Judaism ForumWHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL SIN? ANYONE? TRY THIS!Dear st If this were true, what's the difference between King Saul and King David? Both of these men disobeyed God and when you compare the two men's crimes, it would seem that David's transgressions were greater. And yet David is remembered as the Man after God’s heart, but Saul is divorced by God. If this were true, why would God send his son to die on a cross – would not the law of Moses have been sufficient? Obedience to what? Obedience for what? Is God an unwitting parent that tells His children to do this, or do that, requiring obedience simply because “I told you so”? Would God tie the weight of 600 + statutes around the neck of the children of Israel and say, “I know you’ll fail and when you do I’ll kill you?” Is that what God is like? Of coarse it’s not! Would God place Adam and Eve in the garden, knowing in His Omniscience that man would fall, only to sadistically judge man for that fall? The trifling response of obedience reflecting God’s plan and purpose here in Eden cannot possibly deal with these issues. So what is God's purpose and how does one take part in it? There is a little known but very lucid abstract of God's plan and purpose found in the book of Ephesians. Paul writes, " . . . this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ and to enlighten everyone about God's secret plan - a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things. The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 3:8-10) A lot of information is packed into these short verses, but a few essential components come screaming to the forefront. The first disclosure is that the true purpose of God was kept hidden throughout the ages, and only revealed after the life, death and resurrection of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. The next staggering eye-opener discloses why His purpose was veiled in secrecy for so many millennia. God is engaged in the process of revealing His multifaceted wisdom, or "His glory" to the entire angelic host, and the phrase, "rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms" implies both the fallen (Satan & his angels) and the righteous angels. And finally, the most significantly revelation for you and I is that God is in the process of disclosing His glory to these "rulers and authorities" through the Church. As important as it is, the big picture of God's purpose entails far more than just the salvation of humanity. There's an unseen drama here with sub-plots of strategic maneuvering and intrigue. The theme and substance of the story of the ages actually has God, "who has created all things" disclosing His very glory to an unseen realm through simple human vessels like you and I. Talk about significance, talk about having real meaning and value by which the infinite creator has endowed on mortal man. Platitudes and descriptive adjectives could build a ladder to the sun and still never be enough to define the measure of purpose God has granted to those he calls His children. Moving back into the garden, it’s clear that Adam and Eve are judged for their disobedience, but what does obedience reflect – it reflects faith. It’s the substance of faith that God wants to weave into the fabric of all our lives, and that’s why He placed the orchard of Eden around the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Satan didn’t create this tree - he is this tree, and the catalyst to inspire the substance of faith into the human heart. |
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