“Toward evening they heard the LORD God walking about in the garden, so they hid themselves among the trees. The LORD God called to ADAM, “WHERE ARE YOU?” (Genesis3:8-9 NLT).
These verses implied that something contrary has happened since the declaration of the intent for the creation of man, which made him to hide himself from God even when he heard God calling him. After the creation of man God gave him instructions concerning the garden on how to keep it and what not to touch, but man went ahead to disobey God, by eating the forbidden fruit thus introducing himself into an era of self-governance, fear and uncertainty. He was in this state when God visited. Man was familiar with God’s voice and walk, but now having disobeyed His instruction he was in a state of fear and confusion of thought because the knowledge he sought without ‘good understanding’ gave him unfavourable standing in the presence of God. Before now, the creation, man and all that which constitutes his environment was “…very good”, as long as the order or principles of man’s traffic on earth was on “the ancient path”(Jeremiah 6:16) ordained by God. When “the man” (Genesis 3:22) sought for ‘another’ knowledge which seemed right in his sight, it eventually led man (every nation) and all that are in ‘the man’ (Adam’s race) to destruction, environmental degradation, diseases, sicknesses and death. Man’s search and choice for a saviour since then has been leading him astray into outer darkness. Inversely, any search of man must ultimately begin and end in Jesus Christ if our confusion of thoughts should be right in every stratum of our lives and environment.
Man has been in search for the Man who will stand in the gap or make up the hedge. None presented by humanity is able to meet up with God’s standard or requirement. But man was returned to the ground from whence he was taken to till it (Genesis 3:23), implying that man has returned to his based form. Hence the great confusion of thoughts arose amongst the philosophers who sought to study man. However, “I sought for a man, but I found none.” (Ezekiel 22:30) was God’s exclamation. God’s hands brought salvation for us. When Herod declared ‘Behold the Man’ (John 19:5) indicating Jesus as the Man God has been waiting for all this while.
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