So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”~ Genesis 3:14-15
In what many regard as the first prophecy of reconciliation between God and mankind and the defeat of evil, the Lord completes His curse upon the serpent – but He does not curse His children. To both the man and the woman, He pronounces consequences – but His curse is reserved for the ground: its yield for them, and its role as their tomb. Even as He evicts them from the idyllic garden, He clothes their shame until the day mankind can be clothed with Christ (Gal. 3:27).
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The Renewal of All Things |
“Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.’”
~ Matthew 19:28
The God who created heaven and earth has planned a renewal – a reunification – and revealed hints of it immediately after sin separated them. His longing for reconciliation with us and His capability and sacrifice to enact it deserve our praise both here and hereafter.
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