ADAM and EVE

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:21-25
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man he made into a woman, and he brought her to the man.
And Adam said:
‘This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.’
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and they shall become one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

God created them in His own image. Woman he created out of man so that when they came together they would be complete as one. Even the names given show that together they complete each other. Eve means giver of life. Adam means humanity, mankind. They were ideal mates, naked before each other.

Let us look at he word naked as it is used here. We all know it means without clothes. Lets continue: without covering especially the usual covering. Without addition, disguise, or embellishment. In other words the real Adam and Eve, no secrets, nothing hidden, totally open to each other.

Life will never be quite the same again for along time. True marriage is a unique and exclusive relationship.

Adam and Eve were independent and co-dependent. They were jointly responsible for the welfare of the world and of their children.

Because of disobedience, the closest human relationship is spoiled. In relationships all through the Bible and in world history until today, we see this curse played out, they were created together. Neither more than the other. One act and man and woman have been chosen to go their own way, disregarding the God who gave them life.
They have to leave the garden forever. They are alone apart from God, yet only half alive without Him. Woman must now suffer childbirth, the most fundamental human process. Man’s work will now be sweat and toil. Death is only a matter of time. God’s word was true.

What Adam and Eve did in disobedience ended in death. Because of Jesus’ death we can now have eternal life.

God Bless
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