and here it is setforth in plain english what is otherwise set forth in metaphor. thus is the meaning. i.e. the reson. i.e. the existence.

in other places we referred to God as being the abuser, the step father that moves in and has his way with his new twelve yearold step daughter who's just starting to look like mily cyrus.
the best and the brightest are the ones that God wants.
and the fools who follow him are the dumbest and slowest. the human tomatoes of the world whose candles have burned out long before they were ever born.