Genesis 2: 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Adam’s choice – do you have any thoughts or insight about this?

Adam had a choice and he blew it. He was told not to eat from the tree of knowledge.

Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

So Adam and Eve ate from the tree, drawn into temptation by the serpent. I’ve often wondered, what would have happened if they’d NOT eaten from the tree of knowledge? Would all of us be in paradise right now, eating as much fruit and veggies that we wanted, not having to toil in the soil? Would we be happy, carefree, birthing children with no pain?

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Or would someone, one of Adam’s and Eve’s offspring, mess everything up by eating from the tree of knowledge? I think about Cain murdering his brother Abel. If Adam and Eve had obeyed God, later, would Cain have eaten from the tree?

I also wonder about Adam’s and Eve’s salvation? Their disobeying God was blatantly wrong. In the Old Testament, people must abide by strict rules. If those rules are broken, they could die, with no hope of salvation? Christ’s coming is foretold in the Old Testament. Yet, I’m unaware as to if Adam and Eve can be saved since they were perfect?

All of us are sinners and we have the hope of salvation through our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

If we were perfect, in the Garden of Eden, would we have been tempted, and made the wrong choice, like Adam and Eve?

What would it be like to wrestle with God, face to face?

Genesis 32: 22-31

22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”

But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”

“Jacob,” he answered.

28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”

29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”

But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.

30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.

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My goodness, when I think about Jacob, wrestling with God…makes me stop and wonder….

Wrestling is a sport that takes a lot of strength and endurance. I remember watching wrestling matches back in high school. The cheerleaders would do their cheers sitting on the floor. I suppose that made things more authentic since the wrestlers were struggling on the floor.

I just can’t imagine wrestling with…God…all night. I think Jacob was stronger then men nowadays. Also I don’t think Jacob really knew with whom he was wrestling, or why?

God reveals himself, letting Jacob know that he has been blessed. I’m not sure why God asked Jacob his name? I guess He just wanted to hear Jacob speak his name.

I wonder what God looked like while wrestling with Jacob? I believe he physically resembled Jesus in the New Testament.

Another thing that was weird, Jacob was able to overcome God, until God damaged his tendon. Why did he damage his tendon?

So, read the scripture below and let me know if you have any thoughts about it.

What do you think it would be like to wrestle with God all night?