If worship is the natural language of happiness, a question immediately arises: why do the sacred scriptures speak about worship in the language of command, obligation, reward, and punishment? Why do they repeatedly urge people to praise God, sometimes even warning of consequences if they fail to do so?
The answer lies in the difference between the ultimate intention of the Father and the educational role of the Word.
Human beings rarely perceive reality in its deepest form. Most people live within the visible line of events: success and failure, gain and loss, pleasure and suffering. Because of this, their behavior is usually guided by immediate motivations. They respond to promises of reward, warnings of loss, and appeals to duty.
For this reason the Word of God often speaks in a language suited to human understanding. Scripture calls people to worship God, promises happiness to those who obey, and warns those who turn away. This language functions as a form of instruction. It teaches human beings to orient their lives toward God even when they do not yet understand the deeper structure of reality.
In this sense the Word acts as an educator.
An educator sometimes encourages, sometimes warns, sometimes simplifies complex truths in order to guide the learner toward the right behavior. The goal is not merely to convey abstract knowledge but to shape the habits of the soul.
The teachings of Jesus Christ reveal this educational principle clearly. When he spoke about loving one’s enemies, he explained that loving those who already love us requires little effort. Even ordinary people do the same.
“If you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”
— Bible Matthew 5:46
The point is that actions performed in favorable circumstances reveal little about the deeper character of the soul. The true measure of a person appears when circumstances move in the opposite direction.
The same principle applies to worship.
When life goes well, praise arises easily. People naturally express joy when they encounter goodness. Even those who do not believe in God celebrate life when they experience happiness. Their joy itself becomes an implicit form of praise, whether they name its source or not.
From the perspective of the Father, the joy of any human being already fulfills the purpose of the gift of life. The cry of happiness from a believer and the cry of happiness from an atheist both express the same recognition of goodness.
But this natural praise does not yet reveal where the soul truly stands.
The decisive moment appears when happiness is not visible.
Imagine a person who has just been robbed. The event is real and painful. Several reactions are possible. The person might curse life and despair. He might attempt to ignore the event entirely. Or he might report the crime and continue with his life while inwardly praising God—not for the robbery itself, but for the life that still remains.
This response resembles the reaction of Job, who declared:
“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
— Bible Job 1:21
Job did not deny the suffering. The loss was real. Yet his praise revealed that the event did not define the ultimate reality of his life.
In this act of worship, Job behaved as if his life belonged to another line of existence—one where the goodness of God remained intact regardless of temporary loss.
Within the framework of the Relocation understanding of reality, this reaction takes on a deeper meaning. When a person praises God despite hardship, he aligns himself with the line of reality in which happiness and goodness ultimately prevail.
Worship becomes the act of living according to that deeper reality even when it is not yet visible.
The Word therefore urges people constantly to worship God because worship trains the soul to remain aligned with that reality. Even if a person worships for imperfect reasons—out of fear, hope of reward, or simple obedience—the act itself strengthens the connection to the reality where goodness fully exists.
This is why the educational language of scripture can emphasize reward and punishment without contradicting the deeper truth.
The promise of Paradise serves as a practical guide for people living in distress. It encourages them to orient their lives toward God. But the deeper meaning of Paradise is not merely a reward granted after obedience.
Paradise is the reality where the happiness that gives rise to worship is fully present.
Through worship the soul learns to live as if it already belongs to that reality. And one day, when the lines of existence are brought together, that hidden reality becomes the visible one.