Continued
from the last episode
Text
of Interest:
“But
as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God.”
1 Cor 2:9 – 10 (KJV)
Case Study Text:
“And
so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but
that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is
of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”
1
Cor 15:45 – 47 (KJV)
In the declaration of the mandate
given to the man, it was stated that the man should have dominion and not God
over the earth. This gave the man the license to be the rightful owner of the
earth, but the man has to confirm it by obedience to the voice of God. Just
like someone who has gone to purchase computer software that has pin (person
identification number) and it requires that for the authentication of the
software he must enter the pin. The situation stands that if he doesn’t enter the
pin, there is no way he can use the software though he purchased or received it
from someone. In that case, whatever might be the purpose of purchasing or
getting the software is defeated. And if he happens to be careless, and another
person sees the software and gets to understand the pin, that is the end of his
ownership of the software. To restore him as the rightful owner of the
software, there is the need to go back to the shop where he purchased the software
showing evidence and whatever that could help him claim the software.
However, the fact remains that in the
Garden of Eden, the tree of life stands and signifies something and the tree of
knowledge of good and evil equally stands and epitomizes something. This shows
that whichever tree that the man decides to take fruit from, is an indication
that he has pitch tent with what the tree and its fruit represents. On this
note, the choice of the man is a deciding factor because it will help to
further the course, presence and the influence of any of the tree that he picks
in his life. Also, whichever tree that he picks, he automatically identifies
with and as a result becomes subject to what it symbolizes. The right to make
choice gives man the right to have desires and desires give birth to lust and lust
gives birth to sin and sin gives birth to death. So as the man decided to
identify himself with the tree of knowledge of good and evil; it means that he
desired it, and such desire produced lust and that lust made him to disobey the
voice of God and as a result he sinned against God and this sin established death
in him (Rom 5:12, Jas 1:13 - 15).
Therefore, whatever the tree of
knowledge of good and evil stands for, is the producer of sin and death, and
whatever the tree of life stands for is the producer of righteousness and life.
However, as the man identifies himself with the tree of knowledge of good and
evil it means that he has submitted his right of ownership and dominion to
whatever the tree knowledge of good and evil stands for. So intentionally man
gave away the right that he has been given to possess, rule and manage the
earth, which by implication means that he gave his heart to whatever the tree
of knowledge of good and evil represents. As a result of that, whatever the
tree of knowledge of good and evil stands for, is by proxy or through the heart
of man or the core of man, dominate, control and manage the earth. Inasmuch as
the heart of man is in its hand, the kingdom of the earth is in its hand, this
suggests that whatever might be the product of man’s heart will definitely stem
from the idea it induces in the heart of man and such idea will begin to manifest
on the face of the earth. And as the ideas of this thing that the tree of
knowledge of good and evil represents started manifesting on the face of the
earth such as murder, vices and impishness started occurring and man’s heart
was full of evil. This shows that the kingdom of man has become the kingdom of
the evil of one!
Overtly, the reverse would have become
the case if the man had gone to take the fruit from the tree of life, it would
mean that God will through the heart of the man have firm control and dominancy
over the earth and the product of man’s heart will definitely be righteous and
life giving. That is to say that peace, serenity and tranquility will be the
order of the day on the earth and the kingdom of man becomes the kingdom of
God. Because the man’s heart has been given to the evil one to take control and
rule, he lost the opportunity to unite with God spiritually and as a result he
became earthy, the kingdom of God couldn’t come through him on earth. To
reverse this situation it has to take another (another Adam) man to do it
again, because man lost it man has to take it back but this man that will take
it must be spiritual and by Him the kingdom of God will come on earth.
Therefore, the First (Man) Adam is earthy! This is because he refused to take
the nature of God in order for him to be confirmed to the image of God. And as
matter of fact by default, he is not the man created in the image of God in
Genesis 1:26 – 27.
To be continued…..
Till I come your way again, keep on
basking in the Arena of Indubitable Truth!
Chukwuemeka C. Asiegbu
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