“Is the greatest truth about Adam and Eve and the fruit that it happened, or that it happens? This story, one of the first in the Bible is true for us because it is our story. We have all taken the fruit, We have all crossed boundaries. We have all made decisions to do things our way and then looked back and said to ourselves, ‘What was I thinking?’ The fruit looked so great to Adam ad Eve for those brief moments, but the consequences were with them for the rest of their lives. Their story is our story. We see ourselves in them. The story is true for us because it happened and because it happens. It is an accurate description of how life is. The reason the stories in the Bible resonated with so many people over the years is that they have seen themselves in these stories.” (Velvet Elvis, pg. 58-59).
While I believe that all this happened, I don’t know if the major emphasis should be that it happened, but as Rob Bell says, “that it still happens.” This story portrays our condition better than anyother. We buy into a lie, we cross what God tells us not to cross, and then as an effect, we are really messed up and in the need of someone to fix our problem. Thus, out of the problem, comes the actual love of God. It’s the love that rescues us, His son. It’s really quite beautiful.
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