God made the mechanical universe, the plant and animal life, but this did not satisfy Him, for He wished to create a being who could respond to and understand Him, hence, He must create a being who has real life within himself. He can do this only by imparting His own nature to this being. He must make him in his own image and likeness. Man must be created out of the stuff of Eternity if he is to have real being. Humanity must partake of the nature and divinity of it is to have real life. So God made man from the highest essence of Himself and clothed this subtle essence with definite form.