The Sacrifice AND THE HARVEST SEASON

The first thing Noah did when he got off the ark was build an altar and offer a sacrifice. God was pleased with the sacrifice and said,

“I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

The flood was a harvest of judgment

It is estimated that between millions and maybe billions of people perished in the flood. All of their hopes and dreams perished overnight. A man’s lifespan was cut to 120 years. The people of that day suffered because of the curse on the ground because of Adam’s disobedience. It didn’t have to end that way.

The Garden of Eden is a place of worship. Hebrews 8:1-2, says

“Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the of the Majesty in the heavens. A minister of the sanctuary, and the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitch, and not man.”

When did God pitch this sanctuary, this true tabernacle, and not man?

Genesis 2:8, “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed”

God planted two special trees. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam’s responsibility was to dress and keep the garden. He wasn’t supposed to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He was supposed to dress the tree.

Adam had permission to freely eat from any tree in the garden. Nevertheless, he was not allowed to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That tree represented his sacrifice of worship.

God came to visit Adam in the cool of the day. Adam heard the voice of God walking in the garden. God calls out for Adam. Adam, where are you? Adam knew he was supposed to meet God at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

After Adam ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he experienced spiritual death. He did not die a physical death until many years later.

How do we know this was the harvest season?

All creation works on the basis of seed time and harvest. This is a repeated pattern and constant cycle. Genesis 4:3 says that in the process of time, two brothers offered a sacrifice. They offered a sacrifice in the harvest season.

Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice than his brother Cain. Abel was a keeper of sheep, and he offered the “firstling” of his flock and the fat of it. The definition of “firstling” is “The first agricultural produce or animal offspring of a season.”

Cain offered the fruit of his land. He persisted in the old order. God dealt with Cain about his offering. God corrected Cain. He said, “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?”

Hebrews 11:5 says, Enoch was translated so that he should not see death. God was pleased with Enoch.

Here are a few facts about God

He is the original Architect, Hebrews 3:4

All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made, John 1:3

All things consist in him, Colossians 1:17

He upholds all things by the word of his power, Hebrews 1:3

Creation’s Seed Time Harvest from Genesis through Revelation

Genesis 2:1-4, God planted a garden eastward in Eden. He sowed seed.

Genesis 1, through Revelation 21, represent a process of time called the generations.

Genesis 2:4,

“These are the generations of the the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.”

There were many seed time harvest seasons in between the first sowing of the seed and the final harvest.

In Revelation, Chapter 22:1-2, creation is in full harvest. Paradise is the Garden of Eden, in full harvest. You have the throne of God and the river of life flowing out of the throne of God. You have the two trees that God planted initially in the Garden of Eden. You have the tree of life in full bloom. It yields a monthly harvest. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is represented as the Lamb of God. He is seated on the throne of God.

God places the Lamb of God on the throne of God. This act tells you how important sacrifice is to God.

The concept of sacrifice couldn’t have existed unless God created it in the beginning!

John 1:29, John the Baptist said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!’

One final thought:

According to Genesis 3:24, God drove Adam out of the Garden of Eden. He placed the Cherubim in the Garden. The Cherubim is a class of angels associated with worship. 2 Samuel 6:2: He is called the LORD of Hosts, who dwells between the Cherubim.

God loved the world so much that He sacrificed His only begotten Son. Whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Grace and peace!

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Sacrifice & Abel

There are people in scripture that God spoke highly, for example,

Hebrews 11:5, “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”

Acts 13:22 “…He raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will.”

God said this about Job the richest man of the east:

Job 1:8, “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.”

God said, this about Abraham:

“And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him”? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him” Genesis 18:17-19

This is what God said about Abel:

“By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.” Hebrews 11:4

The conflict that exist between Cain and Abel was one of survival. Abel flourished because of his sacrifice. God said, it was more excellence sacrifice.

Why was Cain’s sacrifice rejected? Cain gave of the fruit of his ground. Abel sacrificed the ‘firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.’

In Genesis 3:21, God established the pattern for provision. He shed the blood of innocent animals and he made clothes for them.

God said to Cain, “Why are angry and depressed?” God said, if you do what is required will you not be accepted? If not sin is waiting at the door and he desires you! God personifies sin by calling it HIM. And we know who him is, Satan! God said to Cain, “you must rule over him” Genesis 4:7

The earth wasn’t working for Cain. If you miss to many harvests, desperation is going to show up. In his desperation and frustration, he blame Abel. Cain took a rock and murdered his brother.

Next time on Secrets from the Garden of Eden, Noah offered a sacrifice that was well pleasing to the LORD. God then changed the course of the human race.

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The Sacrifice is Connected to the Land

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Adam’s primary job as far as the Garden of Eden was concern, was dressing the fruit. Adam made presentation of the fruit that fell from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This was his sacrifice of worship.

Two things among many happened

  1. The land was cursed, God said, “And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: curse is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt eat of it all the day of thy life.” Genesis 3:17 (KJV)
  2. God placed Cherubims, “So drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way, to the tree of life.” Genesis 3:24

You have to keep going back to the beginning to understand why things are the way that they are! Adam broke covenant. He ate instead of serving. Adam was driven out of the Garden of Eden. This was because he had access to the tree of life. Doing so would have caused him to live forever in a spiritual fallen state. In Genesis 3:23-24 (KJV)

“And LORD God said, Behold man, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand , and take also of the tree of the life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”

God placed Cherubims in the Garden of Eden facing east because that was probably the direction facing the throne of God. Cherubims are connected to the worship of God. They were a place holder until Jesus’ sacrifice had been made.

The Sacrifice

“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perished, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV)

Church Closes Down

St. Christopher Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan, will close permanently this Sunday, January 11, 2026.

Catholic church leadership said the cause was low attendance, dwindling membership, and the rising cost of maintenance.

The Catholic Church once had a membership of a million, now 900,000, and half of them attend mass.

They said, they hope the building doesn’t become a blight to the community.

This is a trend across denominations. Older members are dying off.

The dangers of churches shutting down include the spiritual vacuum that will result.

The cumulative vacuum will occur as congregations are shuttered, and prayer services and Bible studies are no longer held.

Some services are being held online. However, on-site services will no longer be available, which means that corporate services will also be unavailable.

Shifting Emphasis

When people are no longer coming to the table, get ready for an attack from the enemy. In the five years I have been attending prayer meetings, only two people have been present. There, in most cases, have been no developments, no growth in churches.

In this present generation, single mothers are the head of households. She may have seven kids by seven different fathers.

Drug use is epidemic. You can smell the strong odor of marijuana on the highways and in communities. Apostle Peter warned us of these days in 1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”

Grace & peace

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