Creation, Fall, Redemption :::::: Fall

The Fall. How do you like that? Today is the first day of Autumn (fall)? That's funny.

(I listened to my sermon on the podcast today on my way up to school. I still laugh at my jokes. No one else does and that is fine. I make a lot of jokes here at the Seminary and most of them do not get a laugh. I think my humor is too smart and subtle for them to pick up on.)

Let's start again...

The fall. Everything that we know starts in Genesis. God speaks the world and all life into creation. I am sure that all of us have come to terms with what that means since I have posted that a few days ago (another stupid joke). Genesis 1 and 2 tell the account of the creation. Then the fall happens. God then spends most of the rest of the Bible working for the redemption of man. He makes clothes for Adam and Eve. He gives the nation a ruler, and then a king when they ask. He sends the prophets to ask us to repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. John the baptist does the same.

Then Jesus comes to the earth. Teaches us about the redemption. He does not condemn. He heals. Then he is killed and raises himself from the dead.

Then the church carries on. We miss the mark a lot, but we try our best.

Then we get the letter of revelations. In the last two chapters of Revelation we are told what things will be like when Jesus comes back to judge the living and the dead. If your name is written in the lambs book of life you are fine. If not life gets pretty bad.

The Fall. Why did it happen?

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