Today is the first day, of this blog, of my adventure/challenge of reading through the Bible in 6 months, and of Creation (in what I am reading in Scripture). I don't know how the blog will look every day, but I will blog every time I read. So here goes, for better or for worse:
Genesis 3: 14-19
God curses all 3 who have taken part in the first sin: Adam, Eve, and the serpent. My question is this: the serpents punishment appears to be one that will continue on through the generations, but is it the same for Adam and Eve? Is theirs a lasting punishment? Does it apply to all of humanity?
These thoughts come from reading the English version of the text, so does the "you" in the conversation refer to just Adam and just Eve, or is it a y'all meaning all of humanity from this day forward?
Genesis 3: 21
Even after God has made the declarations of punishment upon Adam and Eve, God still provides for them, giving them clothes. God shows compassion even after punishment.
Genesis 4:17-24
Lamech, 6 generations removed from Adam and Eve, tells his wives that he has 'killed a man for wounding me'. Who did he kill? Was it in his mind? Was it metaphorical? And why is this story randomly stuck into Genesis 4, in the middle of the story of Cain? What purpose does it serve?
Matthew 1:1-17
Why are the groupings of 14 generations important? Do they mark significant times in the history of Israel, or at they just good placeholders? Is 14 significant?
My overall thoughts:
The order, timing, and placement of all things and events are important. Family history is important. Knowing where we come from informs where we are going in life, and there is no separating our past from our present and future. I don't believe that our current and future lives are dictated by our past, but they are informed by the past. It is something that cannot be undone, but something that can be overcome.
We see this in Gods creation of the world, that each step informs the next. We see it in the development of the interaction between Eve and the serpent, between Adam and Eve, and between God and the brings that God created. We see that Cain's actions were still get generations later, and we see how Adam and Eve, and thus humanity as a whole, moved on from the tragedy of a murdered son and a murdering son who was driven out into the world, away from all he knew. God still overcame that tragedy, but the future events were still informed by the tragedy.
How is our life informed by our tragedies?
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