If we understood the first 4 chapters of the Bible, we would understand our lives, relationships, and the way things work much better. This is important because 1) It explains how God is 2) It explains who we were created to be (purpose) 3) It explains how God interacts with us without the issue/weight of sin in between us 4) It explains how we're supposed to be interacting with each other without sin botching things up, 5) It explains how nature around us is meant to be without sin. 6) Since Jesus has taken care of sin, it shows how what God wants to restore the earth back to. 7) It shows what we can be and should be expecting and helping make a reality again. (If a computer breaks into 150 pieces, but you never saw it before it was in pieces, how would you know what it was supposed to be restored to?)
So each day for the month of February, I'm going to post an explanation of our lives that comes out of the first 4 chapters of the Bible.
Day 1: God's Mood
I grew up reading and hearing the creation account in King James Monotone. I was glad to hear the Bible, but in King James monotone this made God seem to be very serious, dull, and slightly boring. He was emotionless. We don't have the whole dialogue recorded as it happened, but what we do know is after He created something He looked back and said, "It is good" (1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25) After He made humans, He said, "It is very good." (1:31). No artist or creator stays perfectly calm while creating, they get excited as to what is unfolding before their eyes. I propose to you that God was excited, He ran over and with all His love and energy proclaimed light. Then He looks back at Michael and smiles. He proclaims sea creatures and does a little dance. He proclaims the stars in the sky and the sun and the moon and then spins around to make sure all of heaven can see the glory unfolding. Then, as every angel and being inches closer to see the grand finale, He actually goes in and uses His own hands to form this "human" and with the greatest of smiles and a little chuckle, He breathes face-to-face into the being. As He steps back His heart pounding and shoulders relax with a deep exhale and He says, "It is very good."
Why this is important: God's natural mood is a good mood. He's not naturally emotionless or naturally angry all the time. He's not bent on pins and needles ready to snap and throw the world into destruction if anything disobeys Him out of fear of losing control. He's naturally in a good mood. When He created humans, He didn't give up His whole being and natural state of delight - that's stupid to say a creation can change the creator forever. My painting can influence me, but it can't change who I am. Yes, God is jealous and angry at times, but I believe His natural state He returns to is a good enjoyable mood not one of anger or emotionlessness. Even before humans existed, God is naturally in a good mood and a fun guy to be around.
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