Lesson 3 The Reason for Creation

     People all over the world search for the reason and purpose for creation and life when God's Word opens the first chapter of Genesis with that reason and purpose.  God has always revealed creation and the reason for creation.  There are very few things left to know for those who believe the Word of God.
     The reason for creation, is this earth that we live on.  Everything in the universe was created to minister to and provide for this planet.  When I look at pictures of earth that were taken from space, I am always awed by the power of God's Word.  Hebrews 11:3 (Amplified) says, "By faith we understand that the worlds (during the successive ages) were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the Word of God, So that what we see was not made out of things which are visible."
     It's one thing to stand in my backyard at night and look up at the moon, but it's something else altogether, to look from space where my backyard is.  When I look at the sky, I don't see any cables, pillars or foundations holding it in place.  The Word of God alone keeps it in orbit like it should be.
     For those who struggle with the truth of God's Word, there can be no understanding, according to Romans 1:19-20 (Amplified) which says, "For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God (Himself) has shown it to them for ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiwork). So (men) are without excuse (altogether without any defense or justification)."
    As you struggle with the existence of God, you are confronted with the question of why and what you are and where you came from.  In his dismissal of God, man has invented evolution, alien beings made us and the Big Bang theory as substitutes.  Personally, all of these things require more faith to believe than God's Word does.
     The reason for creation is this planet we live and the reason for this planet is man.  All the things God put on this planet are to please and take care of man.  When God had made and seen that "All things were pleasing to Him," then God said in Genesis 1:26 (Amplified), "Let Us (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) make mankind in Our Image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth."  Genesis 1:27 (Amplified) says, "So God created man in His Own Image, in the Image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them."
     Thus, we see that the reason for creation was the earth and the reason for the was was man.  Man was the heart of the Father Who longed for and desired to have a family of children made in His likeness and Image.  The Father walked in the Garden where He had placed His son Adam and fellowshipped with His new family.  Genesis 3:8 (Amplified) says, "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the Garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife his themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the Garden."
     When Adam transgressed against the command of God in the Garden, he was instantly separated from God in his spirit and was at that time forced to live only by his five physical senses.  God could no longer walk with His children in the Spirit like He had intended from the beginning.  From that very day, God set in motion the plan of redemption to restore His family back to Him like He had always intended.  Genesis 3:14-15 (Amplified) tells us, "And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this; you are cursed above all (domestic) animals and above every (wild) living things of the field; upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust (and what it contains) all the days of your life."  Verse 15 goes on, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; He will bruise and tread your head under foot, and you will life in wait and bruise His heel."
     After losing His family, God never ceased in His purpose of restoring His children to Him.  Day by day, week by week, month by month, and year by year, He began speaking His plan of redemption into the world.  He would have lost His man and his wife in the Garden, if God had only done it there.  Through the sacrifice of Jesus, He could legally restore all that was lost in the Garden.