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Believes In faith HARD TO BELIEVE The first book of Moses reveals the challenge that lay ahead for Israel even before it was created by G-d. Make no mistake about it. G-d had Israel in mind from the very beginning even before Adam and Eve were made. The Almighty, the Holy One knew that there was going to be a problem with human beings if he was going to make them capable of fellowship with Him.

After all, as much as we love our dogs, they have a hard enough time communicating to us human beings; only human beings were created by their   L-rd so they can get to know Him. Unfortunately, G-d's human beings assume their intelligence is more than it really is at times, and this gets them into trouble.

We do not know how long Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden before they rebelled. G-d told Moses the story of creation back to the time came when Eve began to question what the Creator had to say to her concerning the Tree Knowledge of good and evil. Even though she was warned not to taste of it, she decided it was all right to take a bite to see how it is. She even dared to presume to seduce Adam into taking a bite of this forbidden fruit. From this time on this trouble between Creator and His children who played G-d, making their own decisions. This will always alienate G-d since He rightly claims total authority over all creation.

The Holy One reveals to us through Moses the real challenge that faces his creatures. They had an enemy called Satan who began to plant pride in their hearts when they began to think they were as wise as G-d. Despite the fact that their Creator had warned them not to eat of the Tree of Life or the Tree of Knowledge, She began to ponder on the beauty of the fruit that the Tree of Knowledge offered her. When the Adversary of G-d and man began to tempt her with the fact that G-d really did not want her to have that wonderful fruit because this would make her as wise as G-d, she had to choose whether to listen to God or to Satan. G-d informed Moses that Eve chose to listen to Satan because that was what she wanted to hear.

It was bad enough when Eve was foolish enough to listen to Satan, But she had to go and seduce her husband, Adam, into tasting the forbidden fruit. All she had to do is tell Adam how delicious it was and pointed out that she had not died. At this point, Adam also decided he was wiser than G-d when he tasted what G-d forbade them to eat. He also preferred to listen to even than G-d.

The Holy One had to put them out of the garden before they ate of the Tree of Life less they ate of its fruit and live eternally in sin without any hope of life with G-d. After all, the Holy One would never be able to fellowship with people hopelessly lost in their eternal state of sin. In other words, it was an act of mercy when G-d cast Adam and Eve out of the garden, and then He announced to them His plan that would make it possible for them to fellowship with Him as a righteous G-d.

We breath a sigh of relief whens we read the First Book of Moses 1:15, "15  And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel." Satan would pay a high price for his deception, but the Almighty would provide a way out through the "Seed."

The story of Israel is the revelation of G-d's great wonderful plan of redemption. It is only by demonstrating His truth and His will to a chosen people that He would be able to fulfill His promise to bless all nations through Abraham.