Life or Death

Today, I will be discussing our humanity as I currently see it.

This is something I have thought much about, and have researched in some regard. 

I will strictly explore my struggle with, and my thoughts in, thinking through this topic. 

I am no theologian, nor do I claim to be, so I hope no one comes into my blogs with that sole purpose in mind. 

Of course, I would love if you all learned with me through my penned struggles, but I do not want to be seen as an authority to govern your own beliefs. That is not my place, and I truly do not qualify in any way (not many people do)!

But, if my foolishness can be used as a tool for learning and wisdom, than so be it. I would be so glad to learn together!

I will start with this thought: Adam and Eve were given permission to eat of any fruit in the garden of Eden, including the Tree of Life. The only one forbidden was, of course, the one they went for; the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. 

The fact that they ate of this tree first was so devastating, that God had no choice but to kick them out of the Garden, and place an angelic guard around it. 

God did this so that Adam and Eve would not also eat of the Tree of Immortality, and therefore, live as eternally, sin-filled humans. 

With consequence, Adam and Eve would spawn more eternally sinful humans, who could also partake of the same immortal fruit (if immortality was not passed down genetically).

If Adam and Eve were to eat of the Immortal Fruit first, and never touch the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, than God's plan for humanity would have worked out wonderfully. Humanity would live in eternal, shameless communion with God.

But, humanity screwed up and took the wrong fruit. 

Since then, GOD has done what He could to set His original plan in motion.

It took thousands of years because of the sinful human heart interfering, but when God became man in Jesus, a solution was finally implemented. 

As it has always been, humanity has been given the free will to choose the 'fruit of immortality', which is received by believing in the grace of God through the sacrifice of Jesus, or to reject the 'fruit'  provided in favour of our sinful ways. 

Each fruit has it's own consequence, and when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, sin entered the human race forever. 

To not choose the fruit of immortality provided through the death and resurrection of Christ, would be to choose our ultimate demise: death upon death (both physical and eternal).

The fruit of sin (death) has already been chosen for us because we are all born into it, but we still have the choice of immortality as we continue to breathe in this life, by the unconditional grace of God.

It truly is as simple as receiving the ripe fruit of grace, but because the fruit of sin sours our stomach, we no longer desire the fruit of immortality provided through Christ. 

Again, since the dawn of man we have been given a choice: life or death. 

We chose death. 

We satisfied an immediate desire with the consequence of an eternal demise, but our loving Father still provided a way out. 

Carpe diem my friends.