The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament

by Sandra L. Richter

After the star at 586 B.C.,

recreational

His simple confidence in, and unwavering loyalty to, his God is what made this man great.

the only difference between work and play is who is making you do

it.

The final scene of this heartbreaking drama is that Yahweh drives his children from his presence, and the place that Adam and Eve were privileged to protect is now protected from them. This final curse embodies all that has

any sea. And I saw the holy city, new

how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.

Moses’ covenant began at Sinai, and it ends either with the

exile in 586 B.C. or with Jesus’ ratification of the new covenant in the first century.

It is David’s reputation as a man who served God with a whole heart,

You and I, and we as the church, are designed to be that place to which believer and unbeliever can come and find God.

redefined as Jesus’ own body, and then as the individual believer and the church (Jn 2:19-21; Eph 2:19-22). Jesus is identified as the final

The “weapons of our warfare” are no longer swords

and shields, but the word of God and the gospel of peace (2 Cor 10:4; Eph 6:15-17). As soldiers of the cross, we are no longer called to win new territory by overpowering our adversaries in physical battle,

but to win lost souls by convincing them...

And the enemies we defeat are no longer the Philistines and the Assyrians but the “world...