"Can I tell you a few more stories before Jesus?" I replied. The snake will strike her descendant's heel, but one day a descendent will crush the head of the snake."ĭuring the discussion one of my listeners said, "I know you're going to say that Jesus is the one coming to crush the snake's head, but how will he do it?" I mentioned the story's strange hint of hope when God says to Adam and Eve, "The snake and the descendants of the woman will be at war. I filled them in on the story so far and continued by explaining the beginning of pain and trouble in the world from Genesis 3. Soon Steve's two children and his son's girlfriend casually drifted over to listen. He said, 'It is very good.' On the seventh day God rested from his work because he had completed the work of creation." God said, 'Rule over the animals … multiply and fill the earth.' Finally God looked at everything he had made and blessed it. Later God put Adam to sleep and took one of his ribs and made a wife, Eve, for him. He made a man out of the dust of the earth and God breathed his spirit into the man. The story concluded, "Then God said, 'Let us make people in our image. We started with Genesis 1 and God's intentions for his world. I hope you'll find the story helpful anyway." "Could I have a go at sharing something I've learned about these things using a story from the Bible?" I asked. "The main one is, why is the world so unfair? Why is there pain and suffering and why doesn't God, if there is a God, do something about it?" So I've given up on religion and am trying to live a good life." One day during a conversation that began to turn toward spiritual things, Steve said, "I've talked to numerous religious leaders but they've never been able to answer my questions satisfactorily. I happened to be staying at the same resort. Steve was a house painter from England vacationing at a beach in the Philippines with his family.
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