Genesis 1-11 Retold (Part 1)
In the beginning God built a temple. And that tells the whole story. The whole story. To miss this story is to miss the whole point of God’s work. God built a temple because, well, that’s where gods live, right? And God wants to live on the earth he created with us. Still does. And will. On a mountain God planted his garden temple/palace to live with his human creatures (Ez.28:13-16). In that garden God walked in communion and fellowship with Adam and Eve. And they’re just us, you know. All humanity. What’s more, God made them (and us) priests in this garden temple. Royal priests because they (we) are children of God the Great King. This is that “image of God” thing. What God started there he intends to spread the length and breadth and height and depth of the whole creation. Remember the river from Eden that branched into four to water the rest of the then uninhabited earth. Why water it if people weren’t going to live there. Yep, God wants this whole world full of his royal...