Genisis #

It is interesting to read this chapter and really think about the meaning of what happened here. First you have the serpent who tells Eve hey you don't have to listen to God he just doesn't want you to know what he knows. Then you have Eve who gives Adam the fruit without telling him where it came from. This really gives women a bad reputation. After all aren't we condemed by this action for life?

So they eat the fruit and now they realize that they are naked? What is the meaning here? Why is it bad for them to be naked? It seems that the message here is that it is bad to be naked. Why? I really wonder about this.

So then here comes God and he finds out that they ate the fruit. So now the snake is cursed for life (no wonder I am deathly afraid of them it was God's plan), Eve is now going to suffer monthly plus have very painful childbirth and Adam now has to work really hard to care for his family. All because they know the difference between good and evil? (I also love the way they each throw the other under the bus. Adam claims it was Eve and Eve claims it was the snake.)

So what did the tree actually do for us? As humanity we became cursed and have to live our lives outside of the Garden and being in the grace of God. And if we know the difference between good and evil why is it so hard to do the right thing? Temptation is all around us on a daily basis. Making the right choices can at times be very difficult.

Luckily we have the events of 2 days ago, Jesus' ressurection! This event saved us all from sin and death. Our God is an awesome God, one who truly loves us. All we have to do is believe in Jesus and try on a daily basis to do the right thing. Not so hard right?