THE FALL.
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Genesis chapter 3, explains
in great detail the predicament that we are all in today that have not come to
the knowledge of the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. The written
account within the book of Genesis is not a myth but an account of the origins
of our true past history, perfectly preserved through written literature
throughout six thousand years of history. We were, according to the book of
Genesis, created to live for ever, eternally. The fall, as illustrated in the
picture above, brought death into this world.
Gen 3:15.
This is the oldest prophetic announcement within scripture
designed to develop and unfold throughout world and biblical chronology and
history concerning the seed of the serpent that will eventually lead to the
false Messiah and the seed of the women who will redeem fallen man from the
curse fulfilled to the letter by the Lord Jesus Christ/Yeshua
in Hebrew which means “salvation of God,” at the Cross of Calvary just under
two thousand years ago. This verse lies
at the root of all the ancient traditions and mythologies and folk law/tales,
which are simply the perversion and corruption of scriptural truth. This is the essence of all fundamental concepts concerning
the two ways of light/good and darkness/evil and the separation between them
both. Understanding the fundamental principles within the first two chapters of
Genesis is crucial in order to understand the rest of the Bible and the real
problem behind our human condition. The seed/genealogy of the serpent
represents all worldly/secular understanding consisting of good and evil in
which Jude refers to as the way of Cain, Balaam and Core which were all from
the genealogy and characteristics of the seed of the serpent. (Jude 1:11). The
difference between worldly wisdom or the wisdom of this world and the spirit of
this world (1 Cor 2:12) and the difference between heavenly wisdom which is first
pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy
to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy (James 3:17.)
Worldly earthly wisdom is sensual and devilish and is driven by bitterness and
envy and strife. The seed of the serpent has been at enmity with
the seed of the women since these words in Gen 3:15 were
spoken out by the Lord Jesus in the garden just under six thousand years ago.
Just as the flesh wars against the Spirit, the children who are born of the
flesh from Adam rage war against the children which are born of the promise of
the Spirit and the Word. Only a remnant from the Jewish nation and the Gentile
nations who have repented from their sin and accepted Jesus Christ (Yeshua) as their Lord and saviour by the Holy Spirit and
the word, being made one new man in Jesus Christ, a new creature (Gal 6:15) being
born again from above which God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for
the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man,
save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the
things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of
God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (1Co 2:10-14).
The same parallel between the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the
tree of life, they both have the same effect today. If we feed our selves with
secular information all day long without giving time to spiritual matters, then
we will naturally overflow with what we feed ourselves with. You know the
saying “we are what we eat.” I could add on to that and say: “We become what we
read, watch and listen to.” What we read
in books, watch on television and what we listen to through the medium of music
or spoken word feeds our spirit, once understood, the information is then
stored into our hearts like seeds sown in a field, whether they are concerning
earthly or heavenly matters; and then will eventually begin to bare fruit in
our lives. Seeds need watering to start the germination process. Seeds can
remain without water for thousands of years and still germinate when finally
watered by the early rains. They lay in the soil or sand dormant until they are
activated. Until we come to an understanding of the thought it also can remain
in the mind for years sometimes, until the individual comes to an understanding
to that particular thought. They say
that after repeating something three times, the mind remembers a matter and the
thought is stored in the heart. Hence the saying when we know something off by
heart. Once finally in the heart, the thought starts to stir up the emotions
within the soul of the person, in a positive or negative way according to
whether the origin of the thought came from and earthly or heavenly source;
whether the source of the thought originated from darkness or light...
The emotions control our will and our will
our central nervous system which operates our flesh. You know the phrase “we
reap (harvest) what we sow.” It’s from the Bible: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For
he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting (Gal 6:7). Depends if we bare heavenly sacred fruit from
our being or worldly secular fruit, even branches in Him which do not bare
fruit are cut off. Branches that bare fruit are pruned so that they may
bare more fruit (John 15:1-8).
When something in life brakes down, a wise
man will turn to the instruction manual in order to determine the cause/root of
the problem to rectify it. In modern psychology we are interpreted as to have
two parts; the body and the soul, which consists of our conscious and unconscious
minds, will and emotions. Let’s see what the instruction manual, the bible,
tells us about our true make up. Anatomy is a matter of the body,
psychology is a matter of the soul/mind. The Bible is a matter of the spirit of
a person and that’s where the root of the problem is situated. 1Thes 5:23 says that we consist of not only a body and soul but also a
spirit.
Fig 1.
Ploughing and the
cultivation process.
Once we have been
beguiled and entranced by a lie, what kind of power does it have over our
lives?
1. It takes root
like a seed in our hearts.
2. Our mind influences
our soul, emotions which has an effect on our will.
3, ultimately
affects our body/flesh.
For example it has
been scientifically proven that if you play rock music to plants, they actually
grow away from the speaker and eventually wither away. If you play gentle music
to plants, they grow closer to the speaker and bare much fruit, that’s to do
with positive and negative frequencies that affect us just as they do plants.
You can follow the process in the above diagram. The produce of the flesh is
our fruit according to scripture (Matthew 7:17-19). The central nervous system is controlled by our
will/energy. For example how we shake someone’s hand is determined whether if
it’s welcoming or hostile by the strength of the grip and the expression on the
face and body language. (Proverbs 27:19). All of these outward aspects express the emotional condition of
a person. You can sub divide these emotions by the fruit of the Spirit or the
works of the flesh. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit (Gal 5:23-25). Hence the meaning of “you shall know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16)! And from the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:34) A true believer walks in the fruit of the Spirit daily,
expressing the character of God as a witness out of a heart of love reaching
out for the lost; the broken hearted, the homeless, feeding the hungry, healing
the sick, the widow and the orphan.
Before seeds of any
kind can be sown, the soil needs to be cultivated first. Soil cultivation refers
specifically to the tilling of the soil, such as by ploughing, to prepare the
soil for planting and to control weeds. The works of the flesh are the fruit of the weeds/lies that have
been sown into our hearts: Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of
the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they
which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Gal 5:19-21). The above is the difference between walking in the flesh and
walking in the Spirit. These can all be characterised by the emotional state of
a person.
What started all
this? Easy, Satan lied (A false statement deliberately presented as being true;
a falsehood. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression). Satan is
the father of lies: (John 8:44). Satan through the serpent spoke these fundamental lies
to Eve and she was deceived and passed them to Adam and he did sin causing the
fall of mankind. The solution is within the seed of the woman who is the Lord
Jesus/Yeshua Christ/messiah and the Kingdom of heaven
in which He sits as King and Lord on the throne of glory. The seed of the
serpent is the coming one world leader or man of sin, son of perdition (Anti
Christ) who stands for the kingdoms of this world and the earthly throne which
he represents and sits upon (2 Thes 2:3).
“And the LORD God
took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
And the LORD God commanded
the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
die.” (Gen 2:15-17). Mankind from that point died physically and where spiritually
cut off from their creator. It took Adam 930 years to finally die physically.
The Serpent said after Eve’s reply: “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die. (First lie) For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil. (Second lie).” What was Eve’s reaction? And when
the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and
he did eat (Gen 3:3-6).
Fig 2.
2Co
10:4 -5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalted itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
c...aptivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Image/imagination...
It's
easy to calve out an image made from wood or stone or from a precious metal, as
most of the Kings in the book of Kings did after they took the land and eventually
bowed down to the false gods of their enemies and were removed from office by
God the Father. Today the image is spiritual in the mind and the high places of
old are now in our minds. What's even worse though is that people are so
focused on the "man at the front" that their eyes have been subtly
taken away from being focused on the unseen through God's Spirit and His Word…
Words create images in the mind that are eventually sown into our hearts which
then effect our soul which trigger the central nervous system and control the
flesh...If the imagination is created at source by God's Spirit and His Word
then the imagination is processed into the fruit of the Spirit..which will be
eventually harvested and stored in the barn..If the imagination is sourced from
a Satanic/demonic source, then the thoughts are processed into the works of the
flesh and mixed being defiled and will be eventually will be thrown into the
fire at the great harvest...
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened
unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy
came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was
sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants
of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in
thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An
enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and
gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the
wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn (Mat
The filed in the above parable
is the earth’s inhabitants. The final separation is when the Lord of the
harvest returns. The analogy of the heart as the field is a personal process from
which the believer cultivates their own hearts and is expanded in the parable
of the sower in Mark 4:1-20, Matthew 13:1-23, and Luke 8:1-15. If, however, weeds are sown
into a garden and left, in time they will grow and produce more fruit and seed
that will eventually take over the whole garden, slowly choking and strangling
the good plants in their aftermath. In the parable of the sower,
these are the cares of the world. Comparing this process with the weeding of a
garden is a good analogy that shows how to deal with lies that have been sown
into our hearts and the dangers of just letting them grow. Any good gardener
will understand this process, even the amateur attempting their home back
garden. Once the Holy Spirit, through the truth of God’s Word, convicts us of a
lie and of sin (John 16:18), then we are now faced with a
choice. We all understand the scripture that says that we shall know the truth
and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). Right?
If we believe any lie. then to us that particular lie
becomes the truth. Once the lie has established itself into the heart as truth
so, when the
person is explained the real truth they will reject it because they believe a
lie... So whatever we believe about ourselves concerning origins, then that’s
what will pave the way for the next five minutes of our existence, and so
forth. In a state of flux, exactly where an enemy would like his opponent to be
before they attack. That is exactly how Satan deceives us today. In the Garden
of Eden he used a serpent; today he uses every means possible intended on
blinding us from the truth of God’s word. Satan understands that the mind is
the control centre to the whole body and absolutely understands the principle
that how a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7).
The lie not only distorts our perception of reality but also changes our chemical and genetic make up
causing depression and anxiety, which modern day doctors say is the root of
sickness and that lie is passed on to our children. Stop and think for a
moment.
God has clearly
laid down the rules and made the only way through His Son. Eve, the first
woman, was beguiled which caused Adam to Sin. Satan wasn’t interested in the
women as she was only the carrier. Adam possessed the seed that Satan knew
would one day overcome him completely. Satan some how
tried to stop His birth, failing miserably.
It was our sin that
crucified Christ, because of the sin, we all inherited
at birth in Adam. God’s plan is this, that the truth, which is a person, the
Messiah the Lord Jesus Christ, counter acts all of this and restores us back to
God renewing our minds by the truth (Roman 12:2). If we want to start to see the gifts (1Cor 12:8-11) and the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22) in our personal lives then it’s time to pick up the tools that
God has provided for us in the form of amour (Eph 6:12-18) and start to cultivate our own hearts firstly by breaking up the fallow
hard stony ground/heart so as not to sow good seed amongst weeds (Jeremiah 4:3). Weeding and uprooting the thorns and the briars. Now is really
the best time to start. We know what we are like when we put something aside on
the “to do later list” and it never gets done. After a time of grace there is
always judgment. Let us turn now whilst we live in the days of grace and not in
the days when we will cry out with a load voice and God will turn His ear away
from us because we harden our hearts this day.
In Conclusion:
Words that are sown into our hearts
create pictures/images in our minds which we naturally live according to our
imagination whether it is vain or of God. One of the root of the problems, i would say , is the source of the
information that ...we take in with our eyes and our ears. If the source of
that information is satanic, then the natural fruit will be Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness etc etc (Galatians
If I should die tonight, for example,
and my soul, which consists of my mind, will and emotions, is full of the WORLD,
then naturally Jesus will not recognise Himself in me and i
would receive these words from Him: And then will I profess unto them, I never
knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity/ lawlessness (Matthew 7:23) . However if my Soul (Mind, Will and Emotions are full of
the Word and my fruit is , love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,
faith, Meekness, temperance: AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW (Galatians 5:22-23), then
Jesus will recognise himself in me and Jesus will welcome me into His Kingdom
prepared for me before the foundation of the world (Mat 25:34)...
The fruit is the physical
manifestation of our emotions. If the mind is renewed by the washing of the
word (Eph
Of course we should take the gospel seriously!
We should take the Word very seriously indeed! Only the lukewarm church, would
say otherwise...