Genesis 1-11 covers the beginning of all things including
life itself. God is the creator, and as such, he has no beginning and therefore
no end. Man (Adam) is made in Gods image from the dirt of the earth. Being made
in his image doesn’t make humans God. Humans are to do their best to be God
like, but they always have a weakness that Satan seems to ply on.
God’s relationship with Adam is
like the relationship between a father and his child. God walks and talks with
Adam. God places Adam in the Garden of Eden with the rule to not eat of the
tree of knowledge. Adam takes care of the garden. Man is also put over the
animals, but something is missing. Mans need of human companionship can be seen
in Adams growing loneliness. God sees that
Adam is lonely and creates woman from Adam as he sleeps. Adam wakes up and
knows that the woman was made from his flesh and names the woman Eve because
she would be the mother of all who live. She is his companion and his helpmate.
They belong to and have a dependency on each other. God joins them in marriage.
Human identity is clearly seen for
Adam and Eve. He is the first man and she is the first woman. He is the father
of all mankind and Eve is the mother. Without these two, there wouldn’t be a
human race.
It is human nature to desire what
isn’t good for you. Eve is confronted by Satan in the form of a serpent that
she could talk to and understands in the Garden of Eden. Satan talks Eve into
eating a bite of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and
evil. He tells her that she would become like God and that is why God didn’t
want her or Adam to eat of the forbidden fruit. Eve wanted to be God like, so
she took a bite. Eve never died right away as she feared she would. She urges
Adam to also take a bite of the forbidden fruit.
Man (Adam) is given the freedom of
choice. He fails and falls into sin when Eve (Woman) presents the forbidden fruit that
she had taken a bite from. He (Adam) blames Eve (woman) for his failure
with temptation. Eve, in turn, blames Satan. This starts a cycle of blaming
others for the sins committed and a theme of good verses evil that mankind
still uses today.
Adam and Eve feel shame at their
nakedness and cover themselves with fig leaves they had sewn together. When
they hear God approaching, they run and hide. God knows what they have done. Man
is banished from the Garden of Eden. Woman is to be ruled by her husband and
have pain during childbirth. Sins grow worse as time passes.
Sibling rivalry begins with Cain
and Abel. Adam and Eve’s first born son, Cain, kills their second son, Abel. Cain
was jealous of Gods relationship with his brother Abel. He killed him when he
became enraged from God not accepting Cain’s sacrifice but gladly accepting
Abel’s. Cain didn’t have to kill Abel but chose to take his life in anger.
Eve gave birth to a third son and
named him Seth. Seth took Abel’s place as the Godly bloodline. After Abel’s
murder, Cain’s bloodline was then seen as evil. The theme of good verses evil
is continued.
Over time, the world is filled with
sin and God has to bring a flood upon the Earth in order to attempt the
cleansing process of civilization. Noah and his family were the only ones that
God spared from the flood. God told Noah to build an ark and he told him what
size it was to be. Noah never questioned what God asked of him but obeyed his
command.
The land animals came two by two
into the ark. Then the flooding water comes along destroying mankind and all
land living animals, excepting Noah, his family, and the animals that came two
by two into the shelter of the ark. This great flood still did not rid the
earth of sin. Satan was still putting forth temptations to man after the waters
receded. (This great flood is mentioned in many various cultures and has been
scientifically proven to have taken place by non-believing scientist)
It is my understanding that God
sends the rainbow as a sign that he will never destroy the earth again by
flood. This reminds each and every human that God keeps his word and detest
evil doings. He regrets that He had to go to such lengths against humanity,
although civilization continues to fall prey to each evil ploy Satan continues
to parade before it. I know that God will destroy this earth one day and He
will give us a new world free from wrongdoing. It is sad that mankind is still
falling for Satan’s schemes into sin and that God would once again feel He has
no choice but to destroy this world.
I feel that as humans, we are
susceptible to sin. As long as Satan is there tempting humans, mistakes are
going to continue to be made against one another and against God. Once Satan is
destroyed for good, humans will be given their heavenly bodies and are to be once
more joined to God, then sin will no longer be.
Don't play the blame game with your spouse as Adam and Eve has done. Own up to your mistakes, seek forgiveness from each other and the Lord. Anything can be forgiven, but only with true repentance.
