Heart of the Matter| Adam and Eve

I remember as a teenager reading the Bible and being very confused/conflicted about 4 initial Bible stories:

1. Adam and Eve
2. Cain and Able
3. Abraham and Sarah
4. Esau and Jacob

This post will only cover Adam and Eve.

It’s interesting how all of these include at least two people and not one in each scenario, but they all confused me in their own way- at least initially. Furthermore, when two or more people are involved in ANYTHING, sometimes it feels like you are on a rollercoaster because you can only truly control your actions not the other persons.

I felt like “justice” was not served, or that in some cases, a certain party was not treated fairly by God and I wondered WHY God made the decisions that he made—not just because he is God but just by reason.

Let’s start with Adam and Eve:

These two were the first bone of bone, fresh of flesh, husband and wife– as Adam cleaved to thy wife. True soul mates and VERY connected with God– so connected they could hear Him in the wind and speak to Him directly. God told them what was what—saying the tree of good and evil stay away from and do not eat and tree of life is ok–eat and live forever.

Confusion/misconception:

(1) I was confused why God seemed the punish Eve the most and the snake the least— he just got to be the lowest in the animal kingdom, crawl on his belly and #2 and Adam becomes a leader inspite of being a follower.

(2) I was extremely confused about this verse as well in particular: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel“- Genesis 3:15

Clarity/Wisdom/Understanding:

(1) I missed this when I was a kid—that the tree of life and the tree of good and evil were NOT the same and one they were given permission to eat of and the other they were not. The tree of life wasn’t just living forever but it was that connection–that direct connection that we/they had with God, which after Obedience, was taken away from them/us.

(2) I was shown this in a vision/dream about 2 years ago (recorded via audio) that gave me clarity on this situation directly. Although the vision given to me was extremely vivid–it was of an ancient writing that I could not read/understand but what kept being repeated to me once I was fully awake was– “Letter to Phillip; a letter from Peter” and the vision after I was shown the script was of a wheel inside of a wheel with mutliple eyes in the shape of an “8“- what I would say by description reminded me of Ezekiel’s vision.

Once I researched, I came directly across an ancient script. The writings looked similar to what I had seen in my vision/dream. I had no prior knowledge that this script existed and, of course, there are a lot of sacred text that the “catholic clergy” decided was not good enough to be considered the word of God but this was what I was shown and discovered through a dream/vision from God as to what the physical manifestation looked like of the spiritual implication of what Adam and Eve did and how the verse above spoke of disdain for snakes that most people have in general but also how Christ plays a pivotal role in the restoration of power that was ONCE taken away the day satan sucessfully deceived Adam and Eve.

See: http://gnosis.org/naghamm/letpet.html

SO WILL I

The lyrics to this song as well as the sound/background music is very beautifully made and most certainly spirit filled. I remember the first time I heard this song, I was on a road trip and it was pouring with rain, and I could hardly see, although I had slowed down, I had become a bit fearful. I saw a 18 wheeler on the side of the highway that had lost control in the rain. The song was really the only thing that kept me grounded, gave me strength in faith, kept me calm enough to continue through it because it was a very rough storm and I was in a tiny car as the wind and rain beat harshly all around it. The lyrics of this song goes through depths I’ve not heard from any other.

Check out the Video and lyrics below:

God of creation
There at the start
Before the beginning of time
With no point of reference
You spoke to the dark
And fleshed out the wonder of light

And as You speak
A hundred billion galaxies are born
In the vapor of Your breath the planets form
If the stars were made to worship so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You’ve made
Every burning star
A signal fire of grace
If creation sings Your praises so will I

God of Your promise
You don’t speak in vain
No syllable empty or void
For once You have spoken
All nature and science
Follow the sound of Your voice

And as You speak
A hundred billion creatures catch Your breath
Evolving in pursuit of what You said
If it all reveals Your nature so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You say
Every painted sky
A canvas of Your grace
If creation still obeys You so will I
So will I
So will I

If the stars were made to worship so will I
If the mountains bow in reverence so will I
If the oceans roar Your greatness so will I
For if everything exists to lift You high so will I
If the wind goes where You send it so will I
If the rocks cry out in silence so will I
If the sum of all our praises still falls shy
Then we’ll sing again a hundred billion times

God of salvation
You chased down my heart
Through all of my failure and pride
On a hill You created
The light of the world
Abandoned in darkness to die

And as You speak
A hundred billion failures disappear
Where You lost Your life so I could find it here
If You left the grave behind You so will I
I can see Your heart in everything You’ve done
Every part designed in a work of art called love
If You gladly chose surrender so will I
I can see Your heart
Eight billion different ways
Every precious one
A child You died to save
If You gave Your life to love them so will I

Like You would again a hundred billion times
But what measure could amount to Your desire
You’re the One who never leaves the one behind