Adam had a job before the fall. Work isn’t the curse; toil is. This episode explores the dignity and sacredness of labor. God put Adam in the garden “to work it and keep it”—abad and shamar, the same words used for priestly service in the tabernacle. Adam’s work was worship. The spreadsheet, the classroom, the kitchen—these can be your garden. And you’re not the creator of the garden; you’re the keeper. Receive the gift. Do the work. Guard the space.

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