Shadow–Adam, being the first adam, Eve being the first eve. Created to have fellowship. That adam being the shadow of God, and eve being the shadow of his people.
Reality–The second adam being Jesus, and second eve being his people. Just as in the creation of Adam and Eve, Eve will be come out of Adam, which was always apart of Him(God). Fellowship realized.
Doesn’t this just blow you away in this reality!!
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Do most christians have a foundation of knowledge or insight to the scriptures?
Is it necessary?
Do we have others do it for us?
Do we actually study not read the bible, we have been accustomed to just read the bible, which is almost a sin all by itself. We have been told to read the bible in one year, or two year plan’s like it is a race?
We have been taught to read the stories of the bible as children, to learn the lesson of the time. It is like a manual of life that can be used when we come across the same storyline for us to use in our time of need.
This is what we have been taught, this is what we have done thru tradition or ritual, but is it the purpose of the scriptures?
I believe that it is so much more and so much more relevant to us if we see the bible as a story, a story of God and his kingdom.
For this to happen tho, we have to change the way we look at the bible, it is a story of God,his kingdom, and where they live.
It starts in Genesis 1. Enjoy the story!
Filed under Our walk
It seems to me that the basic question in the Garden of Eden was ” Who is in Charge here”!
I don’t know about you, but if I was to just wake from a deep sleep or a beginning of my life and seen the garden of a beautiful landscape, my reaction would probably be “Did I do that?!”. lol. My instincts would just takeover and assume that this creation was all about me, not for me!
A new creation I would be,unbeknowst to me, that I would think that I created this exquisite scene all around me. After all, I am the only one around! Therefore, I am in charge.
I, then, in my mind, must be a God!
But wait, a voice, where is that coming from? It is above me, but from where? I am the only one here.
This is strange. He says that He created everything that I see all around me, and above me as far as I can see.
Ok,So maybe I didn’t create everything around me, I thought I was something special. But He says, that he is God, the God of my creation and of my world. Wow, you mean he made me, and all these things around me,above me, and all the living things he made are for me. And He is going to come down to me from wherever He is and live with me?!
So the creator,author,God is going to live with me. Cool.
Now, my decision then is to decide whether I can make the important decision for life in this world and survive, or to believe that this God is the Life of all things that He has made.
We know the rest of the story, and its many trials and tribulations that man had to go thru to think that he was capable of Life.
So, Isn’t the first and only question throughout the scriptures, “Who’s in Charge?”
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