Bullet Point 9 (of 12) God is Aloof on His throne (misses the mark)

Bullet Point 9 (of 12): God is on His throne of glory misses the mark when God is actually a God of sorrow and bitter grief.

Satan became the father of the first ancestors of fallen humankind. They received Satan’s love and life, and thus the history of their restoration has been so difficult. Why did God, whom Christians have always understood to be almighty and all-knowing, not intervene in the Fall, rather than just standing powerless? It appeared as though He had died. God cannot liberate human beings until they themselves establish the conditions for their liberation, because it was they who committed sin. If God had been able to liberate Adam and Eve at the outset, He would not have driven them out from the Garden of Eden. If He could have done as He pleased, He would not have expelled them. But He had no recourse but to send them away. (CSG p135)

In the Bible the grief of God is inferred, the only real reference to it being the terse statement in Gen.6:6 that - And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (NKJV)
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If God truly is a God of grief and yet we believe Him to be aloof on His throne of glory then we are really missing something important. If God is truly our Heavenly Father then we should share His pain and sorrow and use this to spur us on to rid this world of the false god, and false ruler. (Jn.12:31; 2Cor.4:4)

Rev. Moon has revealed this situation of God that we have been ignorant of: You should know how miserable and bitterly painful God’s situation is. God can say, “If I had not made humanity, they would not have become the way they are. How could this happen when I was searching for love and longing for the glorious Kingdom of Heaven!” How could this happen? 

It was because they inherited the devil’s flesh and blood. The devil’s love was implanted, along with the roots of his life and lineage. God could not possess humanity without removing these things, but if He did remove them they would die. Therefore, God had to set up a substitute as a second creation or medium of salvation through an infusion of new blood, life, and love. God should love the enemy. He has to be patient with and love His enemy. (CSG p137)

When parents believe in their beloved children but are betrayed by them, there is no describing the shock, distress, and misery those parents experience based on that trust. When people betray, reject and mistrust those who have loved them with their lives, it causes unspeakable misery. You cannot understand unless you experience that struggle and suffering yourself. It cannot be understood merely by words. This is evident in the affairs of the world. Then how did God become as miserable as He is? God is not a nebulous God but a tangible God. Human beings should enjoy the highest relationship with God. God’s joy was to begin by finding a starting point from which He could begin a journey in happiness with human beings, heading toward infinity and eternity. But God lost the basis upon which to begin, due to the Fall. (CSG p138)

If God were sitting on a glorious throne as the all-knowing and almighty God, as traditional Christianity believes today, and if He were to see His children dying, would He remain there and say, “Come up here, for I cannot leave my seat”? Or, would He rather abandon His throne and come down? What do you think? Will He just stay there or will He come down? Is He going to cast away His crown and jump down from His throne? Think about it. (CSG pp139,140)

​This is an aspect of God that is not engaged with by present day Christianity. Evidence that a major overhaul is in order. With that in mind, an invitation to a seminar March 18-20 in West Virginia, USA, or attend on-line. Let’s do some spring cleaning on our current worldview! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Let us reason together.
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Andrew & Marie Derricutt