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[ Jeepers, He('god") knows us better than anyone. He knows us better than we know ourselves. ]

I concur.. Could a human life's express purpose is to prove "to US" what we are made of.. meaning what we are capable of, or not.. Testing our qualia, hopes, and dreams.. or lack of them.. for our own information and judgment... Not to prove anything to God..

And that "the TEST" is not a fleshly test but a spiritual one.. A spiritual test of spirits.. inverted into the flesh for a time of testing.. Pure genius this test.. Humans self-sorting themselves into sheep pens of every kind and shape.. (John ch 10).. Or even into goat or pig pens.. And the prodigal son story(metaphor) carries more impact than we can know.. with only implied other options than those stated.. The prodigal son had many other possible options than the one taken.. Lived out daily by many I've known and been acquainted with.. sometimes with trajic results..

Indeed. God didn't need this heaven and earth, we did. He doesn't change, we do. It's not about this heaven and earth, but the next one when we will be "home" with Him.

From Genesis to Revelation, Alpha and Omega - "all that there is" unfolds to that final cause.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence. For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.– Colossians 1:15-20

God's Name is I AM.

To God be the glory!