Silence of the man...

"...and she gave also to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." Gen. 5:6b

Adam
First man ("Ish")
First hu-man (God-man)
alone...
But then
to complete God's image,
wo-man (Ishah- from man)
a helper (one to strengthen).
Eve lent not just hands for a task
Eve came alongside Adam,
who recognized his need of a fitted partner,
to empower him.
Together, given the command from
Creator, Father
"Be like me -
Give life
nurture life
manage my world."
Eve's design to em-power
became device to over-power.

By the power of speech,
God brought light into darkness
order into a holy mess-
earth.
By silence
Adam welcomed chaos back.

Why did the power of speech elude Adam at this critical moment? Perhaps Eve had discovered her womanly influence...
perhaps Adam thought: "to avoid conflict is the higher road", and seemingly without protest,
Adam joined his wife...
initiating conflict between God and his creation.
Eve was enticed into believing she needed more than she had; Adam seemed to believe Eve was all he needed. By stepping outside of God's Word, they stepped into a world without God.

Together they were given the world,
Together they gave it away.
Adam-First to omit
Eve-First to commit

How dare we blame God for the craziness of what's become of all His good beginnings...
for the end of good beginnings was the beginning man's of sin.

But God IS good,
and this story has a different ending;
God will speak
and His enemies will be silenced.

Rev. 21:3-5a "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
"He who is seated on the throne said,
'I am making everything new!'"

* A resource I used to write this blog is : The Silence of Adam by Dr. Larry Crabb


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