Jesus Steps Fully Into Creation

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God…”

                                                                                                              – Genesis 3:1-5

 

As creatures of God we have limitations. We have finite knowledge of God, of ourselves and of our world. In our finitude we are weak and vulnerable. Yet, lest we be mistaken, these “limits” are good—they are essential to what it means to be human. We were created to be in union with our Creator and creation.

            You might say that the first sin of Adam and Eve was the rejection of this life of (inter)dependence for a life of independence. It was an attempt to be “like God,” and in that attempt it was both the rejection of God and of the life God created us to live.

            With that in mind, I want to invite you to reflect on the question I posed at the beginning of the week: What does it mean that in Jesus, the Creator steps fully into creation?

 

~ Chris Agoranos