God’s purpose in creating Adam and Eve was not primarily to have someone to love (though that too) — it was to acquire a body.
As an incorporeal being, God cannot:
- Govern the physical world directly
- Feel the stimulation of physical existence (“As an invisible deity, God cannot feel any stimulation from this universe”)
- Be the parent of beings who have bodies
- Rule over visible creation without a visible representative
“The wise, all-knowing, and omnipotent God thought that it was most convenient to rule as an incorporeal being who could move around freely… Since God has no form, He can pass through things at will.” (CSG 138-167)
And yet: that same convenience is a limitation in the physical world. God appears in the spirit world as light — omnipresent but without presence in the bodily sense.
Adam was to become “God incarnate” — the visible expression of the invisible God. When Adam and Eve reached perfection, God would have entered their minds, and “Adam’s laughter would have been God’s laughter and the laughter of the universe.” The invisible God and visible Adam would have become one.
Three purposes of creating Adam and Eve:
- For the incorporeal God to acquire a body through Adam’s body
- To experience the stimulation of physical existence (“He would experience a vibrating jolt to His being”)
- To expand His domain from the vertical (spirit world) to the horizontal (physical world)
Why the Fall is so devastating
The Fall didn’t just damage the relationship — it deprived God of His intended form. God has been without a bodily representative for the entire span of human history. This is the context for understanding why True Parents are necessary: they fulfill what Adam and Eve did not.