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The First Thing You Must Grasp to Understand God’s Purpose
…think of the unparalleled loneliness that Adam must have felt on planet earth after he was created…He was created by God with passion inside of him that desperately longed for liberation and release… There wasn’t another human on the entire globe…so he had no outlet for that passion…Adam, therefore, was profoundly frustrated…He was hoping, even waiting, for one who was like him…
…Behold, I show you a mystery: There was a woman hidden inside of Adam…Out of Adam’s very being, the Lord God extracts another being…She is not part of the first creation. She is a new creation…She was Adam in a different form…His passion had a place to break forth. It could now find release…And as he loved her passionately, a passion for him awakened within her own bosom…it was his own passion returning back to him…she would become his wife, for the two would become one.
-Frank Viola (@frankviola), From Eternity to Here
The Story of Adam and Eve
Understanding the relationship and the story of Adam and Eve is essential to understanding the reason for creation and our existence. Adam was a being made in the image of God. This means sharing God’s characteristics. Included in this was a deposit of passionate love into Adam’s heart; the same love within the Father’s heart. But love is only satisfied if it is released. So, Adam’s condition when he was first created was dissatisfaction manifested in loneliness and frustration.
You see, like the Father, Adam was a source. But, when he was alive alone, he had no one to be the source to. Therefore, he was not complete. He was wired or programmed by God to express his heart to another.
Eve is the receiver and responder. She’s taking in everything that’s given to her and returning it right back. That’s what she is and that’s what she does. When men and women start to grasp this, that’s when they truly start to understand each other. Then, when we take it a level higher, they start to understand God’s eternal purpose, for the relationship between a man and a woman is only meant to reflect a bigger reality in the spiritual realm between the Husband and Wife.
As we continue, we’ll learn more about the story of Adam and Eve and how understanding the beginning of the man/woman relationship shows us God’s purpose.
Your turn…what do you have to add?
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About the author
Michael Fleming lives near Canton, Ohio with his wife Kristin. Michael is involved as a teacher with the Soul Care Center, a non-profit school in Canton that provides Christian counseling, teaching and coaching to the Stark County area. He also writes and records music for his pop alternative music project (also called 2nd man united) that can be heard in the sidebar of the site.
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Yes “Eve” receives and responds. She also incubates – she takes in what she receives and it “takes shape” inside of her. This is why it is so important that a husband choose wisely what he imparts to her – he will likely get a return on that investment.
Jodi-
Great point. Investing is a great metaphor for what happens in relationships. Thanks for bringing it up. That sparks the thought in me of how God first invested in us and we incubate his love and then respond to it after it “takes shape” inside of us. It makes so much sense when thinking of the comparison between husbands/wives and Christ/church.