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Genesis 3

 

  And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it all the days of your life.

What voice have you listen too, and what have you eaten of the world?

 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

The ground once blessed where we walked with God, yields the crop of sorrow, toil and sin.

 

 

 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her ^[Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.

The Father's rescue plan is woven into the tapestry of the story of man and his Creator.

 

 

And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever

Made in the image of our Creator,  the gift of eternal life was removed and paradise was lost.

 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

The Garden of fellowship, became a hiding place. God said; "where are you ?"

 So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.

Evicted by cherubim, the first Adam never to return.

 

 

 

 

Genesis 3:15 Christ fulfills through his victory over Satan the wonderful promise here spoken. See also Isa. 9:6; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31; Rom. 16:20; Gal. 4:4; Rev. 12:17.

The prophecy of promise. The second Adam will come and redeem us from the curse of the garden of sorrow and sin.

 

Isaiah 9:6

⁶ For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace.

 

Matthew 1:23

³ Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel—which, when translated, means, God with us.

 

Luke 1:31

³¹ And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus.

 

Romans 16:20

²⁰ And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you.

 

Galatians 4:4

⁴ But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law,

 

Revelation 12:17

¹⁷ So then the dragon was furious (enraged) at the woman, and he went away to wage war on the remainder of her descendants—[on those] who obey God’s commandments and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ [and adhere to it and ^[a]bear witness to Him].

Genesis 3:22 This sentence is left unfinished, as if to hasten to avert the tragedy suggested of men living on forever in their now fallen state.

The hope of eternal life, and fellowship with God now rest in those who have the testimony of Jesus Christ in them.

 

Matthew 16:25

For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].

 

Genesis 3:24 Cherubim are ministering spirits manifesting God’s invisible presence and symbolizing His action.

REVELATION 18 

"CHERUBIM"

³ And again they shouted, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! The smoke of her [burning] shall continue to ascend forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).

 
⁴ Then the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures fell prostrate and worshiped [paying divine honors to] God, Who sits on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah (praise the Lord)!

⁵ Then from the throne there came a voice, saying, Praise our God, all you servants of His, you who reverence Him, both small and great!

⁶ After that I heard what sounded like the shout of a vast throng, like the boom of many pounding waves, and like the roar of terrific and mighty peals of thunder, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! For now the Lord our God the Omnipotent (the All-Ruler) reigns!

⁷ Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself.

⁸ She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white—for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God’s holy people).

REVELATION 4

⁸ And the four living creatures, individually having six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come.

⁹ And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities),

¹⁰ The twenty-four elders (^]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin) fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out,

¹¹ Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created.

 

BELOVED; THORNS AND THISTLES WERE NOT GOD'S PLAN FOR HIS SONS AND DAUGTHERS, BUT A CROWN. YOU WERE CREATED TO SIT IN HEAVENLY PLACES IN CHRIST JESUS TO WALK IN THE GARDEN OF GOD, "A VAST THRONG", A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE OF GOD'S OWN POSSESSION.      Hallelujah!!!!!!!!