The Prerequisite for Paradise

When we study the Book of Genesis, and God's creation of Adam and Eve, we find that God created them in an environment of Paradise (Genesis 1). Sin was not a factor in the human equation. Humanity was created in a state of Innocence; they knew no wrong and they knew no evil. All they knew was God. This was Paradise. There were no barriers between man and God. No hindrances, no blockades. No sin. Humanity and God had Perfect Communion. This was Paradise. Satan was not even a factor. Even though the belief is that he was still lurking around and that man had to be on guard for him (Genesis 1), man still had dominion in the earth realm, and that dominion included Satan and his legion of demons. This was Paradise. However, in one moment, Paradise was lost. And it was lost because Adam failed to comply with what I'd like to describe as the Prerequisite for Paradise. If Adam had just been committed to one thing, Paradise could have been preserved on the earth.

Let me state very quickly that the Potential for Paradise has been restored. That's what the Redemptive Work of Christ achieved through His Death, Burial and Resurrection. The manifestation of the Paradise of God in the earth realm is now called The Kingdom of God. It was the Kingdom of God in the Garden of Eden, but the dominion of man had not yet been tainted with sin. By the Blood of Jesus, this dominion has been restored. But one of the reasons why we still don't see more of the Paradise of God in the earth realm (The Kingdom) is because man still hasn't fully grasped The Prerequisite for Paradise. Jesus mastered it.

The Prerequisite for Paradise and the manifestation of the Kingdom of God is contingent upon one primary thing, man's ability to submit to the Boundaries of God. When you read the second chapter of Genesis, God gave Adam one commandment, one. Do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God didn't tell man not to lie, He didn't tell him not to cheat, He didn't tell him not to steal; He told him not to eat...from one particular tree. So the issue was not sin, the issue was Boundaries. Saints, this is still an issue for a lot of Christians today. There are certain and specific commandments that God gives His servants that He expect us to fulfill. God knows we're not going to be perfect; that's why He sent His Son to die for all of our sins. But remember, Jehovah is still the Emperor of the Universe. So when He gives a Direct Command, to disregard it is not simply disobedience, it's rebellion. This was the issue in the Garden of Eden, and this is the issue today. God has certain limits that He has ordained for His people, and it is incumbent upon us to fully submit and subscribe to what the Father has ordained and decreed for our lives. If we do not, we forfeit the Rule of God and the manifestation of the Kingdom of God. When this happens, Satan is given the right to rule in the earth realm and literally, all hell breaks loose. We as the people of God have been empowered through Christ to defeat the Enemy and restore the Kingdom to the earth. But we must adhere to the Prerequisite for Paradise.