Introduction God's Purpose for Man

There are certain times in a believer's life when the Lord comes to visit in such a profound way to where you know it was supernatural.  You cannot explain how or why it happened, you just know God visited you.  My God experience happened to me almost thirty-five years ago when the Lord woke me from a deep sleep on a Saturday morning and inwardly spoke to my spirit on why He created man, what our purpose is, and what our future is going to be like.  As I was in and out of a light slumber, barely conscious, I did not recognize at first that the thoughts stirring within me were from the Lord, but as they continued, I realized much of the information was something I had not known before.  It was like a puzzle was being fit together to show a larger picture of God’s plan for mankind.  

God began in the Book of Genesis on why man fell to Satan, and why God had to send a flood.  In my spirit, the Lord sent me on a journey through the Old Testament Scriptures and opened up His Word in a much deeper way than I had known before.  God then brought me to Christ’s death on the cross, His resurrection, and the Church Age.  He then revealed the Rapture of the Church, the Tribulation Period, the Millennium, and Heaven, ending in the Book of Revelation.  After about three hours, God finished and said to me:  “Quickly write everything down, check it out in My Word, and then share it with others.”  Why God chose to tell me this information is unknown to me.  I am simply His humble servant.  As such, I felt strong in that I needed to be obedient to do as my Lord commanded.  I then spent the next several years searching the Scriptures to validate what the Lord revealed to me and then wrote the priceless information in this book.  When I asked the Lord about the title of the book, He immediately said "God's Purpose for Man."

In this online updated version of "God's Purpose for Man", I have, to the best of my ability written God's truths, as the Holy Spirit has revealed to me.  The main context of this book from the 1st edition has not changed, along with the things the Lord showed me so many years ago, however, there have been some minor changes that are not central to the core doctrine of the Christian faith that have been updated as I have grown deeper in the things of God over the past 25 years. 

The advantages of printing an online version is the ability to include many pictures, graphs, and charts throughout the book to help you to understand the Bible in a deeper, more meaningful way.  I am, however, like other growing believers still a work in progress, and will continue to be until I reach glory.  Until then, I will continuously seek to be more Christ like in my understanding of biblical truth.  As I do, I will purpose to continue to share what God shows me on "GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MAN."  

May God bless you,
Pastor Joyce Erickson

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