The Third Moment of Creation

When I say, "third moment of creation," people tend to ask, "When was there a second?"  Well, Genesis 1 & 2 respectively indicate two distinct moments of creation.  The first of which was Genesis 1:26 when God makes Man and Woman like Himself on the sixth day.  Subsequent to this does God rest which is the seventh day.  And only after "resting" does He formulate Adam from the ground as indicated in Genesis 2.  This is the second moment of creation. 

The moment Adam named the animals and the moment in which God created Eve from Adam's rib could also be considered distinct moments of creation, but given that all of these are moments in which what was was strictly spirit became also natural; I link them as all one moment, the second moment of creation.

To separate these two moments more clearly . . .

In the first moment of creation Man and Woman were created as spirit and soul.  In the second moment of creation, Man and Woman also became body.

In the first moment, God gave Man and Woman dominion over the earth.  In the second moment, God makes Man, with Adam, and Woman, with Eve, legal residents of the world He had given them dominion over.

What should be clear is that these two moments of creation were results of God's divine will.  The third moment of creation by contrast to the other two should have never occurred.  The third moment of creation is the moment Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden.

Spawned in this moment were things God never intended to be true of Man and the world over which he ruled; the sin nature, sickness, poverty, and death.  As a true indication of how powerful Man is as the only creation made in God's image and likeness, Man created his own suffering and death. 

Death being a separation of the spirit and soul from the body, a separation God never intended.  In other word's, Man's creation reversed God's creation which is legal in this realm over which Man has dominion, i.e. the natural or earthly realm; and God could do nothing about it.

By sinning, Man created hurricanes, tornadoes, global warming, genocide, terrorism, starvation, war, etc., etc.  And all this, Man void of the revelation of self, has come to accept as his reality.

But the point of discussing this third moment of creation was to indicate that it was never meant to be.  And because that's true, the third moment of creation is a reality but does not have to be your reality.  You can walk in your divine authority.  You can choose not to succumb to your sin nature.  You can exist in the natural realm free of poverty and sickness.  And even with a natural death sentence, you can still achieve eternal life.

God had a plan for Man's existence.  Allow His plan to define your life.