Now, concerning the laws and constitution of Heaven; these were not written down anywhere, because God had inscribed them on the hearts and minds of the individual human couple He had created. They knew what He expected and demanded. They understood how He wanted them to live and what He wanted them to do. The Lord God's instructions were simple: be fruitful, multiply, fill the Earth and subdue it. He placed only one restriction on their activities and it was for their protection:
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Take notice, the Lord God spoke to man. Why? Because the man is the leader of the house. He is to lead his family. Aside from this prohibition, they were completely free.
In the beginning, the Garden of Eden operated under Heaven's moral code. Every nation must have a moral code, or else the people will become a law unto themselves and do whatever they want, resulting in chaos, disorder and anarchy. At first, Adam and Eve had no consciousness of moral code; they lived in perfect harmony with the Lord God. There was no lying, or stealing, or sexual immorality or any other corrupt behavior that characterizes life in a fallen world. However, when the pretender's trickery and deceit led them to disobey God's one restriction, they discovered immediately the full weight of the Kingdom's moral code as it pressed down on them, producing a deep sense of guilt and shame.
The Garden of Eden and Heaven also shared common values. Part of being a citizen of any nation is agreeing with the expressed values of that nation. In the Kingdom of Heaven, the most important value is obedience to the will of the King. Through their disobedience, Adam and Eve revealed that t hey no longer shared the King's values, which is why they had to leave the Garden. The disobedience of Adam and Eve violated not only the Kingdom's moral code, but also its customs and social norms.
Please allow me to finish at this point, but I will continue with part 3 tomorrow.
Until then, keep seeking the Kingdom. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Genesis 2:16-17 Matthew 6:33
~~W.R. Luchie
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Take notice, the Lord God spoke to man. Why? Because the man is the leader of the house. He is to lead his family. Aside from this prohibition, they were completely free.
In the beginning, the Garden of Eden operated under Heaven's moral code. Every nation must have a moral code, or else the people will become a law unto themselves and do whatever they want, resulting in chaos, disorder and anarchy. At first, Adam and Eve had no consciousness of moral code; they lived in perfect harmony with the Lord God. There was no lying, or stealing, or sexual immorality or any other corrupt behavior that characterizes life in a fallen world. However, when the pretender's trickery and deceit led them to disobey God's one restriction, they discovered immediately the full weight of the Kingdom's moral code as it pressed down on them, producing a deep sense of guilt and shame.
The Garden of Eden and Heaven also shared common values. Part of being a citizen of any nation is agreeing with the expressed values of that nation. In the Kingdom of Heaven, the most important value is obedience to the will of the King. Through their disobedience, Adam and Eve revealed that t hey no longer shared the King's values, which is why they had to leave the Garden. The disobedience of Adam and Eve violated not only the Kingdom's moral code, but also its customs and social norms.
Please allow me to finish at this point, but I will continue with part 3 tomorrow.
Until then, keep seeking the Kingdom. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Genesis 2:16-17 Matthew 6:33
~~W.R. Luchie
