The
universe of God's creating is constituted of spiritual realities; these we can understand as we are willing to give up our material beliefs and yield to the Christ, the spiritual idea of being.
The
early story of humanity's developing concept of God and of reliance by godly men on His mighty power to bless, save, and heal is to be found in the period covered by Biblical history.
In
the allegory of Adam and Eve, an allegory which exposes the falsity of corporeal sense and the subtlety of its ways, God is depicted as questioning Adam, "Where art thou?