If you recall in Genesis 3:1, the fall of Eve begins. Her declension into temptation and the desires of heart unfolds. How did he tempt her? I often wonder. Was his voice hushed and seductive? Did he touch her? Did he wrap his his tail around her wrist and pull her hand up to the tree as he enticed her? What drew her to that tree?
We know that she was without sin. We know that she had not one evil thought in her being. She was made from Adam, who was made by God. Until this momentous turn of historical events, she was in fact, The Perfect Woman.
What then, interrupted her? A serpant? The very firey tongue of Satan himself, I am convinced. I do believe his voice was seductive. He stood upright before he was cursed, (Genesis 3:14). He walked towards her with one intention. To deceive, to entice, and to watch the very fall of mankind. He tempted her with the only thing she knew was "wrong", the forbidden tree in the middle of the garden.
She lost herself in his words, she lost her life in his hands, and when her lips touch the sweet nectar of that fruit, she brought us all to the grave. What a burden to carry for the rest of your life, knowing that you were the first one to condemn the entire universe. She not only was interrupted herself, she interrupted Adam, and the circle of life. The order of everything was changed forever. (Genesis 3:17-21)
I aslo think it is most interesting that the first thing that they both realize is thier sexuality. To me this intriguing. Why worry about a naked body at this point? It was just the two of them. Had they not used their bodies at this point to pleasure one another? Now all of a sudden, their entire mindset of their bodies changes and they see the difference between their loins and are ashamed of it. (Genesis 3:7-11)
So why am I intorducing this blog as Eve, Interuppted? Because somewhere along the line, we all get interrupted with the temptations of the heart, or the seductive pull of hushed voices and provocative sensations that run deep in our viens. Until one day we feel like we have lost our sense of being, our sense of soul. We dream better dreams, and desire for them to come true without hurting anything or changing the order of things in the process.
But here lies the problem: For every 'dream come true', orders of life as we know it, always change!
Saturday, September 6, 2008
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I've always kind of questioned the perfection of Eve.
My question is: if she was perfect, then why did she sin? Out of naivety? But if Eve was merely naive, then the punishment seems a bit excessive.
It's interesting to me b/c her "sin" doesn't seem like much of a sin. I mean, if she killed someone or cursed God, then I think things might be more clear cut.
It's also interesting to me that God wasn't content with human beings who were untested.
Why did God put humanity in a position where he knew we would fail???? The alternative must have been even more repulsive to God than what we have currently experienced.
I just discovered your blog. Wow. I can really really identify with what you are writing....not from my current circumstances, but from circumstances from a few years' back, when I questioned absolutely everything about my identity, and that led to some massive and unexpected changes....which have proved to be great in the long-run but were hell at the time.
What if the story of Eve didn't happen literally? What if it was written by men who needed an explanation for sin/evil, and that explanation made sense to them? But maybe there are other explanations? Maybe there are other ways of understanding God, humanity, and what it means to be a woman?
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