Love letter from God- A vow unbroken
Once upon a time, God created the earth, around which He wrapped the universe as a blanket. On the earth He created a Garden in which He placed a companion, the Ish. He created the Ish from the earth and when God breathed life into his nostrils the spirit of life, he became a living soul and it was good—for a time.
It was soon discovered that the Ish himself needed a companion and from the Ish God formed Ishah, because she was taken OUT of the Ish– man AND woman. God considered what He had done and He and man were satisfied—for a time.
The separation began when both man and woman were tempted to break fellowship with the God Who gave them life and all good things. Under the temptation of a lesser creature, they began to esteem themselves more than their Creator and God knew that His love for them would be the only means to bring humankind back to Himself.
God tried to the uttermost to intercede as best He could. Things got so bad that man was only doing evil, continually. After finding only eight righteous who were saved through the water, God called down a great flood decimating the progeny of humanity and the wickedness that if allowed to remain would have kindled a wrath so great that the hope of men would have been utterly snuffed out.
It wasn’t too long after that, even after God left tokens of His esteem in the rainbow, in stones, and by His word, that humanity turned towards itself again. Assembling on the Plains of Babel, they erected a tower to proclaim their greatness. Men began to esteem themselves better than their Creator Who not only gave them life but preserved them through calamity.
The Creator went to greater lengths to secure a long life for man and to bless him. Man’s destruction would be certain if left to doing that which was right in his own eyes and he would have little chance to know the God who loves him. God attempted to prove Himself through the covenants of blood that were cut between Him and those who would agree to His terms. Yes, the consequences were grave, but the conditions not only represented the gravity of sin’s effects on man but also the capacity of God to love him.
Still, God’s love expanded to greater horizons as mankind began to esteem himself better than the one who gave him life by breathing into his nostrils the spirit of life. God in an almost last attempt would call a people unto himself; a people whom He loved, desiring only to be esteemed as their Creator and esteem themselves as His creation. His Word was sealed through miracles, blessings, and curses. God would be betrothed to His people, promising them that He would be faithful for life. He brought heroes, healers, prophets, and kings. To demonstrate His power, the Creator showed that He Himself was greater than any power on earth, any graven image, or any strength in men. Yet still, God’s betrothed was an unfaithful and adulterous bride. Man esteemed himself greater than the One who gave him life.
Any other husband whose wife played the harlot would have cast her off. Not God—He loved her. This kind of covenant could not last. The bride was making a mockery of the NAME her Husband gave her. To preserve His holy name and a remnant to carry it forward, He came to terms with the unthinkable. It was the only means a marriage could be dissolved. One party had to die. The blood of man was not worthy to satisfy such a significant role. It had to be God himself. The ritual of shedding the blood of animals ceased. Only the Word of God, Who created the heavens and the earth and all the dwell in them, could be the Testator to die and bring about a New Covenant in His blood (to be cont’d)