In the Place of Adam
In a sense, when Christ died upon the cross and restored our Sonship, he stepped into the place of Adam. He then became the first-born among the dead, and is able to grant eternal life to others. This is a well-established theme in the Bible. Let’s look at a few passages: Col 1:18-20 [NIV] 18And […]
Sonship in the History of Man
Adam and Eve God created Adam and Eve to be one. In Sonship, there is no male or female. In this oneness is hidden the mystery of the Christ and His Bride, the church. He is head of the Church and One with the Church. Actually before the Fall, Eve’s name was given by Adam […]
Scripture Specific to The Two Trees and The Cross – Part 2
Man chose the path of sin, death and distance from God. Adam & Eve were given a wide road to life and a narrow road to death, but they chose to eat of the tree of death. All future generations of men were born eating only of this fruit and knowing only this existence. Yet, […]
Two Trees
In the beginning, God put two trees in the middle of the garden of Eden: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Tree of Death God commanded Adam and Eve to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, lest they surely die. This […]
Questions for Review – The Fall
God gave Man everything, but we chose to live this life without His guidance. This has led us to misery, pain, and death. God desires that we be His children, growing into His Likeness, in perfect fellowship and community, governing His creations on earth. After choosing his own way, natural Man is now subject to […]
Consequences of the Fall – Part 2
Yesterday – we discussed the first four consequences of The Fall. Today, we continue: We lost eternal life in God. Man is doomed with all creation to decay and perish. The tree of life is out of Man’s reach after we were cast out of the Garden. How sad is it when earthly families break […]
Challenges from the Devil
We’ve been discussing Man’s fall from grace; and more specifically, the temptations the enemy invoked in tempting Man away from it. The devil challenged Eve with two things: whether God desires glory and perfection for Man (which would be to His glory) or not; whether God knows how to accomplish this goal or not. Eve […]
How the Enemy Helped Eve Doubt God
In the Garden, Satan tempted Eve to mistrust God’s good judgment: “You will surely die,” he said. Oh, how subtle is the devil! He challenged the judgment of God by pointing to an immediate consequence (death or no death) when the main issue was obeying God. He wedged himself between Man and God by getting […]
Passages on the Fall
Adam and Eve failed the test (temptation) as recorded in the Genesis 3, thus sin and death entered the world and snatched from Man the seed of his sonship of God. But Jesus triumphed over the devil, and more. He proceeded to willingly take on the will of His Father to become the sacrifice for […]
The Fall
God gave Man everything, but we chose to live this life without His guidance. This has led us to misery, pain, and death. God desires that we be His children, that we grow into His Likeness, in perfect fellowship and community, governing His creations on earth. After choosing our own way, natural Man is now […]