“Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathro, answered Jeremiah, saying, as for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?’ Jeremiah 44:11-19
Are you baking cakes or are you sowing seed? There is a big difference! God created Adam not for the purpose of knowing good or evil; that is struggling to put food on the table, surviving, and striving to pay bills. Adam was created to dress and keep the garden of Eden. God said Adam could freely eat as much as he wanted. Adam’s job was to dress and keep or sow and reap.
Adam’s job was to dress the fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil as a sacrifice of obedience. He was to make presentation of the fruit that fell from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thereby keeping the way open to the tree of life. Adam was given fruit as his instrument of worship. He worked the tree and his reward was life. That is the whole process of sowing and reaping.
“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:15-17
God swore to Israel to bless all the works of their hands. He promised to give them days of heaven on earth. He gave them a high priest and a dedicated priesthood to offer up daily sacrifices. God entered into a sworn oath covenant with Israel to make them the head and not the tail, Deuteronomy 28:1-14. Just as it was Adam’s job in the beginning to reproduce the garden of Eden on earth, God was going to use Israel to reproduce heaven upon earth, Deuteronomy 11:18-19. Just as he promised through the ministry of Jesus to do the same, Matthew 6:10.
Look at Revelation 22:1-4
“And he shewed me a put river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.”
WE can see the whole process of Genesis 2 in the scripture above. You see the throne of God was represented as the city of Eden. You see the Lamb of God which is the sacrifice, which took the place of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You see the river of God coming out of the throne of God, the source of eternal life. You see the seed time harvest process in tree of life bearing twelve manners of fruit on a monthly basis, which is for the healing of the nations. His servants serve him. They shall see his face. His name shall be in their foreheads, in other words, their singularly focus is him!
What is in the your hands? God in his goodness and mercy put the sacrifice back into our hands. The problem is, people don’t know what to do with it because they never really took the time to find out what belongs to them. They were too busy burning incense to the queen of heaven.
Jesus said,
“I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:51
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” John 6:53
We find the Lord’s Supper, Communion Service in Matthew 26:17-29; Mark 14:12-25; Luke 22:7-38 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
What is in your hands?
Secrets from the Garden of Eden 