When
I hear the name Eve, often my first thought is “I wish you had said no to that
serpent!” It is true that the sin of Adam and Eve in eating the forbidden fruit
caused the cursed state of the earth and mankind.
However, God in His grace killed
animals to make clothing for the couple who had just realized they were naked.
He pronounced the curse that women would have great pain in childbirth, but He
allowed Eve, the fallen woman, to bear the first children. In fact, her name
means “life giver,” the name her husband gave her because he realized that God’s
command to them to be fruitful and multiply meant that his wife would be the
mother of all living. Adam and Eve’s son, Seth, is listed in the lineage of
Jesus! She was the Lord’s own great to the nth power grandmother. And wasn’t
that the promise she received, that her Seed would crush the serpent’s head
once for all?!
The Bible is truly the story of
redemption through the Lord Jesus Christ throughout the pages, in every book of
God’s word. Eve was the first woman, the one who gave the forbidden fruit to
Adam, the first mother to suffer the loss of a child who was murdered, the
mother of the first murderer; but she was also the Mother of Christmas because Jesus’
lineage is traced to Seth, the son God gave her to replace Abel who was murdered
by Cain.
Have you rebelled against God? Have
you denied His existence? Or just ignored Him thinking you have plenty of time
to make up your mind about Jesus? Today is the day of salvation! Surrender your
life to Jesus, the only way to a right relationship with the Creator, the
Almighty God, today! He is the only One who can crush Satan’s power in your
life! He offers you the free gift of salvation, free to those who believe and
trust Him, but very expensive for Him to give. The price of that gift was His
agonizing death on the cross. You see, the baby in the manger at Christmas was
born to die that men might truly live.
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