There are several fundamental principles given by the Lord in the account of the creation of man and the Garden of Eden. One of these is the principle of choice. The Lord always gives us a choice. He gave Adam and Eve the choice of the fruit of any tree in the garden – except one.
When Adam and Eve sinned they found that they were naked. The Lord made clothing of animal skins for them (Genesis 3:21). Animals had to die for their skins to be used. The Creator of all things could have done provided colorful silk robes for Adam and Eve, but He did not. God was demonstrating the principle that sin causes the shedding of blood.
When man was expelled from the Garden of Eden, he was told that he would have to earn his living by the sweat of his brow (Genesis 3:19). The Lord cursed the earth because of the sin of man.
The result of man’s sin was blood, sweat and sorrow.
Tomorrow is Resurrection Sunday. Three days before, the Lord Jesus was in sorrow and agony. We find the account in Luke 22:39-46. Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane on the same night as He would be betrayed and arrested. The Lord Jesus, because He is One with the Father, knew what was coming that very night and the following day. He prayed earnestly to the Father for the removal of “this cup,” but He surrendered Himself to the will of God. Jesus prayed so earnestly that “his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
In the Garden of Eden, man sinned, blood was shed and the earth was cursed.
Four-thousand years later the stress and agony of what He faced caused the sweat of the Lord Jesus to fall to ”the ground like great drops of blood.” Not only was the Lord Jesus redeeming mankind by shedding His blood the next day, He was showing that in the future the earth itself would be redeemed from its curse by His blood.
Two gardens, separated by four-thousand years, are connected by the shedding of blood because of sin and the shedding of blood to redeem all sinners. They are connected by the Lord’s curse on the earth that man would have to sweat to eat, and the promised redemption of the earth from that curse.
It is all because of Jesus. Thank you, Jesus! Thank you! Praise His name! Praise Him always!
May I express my appreciation to Rachel and Robin for this study .