Desire's Need

Ezekiel 28:12-17 sheds additional insight upon the eternal battle raging between the Serpent and the Light!

You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect beauty.

You were in Eden, the garden of God;

Every precious stone was your covering:

The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.

The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.

You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you;

You wee on the holy mountain of God;

You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.

You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you....

You became filled with violence within, And you sinned;

Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God;

And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty,

You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor...

Wow! A covering cherub ... disguising himself later as an angel of light ... whose very first words to man necessitated a Divine covering ... that no fig leaves, no false light, could imitate. It took a bloodied covering, flowing scarlet to return Light to that which had chosen darkness.

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What did Eve desire? What drove her to place her will, her understanding, above God’s? Was it not the seedbed of pride? A desire to know as God knew.

There is a way that seems right to a man; but the end of it is death.

Upon the eating, Eve gained what she desired … gained more than she bargained for. Suddenly she knew what God had always known, and it drove her to disguise herself, to hide the now awful truth from the very One who walked with her in the cool of the evening.

Every fiber of Eve’s being, of Adam’s being, vibrated the truth that apart from God only darkness exists … apart from Him all is vanity. And they had not yet come to understand LOVE.

So rather than running to it, they hid themselves in feeble makeshift garments that on another occasion would weave a garment of laughter, but on this day could only bring tears.

Then LOVE steps in, and they begin to understand.

I can’t help but speculate that what they had so taken for granted, up until now, suddenly took wing … no longer remaining earthbound. Grace covered every interaction, every conversation between their hearts and God’s, with mercy. In the midst of their pain, of their sorrow, they discovered unfathomable joy and a loving gratitude toward their Creator they’d not tasted of before. Sweet juice of the Vine replaced the bitterness of a forbidden bite … and they knew that they knew that they knew that surely joy indeed comes in the morning.