The Divine Design of Man: A Reflection on Our Lost Glory and Eternal Search

 MAN!

A creature made with so many meaning even the divine being called angel cannot understand what is so special about him.
The desire to be led yet still be free.
The longing to know and discover things.

There’s something mysterious about man.
Even when nothing makes sense, we still believe.
We believe in something — even when that "something" is nothing.
It’s like a hidden wiring in us, an inbuilt system installed before birth: the ability to believe.

Man is a creature of faith. Not just religious faith, but the tendency to hope, to long, to attach meaning. Even the atheist who says "There is no God" still believes in something — maybe in logic, science, energy, or self. No one truly walks this life without believing in something.

But belief is not the only craving hardwired into us.

Take companionship, for instance.
We like to act strong, independent, self-made. We post quotes about cutting people off and doing life alone. But deep inside? We all want to be seen. Even the strongest man wants someone who can look into his eyes and say, “I see you.” One person. Just one, who knows us.

That longing is not weakness. It is design.

The Composition of Man: Before and After the Fall

When you sit down to study the make-up of man — and I mean man before the fall, in Eden — you begin to see the raw beauty of God's original design.
Man was not made to be limited by sickness, gravity, hunger, or even time. He had unrestricted access — both spiritually and physically. He could talk with God, name animals, tend the garden without sweat or sorrow. He had dominion. Glory. Fullness.

But when sin entered, something shifted. Death stepped in — not just physical death, but spiritual disconnection.
And now, we live with limitations:

• We build machines to fly because we can’t fly.

• We create robots to think faster because our minds are slow.

• We invent communication devices to "connect" because our spirits no longer hear clearly.

• We long for love because something in us was torn apart.

Man began building tools to replace what was lost.

The Glory in Us Still Whispers

Yet, even in our fallen state, there are traces of glory.
There are echoes of Eden in our hearts.
We still think.
We choose.
We dream.
We imagine.
We desire.
We discern.
We intuit.

These things — they are not tangible, not physical.
You can’t touch “imagination,” yet it builds nations.
You can’t weigh “intuition,” yet it saves lives.
You can’t bottle “desire,” yet it drives revolutions.

So you ask yourself, where did this come from?

The answer is in Genesis.
"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
God didn’t give man His throne, but He gave man His nature.
A spark of the divine. A reflection. A shadow of glory.

Know Yourself, Seek Wisdom

Many people today are trying to find themselves.
But how can a creation know itself without knowing the Creator?
True wisdom begins when we ask: Who made me? What was I made for?

The path to self-knowledge is not inward navel-gazing.
It is upward-seeking.
You must go back to the source.
To the blueprint.
To the one whose image you carry.

Christ: The Blueprint of the Complete Man

The complete man has already been revealed.
Not in theory. Not in philosophy.
But in a person — JESUS.

He is not just Savior.
He is the template.
The firstborn of the new creation.
The man who lived without sin, who walked in perfect unity with the Father, who had mastery over nature, sickness, time, and even death.

If you want to know yourself — not the broken version, but the complete one — you must know Him.

Learn Him, and you will know yourself.

Christ is not only the way to heaven, He is the way to you.
To the real you.
The eternal you.
The restored you.

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Final Thoughts

There’s nothing in creation that man was not placed above.
The only problem is that man fell beneath his own calling.

But through Christ, we rise again.
We’re not just saved to escape hell.
We’re being restored — to glory, to fullness, to Eden.

So seek wisdom.
Know your Source.
Believe again.
Not just in something — but in the Someone who created everything.

You are more than you think.
You are dust kissed by divinity.
Made to reign.
Made to love.
Made to be seen — and to see Him.