At the great commencement of sin in the Garden of Eden, the Author of life was not left scrambling for an appropriate response. He was not forced to go to his cosmic drawing board to devise “Plan B.” There was no sign of panic, anxiety, or loss of control, all of which are outside the bounds of his perfect nature.
No, the Father had long since been prepared.
"I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel."
The Genesis account of the fall of mankind with the disastrous sampling of the forbidden fruit provides transparent insight into the eternal will of God. Without a moment’s hesitation, the Father unveils the very first clue to his redemptive plan. One day, a solitary man from among the offspring of Eve would deliver a fatal blow to the head of God’s most vile enemy. However, it would not be without suffering a strike to his own heel delivered on a Roman cross.
It was the great conspiracy among the Holy Trinity from eternity past. The Father knew the implications of creating humans with the freedom to choose between obedience and rebellion. He knew what would be required to bring about reconciliation from imminent brokenness. He knew precisely what it would cost. The Son, too, was well aware.
And together, they welcomed it.
The advent of Jesus Christ was not a reaction to an unforeseen rebellion in the Garden. Rather, the rebellion was merely the necessary prelude to the main event, the advent of Jesus Christ.
Starter Prayer
Father,
You know all things. You knew when you knit me together in my mother’s womb I would be a creature of rebellion. You knew that it would require the highest price to purchase my redemption. Your son’s blood was at stake. Yet you chose to create me anyway. Thank you for your beautiful master plan and for not withholding your Son to pay for my debt, that I, too, might have the privilege of being called your child.
Amen.
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