In my observation it seems that many people have reached the same sort of conclusion that I once held about God and His intentions: that is, if God even exists, He has no great interest in man and clearly the universe has no discernible purpose.

However, by God's mercy, I eventually found out that my view was total error. The real situation is that God went through the process of becoming a Man, Jesus Christ, and then becoming the life-giving Spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45b), thus becoming available to enter anyone who will receive Him. He then has a beachhead to saturate the believer with Himself. In addition, each individual believer is actually a member of the corporate Body of Christ. The Body may also be viewed as the bride who Christ presents to Himself at His return to earth.

God's attitude toward man may therefore be likened to that of a suitor toward a bride and the purpose of the universe is to effect this union.

All these things and much more are explained in detail in the writings of Witness Lee and Watchman Nee, both of whom are very simple, clear expositors.

Brother Stewart