The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 3:6-7,
"When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves."
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"When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves."
Here in two short verses is the account of the fall of mankind from God's good graces, from God's predetermined will for this couple and God's purposes in his creation of mankind.
Following the serpent's influence with Eve and Eve's influence with Adam, they both turned against their Creator, reached out for the forbidden fruit and instigated the great tribulation mankind has lived in ever since. Apart from these two verses, how difficult it would be for us to understand the nature and purpose of Jesus Christ being born into the human family and suffering on the cross! I don't know if we could understand the book of Romans, let alone the entire New Testament and so many other things if these two verses were not provided us.
Certainly God was not unaware this was going to take place when he created mankind with a free will to exercise. In God's eternal counsel, in creating mankind in the first place, he desired a people for himself. Not a people without passion and desire, not a people that were simply puppets or robots or whatever. He wanted a people to commune with, people who want him as much as he wants them. A people to share his heart with, his love with. That can only come by filling his kingdom with people who desire him.
This is the story of God's creation of mankind and the peril they willingly placed themselves in. Throughout the remainder of the Scriptures, right through the book of Revelation, we learn of the stunning ways in which God redeemed a people for himself from this fallen condition while expressing his heart of love.
Such an amazing story!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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