2A The purpose of God in the universe is to produce a group of people who will be exactly the same as He is; this is the unique subject of the Bible—John 1:12-13; 1 John 3:2:
42 God's purpose is accomplished by the divine life dispensed into His chosen and redeemed people; as God's life is wrought into His people, a metabolic reaction takes place within them that causes them to be transformed and become the same as God—John 3:15; 1 John 5:11-12; 2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.
5B Man is a great word in the Bible—Gen. 1:26; Psa. 8:4-6:
61 神的心意在于人,神的思想集中于人,神的心也在人身上。
61 God's intention is with man, God's thought is focused on man, and God's heart is set upon man.
72 完成神计划的是人,彰显神的是人,击败神仇敌的是人,将神的国带到人类中间的也是人。
72 It is man who fulfills God's plan, it is man who expresses God, it is man who defeats God's enemy, and it is man who brings the kingdom of God into the human race.
9C The eternal purpose of God is to have a corporate man to express Him and represent Him; this was God's purpose in creating man—Gen. 1:26-28; 5:1-2; Eph. 3:11; 1:9, 11.
18Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msgs. 5, 12; CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, “The Meaning of Human Life and a Proper Consecration,” ch. 2; CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “The Divine Economy,” ch. 2