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Why did God, in all His knowledge, need to create anything and why not create humans and place them directly in heaven?

When God created humans, He put them in the paradise but because of their freewill and their transgression, they were exiled from the paradise of joy. The blueprint of parenthood that God has given humanity is the same that He personally established with us, not only as His special beloved creation, but also as His own children. We are the only creation that received God's breath of life. Parents desiring to have children know that there will be hardships, but out of the excess love in their hearts, pouring their love into an offspring satisfies their need to love. God created His economy of love and free will. As parents teach, guide, pose restrictions on their children in their formative years for their overall betterment, and eventually allow them freedom to make their own decisions, God does for us in the same way. Just as He prepared the world in the six days of creation to sustain humanity, He developed a pattern of love and parental instincts to bring forth children, raise them, teach them right from wrong, and show them all the necessary commandments to bring them to the knowledge of God. God Himself, as our Good Father, has done with all creation. Furthermore, He provided salvation for us to restore when we sin along the way, so to ultimately make us heirs in His everlasting kingdom.

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