Di-vision

The Original Vision

God gave man a singular vision in Genesis chapters 1-2. Man was created in the image of God, to be like God. They were to exercise dominion over the earth. They were to be fruitful, to multiply, replenish, subdue it, and exercise dominion over fish of the sea, over the fowl of the air, over the cattle, over all the earth, and over very creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

Definition of Vision

“The faculty or state of being able to see. The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.” (Source: Google definitions)

Di-vison

The root definition of the word “di”, according to Google, is of Greek origin meaning two, double, twice, twofold. We get the following words: divert, divest, digress, directive, disposal, divergent, diversion, dilate, and dilute. (Source: Google definitions)

Adam and Eve were created in the image of God, to be like God. But in Genesis 3:1-5, we see a second vision being cast,

“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said, unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it , neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:1-5 (KJV)

The serpent cast a vision. His vision says, its alright to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for then your eyes will opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil.

Once they ate the fruit of the sacrifice, their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked. They ran and hid themselves among the trees of the garden.

“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together; and made aprons”

The man and his wife didn’t even know that they had physical bodies. They associated with one another by voice. They had the same name. He called their name Adam. Genesis 5:2, “Male and Female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.” Adam gave his wife the name of Eve after the fall, Genesis 3:20.

They identified God by his voice. They walked in the glory of God. Their original clothing was the glory of God. The glory of God radiated from the inside out. They looked upon the face of God and the glory of God was reflected in their face. It was never God’s will for Adam, Eve or their family to be judges of good or evil.

When God showed up on the appointed day, at the appointed place; God calls out to Adam, “Adam where are you?” Adam responded,

“And said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

God said, “… Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?”

The reality of the serpent’s vision

The reality of the serpents vision began to manifest early, when one of Adam and Eve’s sons murdered his brother. Cain murdered his brother Abel over the offering of the sacrifice. The serpent vision began to pick up speed until God said,

“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” Genesis 6:5-6

The key words, “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” Where is their focus? It’s on themselves and their environment. The image that filled their hearts and minds was only evil all the time. They acted upon those twisted impulses.

What did Satan gained by enticing Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit?

He gained third-party benefits. He gained seed, the right to plant and reap a harvest. God said, “I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed”, Genesis 3:15

The serpent was given a place, authority and dominion over Adam’s descendants. Adam’s sin corrupted things in heaven and on earth. Once God made a sacrifice for their sin, he had to drive them out of the garden of Eden and he placed Cherbims in their place. God also placed a flaming sword in the entrance of the garden of Eden to protect the tree of life.

When Jesus showed up, Satan immediately recognized Jesus as the promised seed of the woman prophesy in Genesis 3:15, to be the son of God. The angels broadcast the good news of his birth.

Luke 4:5-6

“And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.”

There is no division within the kingdom of darkness among those within his spiritual kingdom. But there is division among human beings within his physical kingdom on earth. He hates with pure hatred human beings. How do we know this?

Jesus was casting out devil which caused a person to be dumb. When the devil was gone out of the person, they could speak. There were people who said Jesus cast out devil by Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. Jesus said,

“… Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.”

There is no di-vision in Satan’s kingdom. Satan’s vision is to subvert God’s image in you so that you act contrary to original mandate. This is why people will pour all their energy into planting, harvesting and selling opiates. They will manufacture submarines to transport drugs into countries world-wide.

The real issue is not poverty, or lack of opportunity, the image God has been marred. God has given us all seed for the vision. There is absolutely totally no excuse for lack. People keep feeding on the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Seed is for the vision. Seed is for provision or it is pro-vision. The pre-fix “pro”, simply means “for”. Seed was designed as a blueprint to transmit “life.”

“And God said, BEHOLD, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.” Genesis 1:29-30 (KJV)

Seed is not limited to food, in Genesis 3:15, God gave the woman a seed that would bruise the head of the serpent.

Grace & peace!