{"id":923,"date":"2011-03-08T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svm2.net\/abandonedtimes\/?p=923"},"modified":"2019-08-30T03:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T03:07:04","slug":"his-message-in-the-garden-whats-all-the-fuss-about-unity-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalmmi.net\/his-message-in-the-garden-whats-all-the-fuss-about-unity-part-1","title":{"rendered":"His Message in the Garden: What’s all the Fuss about Unity? – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Phill Butler<\/strong>
\nPhill is the director of visionSynergy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s do a brief review of the Genesis 1-3 Events, the Destruction and Redemption of Relationships and the implication for the Church globally \u2013 today.<\/p>\n

First, God lives in community outside of time. The most popularly thought of reflection of that, of course, is the Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But check out references elsewhere in Genesis, Job, Daniel, Ephesians, etc. So, when He creates in time, His creation reflects this timeliness character of living in relationship — in community.<\/p>\n

Highlights from Genesis 1-3<\/h3>\n

Then, let’s look at some of the highlights of the familiar passages in Genesis 1-3:<\/p>\n

God uses the plural pronoun from his community and relationally-based nature and says, \u201cLet us make man in our image.\u201d Notice, we have a talking God. As Francis Schaffer more than once observed, “He is there and He is not silent.” That’s good news for those of us who want to communicate with Him — to actually listen for HIs voice.<\/p>\n

Then, having made Adam, God perceived that Adam was incomplete alone in the garden and so created Eve: to provide \u2018community,\u2019 companionship, and, clearly, critically needed, complementary elements that made man\u2019s experience more fully human \u2013 meaning more like God\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

Along comes Satan who challenged God\u2019s integrity suggesting God is holding back \u2013 not telling Adam and Eve the full story and failing to give them full access.<\/p>\n

Tragically, Adam and Eve\u2019s chose (note, it was a choice) to listen to and believe Satan rather than listening to and believing God (a lie vs. the truth \u2013 the lie so frequently sounding more appealing than the truth). This leads them to take matters into their own hands. (This is why God places Pride as the chief of sins \u2013 it is by far the most dangerous).<\/p>\n

The drama escalates once they made their decision. With their action the primary elements of all of creation went unbalanced \u2013 community, transparency, trust, and a sense of identity and wholeness were all destroyed;<\/p>\n

Key Elements Destroyed<\/h3>\n

Here are some of the key elements.<\/p>\n