Those who have only lived after the fall of Genesis three know very well what life is like after the fall. We understand the division of human beings, the grueling nature of work, and the pain a mother endures in delivering a child. We know very well what it is like to experience pain, sorrow, and anxiety. However, Genesis 2 reveals to us what life was like before any of this happened.

Before there was grueling labor, God gave Adam work to do.

Before there was strife, Adam enjoyed perfect communion with Eve.

Before there was sin, Adam knew what God intended for life to be.

Genesis 2 points us to what was God’s intention to be normal in the world. What is normal to us, was not God’s normal for the world. Normal to us is sin and death, but to God is righteousness and life! However, because of the fall in Genesis 3, sin and death remains normal thus departing from God’s original design in Genesis 2.

Even greater than pointing us back to life before the fall, Genesis two reminds us that one day, this will be restored to the millionth degree! Because of the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, He will recreate this world to an even greater state than it was at the beginning.

What was normal in Genesis 2 is not normal for us now and what is normal for us now will not be normal for us then. As Revelation 21:6 declares, He will make all things new! Through Jesus Christ, this messed up state will be renewed to His original design and then some.

(Re-Published because of an error in post)