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SteveVH
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Who said it was an apple? And if you are here to mock Sacred Scripture you probably won’t be around very long. Care to discuss something of importance?
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grannymh
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“Ah,” one says, “the sixth fact is tied to the organic fruit tree like a kite flown by Charlie Brown.” True. By blowing in the wind, the relationship between creature and Creator can get a tad knotted as we humans try to explain the totally
out-of-the-ordinary love of God for the first human being. John 3: 16.
God loving Adam required a couple of obvious decisions on Adam’s part. He had to love God back so that their relationship would remain intact. And Adam had to recognize that because he was not equal to God, he, the creature, needed to freely live in submission to his Creator. We call that obedience which is not all bad since obedience leads us to eternal joy.
Therefore, it is not all that important what kind of apple, orange, cherry, or whatever, Adam chose to eat. What is essentially important are the words Satan said to Eve and Adam. “God knows well that the moment you eat of it you will be like gods who know what is good and what is bad” Genesis 3: 5. In our words, Adam would become another god knowing everything there is to know. Adam willingly gave in to that inviting temptation and thus ended his relationship with the only God. Adam ended up with one awful belly ache which wounded his human nature.
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grannymh
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All kidding aside.
All speculations aside.
What one truly needs to know about the first three chapters of Genesis is how do they lead us to the Catholic Church.
The first guidepost on our journey to Catholicism is Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,” At the Sunday Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Catholics continue to profess this profound truth in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. “I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.” This Creed closes with “and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.” Scripture assures us of that ultimate fact of life in Genesis 1:27. “God created man in His image; in the divine image He created Him; male and female He created them.”
This creative fact that we are in the image of God is why Catholicism teaches that God specifically calls each of us to share in God’s own life by our knowledge and our love. This sharing in God’s life, through our Baptism, is why we can believe in the spiritual world here and to come. Jesus Christ, Who was also tempted by Satan, knows firsthand our human battle against evil. This is why His Catholic Church has Seven Sacraments, beginning with Baptism, which are to be used to keep us in God’s life. As God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Jesus Christ continues to be present with us in the Catholic Eucharist.
After Adam’s original sin, God does not abandon Adam and his future descendants, you and me. Genesis 3: 15 is known as the* Protoevangelium* (“first gospel”) which is the first announcement of the promised Messiah and Redeemer. The rest is history.
All speculations aside.
What one truly needs to know about the first three chapters of Genesis is how do they lead us to the Catholic Church.
The first guidepost on our journey to Catholicism is Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,” At the Sunday Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Catholics continue to profess this profound truth in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed. “I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.” This Creed closes with “and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.” Scripture assures us of that ultimate fact of life in Genesis 1:27. “God created man in His image; in the divine image He created Him; male and female He created them.”
This creative fact that we are in the image of God is why Catholicism teaches that God specifically calls each of us to share in God’s own life by our knowledge and our love. This sharing in God’s life, through our Baptism, is why we can believe in the spiritual world here and to come. Jesus Christ, Who was also tempted by Satan, knows firsthand our human battle against evil. This is why His Catholic Church has Seven Sacraments, beginning with Baptism, which are to be used to keep us in God’s life. As God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Jesus Christ continues to be present with us in the Catholic Eucharist.
After Adam’s original sin, God does not abandon Adam and his future descendants, you and me. Genesis 3: 15 is known as the* Protoevangelium* (“first gospel”) which is the first announcement of the promised Messiah and Redeemer. The rest is history.
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