Why Are We Here? ── Earth Is Unique In the Universe

Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders

Most people do not actually know why they are alive. Why they are here on Earth. To understand ourselves, why we are here, and where we are going, we need to know about our Creator.

If you were to ask someone where the beginning of God’s word begins ── surely they would point you to Genesis 1:1 ── “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Yet, there is another place within God’s living word that is actually the real beginning. It’s the Book of John 1:1-2 ── “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2) He was in the beginning with God.” 

In the beginning, two great and awesome, all-powerful, and perfect beings existed. Each with supreme KNOWLEDGE and CREATIVE POWER. One God is called “the Word” – or the “Spokesman,” and the other is called the great “Ancient of Days” (cf. Daniel 7:9, 13). And “the Word” as God’s living word tells us is also God ── yet, a separate, altogether supreme being. Together, these great and awesome beings are complete in harmony and in agreement.

In the beginning, there existed only these two supreme and awesome beings. Now it has been postulated, guessed, and hypothesized that nothing existed before the physical universe. Renowned physicist and science communicator Brian Cox recently speculated in an interview and a public lecture there might have been something that existed before what we think of as the start of time-a huge, pre existing structure or form of energy-that is beyond what the current laws of physics account for, but that could have played a vital role in the universe's birth. 1 That “pre-existing structure” and “form of energy” was the LORD God ── the Elohim. The family of God, which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. According to God’s living, immutable word, there never was a time when they did not co-exist.

Notice verse 3 ── “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”  

So, God the Father created all things THROUGH the Word. And, as these two great and awesome beings cooperated completely in harmony with each other, the Word created all things exactly as instructed by God the Father.

What Is… God?

Do you know what God is? And by God, I mean these two great and awesome beings!

These two super-powerful SPIRIT BEINGS are both Creators. And as human beings think, plan, design ── even putting our plans down on paper before we begin building or constructing ── so these two great super-powerful beings thought, planned, and designed. And they might have planned and thought out for millions, if not billions of years (as humans have come to know time) before starting the actual creating.

In fact, according to God’s living, immutable word, physical matter within the known universe was not the first thing they created.

God’s living word tells us that “ … by Him [the Word] all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.” – Colossians 1:16. 

These are powerful words! 

These two awesome and powerful SPIRIT BEINGS, composed wholly of spirit (John 4:24), thought out, planned, and designed spiritual beings that are called archangels, seraphim, and angels. They are invisible to human eyes. These great spirit-composed beings are of three separate levels of power and ability. I covered this in “What Are Angels?” and “Angels Revealed.” Of Cherubim’s, Seraphim’s, and Angels. And that these created beings were created with great minds ── with the ability to think, reason, plan, and form conclusions as free moral agents. 

Now, as Creators, what creation is the most important creation that the LORD God could ever create? Angels? The heavens and the earth? The whole physical known universe? Or, was it mankind?

None. 

The greatest and most supreme creation is a holy, righteous, perfect character. There was a great teacher who once told us that the LORD God cannot create godly character by fiat. And this is true. The ability in a separate entity with a mind, and having free moral agency, to choose life and not death (Deuteronomy 30:19). A separate entity who, seeing the way to both good and evil, chooses, on their own, the good rather than the evil ── even against the strongest of temptations and pressures, desires and lusts. Understand ── these great archangels, these Cherubim, were not created with perfect holy and righteous character at their initial creation. Again, godly character cannot be created by fiat. Character (whether good or evil) has to be developed over time in separate entities that possess minds able to think, reason, and make independent conclusions and decisions. Character must be developed ── and there is a risk of the separate entity developing evil character rather than good.

So, it is important to know about God. The LORD God (the Elohim; the family of God) are Designers, Educators, Creators, and Rulers. The LORD God have SUPREME MINDS! They are perfect, holy, and righteous.

The Eternal God ── the Ancient of Days ── is Ruler over all that has been created. And, true and right knowledge has been revealed to mankind ── knowledge that otherwise would have been inaccessible to man and even to the angels. What the LORD God created, they maintain. 

And what they create HAS A PURPOSE.

The estimated 22 sextillion planets throughout the known universe all have a purpose! The LORD God, beginning with the Earth, is “planting the heavens” – Isaiah 51:16. 

The supreme greatness and superiority of these two great God-beings were on full display at this point. They had in mind a most glorious objective with the creation of Cherubim, Seraphim, and Angels. This awesome objective required the creation of physical matter ── the creation of the whole known universe. 

This brings us back to Genesis 1:1. The revelation of these two great and awesome God-beings! “In the beginning God [Elohim] created …” The LORD God created the entirety of the known universe, with its estimated 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies, its hundreds of billions of trillions of suns, its planets, and moons! So, after the creation of angels, the LORD God created “the heavens and the earth.”        

Creation Is Not Complete

Interestingly enough, even though these two great and awesome God-beings are perfect in holy and righteous character, they create in duality. Their creation is not complete – yet. This was true of all their angels. The angels were to develop character ── whether holy, righteous, perfect, godly character or not.

The LORD God established on Earth His government ── the kingdom of God. On Earth was placed a powerful archangel, an anointed cherub, that was named Helel, the son of the Dawn (Helel ben Shachar in Hebrew). The Vulgate renders הלל in Latin as Lucifer. This great anointed cherub was originally a bringer of light and truth. The LORD said to the “prince of Tyre” – speaking of this great archangel – “’ You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till INIQUITY was found in you.’” – Ezekiel 28:14-15. 

So, rather than building a holy, righteous, perfect godly character, this super-powerful archangel built an evil and corrupt character. Becoming “filled with violence within” and sinned against the LORD God (Ezekiel 28:16). He transgressed the Law of God – going against the very government of God. Now, the LORD God wisely created both angels and mankind with FREE MORAL AGENCY; otherwise, neither angels nor mankind could attain godly, holy, righteous, and perfect character. Cherubim, Seraphim, and Angels are all immortal ── which means they cannot die. Yet, their superior knowledge did not prevent rebellion and sin. The LORD continues,  concerning this super archangel – the one who was anointed, “’ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; … You have become a horror, …’” – Ezekiel 28:17, 19. This archangel led the first rebellious and violent coup. And he evidently led a third of the “stars of heaven” to revolt against the LORD God and the very government of God (2 Peter 2:4; Revelation 12:4). They completely rebelled against the LORD God. They deliberately developed within themselves evil and vile characters. They turned from the LORD God’s Way to complete lust, vanity, violence, and war. The LORD God said of Lucifer, “’ I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.’” – Ezekiel 28:17.  

Thus, the government of God ── the holy kingdom of God ── was not established upon the Earth. It was rejected and “The earth [became] without form, and void; and DARKNESS was on the face of the deep. …” – Genesis 1:2. 

The creation of this group of angels was now complete! They made their ultimate decision. They had formed evil and vile characters. And, they became what are called demons. And this great and super archangel named Helel became “that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world.” – Revelation 12:9.

So, the possession of a great wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and being endowed with FREE MORAL AGENCY does not mean that a separate entity will automatically have perfect, holy, and righteous godly character. Nor does it mean that they will achieve perfect, holy, and righteous godly character. It also doesn’t prove that the remaining two-thirds of the heavenly, righteous angels will remain sacred and righteous. They could turn, also, and sin. Perhaps a clue to this is 1st Corinthians 6:3, which indicates that we, brethren ── God willing ── will participate in the final judgment of angels.

Well… I guess there could be three possible alternatives. 

• Angels were placed upon the earth, and a third of them rebelled, while the remaining two-thirds went on to develop holy, righteous, and perfect godly character.
• The LORD God placed upon the earth a third of all the angels, and they all sinned, following the evil one in his rebellion.
• The attainment of the angels to reach perfect, holy, and righteous godly character is incomplete as of now.

1st Corinthians 6:3 does sound like the third possibility – doesn’t it? 

So… here we have the state of things as the LORD God saw them, after a third of the angels sinned and rebelled against the government of God. Satan, the Devil, and his demons were cast down to the earth after ascending to the upper heavenly realms ── Helel himself having announced, “’ I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; … I will be like the Most High.’” – Isaiah 14:12-14. The earth at this time was in a state of darkness, in tohu and bohu (Genesis 1:2). The planet Earth was in a state of ruin. 

 To be continued.     

1) Team Science-Nature, Brian Cox: "Something Massive Existed Before The Beginning Of Time", Science Nature, 3 Oct. 2024.