Introduction
Accept it or not, man is the greatest creation in the universea masterpiece with a mental capacity and ability whose potential the modern man has barely tapped into. This is a special gift bestowed on man to reflect his creator's ability. Looking at the current state of humanity, it is quite sad to see just how much the perceived value of man has deteriorated.
His known accomplishments to date are impressive with improving understanding and application of the laws of nature. Some of these aspects of understanding have contributed to improved life expectancy, comfort, travel, agriculture, entertainment, and some other areas of the quality of life. On the other hand, the same understanding has led to the creation of some of the deadliest killing techniques and machines yet seen in day-to-day living and triggers for unending violence in society. He is now very proficient in the development of weapons of mass destruction in warfare and engaged in very nefarious scientific undertakings with very disturbing and unpleasant outcomes.
However, man appears to be living with the proverbial elephant in the room problem. He seems to be shying away from honestly engaging and confronting life's greatest challengethe question of why humans die and must die.
The bulk of human efforts appear to be a struggle to delay the inevitable death caused by disease, natural disasters, murderers, age, animal, and human predators. Some humans have gone as far as stating that under certain circumstances, they would rather kill themselves to escape humiliation in this life and rather face the consequences in the hereafter or whatever exists after this relatively short life.
Is there really a hereafter or, clearly put, life beyond the grave? And if so, in what form is it? It is known that a dead body rots, and so logically, if there is life beyond the grave, it will take a different form than the current earthly formor does it? And what is that form? Why has a human's lifespan shrunken to about a tenth of what it is claimed to have been in the past?
Why is humanity here on this floating sphere called Earth? Why is there evil, and why is there the good we see? Who or what is responsible for good and evil? Is there a spirit dimension to life, and if there is, what is the implication?
Even trees can live for thousands of years if undisturbed. Mountains and minerals from which human bodies are made can exist indefinitely, but not man. Was man really meant to be born, sometimes toil through life in peril, and then just die off and fade away into oblivion?
Could man have been created as an eagle to soar in the skies, but along the way, something happened, whereby he resigned himself to live with a chicken mentality and just accept what appears to be his fatesomeone's dinner in the food chain?
Is there any way to find out the truth about life of a man in a very simple but verifiable way without religious crackling? Can man honestly and verifiably overcome death outside of religion? Is man's apparent fate reversible and restoration to his intended glory possible? Is Jerusalem a cup of trembling and a realistic peace possible in the Middle East between Israel and its neighbors?
There is someone who says yes and claims to have a trail of high-powered neon signs spanning thousands of years starting from a distant point of time to the very origins of humanity's past until now and into the future, clearly mapped out. He is willing and ready to continuously disclose his creation blueprints and to accept a global challenge to his claim, and here is what he dares to say:
I have a very transparent and verifiable global track record, therefore, remember the former things of the past, for I am the Creator, and there is no other; I am the Creator of everything that is, and there is none like me. I had declared the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that were to happen, many have, and the others not yet, until the appointed time that I stated. My counsel will always stand, and I will do all my pleasure. Indeed, what I have spoken, I will also bring to pass. What I have purposed, I will also do, and no one can change it, no one.
Even from the beginning I have declared things easily verifiable by you; before they came to pass, I proclaimed them to you, so you would know it is no coincidence or an accident. For I know the plans I have for my creation even in your current state, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future and an expected end. I am willing to listen and reason together with you. No one can explain me, except by revelation and that is why I have made myself accessible; I will reveal myself to anyone who truly seeks me just as I have done to my servants in the past.
He therefore claims to be an interactive Creator, though shrouded in invisibility, canwhen he choosesmanifest himself visibly in intelligible ways easily understandable by humans. He is willing to engage anyone who seeks the truth with no mediators needed, just a one-on-one interaction with anyone on earth because it means that much to him. He offers an open invitation for anyone to challenge every word and claim he has ever uttered and hold him to it and see if his claim of being the Creator is true or not, and he has said a lota whole lot.
Does the world have climate issues, sickness and diseases, famines, other global-size problems, and death? Is this a golden opportunity for the world to call this self-declared Creator out to the mat and call his bluff? What an opportunity for a showdown that could change the world! As he has declared, everything starts with him and will end with him exactly as he has stated. If he cannot back his claims, the whole world should castigate him since he has left himself wide open for verification. What has humanity to lose in getting the truth?
Humanity may be pleasantly surprised to find out that its worst problem in existence has an amazingly simple solutionso simple that even a fool cannot go wrong. If the Creator is therefore real, he can speak, hear, interact; and if what he claims is true, this makes the exercise quite simple indeed.
As he indicatedand just to emphasize the simplicity, what he has to say is so simple to understand and verify that even a fool cannot go wrongbeing the Creator who has done a lot to reveal himself, let us follow the neon-lit trail from the knowable beginning and see where and what they lead to as stated by him.
Chapter 1
The End of Mortality
The dreadful journeyseparation
Don the oracle of Wall Street had just completed one of his most ingeniously crafted corporate acquisitions, which further solidified him as one of the all-time great darlings of shareholders of his portfolio of companies. He enjoyed the power and prestige that came with his wealth, and his counsel was greatly sought in the business circles at the highest levels and even by nations. He had more personal wealth than many good-sized nations, and he was not shy in making that known. Statements from him could drive the global stock markets in different directions, and the successive string of huge profits for his shareholders bore testimony to his financial wizardry.
Clearing off his glass of champagne, he leaned back, relaxed in his seat, and drifted off into a light sleep as the thrill of the success was already wearing off even though it had just been a few hours since the closure of the deal. As he playfully toggled thoughts through his mind, he saw certain scenes that caught his attention. His lack of genuine joy in normal-life issues and a certain level of coldness seemed to have eclipsed his heart. Even his laughter had no mirth to it, and he felt so empty for a man who had no lack in the world and was capable of personally bankrolling a nation. He could get anything he wanted from anywhere in the world, and he had a dozen medical specialists watching his health like a man on life support though he was in perfect health and did not even have allergies to anything knownhe was a picture of perfect health.