"Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"
Yesterday in the first Chapter of Genesis we saw the creation of the world we live on and the universe around us. We read in the first 5 days of creation "that God saw that it was good." In the last verse of Genesis 1 we read that when God created MAN that "God saw everything that He had made and INDEED it was VERY GOOD."
Today, in Chapter 2 of Genesis, we will see more in detail, the creation of Adan and Eve.
Today's Key Verse: Genesis 2:23: "And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; and she shall be woman, because she was taken out of man." This verse would mean that women shares fully in all that man is.
Application: The needs of a marriage can be met only by the life long commitment that God intended marriage to be.
In the opening of Chapter 2 we see that God rests from His creative work. God did not rest because of fatigue, but because of His accomplishments. God is NEVER WEARY. By God's inactivity on the seventh day, He showed that He was satisfied with the work that He had done.
The start of verse 7 of Chapter 2 we now look in depth, at the creation of mankind. We see how carefully God creates Eden in order for Adam to use those personalities that God shared with him such as a love for beauty, (verse 9), the pleasure of meaningful work (verse 15), moral responsibility (verses 16-17), and the ability to name the beast of the field and the birds of the air (verses 19-20).
In verse 20 we see that Adam did not have a helper comparable to him. In verse 21 we see the first surgery, and God was the Surgeon. God's method of taking a rib from Adam, teaches us that men and women share a common identity: that they are equals. It means that neither are to walk behind the other or walk in front of the other, but to walk side by side, participating in God's gift of His IMAGE and LIKENESS.
God in creating Eve made her different, so that that a man and woman can bond together as husband and wife, to meet each other's needs for intimacy, lifelong commitment and support of each other.
When Adam met Eve for the first time it was a shocking and exhilarating experience, because the match was perfect. Standing before him was a mirror of himself, someone just like him, yet different. Adam called her Woman.
Adam was doing just as he had in naming the animals. The name he gave her, matched his own. She was a woman, and he was a man thus perfectly suited for each other. God even brought her to Adam and we have the first union of a man and a woman. What a Loving and Caring God We Serve.
Genesis 2 ends with Adam and Eve being naked. They were not ashamed, because they both only knew good. They were comfortable in their physical bodies, their sexuality, there relationship and their work, with no wrongdoings.
Tomorrow we will see the Fall of Mankind and God's promise of a Savior.
Heavenly Father, Thank you for this study today, where we see your perfect creation of this universe, and the creating of a woman from the rib of Adam to be his partner. May we always place you at the head of our marriages and households and say as Josuha said, "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord."
Amen
The market place is empty, no more traffic in the streets
All the builders tools are silent, no more time to harvest wheat
Busy housewives cease there labors, in the courtroon no debate
Work on earth is all suspended, as the King comes thru the gate
Oh the King is coming, the King is coming
I just heard the trumpet sounding
And now His face I see
Oh the King is coming, the King is coming
The King is coming, Praise God He is coming for me
"But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt boundifully with me.
Psalm 13:5-6
Have a God Filled and Spirit Led Day and May God's Richest Blessings Be With You All.
Yours In Christ
Cindi
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