{"id":11335,"date":"2023-03-30T18:18:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T00:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=11335"},"modified":"2023-03-09T19:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T01:11:59","slug":"the-environment-in-a-fallen-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2023\/the-environment-in-a-fallen-world.html","title":{"rendered":"The Environment in a Fallen World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Last time we talked about the environment in Genesis 1 and 2 – at the beginning of creation, in a perfect world. But we all know that the world didn’t stay that way. So let’s move on to Genesis 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The basic history – the first man and woman rebelled against the Creator. And so God Himself placed His creation under a curse. Let’s see what God said…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To the woman he said,
\u201cI will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to your husband,
but he shall rule over you.\u201d
And to Adam he said,
\u201cBecause you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you,
\u2018You shall not eat of it,\u2019
cursed is the ground because of you;
in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.\u201d<\/p>\nGenesis 3:16-19<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Notice what happens here. God’s purpose continues, but it is now under a curse. What has changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n