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Naming a Husband and Wife
God has lead me to read the Bible in one full year; right off the bat He showed me something amazing. What is the name of the man and woman when they are in the Garden of Eden?
Adam and Eve?
Nope. They do not receive these names until after they have been kicked out of the Garden of Eden. Don’t believe me?
Genesis 3:20 ~ Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all living things.
Here, the man took the name of Adam and decided to name his lovely wife. If you read before this passage it explains how they were kicked out of the Garden of Eden.
Their name was Adam (Uh-dom) while they are still in the Garden.
The name Adam means “to be red” which refers to the clay in the ground from which the man was made. Ultimately, woman was made from man (hence wo-man) using one of his ribs and again the ground. Essentially, the name Adam meant “ground man” as Rob Bell says it.
What is the most interesting part of all of this is the deep meaning behind it all.
Whenever God was speaking to one of them, He was speaking to both of them. Right at the beginning of it all God’s union of marriage was in effect. They were literally one body and one soul seen as one was even made from the other. They were always together, each one was responsible for the others actions even.
So what is my point? When married (or when we have sex before we are married which is actually the act of the union of marriage believe it or not), we are one in God’s eyes, even to the point that when He calls us by name, we are both to respond to Him. When a spouse dies it’s almost as if a part of us dies. This is why Abraham was so distraught when Sarah died (Genesis 23). This is why you feel joy when your spouse does. This is why you can be so forgiving of your spouse; it’s almost as if you’re forgiving yourself.
Has your mind not just been blown?
Thrice, “Milly Michaelson” (Cover)
I don’t usually repost these things, but this is too good not to.
The Lion and the Stream by C. S. Lewis
“Are you not thirsty?” said the Lion.
“I’m dying of thirst,” said Jill.
“Then drink,” said the Lion.
“May I - could I - would you mind going away while I do?” said Jill.
The Lion answered this only by a look and a very low growl. And as Jill gazed into its motionless bulk, she realized that she might as well have asked the whole mountain to move aside for her convenience.
The delicious rippling noise of the stream was driving her nearly frantic.
“Will you promise not to - do anything to me, if I come?” said Jill.
“I make no promise,” said the Lion.
Jill was so thirsty now that, without noticing it, she had come a step nearer.
“Do you eat girls?” she said.
“I have swallowed up girls and boys, women and men, kings and emperors, cities and realms,” said the Lion. It didn’t say this as if it were boasting, not as if it were sorry, nor as if it were angry. It just said it.
“I daren’t come and drink,” said Jill.
“Then you will die of thirst,” said the Lion.
“Oh, dear!,” said Jill, coming another step nearer. “I suppose I must go and look for another stream then.”
“There is no other stream,” said the Lion.
Here is just a few thoughts, feel free to expand upon them.
Jill asked the Lion to make a promise to her. What some people may miss or forget is that God does not have to make a promise to us about anything, because He already has. He was promised us eternal life if we choose to love Him. What Jill is also missing is trusting in this promise. We as humans seem to want to alter God’s promises He has made to us. For instance, waiting until marriage to have sex. We don’t seem to think that God knows what He is doing, or we don’t realize how much pain we will bring to ourselves if we don’t wait, or how much pain we can bring to others if we don’t wait. We want to have ‘successful’ careers to find comfort here on Earth, and yet God told us not to worry about what we will even eat the next day. So may we see God’s promises come to life as we trust in what He knows is best for all of us.
The Lion has consumed more people than He even leads us to believe; He has consumed us with His love. He has captivated our attention, brought peace in times of heartache, forgiven us when we have gone to Him with conviction. He is not just lying next to the stream, He is leading us to it even if we never see Him.
As for the stream. There is no other stream. There is no other God. You will die without the one and only stream of life. It comes as a shock to most, even when they know it. They deny the stream even exists, even though they look for it all their life. They find the stream but won’t talk to the Lion that put it there. They are so mad at the Lion and yet they say He does not exist. Ironic how one can be so mad at something that ‘doesn’t exist’.
Take off the Grave Clothes
John 11:43-44 ~ When He (Jesus) had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
God speak to many people many different ways through the same scripture. One way He spoke to me through this is the comparison to someone who has come to know Christ who did not before. They were once dead, but are now alive; this doesn’t mean they have the eyes to see yet. Jesus commanded the women that were there to take the linen off of Lazarus so that he could see again, even feel again. Christ also says to die to oneself everyday; this can hold meaning to all those who know Christ too to make sure to take the blindfold off every time we wake up.
Here is the catch though, Christ commanded the women to take the linen off of Lazarus because he could not do it himself. We need one another to help us see God in all His glory, this is why He tells us not to be quarrelsome amongst His one and only Holy Church.
