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I've been a born-again believer in Jesus Christ for almost 25 years now. Have a tattoo of the Alpha and Omega on my right arm. Here's what I've learned, after reading through the Bible a few times, cover to cover.

God most certainly has an "end game" in mind. Something that benefits him and all of humanity.

Whoever asserted that God did not create people with free will is wrong, plain and simple. We've always had that, and always will. Don't believe me? Look in the bible. What was God's first task for Adam? Tend the garden of Eden, and name all of the animals. Can somebody think of a name, or think of any kind of choice at all without some kind of free will? Of course not.

Free will gave Lucifer the choice to reject God, and become Satan. Free will is what lead Eve to believe Satan's lie, and eat the fruit of the one single tree God asked her and Adam to stay away from. Free will is what allowed Adam to choose to follow Eve's bad decision, rather than to uphold what was right. Free will is also what Jesus used when He decided to follow God's will to die for all the sins of the world, later to rise again. There are countless and countless examples of man using free will in the bible, both in good ways and bad. God created free will, and expects us to use it. We are all held accountable by free will. God is loving, but He is equally just and righteous.

Your entire life is predicated on the concept of free will. You have a choice on whether you accept God and what the bible teaches. Or you can choose to reject it and try to find meaning elsewhere.

When it comes to Heaven, the idea that all it will consist of is sitting on clouds and doing nothing is just a simple cliche. The bible talks about heavenly cities of gold, with lakes made of glass. It says that those in Heaven will finally be given complete, unending access to worship God, and to know Him intimately. It's more than the human mind could ever fully comprehend. We'll see things with new eyes, smell new smells, be far more capable of preforming new actions we can't possibly dream about now! There'll be no more sin, no more pain, no more tears. Just unending worship of the eternal being who created the entire universe and everything in it. It's more wonderful than one could possibly imagine.

This would be humanity's benefit, which I mentioned earlier. God's benefit is that He will be reunited with the only creation made in His image, fully reconnected with those whom He loves.(As for the people and angels/demons who reject God, our benefit is that they'll be fully punished for the evil they caused, and earn the judgement they've deserved for so long.)

Again, don't just take my word for it. I'm paraphrasing heavily, and have probably made a mistake or two in this post. Please read the bible for yourself, and decide what you believe.
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