TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT EVE
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Genesis [NLT] 1:26-31 Then God said, “Let us make human
beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea,
the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the
small animals that scurry along the ground.” 27 So God created human beings in
his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created
them. 28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the
earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and
all the animals that scurry along the ground.” 29 Then God said, “Look! I have
given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees
for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild
animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the
ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened. 31 Then God looked
over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!
Tom Beatty calls me a meddler. From one meddler
to another, “Thank you Tom!”
Today I’m primarily meddling with men in need,
in particular the need to take a second look at Eve.
This morning’s first article read was from mislaid
now-uncovered ANSWERS magazine, April-June 2011. On pages 33-34 *Georgia Purdom
wrote “Eve’s Legacy – Hope Amid Despair”, I believe an excellent essay to read under
the directive of Romans 12:1-3.
Dr. Purdom states “The first woman carried a lot
on her shoulders – by encouraging her husband to rebel against God, she helped bring
suffering and ruin upon her children and all their descendants. Yet she found hope
in the same promised Seed that we all look to.
I’ve always been intrigued by Eve. She was the
original “bad girl” of the Bible, and most people think of her legacy as one of
sin and despair for all mankind. She has another legacy, however, one of hope in
her Seed, the Jewish Messia, Jesus Christ. Understanding Eve and how God wiorked
in and through her gives us hope and teaches us the importance of looking to Christ.
… Eve was created in God’s image just like Adam
(Genesis 1:27). She was his equal, yet she had a different role than her husband.
God made Eve to be a “helper comparable to him” (Genesis 2:18)”
Now, for those men unafraid to have their party-line
thinking challenged further, go to http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v6/n2/eve-legacy
and read the rest of the article. Oh, and judging by my lifelong experience with
some Eves, you too should take a thoughtful read thereof.
EBB4
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