The Reconciliation of Man and the Restitution of All Things
We will only briefly touch this massive topic. Hopefully after reading the recent posts about what Man suffered due to the consequences of the Fall, you see how much Christ has restored back to you through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension. You are more than being reconciled back to God. He enables you to […]
The Cross: Curse and Blessing; Death and Life; Sin and Forgiveness
We won’t dwell much on the story of Jesus’ death on the Cross, nor the prophecies pointing to it. Rather we will spend more time on the essence of it. Indeed this is an inexhaustible topic. The picture of death and the judgment of a rebellious son are all hinted at in the Law God […]
Two Trees – Part 2
In the beginning, God put two trees in the middle of the garden Eden: the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Tree of Life Genesis does not provide us much description about the tree of life. We know that it stands beside the tree of death, which means […]
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 […]
The Narrow Road Back Home
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, […]
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 […]
Scripture Specific to The Fall – Part 2
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 […]
Scripture Specific to 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 […]
Consequences of the Fall
The consequences of the fall are severe and grievous: Man lost the privilege to fellowship with God – thus the chance to learn wisdom from Him. Much of Man’s spiritual capacity in the spiritual life was shut down when the spirit of sonship was taken away. This means that Man is not able to communicate […]