God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding …

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God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart. God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him. The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.
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