Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Human's sin. Sinless creations give into temptation and sin. Man's first sin didn't result in the instant disappearance of mankind. Satan would have enjoyed that don't you think? Seriously. The death of the human race. The death of a race of created beings. Beings that didn't exist until God created them and created them in His image. Angels weren't created in God's image, only mankind was created in God's image. Some might argue that angels were created to be more like God than man, angels are spirit and God is spirit, even so, man alone was created in God's image. We were created a little lower than the angels and yet the angels are to minister unto us.
Psa 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Heb 2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
Heb 2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Heb 2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands
Heb 1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Heb 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Angels are to be ministers to those who shall be heirs of salvation. Surely Satan would much rather mankind just disappeared upon succumbing to sin. Instead mankind didn't just disappeared but they opened themselves up to all of Satan's wile, all His deceptions. If mankind wouldn't just go away then capturing them was the next best thing to keep God from having them.
2Ti 2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
What was the first thing God did after man sinned? He didn't know where they were did He? We chuckle and say of course He knew, He knows everything. Yet this indication of God asking revealed what?
Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Man had separated himself from God. The unbroken connection between God and man was now broken. Man hid knowing He'd done wrong. God didn't abandon man though. The first thing God did after man sinned was seek him out- 'Where art thou?' Man hadn't poofed into non-existence, there was no instantaneous disappearance in death. Man had created a separation between Himself and His creator- just as Satan had created a separation between Himself and God because of sin. However angels were created spirit beings and not fleshy at all whatsoever. In all our newness, our newly created existence we were created with flesh- we were given a solid form as well as a spirit that was connected to God. Sin disconnected that part of man from God and brought about the corruption of the flesh into something called death, something an angel had never be subject to- death. Man's flesh instantly began its slow descent into corruption- the nakedness revealed was the connection severed from God. Only God didn't want to be separated from mankind. Instantly He sought him out-
'Where art thou?' God asked. He didn't have to do that, He could have remained silent and let sin-filled man fend for Himself. Some say that He did because He only ended up passing sentence upon them and cast them from the garden of Eden, He didn't immediately take them under His wing and absolve them of their guilt. Sin was something much too grievous to do that. Much like our lives and how we deal with criminals -- we've labeled crimes as misdemeanors or felonies, the misdemeanors being minor crimes compared to the more serious felonies. Sin by it's very existence is the cause of all crimes great or small, something with such power could not be ignore. Every single bad thing great or small that we can imagine is the result of sin. Yes, God past judgment upon them but He didn't leave them without hope when He did so.
Gen 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Between God's chosen and Satan there would be a hatred, Satan's head would be wounded even as Satan would wound the heel of the seed of God's chosen.
God, right there in the presence of newly sinning mankind revealed that there was a plan in place for God's chosen to prevail over Satan. The bringer of sin to mankind would be destroyed.
God from the start sought a reconcilation with mankind- not abandoning them, and all through history He's continued to bring the reconcilation to mankind. In times before Christ it was through a sanctuary service that pointed to Christ, and then after Christ (the woman's seed to be bruised) it was through Christ Himself and it's remained that way, and until man is fully reconciled to God again, the separation completely healed and sin is no more it will be Christ who reconciles us to God. One day the breach will be gone, the full reuniting will take place and I pray to God that we, through His Son will find ourselves joined with Him once again, that we'll be among the forgiven, among those surrendered to God fully.
By the mercy and grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God now and forever!
Amen.
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