Playing Adam and Eve

Playing Adam and Eve

5/5/22

This is another interesting title name but one that many of us have played for quite some time and yet have no clue that this game is unfolding within our lives.  Most of us tend to take relationships seriously but are leary to commit to them because of all the disadvantages to such levels we ultimately shy away from the relationship part and accept the pleasure aspects only.  These types of beliefs are play-acting, involving you and others in a game that has eternal overtones and a garage full of spiritual ties and baggage that we have no idea about how to tend to.  God never intended for us to take relationships on a whim, for He knows that since sin is a part of our lives this relationship goal between humans would also affect the relationship between Him and humans.  We do not have to play such games, we can have a pure, holy, peaceful, and long-lasting relationship with one another if we put God first and allow Him to work His heart and spirit into our lives.

Did anyone out there play the "playing house" game when they were young?  I know it was a popular game back when I was a kid and it could last for weeks or months at a time and provide many different options for all to enjoy.  It really did not matter how many other kids joined in for they were given a name and then given a role to play, just like meeting new family members in real life.  This game was done in innocence and kept in play each responsibility of parents or adults as children saw them.  Nothing special was done, just a game played amongst friends on how things were at home.  I must admit that as I ponder some of these game times, the actors did some things that I was not aware of at my house, some displayed a few anger issues towards others, nothing real of course but all went along with these displays and considered them nothing more than that.

The question that is raised here is this: how much of our adult life's circumstances did we learn about while playing this simple child's game?  Some might say that nothing really came out of these settings while others say that many people's lives were shaped due to the fact that they were or were not included in such games.  In either case, whether or not we believe that our development came from such settings those days did place into our hearts a remembrance that unfortunately continues to play out in our lives today.  Look at what society is trying to do with our children these days.  Kids are being bombarded with worldly messes that will harm them one day in the future, you think our suicide rate is high now, just wait a decade or two.  What other damages will be done can only be imagined by the world, but according to the Bible we have a good picture painted by a famous couple who played Adam and Eve and their names were, Adam and Eve.

All of us like to dream or imagine a different life with different people or times but when does this type of thinking become a worrisome adventure that leads to detailed problems?  And who falls into this category of falsehoods deep enough to contemplate ending all that one knows because of the built-up circumstances and dug-in problems?  Do you get the fact that when any of us vary from the originally designed plan of God on any level, and at any time, we become subject to total destruction?  I am not saying that we should not play and goof off when we are kids or that we should not allow our children to play with dolls or other kinds of toys, God IS saying that it is our responsibility to listen to our children play and hear what they are saying so that we can protect them when need be.

Genesis 3:6-9

"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.  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.  And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lod God amongst the trees of the garden.  And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?"

As each article is written about the first three chapters of Genesis, I cannot help but think that for many years my beliefs that I knew these verses have fallen apart for God continues to show me more and more wisdom in these passages that my mind has not ever thought about before.  Therefore, I must conclude that my simple beliefs were not all accurate and that I was just living a lie concerning my capability of reasoning these passages.  In essence, I was playing Adam and Eve for believing I knew it all and that everything was okay, and that I was strong enough to defend my thinking alone.  On many levels, I have been proven incorrect in this pattern and until I went back to the Bible I was headed in a downward spiral without any hindrance.  With each new Word from God, I learn more about what it means to live in reality, His reality, and not the world's and it scares me to think that so many people are playing Adam and Eve and not realizing it.

What does God mean by "playing Adam and Eve" anyway?  When one reads Genesis 2 they can see that the relationship between Adam and Eve all centered around God and that everything in their lives was on an outstanding level.  Adam and Eve stood before God naked and were not ashamed of their appearance, they had no reason to either.  Their relationship with each other originated from God and had no flaws within the relationship either.  This was the perfect structure of existence and God made it clear to them that as long as they lived in such unity with Him all would be fine and obedience would abound.

We do not know exactly how much time passed between the end of Genesis 2 and the beginning of Genesis 3, but some sort of huge change has occurred between the two relationship statuses' in this period of time.  Most importantly, the relationship between God and Adam along with his wife had changed, it is evident in the status of the relationship between Adam and his wife.  Before Genesis 3 came along everyone involved in this setting was on a talkative basis with each other with no issues pending.  It is here that we find evidence that Adam and his wife had changed and that things were not the same in their world, this change was significant enough to warrant them looking around for shelter and wanting to clothe themselves because they were naked.  They had been warned of the consequences if they ate from that tree and immediately they knew God was correct and that they had been lied to then fall for the lie.

When Adam and his wife ate from that tree, it solidified what had been brewing for some time, a condition that had some type of serious influence on them enough to even come to the place where they would entertain a disobedient option.  The new fashion statement also confirmed that their lives would never be the same and that their place inside the Garden of Eden was up and that they would have to move along elsewhere.  Not only did their clothing issues change but their relationship with God changed and He was not in this picture at that very moment either.  A new set of life rules became present and the place of true living was replaced with a permanent playhouse.  But this playhouse as we find out could not be constructed in the Garden of Eden, it had to be done, by mankind, outside of their known dwellings.

This single action of Adam and his wife ushered in an entirely new house one that even though may look great on the outside, its contents were always under scrutiny and threats of being taken, a product full of sin and disobedience.  When you continue to read the story about Adam and Eve, one cannot help but feel sorrow for them for it was going to be a hard life without God's surroundings in their eyesight.  Their presence in the world was not to be the desire of God's plan for them but because they played games in the House of God, God had no choice but to pass judgment over them.  This new home of Adam and Eve is what can be referred to as playing Adam and Eve for all of us have taken heed to modify our house to make it look like the world, to make due to what we build or create.

One cannot help but think about how to improve such a disastrous setting, how to make things foolproof when it comes to attacks from our enemy.  I can guarantee that Adam and Eve would have done things differently if they had another opportunity way back when, but while we automatically inherit sin when we are conceived things are a tad different, yet at the same time, we have the same opportunity to stop playing Adam and Eve and do our best to live a godly and holy life under the blood of Christ.  There is a great opportunity to save many marriages if we understand that when we do not place God first in our relationship with our spouse the chances of a forever love life is basically null and at some point will be void.  Truth be known, when this setting arises all we are doing is hiding from the truth for we have approached these vital decisions without knowing God correctly.

We do not have to play this tiresome game of trying to be perfect, for when we try to live according to the world our relationship with our spouse shall fall.  This simple game has been sitting in front of our faces ever since we first read the passage in Genesis 3 but we have failed to recognize the truth about how to correct things or be able to prevent them from occurring in the first place.  I wish more church denominations would get their eyes off the world when it comes to marriage and relationships for what they accept and promote today is eternally damning and goes totally against God's Word.  We shall continue to see lives wrecked while this worldly pattern of disobedience is first in line with people.  Just think about how many problems and issues we could avoid if we just kept God first in our lives before, during, and after the marriage ceremony.  To all those who are trying their best to find the one person for their lives to spend with, read and study Genesis chapters 2-3 and take careful notes about what to do and what not to do.  God established a perfect equal union between Him and mankind before Satan came in and tricked our perfection.  However, we can still strive for that perfection each day when this intimate relationship is correctly followed, and that correct pattern is with God and His Ways first in our lives.

Church, we need to study these chapters in Genesis again and really place their content into our hearts again.  This world is only going to become worse and throw nasty things our way.  Satan would love nothing else to see even more relationships go by the wayside during these times and when things become dire, for he knows that if you are not in close standing and communion with God there will be no way that your physical shall stand either.  It is our responsibility to teach this truth about God and relationship order, and so far, many of us have demonstrated or taught them on a lousy scale.  Also, when or if physical relationships go south people who know God shall be able to survive and will be able to do their best to correct the situation before it comes to an end.  God's Word is the key, not only to end the game of playing Adam and Eve but for any other condition, setting, condition, relationship, or conduct that humans encounter.  Jesus wants us to stop playing Adam and Eve and start living under the Covenant that God the Father began in Genesis 2.  Living in the Bible is the only way possible for this status to be changed and when it is changed God guarantees that your cup shall overflow with joy both vertically and horizontally.

DLB