Is God the primary cause behind the terrorist acts of ISIS? Is God the ultimate cause behind the antisemitism of the holocaust? Is God the one who causes tragedies, rape, birth defects, and abuse of children? These and other troubling questions boil down to asking, “Did God originate evil?”
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The seamless, unifying theme of the entire Scriptures is the story of God’s redemptive plan to restore his personal presence with His people. We first see God among his people in the original holy of holies, the Garden sanctuary on Eden Mountain. But due to their failure of faith in God, man and woman are expelled from his holy presence and from access to the tree of life, forced to descend to the valley and experience death.
But despite this failure, God doesn’t give up on dwelling with His people. He implements a plan, a journey of faith for us, to restore His fallen people to His holy and lofty presence. The Christmas story is a seamless continuation of that same story.
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A branch saved a nation. You read that correctly. It’s not a typo. The nation of Israel was saved from annihilation by a branch. But it’s no surprise when you consider that trees & variations of them are a unifying, redemptive theme of the Bible. If there was a tree of life, that is, a tree whose fruit provided life in the Garden located in Eden, it should be no surprise for Bible readers that there is also a BRANCH of life.
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