Man’s Mission on Earth

5/11/2015: Man’s Mission on Earth

S: 12:45pm – 1pm

Many times, I ask myself: If God wants us to follow Him, then why does he create the sciences, mathematics, Calculus, etc?  Why does he create the arts, the cultures?  These things won’t last in the next world.

But now, after some reflection and thinking, I know the answer (at least partially).  In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  He created man in his own image.  God told them that their mission is to tend to the garden, the animals, and all that God has made.  Man’s mission from God is to take care of the world.  And humankind was naked.

All that changed when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the *knowledge* of good and evil.  Shortly after eating that forbidden fruit, the humans sewed fig leaves to cover themselves.  That is the first invention.  The first invention and thing that the humans created was clothing.  Note also that the first inventions came after Adam and Eve has sinned.

Why does God tell us not to eat from the tree of knowledge?  Maybe it’s because God knows that if we do have knowledge, we may use it for evil purposes.  We will be slaves to our flesh. 

So our original purpose in life is to take care of the world.  That was God’s intention.  Lord, help me to take care of this world, to take care of what you have made, to take care of people, for that is your intention. 

So perhaps God’s intention, the reason why he made us, is not for us to get knowledge but rather to simply tend the earth.  If not, why did God forbid Adam and Eve from eating fruit from that tree?  Life before was easy.  We are simply to tend and worship God.  The food will grow by itself.  We are simply to rest in God’s presence.  Perhaps God never intended or wanted us to learn the sciences, the maths, cultures, and other subjects.