Then the eyes of both of them were unclosed, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made girdle skirts for themselves.
Genesis 3: 7, Concordant Old Testament
We've all heard of the fall. That day in the Lords garden that His creation suddenly disobeyed His instructions and took of the forbidden fruit. Indeed, Adam and Eve had been warned by the Lord never to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil {Genesis 2:17}. So, it's not like we can say to the Father, "Hey, why didn't you warn me about this stuff?" The Lords instructions to Adam were clear. So, then, why the fall? Well, enter the serpent, more cunning than any other beast of the field {Genesis 3:1}. It is argued, and well known by many believers that this serpent was, in reality, Satan the accuser. What do we know about Satan? Well, we know that he was once honored among the Lords creation {Ezekiel 28:12-15}. Yet, as the most beautiful of the Lords creation, Lucifer eventually became filled with pride in himself and began to feel as if he were better than God {Issaiah 14:12-14}. Basically, Lucifer began to think of himself as an individual, separate from God. It is this notion which he would soon introduce into the hearts of the Lords creation in the garden {Genesis 3:4-5}. So it was that from the moment in which Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and after taking of it, also offered it unto Adam who was with her, both of their eyes "Were unclosed, and they realized that they were naked" {Genesis 3:7}. In essence, this was the moment by which everything changed for us. For this is the moment in which sin entered into the world. Yet, this was also the moment by which our redemption through the second Adam, Christ Jesus, was put into action. Indeed, Jesus is that second Adam, the first in line of a new creation. The apostle Paul speaks to Jesus as the "Last Adam" {Paul to the Corinthians (1) 15:45-47}. The first man was out of the earth, while the Last Adam is the "Lord out of heaven" {Paul to the Corinthians (1) 15:47}. Can this be the reason by which Paul referred to those in Christ as a new creation {Paul to the Corinthians (2) 5:17}. Indeed, for the old has passed away. From the moment Eve took of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, this new creation had been set in motion.
If there is a soulish body, there is spiritual also. Thus it is written also, the first man, Adam, "Became a living soul:" the last Adam a vivifying spirit. But not first the spiritual, but the soulish, thereupon the spiritual. The first man was out of the earth, soulish; the second man is the Lord out of heaven
Paul to the Corinthians (1) 15: 45-47, Concordant New Testament
The question was raised this week if God knew beforehand that His initial creation of man would fall into sin. I would say that this was definitely the case all along. For nothing escapes the Lords notice. So it is that from the moment Eve took of the forbidden fruit in the garden, everything changed for all mankind. Yet the work of the serpent remains an issue to this day. For there are many who stake the claim that, as a result of the fall, that mankind is now separated from God. You will hear this message echoed throughout the halls of the mainstream church. Remember how Lucifer got it in his consciousness that he was separate from the Lords creation? That he was somehow a separate individual? Well, welcome to the mantra of the institutional church. The church has made it clear that mans separation from God is a reality. Yet it is through the redemption of Christ Jesus, the second Adam, that our new creation has come into being. Now, just because the philosophy of the mainstream church seems to deny this truth does not make it a false teaching by any means. The truth is that we have never been separated from He who created us. For we were formed in His very likeness {Genesis 1:27}. Jesus Himself has also proclaimed that we now live in union with He and the Father {Johns Account 14:20}. Does this scripture sound like we are separated from God? The only place I have heard this separation doctrine spoken is from the pulpits of the church. It is the true word of the Father that proclaims our true life in Him.
~Scott~
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