written by Daniel Piper
A Letter
Dear Lord,
You gave us an option at life with a desire to know more.
So why was the tree of knowledge even available at the store?
You knew there was a price to be paid for choosing anything outside of You.
So why were their options other than the tree of life?
My Lord, I know you’re real. The only way to eternal life.
Sometimes I wonder if Adam and Eve got the raw end of the deal.
Respectfully, you knew very well they would choose the wrong tree.
Adam and Eve, and all of creation, were alive, thriving, and breathing.
So the tree of life didn’t offer any immediate value.
Choosing otherwise did come with a punishment of death that they didn’t really understand.
Had Adam and Eve ever seen death before?
Knowledge of life, death, good and evil sounds like a more enticing plan.
The tree of knowledge offered new beginnings that were undiscovered.
You gave us this burning passion to know more and leave no mysteries uncovered.
You see Lord, help me understand that Creation wasn’t an absolute setup.
Or maybe it was?
Maybe your whole, eternal plan was to reveal Your Son, Jesus.
If Adam and Eve had chosen the tree of life. What they were truly choosing was Your Son.
“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” – 1 John 5:11
But Lord! What still boggles my mind is how would You then prove your love toward us?
If Adam and Eve chose the right tree how would Your agape, infinite love be displayed?
Would humanity forever take your love for granted?
For no greater love is there than when a man lays down his life.
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” – John 15:13
So if Adam and Eve chose the tree of life, how would the greatest love be displayed?
Is this perhaps the lesson learned from Lucifer?
That when your love is left unproven – Your creation is bound to be divided and unstable.
Were You ultimately saving Adam and Eve from a future rebellion…
By intentionally allowing sin and death so we would eternally appreciate life?
The life being Your Son, Jesus.
If all this is true. What this means – even if Adam and Eve chose the tree of life – You were worried we could become the next Lucifer.
When your love is taken for granted; Your creation turns inward and looks upon themself.
Was your absolute plan to put Your love on full display…
So the seeds of Adam would have no excuse to look away?
Now your design of Creation is starting to make sense.
Jesus Christ came to save the seeds of Adam – past, present and importantly, future tense.