There was only one law in the beginning.
Just one.
“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.”–Gen. 2:17
People want to act like God is some eternal killjoy, who is just
hovering about ready to strike you down with furious wrath and bolts of
lightning.
But, in the beginning there was only ONE law.
And Satan in his rebellion used a serpent, which by the way, was not a
snake. It was a dragon, or as we like to call them, a dinosaur. (Rev.
12:9)
He used it to tempt the first couple, in order to get them to fall.
He tricked Eve into breaking the one law. But, Adam was not tricked. He knew exactly what he was doing. (1 Tim. 2:14)
He knew it was wrong and chose to listen to his wife instead of listening to God. (Gen. 3:17)
Adam was Satan’s target. Adam had the dominion of the Earth. He was the one who needed to fall. (Gen. 1: 26-28)
Why Adam chose to ignore God’s Law is not given to us. Adam probably
explained it away, some how. I tend to think He loved Eve and did not
want her to die alone. Or perhaps he did not want to be alone again, if
she died after eating the fruit.
It’s hard to say, but when the first couple ate of the fruit they
quickly discovered why God had warned them. God’s laws are typically
designed to protect us.
Something changed in them. Their eyes were opened. God had created
everything good. There was no death. But, now there was evil present.
Death and evil, flooded into the world. (Gen 3:6-10)
Adam and Eve had fear, where none had existed before.
Evil was contained somewhere else, and now came upon the humans. It corrupted them and now corrupts all of humanity ever since.
This brought death. Death is separation. Remember, we are eternal
beings. Death is not an end. We have no end. We are made in God’s image.
We are eternal spirits. Death means separation. We die physically and
are separated from our loved ones on Earth. We then die spiritually and
are separated from God and our loved ones who are saved, forever.
Why?
In order to contain the evil. Hell/The Lake of Fire is a quarantine.
It exists in order to keep evil from destroying all of eternity. It was
created for Satan and his angels. It is a garbage dump outside the city
of God, where all filthy things are thrown, in order to not corrupt
Paradise. (Matt. 25:41, Rev.22:14-15)
Since Adam chose to follow Satan instead of God, He gave up the
dominion. That is why Satan is the god of this world. You go into
bondage under whoever overcomes you. If you give your authority to
another, they own you. (2 Cor 4:4, 2 Pet. 2:19)
And that is the state we live in.
We are born into this world, totally corrupted. Filled with fear and
evil, facing eternal separation from God and all things good.
We cannot do right. No matter how hard we try. We are under the
control of Satan and his demonic hordes who whisper into our minds and
get us to do whatever evil deeds they want. Seeking to rob us, kill us
and destroy us, because God loves us, and the demons hate God. They seek
to hurt God by hurting us.
And Satan sits and accuses us, day and night (Rev. 12:10)
He accuses us to God.
“Look at these creatures you created. They are filthy. They don’t
love you. If they loved you they would have stayed with you. They are
scum. Destroy them. Kill them. Punish them. They do all manner of evil,
and mock you. Destroy them.”
But God loves us, and He had a plan.
It was a plan started at the foundation of the world.
A plan that grew and spread and remained hidden from the enemy.
It started with Faith, in Abraham.
A way to be righteous. (Gen. 15:6, Rom. 4:3, Gal . 3:6, Jas 2:23)
Then, it moved to the Law, in Moses
In order to show us that we are sinners and cannot obey God. (Rom. 7)
A law that so happened to also allow for cleansing our disobedience through sacrifice.
Then, finally God himself came to Earth in the form of Jesus Christ
to save His creation from Satan and the sins that keep us in bondage.
Satan thought that Jesus was here to teach us to obey. He thought
Jesus was teaching us to follow the Law, which the enemy had already
corrupted with human philosophy, traditions of men and doctrines of
devils.
It would be a failed mission. Humans cannot obey. No matter how hard
they try. Satan had made sure of that by corrupting us in the Garden. We
are totally depraved.
Then, Satan and his demon princes killed Jesus. They used their human slaves in government and religion to do it.
He thought he won. He thought he had finally won.
He might have even accused us before God again. Just like he accused Job. (Job chapter 1 and 2))
“Look at those creatures. They murdered your Son. They obeyed me, not
you and killed you. Why do you love them? They spit in your face.”
And God smiled.
Because through His death, He had saved us.
So, that anyone who desires it can be free from the bondage of Sin, Satan and Death.
All they have to do is turn to God and ask Him to save them in Jesus name. (Acts 2:21)
But, that wasn’t the end.
God was not finished.
Because Jesus, was the lamb without blemish. He was not tarnished by
evil or sin. He was not worthy of death or separation. He was the
perfect sacrifice.
And death could not hold Him.
God Himself died for us and rose from the dead to prove that we are saved and justified. (Rom. 4)
We do not have to answer to the accuser. We do not have to fear death
or evil. We do not have to face wrath. We do not have to face Hell or
The Lake of Fire or separation from God. We are clean, righteous and
justified in Christ.
We are saved by God’s grace, through faith.
Because He, Himself came and set us free in His death and rose to prove it.
All we have to do is turn to Him by faith and ask.
And we are made righteous and justified forever.
We will be with Him in Paradise.
Where “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love
him. (1 Cor 2:9)
He has restored that which was lost. And He will continue to restore
all of it, back to what He originally created. (Matt. 18:11, Rev. 21,
Rev. 22)
Praise Jesus
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