Yesterday, I said God was the original idol. When you think about an idol, you associate it with something that is false. But the false is only an imitation of the real.
Idols make people naked
The only difference between the God of heaven and earth and idols on earth is that when you worship God, you can be naked and not ashamed. Simply because walking in the glory of God makes unable to see anything else.
Genesis 3, the Serpent was able to distract Eve long enough to get her to focus on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Once he deceived her into the merits of eating its fruit. she was…
1. That the tree was good for food
2. That it was pleasant to look on
3. That it was good to make one wise
She took the fruit and ate it and gave it unto her husband and he ate it.
From this point, their eyes were opened, and they knew they were naked and hid themselves among the trees of the Garden.
The death process began to break out in their bodies. They took leaves from the trees of the Garden to make bandages to heal their sores. The bandages, also called Aprons, were not enough to heal their sin. God gave them skins of an animal as a temporary covering, which we now know was a blood sacrifice.
Side note: Ezekiel 47:1-12, is a prophetic vision of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that would cause a great harvest of fruit which was good for meat and whose leaves are for medicine or the healing of bruises and sores (Ezekiel 47:12). That same thought is picked up in Revelation 22:1-2. You have the throne of God and the Lamb, the river of life feeding into the tree of Life, which produces fruit, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations.
The Golden Calf
History is repeating itself. In Exodus 32:1-35, Moses goes up to the mountain to receive the Law from God. He takes too long, and the people persuaded Aaron to make them gods to go before them. Aaron collects golden earrings from their wives, sons, and daughters. Aaron fashioned the earrings into a golden calf and proclaimed, “These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.” Aaron built an altar before it and proclaimed a feast. The people sat down to eat and rose up to play.
When Moses came down from the mountain, he heard shouting and music. He also saw that Aaron had made them NAKED to their shame among their enemies (Exodus 32:25).
Again, Adam and Eve were naked and not ashamed until they ate the fruit. Their eyes were opened, and they knew they were naked. They hid from the presence of God. In the days of Moses, they made a golden calf worshipped it and were naked to their shame.
Lamb of God
The system that God created began with a sacrifice, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. According to Revelation 22:1-2, we will go over into eternity with a sacrifice, the Lamb of God, seated on the throne of God.
Sacrifice is a really big thing with God. You see, the Lamb of God in Revelation 5:6, in the midst of the throne, is the image of a Lamb that has been slain, having seven eyes and seven horns. The seven eyes represent the fullness of revelation of the goodness and grace of God. The seven horns represent the fullness of power to deliver people from the bondage of sin.
The present reality
According to Hebrews 6:4-5, We get to taste the heavenly gift, the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come now. History is repeating itself. God has put the Gift of Life back into our hands. According to Colossians 3:1-3
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” (KJV)
To set ones affection on things above means to put your mind and focus on the things of God. Your life is hidden in Christ, who is our life.
God is simply taking us back to the Garden of Eden before Adam sinned.
Grace & peace!
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