Sacred Secret...{an excerpt}

Scripture after scripture emphasizes that faith in the one God must express

itself through love, justice, and mercy. In the bible, truth is captured

succinctly: God has shown us, O mortals, what is good and what He requires

of us. Across scriptures the hidden secret is this: all human beings form one

family under the one God, and the Divine purpose is fulfilled when we treat

each other with justice, mercy and love. This truth can be arrived at by

reason: fairness and kindness are essential for any society, so it is rational

that a just Creator would command them. It is spiritually profound: realizing

God’s unity with creation inspires humility and compassion. All humanity is

to honor God as a single indivisible unit. Creation’s teachings invite believers

to see beyond tribal or sectarian divisions. The “secret” is not mysticism but

the simple wisdom that belief in God’s oneness requires universal love.

The sacred secret contained in the Word of God is profoundly simple: God

is One, and we reflect that oneness by caring for all others.

Humanity has long yearned to know the ultimate reality. We seek meaning

in life, justice in the world, and assurance beyond death. Many faiths and

philosophies describe God as the very essence of truth and love. In this light,

divine revelation is often seen as the supreme answer to our quest: indeed,

it is characterized as God’s self-disclosure through which He makes Himself

and His will known to humanity. If God is truly omnipotent, omniscient, and

omnipresent, what is the greatest truth such a God could reveal? This

question lies at the heart of our exploration.

Truth is seen as a correspondence between belief and reality. If an

omniscient God were to reveal the greatest truth, it would reflect all that is

real and coherent. God is truth … He has not got it in Him to be anything else.

God is “truth”: metaphysically - God is opposed to all false deities, logically -

as the eternal wisdom who knows all things, and ethically - since His words

are without error.

The ultimate truth encompasses consciousness, and endlessness all at

once. The greatest revelation might simply answer why there is something

rather than nothing, how awareness arises, and how boundless love sustains

it all. In short, one can imagine the revelation affirming that love and

consciousness underlie all being. Scriptures and spiritual teachings offer

vivid intimations about divine truth. Jesus declares, “I am the way and the

truth and the life”, identifying the divine presence with ultimate truth. God

pervades every aspect of existence. His revelations are seen as the final

word of reality. Truth is experienced inwardly: the ultimate truth of all beings

is the very divine revelation that is enshrined within their hearts. Taken

together, ultimate revelation would affirm the unity and love that underlie all

existence.

What, then, might the greatest revelation say? A compelling answer is unity

and love. Perhaps the most profound truth would be that all things are

interconnected and beloved by God. Reality should be seen “as an

interconnected unity…the truth of everything is the divine revelation of God,

meaning that all beings are interconnected and one”. In other words, the

revelation might plainly state that every person and object is part of a single

sacred whole. We were created for relationship with the divine. We were

made for God and find rest only in Him. The revelation might explicitly answer

why we exist – perhaps that our purpose is to grow in wisdom and

compassion, reflecting the Creator’s nature. Knowing such a purpose would

transform despair into hope, as each person grasps that their life has cosmic

significance. The greatest revelation might boil down to a simple statement:

God is all that is, and we are always held in His love. This one truth would

weave together spirituality and reason by stating that the ultimate reality is a

unified, conscious love, and that we are inseparable from it. It would clarify

nature of God

the nature of God, humanity, and the cosmos in a single stroke. When such

an ultimate truth becomes revealed, its impact on human life is profound.

Learning that each person is part of the divine reality would give deep

meaning to individual life. Existential loneliness and fear of death would fade,

replaced by a sense of eternal belonging. This could foster greater self-worth

and respect, since harming another would ultimately be seen as harming a

divine part of oneself. A revelation centered on love and unity would create

radical ethical clarity. Evil and hate would lose their justification when all are

recognized as inherently connected. Society might move toward forgiveness

and cooperation.

Overall, such a revelation would transform our worldview. We would no

longer see existence as random or meaningless. Every challenge – ethical,

physical, or personal – could be viewed through the lens of a loving divine

plan. Many would experience hope and inner peace, since the final pieces

of the puzzle would be given. Even our relationships might improve, as

awareness of oneness breaks down barriers. In short, knowing the ultimate

truth would reshape all aspects of life and unleash human potential in

harmony with the divine will. If an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God

were to reveal the ultimate truth, it would likely be the unveiling of the unity

and purpose underpinning everything. This revelation – absolutely true by

definition – might say simply that all is one in an infinite, loving reality, and

that our purpose is to awaken to this unity. While human language may never

fully express such a profound truth, it could be conveyed in a way our hearts

understand. Even glimpses of this truth inspire awe and guide human hearts

toward love and meaning. The Father, Son, and Spirit are one, revealing

unity as the locus of divine glory. This unity is described as both spiritual and

relational, and is to be exampled in us where shared participation in the Spirit

binds diverse individuals into a single body in Christ. We belong to an

interdependent whole, demonstrating that unity does not negate diversity but

fulfills it. Self is released and the soul takes flight into the divine, untethered

by earthly attachments. This is the intimate oneness encountered in the

depthlessness of love and humility. Into the divineness of life the believer is

invited to communion through a unique union with Christ, echoing that

connected oneness permeates all existence. This is the intent of that sacred

secret – whereby such unity is a powerful witness to the world displaying a

visible oneness. Social justice and global reconciliation are practical

outworkings of divine oneness, as solidarity with the marginalized manifests

the compassionate unity of God’s people. This is the call to those who hear

to come out. To live out this sacred secret, believers practice contemplative

contemplative prayer

prayer, communal worship, and acts of service that cultivate conscious

awareness of divine oneness. Engagement with scripture and silence fosters

a receptive heart for God’s hidden presence within community and self. As

we embody the unity of the Spirit, we mirror the Triunal reality and become

channels of divine love in a fragmented world. Thus, the sacred secret of

God is not distant but intimately woven into the fabric of our connected

oneness, inviting us to discover the divine heart beating within every

community and every soul.

In the end, godliness is not the reward of the strong but the inheritance of

the yielded. As the darkness deepens, so must the light within us. The secret

takes form not just through disciplines, but through the inner life,

relationships, trials, obedience, and Christlike presence in the world. And as

the final hour draws near, may the sacred secret once hidden now be

revealed in us anchored in the invisible mystery of Christ within visible

rhythms of our life.