THE TRUTH OF THE UNIVERSE: (A)

I believe that there is a perfect way to live our life, and Judeo-Christian teachings show us the way! Some Buddhist teachings help us, some Sikh teachings, and possibly some Hindu teachings also help us. I find that there is great value in many cultural beliefs, including Native American traditions.

The question really becomes: Is there a God—an infinite intelligence of the universe? And what happens at the end of our life? Heaven, Hell, reincarnation, or something altogether different? I have faith that upon death, there is something more—something that rewards a life well lived. I have no clear answer, only questions. I admit that I don’t have all the answers, but I believe that there is a perfect way to live our life, and the Bible, for one, teaches us the perfect story of a perfect man with perfect love. He is my hero, my Savior, my Messiah, my Lord, and my God. If any evolutionist can believe in God, then I can!

We can either believe that there is a God—an infinite intelligence that permeates the whole of the universe—and that the Bible is divinely inspired, or we can believe that we ourselves are as gods and can make our own rules. I choose to believe in God and God's laws written in the Bible. Read three chapters a day, and in a little while, it will give you proof of God! Although you cannot take all of the Bible literally—since some of it may be written allegorically, especially the early parts of Genesis—sometimes I think that you cannot take all of the Bible literally, and then other times, I think that maybe it makes the most sense taken literally.

Is there a perfect harmony between the Big Bang Theory, evolution, and the Biblical story of creation? Personally, I think that you can believe in both at the same time—only God has the answer. Most of the Bible, I have only a small grasp of, but it’s sort of on a need-to-know basis. We will understand that which we need to know for our mission. While I value many cultural beliefs, I have faith that only the Christian teachings may contain the complete truth of man’s relationship to God.

John 14:6 – Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

This is the truth, and yet, we can learn from Far Eastern beliefs about the recycling nature of the universe. Proof is seen through science, common sense, and nature—look at a rose. It goes from a seed to a beautiful flower and then back to a seed. Just as the perfect singularity may explode outward to form an infinite living universe and then somehow collapse back into a perfect singularity (zero), this all seems to indicate that the universe may indeed recycle—and with it, reincarnation in some form may be our fate.

Read correctly, the Bible also suggests this:

• Revelation 21:1, Isaiah 65:17, and 2 Peter 3:13 talk about a new Heaven and a new Earth.

• Revelation 1:8 – “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”

Even God’s name itself (Yahweh) refers to the three tenses of the verb "to be." Perhaps even God may recycle—a living entity onto itself! Man’s sole purpose in creation is to have a symbiotic relationship with God, where God—the infinite intelligence of the universe—creates us through love, and we, in turn, are to love and worship God. Life’s pleasures and successes are just an extra.

Some say we are here by accident, but I say we are here by design and purpose. Somehow, random chance and systematic design work together to create life on Earth. Just as there is a design and purpose to the Taj Mahal, so too is there a design and purpose to our very existence—we certainly are not here by accident, as atheists claim. We are created in the very image of God (Christ), and we live in a symbiotic relationship with Him, where our love for God, the Creator, is the very reason for our existence.

I believe Heaven or Hell is our just reward or punishment for this life, and at the end of the age, through reincarnation, we roll the dice for our next life. God—the infinite intelligence of the universe—knows us and our future before we are even born. Maybe, just maybe, He has something to do with our forthcoming life. This is all implied by the Bible:

• Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart.”

N.B. – My beliefs seem to be a harmony of three: Christianity, Far Eastern beliefs, and science.

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Summation:

"And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him." – 1 John 4:16

This sums up the essence of the Bible and God’s presence in the living universe! I now see the perfection of the Bible—it is perfect in establishing the perfect love of God!