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Gods Story

There are very few stories out there today that are like this one, and even fewer with the impact that the story of God has had.

This is a story of a creator who made the world and all in it just to be betrayed by the very beings he made, and about how they fall from his graces, and with that came a world of suffering for all man kind.

It is a story of a God who, from the beginning, decided to save his creation, through suffering and pain he would do this, and through that suffering and pain he will not only save his creation, but will also make things how they were supposed to be.

This story will be told with an overarching view in mind, and it will start with Genesis 1:1-31, and go all the way through Revelation.

We will go over creation, the fall, redemption, and consummation, and come to a full grasp of the full story of the Bible.

Creation

Through Word

When it comes to everything that God has done, none of it can compare to his creation.

There can only be speculation as to why he would create a world for us to live in, and make it all perfect, and then hand it over to us.

I believe it can all be summed up into these words from Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God,” in the beginning he was there before all else was created, and he did not have to do it like a science project with trial and error, but through word.

Genesis 1:3–5 (ESV): And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

And God saw that the light was good.

And God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.

And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

We see here that “God Said,” and it happened, but that is where we see Jesus also, now we do not know it is Jesus until later in John 1:1–3 (ESV): 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was in the beginning with God.

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God, all things were made through him.

So, from creation we God, the spirit that was hovering over the face of the deep, and Jesus, who God through made everything, So, he spoke and it came in existence, in every account of him creating something it starts with, “And God said,” and it was made, but this is not the only thing we see through the creation account, we also find that there was no bad, because at the end of everything he creates we see in

It was very Good

Genesis 1:31 (ESV): “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”

So, it did not all start out bad, it was actually very good, from the light, to the stars, and to the ancestors who came before us (Adam and Eve), it was very good, but it did not stay that way.

Things went down hill really fast, just like after you feel like you have given your kids all, you think they want for Christmas, but they are still not happy because their selfishness takes over and you got the wrong brand of cloths, or shoes.

The kids had a little friend come along, and suggested they did not hear God right, which brings us to “The Fall.”

The Fall

Genesis 1:31 (ESV): And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.

And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

It was not just good in the eyes of God, but it was very good, but it was not good enough for Adam and Eve.

Now most would say, “Yeah but the devil made them do it,” but did he really.

With every disobedience there is a curse and this came with a big one.

The consequences of what would happen here in Genesis 3, would plague humanity for all time.

In Genesis we find Adam and Eve in the garden doing their thing, when along comes the serpent, and he was the most crafty of all animals that had been made, and this serpent appeals to all of the same things that the devil appeals to in us everyday, and that is the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, as we see in Genesis 3:1-7 Genesis 3:1–7.

(Read Gen 3:1-7) She saw that it was pleasing to the eyes, good for food, and good to make one wise, and she ate of it and gave it to Adam to eat.

This is so how it goes for us on a daily basis.

We look at something, and instead of discerning by the spirit, or our values, we see that it looks good, which incites an emotional response, and then we see that it could physically please us, and then we decide if it is good or not, and we do not head the word of God, and with that sin enters in.

It came through these three things eyes, flesh, and pride.

The Lust of the Eyes

Matthew 6:22–24 (ESV): “The eye is the lamp of the body.

So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.

If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money.

It is through the eyes that thhe sin came first, and it is no different for us, we see something and we decide it looks good to us, and we forget all that we have learned from God, or that he has told us and we make a choice based on that.

The Lust of the Flesh

Romans 8:6–8 (ESV): For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

When Eve decided that it was good for food she was giving into what her mind had already made up for her.

She all of a sudden had a desire to eat it, and there by satisfy her flesh craving.

Through this we see how the mind that is set on the flesh is death, because before that they could have lived forever, and now because of that fleshly desire death has become humanities one consistency that people cannot change.

The Pride of Life

Isaiah 55:8–9 (ESV): For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

For us as humans we are always trying to figure everything out, and for Eve it was no different here.

It was clear that God had told them to not eat of the tree, but she could not resist that one Statement that Satan made to her, “For he knows that when you eat of it you will be like him,” this would give her the opportunity to be able to think and be like God, but the only problem is that we cannot think like God, because as Isaiah says, his ways are high, and his thoughts are higher.

We are always trying to out smart God and make our own decisions separate from God, and most times it gets us into trouble, and when that happens we always look for someone else to blame.

With Adam and Eve we see them laying the blame game out when God came calling, it always seems to be someone else’s fault.

First when God asked Adam did they eat he blames God and Eve, Genesis 3:11–12 (ESV): He said, “Who told you that you were naked?

Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

The woman whom you gave me, this right here he blames God and Eve, and so God looks at the woman and says, woman what have you done.

Genesis 3:13 (ESV): Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

The devil made me do it, but there was only one problem, God looks at each individual and gives them each what they deserve.

Consequences

The problem with trying to get everyone else in trouble is the fact that if truth be told all have done something wrong and if any judge is just he will give each what they deserve, and that is no different here with Adam, Eve, and the Serpent.

The Serpents Curse

In Genesis 3:14-15, we God make the snake crawl lower than any animal on earth, he would be made to crawl and slither on his belly, and if that was not enough he would put strife between him, the woman, and her offspring, and he will bruise the heal, and the seed of the woman would bruise his head.

I believe we can see that today because I don’t know many woman who like snakes, and who does not call her husband or any other man to kill it for her, but we also see the first promise of Jesus here also, because that word there seed in singular, and the seed did indeed bruise the head of the serpent.

The Curse of the Woman

The woman also got cursed in Genesis 3:16, with multiplied pain in child birth, and to submit to her husband.

We see this today, I do not believe any woman can say that child birth feels physically good, and although it is fought against the submission is also still there we see Paul speak of it in 1 Timothy 2:12–15 (ESV): I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve; and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

So, even today this curse holds up.

The Curse of the Man

We also see the man get his curse by way of the earth, and that he would have to work all the days of his life to make ends meat in Genesis 3:17-19, and the fact that he would return to the ground that he came from so death came into the mix also.

Cast Out

So they all got cured no matter who did what, and not only did they get physically cursed they got eternally cursed, because they got kicked out of the garden, so they could not eat of the tree of life so they would not become immortal.

Everyone pays when they don’t listen to God, Genesis 3:22-24, and we see it again in Noah’s day in Genesis 6:9-17.

We also see that ech gets a final judgement individually in 2 Corinthian 5:10.

But God is a just God, he does not leave us with no hope because he does give us a way of redemption.

Redemption

The redemption that God continued to promise through so many would come through the Abrahamic covenant when he would make a promise that came through his faith in God, and seen through asking for Abraham to sacrifice his son that he had waited for, for so long (Genesis 22:1-19).

He provided for Abraham an offering, and through this we see an image of Jesus Christ because God did not withhold his son.

Moses

We also see God fulfill a promise of redemption through Moses and the Exodus.

God heard their groans and he responded with Moses.

Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV): During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help.

Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.

And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.

He remembered the covenant that he had with Abraham and chose to show mercy.

So, he called Moses, Exodus 3:9–10 (ESV): And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

So, through the man of Moses, who thought he was not fit for the task, God would save his people from captivity.

God always keeps his covenants, and it would continue with God bringing his people out of captivity again and again, and all leading up to the new covenant through his son.

Consummation