15 Days Through the Bible: Day Three

15 Days Through the Bible: Day Three

God's declared His creation very good and rested. Mankind was placed in the garden and the relationship between the created man and his God was set in motion. 

God set the boundaries of the relationship and mankind understood those boundaries. Someone else was listing to the exchange. This someone hated God and desired to destroy all God loved.

The envious Satan waited for his chance manipulate and confuse the creation of his enemy.  Satan in the form of a serpent planted the idea that God was  not to be fully trusted. He implied that God did not have their best interest in mind when He denied them the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Once her eyes had been diverted from love to the a new desire, and doubt was allowed to take root, it was over. 

 
All Satan needed Eve to do was look and desire what she had been "denied". Satan believed he had won.
Adam and Eve were unsuccessful at keeping their side of the relationship boundaries. Their impulsive actions put them in harms way. Like a child that ignores the parent and darts into the street after a runaway ball.
God, being a loving parent, disciplined them and then removed them from the consequences of living forever in the sinful state. They could not be allowed to eat of the tree of life. This tree would have to wait until sin had been removed from their hearts. The price must be paid.

He forced them from the garden. God then put in motion His plan to teach them that He is to be trusted. He is their loving Father, Redeemer, Shepherd, The One who is the giver of all good things, The Source of Truth and Life, and their Rescuer.
Once God gave the consequences of their choices He also gave a promise for the future.

He shares a cryptic promise that Satan will be defeated through the seed of the woman.
The rest of the Bible will be a search for the One, The Redeemer of mankind.

God was not surprised by what happened. God who knows the beginning from the end cannot be surprised, nor can he be disappointed, as disappointment implies a surprise.  He knew, He chose, and as we will see He paid the price for our choice so that the relationship could be restored.

He chose, now we can choose. It cannot be explained how both are true, but both are true. 

Do I understand how that works? No.
Is it possible for my created mind to understand the mind of the creator? No.
Can I trust Him anyway, even if I don't have all the answers (like Eve)? YES!!!
I can choose life, even if I don't have all the answers. God makes me able to choose Him, and I do, or don't. God knows and He can be trusted.



Todays Scripture:
Genesis 3:⁶ The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. ⁷ At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
⁸ When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man^[a] and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. ⁹ Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
¹⁰ He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

(TO THE SERPENT)

“Because you have done this, you are cursed
    more than all animals, domestic and wild.
You will crawl on your belly,
    groveling in the dust as long as you live.

This next verse as the Proto Evangelium. The First Prophecy
¹⁵ And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike^[b] your head,
    and you will strike his heel

Hope Wirta