The Promise in the Midst of a Curse
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden - Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! There is something wrong, my friends! There is something wrong with this world! There is something wrong with this nation! There is something wrong with your neighbor! There is something wrong with me! And there is something wrong with you! That something is sin, an awful, broken condition that goes all the way back to Adam and Eve’s and their fall into sin in the Garden of Eden. Sin. Not simply a “mistake” or “error.” No, what happened with Adam and Eve was not merely “poor judgment” or “misinformation” as some may label it. It was lawlessness. It was rebellion. It was outright disobedience to God’s specific command. And their sin had enormous consequences for all of creation, a creation that God had declared “very good” upon its completion in ...