October 20
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GENESIS 2
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. – Genesis 2:4-9
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GENESIS 2 THE MAKING OF MAN AND HIS HABITATION
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
In the days that the Lord God made all things from day one to day six
He had a plan in mind and a sequence of doing each of these things
But when the making of man came about, we see a slight difference
The creation of man was a sum total of God’s word and his own breath.
God also prepared for the man’s life by creating his environment
He planted a garden in the east where he placed the man he had made
And from the ground, God also sprung up every tree that is beautiful
He placed the tree of life and also the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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In the Genesis account of creation, we distinctly have a glimpse of how God made almost everything in preparation for the man. He created man in the last day. If you look at the sequence of the details of God’s creation, just like in a drama that you watch on television, everything was leading up to the drum roll moment: the making of the man. He made man in the last day after everything else was prepared for him. He was prepared to be the holy bride for his own Son Jesus Christ. He made man in his image so that we can all choose be holy and pure for the head and husband of the church, who is Christ his son.
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REFLECTION
• Why do you think God breath his own breath on man and not on other creatures?