Seven Steps in Biblical Cosmology
There are Seven Steps in Biblical Cosmology
1. And God saw that all that he had made , and behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)
2. And God caused a deep sleep to fall upon man, and he slept. (Genesis 2:21)
“3. If you eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you will not surely die, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:5).
4.“I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself,” said Adam to God. (Genesis 3:10).
5. Pain in childbirth, you shall toil, sweat of your face, to dust you will return, etc. (Genesis 3: 16-19)
6.And now “Lest man take also the tree of life, eat and live forever, he shall leave paradise.” (Genesis 3:22)
7. Behold, I am making all things new (Rev 21:5) There is a second “Behold” found in Rev. 21: 4-5 where we are told that tears, pain, mourning, and death shall pass away because “Behold, I am making all things new.”
These seven steps in the human drama tell how we got in this mess and how to get out. 1. Creation is infinitely good. 2. Man went to sleep 3. The tempter said that knowing good and evil is the true knowledge 4. We bought it and went into hiding or unconsciousness. 5. Anxiety and suffering took over. 6. True knowledge is promised, the knowledge of immortality. 7. Behold the new.
The great teachers all say “Be not Anxious” or “Be not afraid” or “There is only fear and love, and fear is not real.” Yet, “Anxiety is the beginning of wisdom.” (Ps 111:10, and Prov 1: 7) Behold the meaning of anxiety: all things are being made new. Leaning on the old is anxiety-producing. The old is gone, only the anxiety about it remains.
The Tree of Life promised in Revelation will provide leaves to heal the nations. We shall eat of the tree of life (Rev 2:7) and the twelve fruits of the tree of life shall heal the nations (Rev 22:2) The River of Life will water the true tree of life, not the lie of good and evil. The true knowledge, the recovered knowledge of the Infinite Good will be revealed, and all anxiety, pain and suffering will be healed.
1. And God saw that all that he had made , and behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)
2. And God caused a deep sleep to fall upon man, and he slept. (Genesis 2:21)
“3. If you eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you will not surely die, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:5).
4.“I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself,” said Adam to God. (Genesis 3:10).
5. Pain in childbirth, you shall toil, sweat of your face, to dust you will return, etc. (Genesis 3: 16-19)
6.And now “Lest man take also the tree of life, eat and live forever, he shall leave paradise.” (Genesis 3:22)
7. Behold, I am making all things new (Rev 21:5) There is a second “Behold” found in Rev. 21: 4-5 where we are told that tears, pain, mourning, and death shall pass away because “Behold, I am making all things new.”
These seven steps in the human drama tell how we got in this mess and how to get out. 1. Creation is infinitely good. 2. Man went to sleep 3. The tempter said that knowing good and evil is the true knowledge 4. We bought it and went into hiding or unconsciousness. 5. Anxiety and suffering took over. 6. True knowledge is promised, the knowledge of immortality. 7. Behold the new.
The great teachers all say “Be not Anxious” or “Be not afraid” or “There is only fear and love, and fear is not real.” Yet, “Anxiety is the beginning of wisdom.” (Ps 111:10, and Prov 1: 7) Behold the meaning of anxiety: all things are being made new. Leaning on the old is anxiety-producing. The old is gone, only the anxiety about it remains.
The Tree of Life promised in Revelation will provide leaves to heal the nations. We shall eat of the tree of life (Rev 2:7) and the twelve fruits of the tree of life shall heal the nations (Rev 22:2) The River of Life will water the true tree of life, not the lie of good and evil. The true knowledge, the recovered knowledge of the Infinite Good will be revealed, and all anxiety, pain and suffering will be healed.
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