Revelation
The first need of a human being on this earth is not God but good food for his life and a favorable environment for his physical comfort. This depends upon weather that is controlled by sun, rain, wind, etc. Therefore, the first humans believed the weather elements to be gods and started their worship. In due course of time, they observed that, unlike animals, human beings have been provided with unique faculties. They command a special status among all living beings, large or small. Hence, they thought there must be some higher mission of their life other than just completing their biological cycle, that is, eat, grow, reproduce, get old and die.
At some stage of this development, persons of supreme intelligence specially gifted by God were born, of course, at different times and in different regions of the world. Those who made worldly inventions and thus contributed to the physical comfort and knowledge of human kind were known as scientists. The holy people who revealed God were called Prophets. They provided spiritual guidance to humanity and were considered as God-incarnate, God’s son, God’s messenger, God-blessed, guide to God etc. Each prophet told people the mission of human life.
These messages were delivered in different regions of the world and during different periods of history; hence they were in different languages. They all believed in one Supreme Authority, the Creator; of course, they gave their own name to Him. We now address Him with the popular name God. Different methods of worship preached by different prophets for understanding Him were given different names, commonly known as religions.
