I read a very interesting article that I thought I should share in keeping with the Let it Shine theme... Some people may not believe there actually is a God but if there is, and it is worth condiering at least, we should know...

GOD'S WILL

What is God's Will? It seems to be a very simple question but actually it is a very difficult question.

I asked one theologian to explain to me the Will of God and he said to men, "It seems like a very simple question but actually it is very difficult to explain." Of course he is right. So, what do I think that God's Will is?

We have to give an explanation concerning the Will of God. This an absolute necessity. The reason for this is because God is the origin of the whole Providence of Salvation and is the central point of unity and the driving force of providential history. So I think that giving a conclusive definition of the Will of God is of the utmost importance.

So, what is God's Will?

It is to realize His ideal of creation, which is to complete His purpose for creating the universe. It is simple. So what is God's Will? It is to realize the Purpose of Creation. God did not create the universe without a purpose: He definitely had a purpose. So it is natural that God's Will is to realize His Purpose of Creation.

Who was the center of the Purpose of Creation? It was Adam and Eve. This is why; we say that God's Purpose of Creation is to realize His ideal of creation.

So why did God create the universe?

It was to realize His ideal centering on Adam and Eve. And we say that this ideal is to establish the Four Position Foundation. Then what is the Four Position Foundation? It is for Adam and Eve to become absolutely one with God so that even if they tried to leave the realm of God's love they could not. They would attend God above in the position of Father and on the earth, they would be the central family standing in the position of being the ancestors of humankind and be the unified starting point of love. Then the position in which Adam relates to Eve, which would be realized by following the ideal that God had when He created Adam and Eve, would be the position of united love. If God’s Will had been realized centering on God's love and if Adam and Eve had become husband and wife and had children who in turn had realized the love which would have enabled the parents and children to become one, then the Adam cultural sphere would have been established.

There would not be the countless races and tribes that we see in the world today. Also culture would not have been formed by the tangled mess of history. There would be one race. And there would be one cultural sphere which would have arisen from one ideology. From the point of view of culture, there would be one historical root, and all the customs would be the same. If they had done that, then the family would have multiplied into the clan, the race and the nation, all within the realm of God’s love. Which in turn centring on Adam’s family would have expanded into the world. Then God’s ideal world based on the Adam culture and thought would have been established. And what would this world have been centered on? God’s love. Then with God above as the Father, all humankind would have been like brothers and sisters. Like a fruitful tree of love, the roots would have become the trunk, the trunk the branches, the branches the leaves and this world would have been like one body of God’s love and thus the eternal ideal world would have been realized.

This is a summary of a world view from the point of view of God’s Will.