When Man failed the test of obedience, he not only suffered the consequence disobedience but so did the material creation which became in a state of ruin-Gen. 3:17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.

The servant who received one talent hid it in the ground-Matt. 25:18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.

Likewise the third servant who received a mina-Lk. 19:20 “Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

a. What does hiding the talent in the ground mean?

b. What does keeping the mina put away in a handkerchief mean?