SATURDAY April 22, 2023
Earth Day
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:1
The first sentence of the Bible establishes that the earth was created by God. He is the One who gave authority to Man to take care of the earth. God entrusted Adam to tend the Garden of Eden: Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to tend and keep it (Genesis 2:15).
In God’s wisdom, He created a world in which we, as its inhabitants, could thrive: “...I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food” (Genesis 1:29). In fact, at one time, God watered the entire planet: ...a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:6).
When Adam and Eve sinned by eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17; Genesis 3:6-7), there were disastrous consequences. God told Adam what would happen to him physically and the extreme changes that would occur to the earth:
“Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:17-19).
Life would become very difficult for Adam and Eve. The earth would not yield its food so easily; this meant hard work for the rest of Adam’s life. As Adam was created from the earth (Genesis 2:7), because of his sin, he would eventually die physically, and his body would return to the earth.
Did you know that when Adam and Eve sinned, they immediately died spiritually? Since then, every person is born in sin and will eventually die physically. Jesus came to the earth He created, to die on the Cross for our sins. There is hope of restoration, and we can become spiritually born again.
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
~John 3:3~
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