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1. The world is a becoming entity, created by the Will
of a Designer and sustained by Him for meaningful purpos-
es. Historical currents take place in accordance with His
Will and follow established laws. They are not directed by
blind chance, nor are they random and disorderly incidents.
2. Man also is created by God and is eommissioned to
be God's vicerov on earth. He is so chosen to cultivate the
land and enrich life with knowledge, virtue, purpose, and
meaning. And to achieve this goal, everything in the earth
and the heavens is created for him and is made subservient
to him. Life on this planet is not a prison for man; his com-
ing into the world was not an arbitrary punishment for previ-
ously committed sins, Nor was he expelled from another
world and cast out into this one. His existence was no mere
chance or undesigned occurrences.
3. Knowledge is the unique faculty of man and is an in-
tegral part of his personalily and his being, It is knowledge
that qualifies man to be the viceroy of his Creator and enti-
tles him to command the respect and allegiance even of the
angels of God.
4. The first phase of life on earth began not in sin or re-
bellion against the Creator. The "Fail" from the Garden of
Eden and whal followed thereafter- the remorse of Adam
and Eve, their repentance, God's Forgiveness of and Com-
passion for them, the enmity between man and Satan- all this