This restoration is only possible through God’s Son, Jesus Christ, who reconciles us to God (Romans 5:10 Acts 4:12 John 1:12 14:6). The real meaning of life, both now and in eternity, is found in the restoration of our relationship with God. The meaning of life restored through Jesus Christ How is this eternal bliss and “heaven on earth” obtained? To go through life achieving everything we set out to achieve only to die separated from God for eternity would be unthinkably tragic! But God has made a way to make eternal bliss possible (Luke 23:43) and life on earth satisfying and meaningful.
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Thus, we come full circle: God created us to have fellowship with Him man sinned, breaking that fellowship God restores that fellowship in the eternal state. God will dwell with mankind, and they shall be His children (Revelation 21:7). The curse of sin will be done away with there will be no more sin, sorrow, sickness, death, or pain (Revelation 21:4). At that time, He will restore full fellowship with redeemed mankind, while the unredeemed will have been judged and cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:11–15). God will destroy this present creation and create a new heaven and a new earth. The book of Revelation shows that God is concerned with restoring the meaning of life to us. God intended mankind to have fulfillment in life, but our condition (especially touching our fellowship with God) was adversely affected by the fall into sin and the resulting curse upon the earth (Genesis 3). These facts have significance related to the meaning of life. Made to reflect His image, we have a purpose: to glorify God nothing can give us greater satisfaction.īefore mankind fell and the curse of sin came upon the earth, the following things were true:ġ) God made man a social creature (Genesis 2:18–25)ģ) God had fellowship with man (Genesis 3:8)Ĥ) God gave man dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). We were specially made by God, and that gives us intrinsic value nothing can give us greater value.
In the book of Genesis, we find a clue to the meaning of life in that God created mankind in His image (Genesis 1:26). In our hearts we are aware that the “here-and-now” is not all there is. Solomon said of God, “He has also set eternity in the hearts of men” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). What explains this void? God created us for something beyond what we can experience in the here-and-now. Yet he summed up life “under the sun”-life lived as though all there is to life is what we can see with our eyes and experience with our senses-as meaningless. He said at one point that anything his heart wanted, he pursued (Ecclesiastes 2:10). King Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, had wealth beyond measure, wisdom beyond any man of his time or ours, hundreds of women, palaces and gardens that were the envy of kingdoms, the best food and wine, and every form of entertainment available. Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). He describes the feeling of emptiness he felt: “Meaningless! Meaningless!. The author of the book of Ecclesiastes looked for the meaning of life in many vain pursuits. People have testified that, while they achieved their goals of wealth, relationships, and pleasure, there was still a deep void inside, a feeling of emptiness that nothing seemed to fill. Some of these pursuits include business success, wealth, good relationships, sex, entertainment, and doing good to others. They pursue many things, thinking that in them they will find meaning and purpose. In our humanistic culture, people easily lose sight of the meaning of life.
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