More from Genesis 2
God talks with Adam. What? From the first moment it becomes
clear that God did not make man to see what he would do. This was not a crazy
lab experiment out in the garden. This was God (the one without lack) choosing
to hang out with Adam. So they sit down and have a little chat about the do’s
and don’ts for garden living. So in verse 16 God clues Adam into some practical
living tips. He wants to just give him one of those little consider yourself
warned little talks. So He tells Adam, “You may surely eat of every tree of the
garden but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for
in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Pretty straightforward,
sort of, maybe. I don’t know. Adam, formerly dirt, hanging out with God, having
a chat about trees you can eat from and tree that you cannot eat from. It seems
like a pretty easy sit through. Not like sitting with my dad as he would
explain the nature of choice and how consequence for poor decision-making would
result in something very unpleasant, something to not be experienced. The hint
of it should be weighty enough to ensure that there would never be choices that
could result in unpleasantries. You know how those talks turned out. Situation
1252: Me on the roof of the church, riding my skateboard, mid service. Made
total sense at the time. He couldn’t mean skating on the church roof was a bad
idea, was a poor decision worthy of very unpleasant consequence. I’m pretty
sure Adam was feeling pretty committed to getting it right at that moment in
time. I’m pretty sure he was picking up what God was putting down. How hard can
it be? Just don’t eat from one tree. It’s a slam-dunk, a no brainer. Adam’s got
this.
And then God drops this crazy bomb on Adam. To paraphrase:
Dude, you look bored just hanging out with me all day I’m going to make someone
for you to hang out with. Sweet, Let’s go name stuff. What?
Let me wrap my mind around this. God and Adam are chillin’, hanging
out, looking at stuff, naming stuff, and God has this moment of clarity where He realizes Adam
needs a girl version so He can go subdue and rule with her. Okay, makes total
sense. But the thing is that the All-Consuming Fire, The Holy of Holy’s, The
Ancient of Days, knows that while there is no lack in Him, there is certainly
lack in Adam. Adam has lack because he does not have a trinity. He has him and
God and God knows the magic number is not two. It is in fact always and forever
three.
So there you go; Basic math at no extra charge. Nice talk
God. Nice talk Adam. Let’s go name stuff. Adam’s probably all, “Let’s call that
one a sheep.” God was probably like “good call. We’re going to use that one a
lot.”
