Jesus’ grace prevents the sin; His mercy removes the guilt after we sin. That is what living in the era of grace really means!

In the phrase “let us make man in our image,” the word image is not referring to the shape of His ears, mouth and nose; that idea of image is Greek. Image is actually referring to God’s function and character. “Let us make man after our [function and character].” That Hebraic application changes everything. Why was man created? Our purpose is not

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The nations were to have seen a prospering nation of people (Jews) and been provoked to jealously ask, “What is it that makes life work for you?” and the Jew was to smile and say, “Come and meet my God!” thus, bringing the nations in repentance back to reconciliation in the heart of the Living God.

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(We don’t care what the garden or man look like because appearance is the Greek way of viewing things.)

This idea of function and order is why when people need to clear their heads, they want to go for a walk or take a hike, smell the flowers. People go back to nature. What is happening is that people need to walk into something that is functioning the way God intended. Nature is where creation is functioning in order. As we are in that place of

The function of Torah is to hit the mark (the target of a person’s heart). The opposite of hitting the mark, is missing the mark. That has a Hebrew word too, hata. Hata is often translated into English as the word sin. So sin is “missing the mark.”