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In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and nothing was created without Him. God created man and Genesis further states that everything was created for God’s pleasure; it follows that includes us.
Adam and Eve were God’s “kids” and every one thereafter are his “grandkids”. When we first have our kids they are babies in need of our care. Adam and Eve on the other hand were created all grown up. God gave them a tour of the earth, showed them their responsibilities, and turned the whole thing over to them. We have the privilege of changing diapers, having sleepless nights, and all the rest of what babyhood is all about. Little kids are little clones of ourselves. Anyone with a soul loves little children. Their life becomes our life.
Nurturing them to adulthood is an all-consuming job. If we do it right and have some modicum of luck they turn out to be beautiful people. But sometimes they for whatever reason don’t turn out quite so right. They scoff at our values, get on drugs, steal, become promiscuous, and some become violent, even killing others.
When they’re “little guys” we can’t imagine that day fifteen or twenty years later. We understood the ways of the world but only hope for the best for them.
Scripture tells us that Christ was slain before the foundation of the world, so God knew what was coming, even how awful it would be. In the time of Noah God repented that He had even made man and stated He wanted to destroy all mankind. Why did He say that? Why did Christ when on the cross say, speaking of His Father, “why have you forsaken me?”
It’s kinda like us when we witness our child doing something terrible or see them in the hospital or morgue after losing their bout with sin. We quip the same words. I poured my heart and my life into you, I did the very best I could, but it wasn’t good enough. At that moment we feel just like God. Why has my very best creation turned against me?
We know the possible outcomes of life; God knew the outcome before the foundation of this world. We forget that we are made in God’s image, meaning He is an emotional being, He has feelings just like us. Like us suffering at the loss of our child, He suffers at the loss of mankind, but till it actually happened it wasn’t a personal loss. You can talk about something but till it happens you don’t feel it.
We came to know God through Jesus Christ. He’s acquainted with our failures, our losses, our desperation, and the hopelessness of our lives. Understanding God is very simply told in John 11:35 Jesus wept.