Sunday, November 6, 2011

God's first malediction...and it's not the one you think it is.

Reflecting on Tim Keller's sermon...
In Genesis 1 God creates dry land He calls it "good"
God also sees the plants of the Earth and calls them "good"
Light is separated from dark and it is "good"
God makes every living creature and sees that it's "good"
Finally, God creates man and woman and pronounces His final benediction saying all is "good"
Then, in Genesis 2, a flashback to the man in the garden, prior to the creation of Eve, and God says; "It is not good that the man should be alone..."
So, up until this point, God has deemed everything "good."  But suddenly, there is this "not good" thing.  It's pivotal because it's the very first time, ever, that something is "not good".
And what is this "bad" thing? - Being alone.
The first and original bad thing; loneliness...

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