Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 16
16 ☐ It can be argued here that notwithstanding our belief that God is the Sufficer, we believe in the angels and in the physical universe, in wind and lightning and matter. The answer is that we accord these things a secondary position which is far different from that of equality, the secondary position being at par with the status of servants. God has made a particular order to keep Himself invisible to the view. . If belief in Him was to be productive of results and we were to be rewarded for it, it was imperative that the person of Allah, the Almighty, should remain behind a veil. . For, belief in visible objects can earn one no approbation. . We see the sun; we believe in its existence, but we are not rewarded on that account. Similarly, the mountains are visible objects and we do believe that they are very much there, but we get no reward for that. . SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL AGENCIES. Since the creation of man called for perfection of spirituality which depends on divine approbation and keenness of spiritual insight, therefore trials and ordeals should naturally interpose as necessary adjuncts to refinement and evolutionary progress, for, trials and ordeals are experienced, usually, in the attainment of difficult objectives. It was, therefore, essential that the person of God should remain hidden, otherwise the scheme laid down for the spiritual progress of mankind would have failed. And with an invisible God, it was necessary to have some physical as well as spiritual means of seeking to conform to His will. The spiritual agencies consist of the pure constitution of human nature besides angels. . The material means comprise matter and the law of dynamics. Therefore the existence of angels or of matter give. =