We chose to know
evil...
the one and only
thing God asked them
not to do
was to eat of the tree
of the knowledge
of good
&
evil...
they could not
even comprehend
what sin was
at that point...
they were
blameless...
But the serpant
spoke to
Eve,
saying,
"You will surely not
die from eating the
fruit..."
There was some truth
to what
he said...
No, she would
not immediately
physically die...
[though I'm not
so sure she
could even fathom
the concept of
death
at that time...]
However,
As soon as
she ate of the fruit,
a different kind of
death would overtake
her...
much worse than
physical death...
instead it was
a
spiritual death...
she would now
know evil...
no longer would
she & Adam
be blameless
before God...
No longer would
God, their
Father & Maker,
walk with
them
in
the garden of Eden...
the curse of Sin
would affect
everything...
nothing would be
left
untouched...
It was then
that pain
would enter the
world...
suffering,
loss,
injustice...
everything wrong
in the
world
is a result
of us
coming to know
evil...
Sin...
a separation from
God...
a shift from what
God originally
created
as good,
perfect,
and beautiful...
I've often wondered
why
God decided to create
the world...
knowing that we would
turn against him...
knowing the result of
our disobedience...
knowing the pain he
would feel
seeing us suffer...
Did he create
us on a whim?
Did he know
exactly how
he was going to
form the earth?
Or
did he just
start creating?
Like I do
with my
paintings...
I suddenly
feel inspired to
paint or be
creative,
so I begin to
move paint
around a canvas,
though I choose
not to
think about
the end
product,
and just enjoy
the act of
creating,
working with my
hands...
Sometimes I
don't like
the way the
painting "evolves"
or comes together,
so I cover
it up &
begin again...
God did
that
when he sent the flood...
after men's hearts
turned against
him...
and then
he created
again,
sending a
rainbow
as a
promise
to never
destroy the earth
like that
again...
Again,
man turned
against him,
but instead
of starting over
again,
He sent
His Son,
God himself
in human form...
Word
became
flesh...
Author of creation,
entering creation
out of love
for his creation,
to show the Way
of holiness,
to show & pour
out his love for us...
because we
are his creation,
his craftmanship,
his sons & daughters...
to begin the reversal
of the curse...
which will be completed
when he comes once
again...
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