Gospel in a Cinquain–Verse 6
Failure
Bankrupt, Alone
They were exiled.
Worrying, Dismaying, Darkening
Pitiful
The consequence for disobeying that one rule...The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:15-17 (ESV) The rule and the consequence all in one simple verse. You shall surely die. What did that mean? Was man originally intended to live forever but now he would be mortal? I think so because of the tree of life. Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. Genesis 3:22-23 (ESV)
The curse was spiritual and physical.
I ponder this verse as well. It seems to make a separation that helps to explain the two parts of man....and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7 (ESV)
The body dies but must not have been the original intention in the beginning because they could eat from the tree of life and I am guessing that kept their bodies alive. But according to the verse in Ecclesiastes above, the spirit returns to God. It is His choice to send it to a place of torment to keep with Him. This is were the real Tree of Life comes in, Christ, and those who partake of that tree get to stay with God eternally.
AMAZING
New Christmas Angel – fun to paint again…I will redo this as it is just a draft.
