The idea of first creation of heaven and earth. No one wants to think of earth as being hell. Or that earth is a place of total separation from God for it is not. Hell is total separation from God. Earth is separation from God, a place where people have the choice to follow God or not too. Yet it is also a place of absense from God until God sent His Son/Word to earth to save mankind. Though God hover over the earth, and created the earth it is a place man is from. The first man was made on earth, and woman was made in the garden of Eden from the rib of man, an object foreign to heaven. Heaven being as it was, being perfect and all in it perfection, it leaves us with the idea man was never made for heaven, that is true to a point. God does not leave man in the filth or imperfection of his creation but instead desires to transform his creation to be part of his perfect world. If you think to long on this, you might get the idea, that his first design was never designed for heaven. Earth man was design to have the hope of perfection and heaven.

Our body become old and scarred with flaws, only to one day pass away, never gaining perfection on earth, only decay. Our imperfection became the marker for our evil. Our imperfection caused man to thrive for destruction and not for eternal life. Cain heard the warning of God and heeded not. Adam and Even Son Seth also heard the word of God and worshipped God. God desire to take man from the evil world to heaven is much like those who desire to get druggies off the street to change their lives. It is the love for man to change their life for good and not evil. God first took his word and began to teach man about who he was and is. Not all listen or obeyed him. Though he created earth, man ways were corrupt. I once took in a stray cat and that stray cat was a bit wild. Yet she began to adjust to her surroundings because of the other cats we had. She would watch the other cats and soon we found her sitting on the foot stool of the lazy boy chair. Next thing we knew she was allowing us to pet her. Though it took a few weeks to get her to that point, she soon learned our hand was for petting, and our call to her was to feed her. God send his word because he loved us, even before yours and my time and even before the time of Christ in the flesh. Christ was the word that would become flesh. God sent warning of sin to man. Told man of not to sin, before his sin, like Cain. How many hear the warning of God about sin, before it comes. There warnings we hear that has nothing to do with God. And their is warning from God that has everything to do with God. God desires man to love each other, his creation and him. He gives instruction to the world that the world often chose to ignore.

Those of us that live in comfy homes, or a warm place never realize the evil outside the door. There is the occasional robbery, fire, shooting and even deception, but no one considers these things to long. People love to laugh have a good time and say what is evil. What is this destruction that scripture talks about called sin. We see corruption of the business world only to still ask where is this evil. Where is sin that is not common to man. The cushions we sit on or the walks we take only say where is this evil. I tell you it can be from the down grading of disabled, the down grading of our children, it can be as simple as desiring harm to another because of human judgment, it can be as simple as a thought that becomes an action. Thoughts are thoughts until they become a reality.

God loved his creation and He love mankind. When we think of the primitive world and lawlessness, it easy to see a need for correction. Yet we look at our world and say is not our legal law have enough rules. Our legal law may be loving in regards or our protection, but love is more then the legal law, it is also must have mercy to have love. God's love came to man so man did not have to to perish into eternal lake of fire. God love came so man so he could have eternal life. It simple God is granting your wish if you do not desire to obey Him, he sends you to a place of opposition to him. Yet at the same time he grants security if you choose his way of life. Let go a step further. God looking down on earth and seeing the thoughts of man, only to reprove evil and yet man still sins.

God's word was not sent to condemn man, but that man might be saved. Obedience to God is protection, sometimes God's protection is only for our soul. Sin is harmful, it is not loving, it has no respect for God or others. The way of sin is death. We can sit in comfy house obey all the laws of man and not obey God. Ever seen the woman that scrowls at people or the man that grumbles and complains. These people attitude is sin, but it something we all do and something some of us strive to do. It is a rants or our technology world we live in that allows others to see our sin and destruction, except when only perceived as comedy. We grumble because there no ice cream in the house or the flavor we desire, we grumble and complain because the house is a mess and needs a good mopping and that one chore no one wants to do. We get that attitude of why me Lord today. David did his fair rant in the Psalms, but always could find the hope in God, and victory.

We set ourselves to fail with our very attitude when it comes to pleasing God and loving God. The things that are good we distain and those things like a whole chocolate cake we adore. The point being the things of gluttony, laziness, lust, and even obsessive behaviors that have no value. Our nature to fear, to hide, of jealousy, covetness and even betrayal. The nature of to kill, to steal, and to hurt someone only cause retaliation like Hatfield and McCoys. A war began that never ends, until division ends because of the love of God.

Why mention sin, if God never sent his son to condemn the world, because our sins are evil, without reproof/rebuke we can not see the light of God, nor the light of his Son. His Son came to teach, to rebuke, and to love mankind by demonstrating how to live, teaching how to live and showing us how to die. To bear the sin of truth and word of opposition to the world that perfers a lie and to often disobey God.

Daniel found God's love through the angels that shut the mouth of lions, because he obeyed by not ceasing to pray to God Jehovah. Noah found God's love through protection in a global disaster, disciples found Christ grace at and after the cross. Peter found grace when the prison doors were shut the angel open them. John found hope on the island of Patmous and so many of us find God's love through reading of his word and demonstration of love to others of faith in Jesus. It is not by the finger pointing and the Bible thumping that works unless someone needs a good dose of th fear of God and not the love of God. Sometimes the good fiery brimstone sermon is needed to see the love of God. God's grace came to us as His only begotten Son, so we could have eternal life with Him. When we repent, God forgives us, when we receive his love we begin to obey Him and turn from sin. Receive Christ today, our eternal hope, that anyone that beleive in him, would not perish but have everlasting life.

Dear Heavenly Father thank you for your love for sending your word first and then your word in the flesh as your dear Son. Help us to love you back through our obedience to you. In Jesus precious name, Amen.

Continual Scripture Study for Devotion:

1 John 3:8-10 KJV
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.