Do you now see my darling Wife the mystery revealed? Which is that in the Garden the Fruit you offered and which I ate is not something that went into our stomach, but is the Fruit of Labor. Labor which brings great satisfaction as well as great rewards. Labor that made us independent and separated us from God's womb-like support in His Garden. The knowledge of our independence which made it necessary for God to put us out of His Garden and put on our choice, the yoke of Labor. You with child birth and me in the field, with the Devil at my heel. Labor is the Fruit God gave us. Disobedience was the temptation offered by the Devil; but the Devil was knowing that labor could be corrupted with money and God in his mercy gave us the freedom to choose again: to labor for money or labor for God. By the Fruit of our Labor we are known. Our Hope is in the coming of Jesus. Who by hanging on a Tree offered Himself as the new Tree in the Garden. Teaching us to lay an ax at the root of Ev
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Ephesians 3:16-21 New International Version (NIV) 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 17 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Prays to Be Glorified 17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. Jesus Pray