Sonship Kings
“Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature so they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.”
God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them:“Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge (Gen 1:26-28, The Message Bible)!
Who is them? Glad you asked. Them would be us, His sons, mankind, the ones He formed from the dirt of the ground and breathed His personal breath into. The ones He made to act and be, just like Him. What if King Creator God had a thought to make an extended version of heaven.
What if He also wanted sons who thought just as He did, to manage it. Well, that’s what happened. After He made us in His likeness, He gave us an assignment, to rule, dominate, manage everything He created. I hope you feel the same as I do in thinking what an awesome privilege to be made just like Creator God and given the ability and charge to manage His works. Our King was very mindful of us in that He gave us everything we needed to live, be fruitful and multiply.
So, from the foundation of the world, He had His sons in mind to assist Him in the extension of His Kingdom. Our task as kings/sons, was to make the domain earth look just like heaven. The blueprint would come from an unseen source, the Holy Spirit. King Creator, wanted to rule the seen earth, from unseen heaven, by way of our Governor, the Holy Spirit living on the inside of a physical dirt body, mankind; how cool is that! Don’t you feel blessed that He was mindful of His sons? He gave us a domain, he filled that domain with every good thing to eat and everything we would need to fulfill His command.
Everything growing on its own, we were walking around chilling in the presence of our King communicating with Him daily. God, from the onset wanted sons and not servants who would represent Him in nature and be in a loving relationship with. And because He loved us so, He gave us instructions on how He wanted things managed. Now, y’all know that everything comes with instructions, right? Yes, that includes dominating the works of His hands ( Removing all excuses, you know the one: “I didn’t know!”).
God commanded the Man, “You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don’t eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you’re dead (Gen2:16-17, Message Bible). Now could He have been any plainer than that? [This is why I like the Message Bible, straight and to the point] Is anyone else out there thinking, He gave us all the trees to eat of except the one in the middle and we had to mess that up, common mankind!
Now King God gave these instructions to His son Adam, are you wondering like I have been all of my life, where in the world did the serpent come from and get the information or instructions from? This lets us know the enemy is always listening in on our conversations. He is not all knowing but he hears when the Word is going forth and when we declare a thing, then he goes to work to make us doubt.
Before going on to what happened next, King God saw that Adam was alone in the sense that there was no one like him for company. He put him to sleep (first use of anesthesia) took out a rib, created Woman; later named Eve (first surgery). Now again, the command was given to Adam. Here comes the serpent; pause. Can anyone imagine what the serpent looked like walking up right, just asking?
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?” The Woman said to the serpent, “Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It’s only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don’t eat from it; don’t even touch it or you’ll die.'” The serpent told the Woman, “You won’t die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what’s really going on. You’ll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil” (Gen 3:1-5, Message Bible).
Why Eve and not Adam, he was standing right there. Why didn’t Adam step in, stop her, say something! I know I’m not alone asking these questions, right? Eve may not have been there when God gave the command but, she definitely knew what had been spoken concerning the Tree. She saw, she took she ate, and passed it to Adam who had the nerve to eat also; for real y’all!
And because of disobedience or listening to dark information, he (Satan) killed our purpose, stole our domain, and destroyed our relationship with King God and the Holy Spirit.
We are “them”. Kings without a place to rule, in trouble because of no presence or connection to our Home Country and King.
We now need a Savior.