The six D’s of God dumping love and breath into soil:
1. Decision—this flowed out of Divine intention.
2. Declaration—the world was formed through words, not violence between gods
3. Distance—there is none; God hovers over the waters.
4. Distinction—we are imagers of God, and all creation is filled with the Breath of Life
5. Direction—who can go to heaven to begin Christ down? Who can go to the realm of the dead to bring Christ up? God is a god of Kenosis. The Logos is close to your heart already. - Paul in Romans 10.
I love this, Aram! Your re-telling of the old story gives me a fresh perspective. I had always seen the first two chapters of Genesis as just a lead-in to the “crucial” story of how humans “fell from grace”, and then there was a whole theology built around how we’re all born with a sin nature because of “the Fall”. I don’t buy that anymore, I don’t read the Bible as literal truth anymore, and I see the first 11 chapters of Genesis as myth, someone’s attempt to make sense of why things are as they are.
This is amazing. I love you!
The six D’s of God dumping love and breath into soil:
1. Decision—this flowed out of Divine intention.
2. Declaration—the world was formed through words, not violence between gods
3. Distance—there is none; God hovers over the waters.
4. Distinction—we are imagers of God, and all creation is filled with the Breath of Life
5. Direction—who can go to heaven to begin Christ down? Who can go to the realm of the dead to bring Christ up? God is a god of Kenosis. The Logos is close to your heart already. - Paul in Romans 10.
6. Delight—what you said. :)
You are a bard!! The love is mutual.
I love this, Aram! Your re-telling of the old story gives me a fresh perspective. I had always seen the first two chapters of Genesis as just a lead-in to the “crucial” story of how humans “fell from grace”, and then there was a whole theology built around how we’re all born with a sin nature because of “the Fall”. I don’t buy that anymore, I don’t read the Bible as literal truth anymore, and I see the first 11 chapters of Genesis as myth, someone’s attempt to make sense of why things are as they are.
So I love the focus on delight! Thank you!