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Garden
 Cast from the Garden?
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When I was young I was told that God had to cast Adam and Eve from the
Garden of Eden. I was told that I was born with "Original Sin" along with every other person born into this world. I didn't sin, but Adam did and God was willing to let go of me to satisfy That sin I played no part in.
As most people have believed.......
we accepted it and began dealing with it. I guess, since we were not there and have no first hand knowledge of the "Original Sin"......that we accepted it by Faith. Faith that it was true.
Now let us look at Adam. I believe it says in the scriptures that Adam
Walked and talked with God in the cool of the evening. That seems at first hand to be a very unusual statement. I could have said that many ways that I thought would have conveyed that thought more eloquently. I came to realize that "The Cool of the Evening" was...... not too cold, and not too hot,............ and not too dry,...... nor even too wet ................ in other words Adam walked and talked with God "In Perfection".
Ummmmmm, now I believe that there were 2 trees in this Garden that were very important. The first Tree was the "Tree of Life" and the second, "The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil". Adam was instructed to NOT eat of the second tree.
Now, I asked myself..... why was it called the "Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil? Shouldn't it have been called the Tree of Knowledge of Evil? I mean God is Good and Adam knew God? So in my mind, I said knowing God he already had the knowledge of Good. Right?
Well, here is a thought to ponder on. Adam did not know Good. Adam only knew God. He walked with God and he talked With God. So he knew only God.
Well, if that be true then..... what happened to him when he partook of the fruit of that awful tree?........ If a person knows Good and a person knows Evil...or if a person is taught that this is GOOD and that is EVIL, what have they learned???? (((smile))) perhaps Judgment?
Well, let us see what Adam did after he ate the fruit. I believe God came looking for him calling..."Adam where art thou?" and finally Adam came out from hiding and faced God..... God asked him, (knowing full well where he was) where were you? and Adam answered God saying, I was afraid and I hid, because I was naked.
Adam first learned judgment by judging himself to be naked and unworthy to be before God. I believe that Adam departed Eden because of the unworthiness he found in himself. Two things make me believe this....
1. God is Love. and
2. Adam now had fear.....
(remember the scripture..."Perfect love casteth out FEAR) so perfect love was not abiding in Adam any more.
So what did Adam lose in Eden? He lost his communication with God. (His Direct Communication) He found himself to be unworthy of walking and talking with God. Did he pass that guilt down line........ it sure seems like it...... cause we are still talking about how unworthy we are to be in Gods presence.
Well, the Livitical Priest hood was created just so Man (the Creation of God) would have some communication with God, but it didn't work. too good.
We must remember, God created us.......and then He looked upon what He had created and He Judged it to be "Good" What did he base that judgment on? He based it upon Himself. God compared the creation with Himself and said...."It is Good" After all He declared that we were created in His Image. Is not His Image Perfect.
Now we go to Jesus. Why did He come? To restore what was lost in 1st Adam? Only God would put all of his love into a Son and send that Son to His Creation...to become the Balm of Gilliad, or the Rose of Sharon, the Truth of God in the World, a light on the hillside, a beacon in the dark.
In the 17th chapter of John, Jesus makes a prayer. It is not an ordinary prayer. It is a prayer of acknowledgment. He had finished the work the Father sent him to accomplish. And none was lost except the "Son of Perdition" (the mind of man that caused the first separation from God) and this was only to fulfill the scriptures.
Read that scripture (John 17) only read it as though Jesus was praying that prayer for you.
Well, Jesus came 2000 years ago and still today there are those who
earnestly believe that we are UNWORTHY. In other words Sin still remains on Gods creation.....put there by man. We have heard that Jesus took away that sin, but man put it back again as soon as he looked upon the creation and RE-JUDGED it. So what we accepted in Adam by Faith we DO NOT accept in Christ Jesus.
I have a question to ask. When did you receive Christ? What did you FEEL when He was received? From out of your own eyes at that time........ Please tell me what you saw. Were there any judgments in you? Whom did you love the most...brother, parent, sister, wife, husband, child, friend, neighbor or stranger? You realize that at that time you were loving with His LOVE and not your own. What was
missing?....................................
THERE WAS NO JUDGMENT!! There was no Good & Evil. There was only God. It is really beautiful and so very simple how He first Loved US and is allowing us to become one with Him in that LOVE.
May the Love of Christ be part of you and may you be rooted in His truth, which is LOVE. May you step out boldly and commune with God, His Son & the Holy Ghost. He has all the answers to all the questions you are asking. As for me, the word was shared and it was shared through LOVE. The LOVE I have experienced I wish to share with you....... but you have to go to God to get it. It is a FREE Gift. There are no conditions to complete before He will let you experience it.
I Guarantee....... His LOVE will change your outlook on life.......... for a better which your mind could not possibly conceive without that LOVE.
In His Love
Ron
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