From reading Genesis, I find the world to be totally different than what we have today. We look back at that time and have difficulty imagining something other then Adam and Eve basically living in a forested area of our world.
Before the flood, the world was like an alien planet. It had a pink sky and twice the atmospheric pressure we find today. The plants and animals grew bigger and there were so many more different types which we do not find today. There was no rain, but a mist came up every morning to water the world.
Not only was the world different in the days of Adam and Eve, but Man’s relationship with God was different as well. Before the fall, man’s relationship with God was perfect. Adam and Eve were sinless, and they would meet with God in the evening to talk. When Moses spoke with God, he came back to the people with a glow from God’s Glory. I suspect that man had a glow about him that shone brightly and clothed him. Man was not walking around completely naked, but walked in God’s glorious light. After they sinned, that light faded and left them naked.
The Garden of Eden was where Adam and Eve lived and worked. They were given the task to cultivate and keep the Garden. When we think of gardening, we imagine a hoe and back-breaking work, but Adam and Eve did not live by the sweat on their brow. I think they were like Jesus when he was on earth. Jesus could calm storms, commmand trees, and even multiply food. If the second Adam could do that, why not the first? I believe Adam would order a tree to move to the side so that sun could get to another plant, and the tree moved. He ordered a stream to form so that a section of the garden had more water, and the stream flowed just when he wanted.
What changed all this? Why did man lose those powers? What stole man’s dominance over the world? Nothing stole it. Man gave it away to Satan when he sinned. The keys to this world were handed over to Satan, and man fell into the depths of sin, death, sickness and weakness.
Today, because of the work of Jesus Christ, we can have a relationship with God again. With that relationship comes godly power. The only thing that can stop God’s power in your life is sin. Don’t be so hard with Adam when you make the same choice as him everyday and allow sin to separate you from the relationship God desires with you.
The key to serving God with Power is our obedience to Him. Look at the scriptures from Genesis to Revelation and it keeps coming back to obedience. He calls us to a life more wonderful than anything we could imagine, but it all begins with our submissiveness to God.
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