The Incredible Human Potential PDF - Church of God Faithful Flock

182 THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIALOur Transcendent PotentialThere is another passage, understood by almost none, that revealsour astonishing transcendent potential! It begins in Hebrews 2:6:"What is man, that thou art mindful of him?"Even though this was covered in greater detail in chapter 3, itis important that it be summarized in connection with the subjectof this chapter- life after death.Y es, why should the great God be concerned about us mortals?WHY did He put us here on earth? What is the PURPOSE oflife? What is our transcendent potential? It is so far above andbeyond anything you have thought or imagined, it seems shockinglyincredible!Can you believe it? Are you willing to believe what is nowplainly stated? Here comes the astonishing answer, beginningverse 7:"Thou madest him a little lower than the angels." Sornetranslations have it, "for a little while lower than the angels."Continue: "Thou crownedst him [kingship] with GLORY and honour,and didst set him over the works of thy hands ... "- that is,God's creation.NOT Yet the Universe!"Thou hast put ALL THINGS [Molfatt: the universe] in subjectionunder his feet. For in that he put ALL in subjection under him, heleft nothing that is not put under him .... " Can you grasp that?The entire, vast, endless UNIVERSE! But that is for BORN sons ofGod. Man is not yet BORN - except Christ only! Continue: Herecomes the answer:"But now [in this present gestation state] we see NOT YET allthings [the universe] put under him" (verse 8).But what do we see, NOW?"But we see JEsus ... crowned with glory and honour"(verse 9). Y es, Jesus has already been given the executive administrationof God's government- the KINGDOM of Goo- over theentire UNIVERSE! Only, until our time to inherit and possess thegovernment of EARTH, at Christ's return, He is allowing Satan tocontinue on this earth his work of deception. Now continue: