The Plot is Set

Conclusion Part 1 - Evil takes life - God gives life

The backdoor - Death - animal, humans, eternal life?

How do we get back? - Jesus

Never ending life (connection with God) is what God wants.

Is it what you want?

Choose this day whom you will serve

How to read and understand the Bible

Genesis 3:20–24 “20 Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live. 21 And the Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. 22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” 23 So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. 24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.”

Naming Eve is part of the destruction of relationship between man and woman.

The rest of the Bible is dealing with a fallen world.

Irony and grace

Irony She ushered in death

Grace Life continues

Humanity and Life are kicked out.

God goes back to work

God Rests

Death enters the science God kills an animal and provides clothing for them.

Backdoor unexpected.

Isn’t sin like this? We can’t predict what the cost will be…

Separation and abandonment are not the same.

God is the best parent figure

Vs 22 Death is a grace to the human race.

Joseph Stalin - Soviet Union - 6-20 million deaths

Adolf Hitler - Germany - ~17 million

Emperor Mao Zedong - China - +45 million

Sodom

The plot is set:

The OT is concerned with who will be the one who defeats the serpent.

After Abraham the Israelites are most concerned with

what it means to be the people of God, knowing they are waiting for a leader.

High Priest

They are not concerned with eternal life.

Jesus Full fills the OT

What it means to be the people of God

Takes on the curse - To defeat the serpent

Sweating blood in Gethsemane

Jesus takes on main aspects of Genesis 3:

hard work, sweat, thorns, the tree, death, dust, blame, and the seed—all will be reflected in the experience of the Christ.

God has been and will always be working to be in relationship with us. Will you accept him?

Jesus starts talking about eternal life.

The Tree

Death

Jesus’ Death

Revelation 22:1–5 “1 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. 3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. 4 And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.”

The Union of heaven and earth are gone. brining these back is the goal.

Heaven is one with God

Never ending life (connection with God) is what God wants.

Is it what you want?

Choose this day whom you will serve

Jesus takes on your sins - He dies for you

Evil takes life - God gives life

Communion