Why do we complain about the Fall? It is not on its account that we were expelled from Paradise, but on account of the Tree of Life, lest we might eat of it.
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse
God's glory is the big news of the Bible, and my desire is that it would be all about me, but really it's all about God's glory.
In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.
The New Testament picks up from the Old the theme that God intends, in the end, to put the whole creation to rights.
God's first creature, which was light.
The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.
So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled; And the waters above the earth came down, The cooling waters came down.
In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.
