THE BLESSING OF THE LORD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD !

THE BLESSING OF THE LORD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ! Because they were made to partake of the nature of their spiritual he, the light within them had became darkness. The love had turned to hate. Their faith turned to fear. At that moment what was said about evil men 4000 years later, could have been said of Adam and Eve: "You are of your father the devil, and the lust of your father you will do." God has warned them it would happen. He told them the days they disobeyed and ate the fruit of God's tree, they would die. He didn't mean that their bodies would immediately stop functioning, and they would cease to exist. People sometimes think that's what He meant because they have such a misunderstanding of death. Also let me say this, people think that when someone dies that God needed a another angel; we are not in the class of angels. We are in the class of God ! But the fact is, no spirit being ever cease to exist. Once spirit beings are created, they are around forever because they are eternal creatures. Because God is life, to a spirit being, the true meaning of death is "separation from God, if that's spirit who is living in a body and that possesses a soul dies without the new birth, then that's spirit is somewhere either in hell or heaven: according to that definition, God's warning came to pass, not when Adam and Eve's body is finally surrendered to the effects of death some 900 years later. But the very moment they committed sin. The first instance they disobeyed, they disconnected from the life of God and died spiritually. THE REAL SOURCE OF THE CURSE ! Although the Bible doesn't say for sure, things might have taken a different course had Adam repented and taken responsibility for what happened. But he didn't. When God came looking for him in the Garden, instead of running to Him and confessing his sin, Adam hid because he was naked and afraid. He cowered behind the bushes and tried to cover up his shame. Since God is omniscient, Adam couldn't really conceal anything from Him. God knew where Adam was and what he has done, the whole time. He didn't have to wait for Adam to tell Him. He could have come storming in to the Garden, tearing things up and exposing Adam's sin. He could have pulled Adam out of his hiding place and said, "Don't you think I can see you in there, you naked, disobedient man ? But, that's not the way God is. He's a gentleman. In His kindness, he called out to Adam and said, "Where are you ?" To let them know he was close by. He didn't want to embarrass them. He knew they felt ashamed, so He dealt with them with graciousness and sensitivity. He gave them the opportunity to come to Him on their own, to regain their place by choosing to acknowledge their sin. But, they didn't take that opportunity. When Adam came out of hiding, God asked him the direct question: "who told the that our was naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ?" Rather than owning up to his rebellion, Adam blamed his wife. He said, "The woman whom thou givest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Adam's wife did the same thing when God said to her, "what is this that thou hast done ?" She shifted the blame and answered, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat "(verse 13). What happened next has been misunderstood for years. Through misinterpretation of the Scriptures, people have the idea that God responded in anger to Adam and Eve's sin and denial, punishing their sins by pronouncing curses on them and then casting them out of the Garden. But nothing could be further from the truth. The whole message of the Bible is that God still loved Adam and Eve, even in their fallen state--- as He has loved the whole world every since. He Loved Them so Much That He was willing to sacrifice Himself to save them from the spiritual death trap that had ensnared them. His immediate response was not to punish mankind for what they had done, but to redeem them from it. If that's true, then why did God release the curse ? You might ask. God didn't release the curse. Adam did, by putting THE BLESSING into the hands of the devil. Under demonic control, THE BLESSING became the exact opposite of what God had created it to be. THE BLESSING became the curse.