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 atheism and 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).
Astounding! We are the manifestations of God’s consciousness in the physical plane. We demonstrate that consciousness when we rise above the self and express God’s will in our lives. When we do this, we can then live in the Eden God created for us.
And when our life here is over, then we are sure to be in heaven with God. There, God is not seen and experienced through a veil as he is here below. There, we will be unified with God and in communion with God and all the saints. Until then, let us bring heaven into sight here below by being God’s children in all ways.
Walking and dwelling with God,
Z gardener
Good one!
Manifestation Creation seems to be what this Universe is up to, especially around here, especially with us.
Cheers,
D