).
Simply put, this means that we are God’s consciousness in the material world. Our souls are the place where God exists on earth. Each of us is capable of expressing God’s nature, will and spirit on the physical plane. It also means that failure to accept our true nature as “children” of God condemns us to a life without knowing our true meaning or accomplishing our true purpose. When we truly understand this truth, we are then in a position to live a life as God planned, filled with miracles, hope, joy and peace. The path to true fulfillment in the Eden God created for God’s children, begins with this understanding.
Expressing God,
Z gardener
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