Genesis Lecture 43 (6th day of the Creation 3)
Bible passage: Genesis 1:26-31
“26. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
This is the 43rd Lecture on Genesis.
In the last lecture, I explained how God the Trinity created man in Their own image and likeness. Psalm 139:14 says, "I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well." Just as this Psalmist says, I will tell you a few things to explain how fearfully and wonderfully God made man's body. I was told that a car consists of about 13,000 parts, and that you need about 3,000,000 parts to assemble a Boeing 747. They say that about 5 million parts are required to build a space shuttle.
However, a man's body consists of more than 60 trillion cells. (60,000,000,000,000) An adult has 206 bones. Human's bone is stronger than granite. A bone in a size of a small match box can support 10 tons, which is stronger than concrete. The bone structure constantly changes so that the entire skeletal system of the human body renews every 7 years. The surface area of the skin for the average male is 1.9 square meters, and it is 1.6 square meters for a female. The skin constantly peels off and renews; it is completely renewed every 4 weeks. It is as though you put on a new natural water resistant suit of skin every month The total length of the circulatory system of the blood vessels is about 120,000 kilometers. This length could circle around the earth 3 times.
Dear brothers and sisters. Do you know just how fast a "blink the eye" really is? It takes 1/40 of a second. On an average, a man blinks his eyes 15 times a minute, or about 900 times an hour. The blinking of the eye protects the eye, and soothes and lubricates the cornea. Deuteronomy 32:10 says that God "guards His people as the pupil of His eye." David prayed in Psalm 17:8 that God may 'keep him as the apple of the eye.' God protects the children of faith just as the eyelid protects the pupil by quickly coming down when dust enters into the eye. Even in a very urgent and dangerous situation like a fatal car accident, for example, God work very quickly through angels.
Those of you who have experienced it already know how quickly God works and protects you. Now, Proverbs 7:2 says, "Keep my commandments and you will live, and guard my teaching as the apple of your eye." It tells you to keep the commandments of God as though it was the apple of your eye. When something you think may be unrighteous approaches, you should quickly turn back. When the deceiving things of the world come near you like particles of dust, you should quickly bring down the eyelids of your heart so that they cannot get into your heart. By doing this, you should always live in the word of God so that the things of world cannot sneak into you for a minute, a second, or not even 1/40 of a second. Now, let's talk about your nose.
Every 3 or 4 hours, the two nostrils take turns doing their job. As the nostrils breathe in air, one nostril detects odors while the other just passes the air. On the tongue of a man, there are about 9,000 taste buds which can detect tastes. Inside an ear, there is an eardrum which can receive the vibrations of sound waves. In the eardrum it smells very bad. This is to prevent any tiny insects or worms from hurting the interior of the ear if it enters into the ear. Well, let's take a look at the inside of a man's body. Each lung has about 3~500 million alveoli, which, if stretched out, would be able to cover between 70 and 100 square meters. This is an area that is about half the size of a basketball court. Such huge things are folded so intricately inside your body. What about your stomach?
The gastric acid which is secreted by your stomach has such a high level of acidity that it can dissolve zinc. If your stomach secreted only this gastric acid, the stomach walls will be severely damaged. However, your stomach has an epithelial layer called the 'mucous membrane' which produces mucus to prevent damage. In addition, an alkaline secretion is produced that neutralizes the gastric acid and prevents the walls from being dissolved. At the same time, the cells of the stomach walls are continually replaced with new cells.
The cells of the wall are renewed every 3 days. Now, 4.7 liters of blood passes through your heart every minute. If you think about the size of a 2 liter water bottle you can realize how quickly the heart is pumping the blood. The blood that is pumped from the heart travels throughout your body and returns to the heart in approx. 46 seconds. And the amount of the blood of a man is proportional to his body weight. There are about 80 milliliters per 1 kilogram of body weight; if you weigh 60 kilograms, you may have 4.8 liters of blood. The main constituent of blood is the erythrocyte (red blood cell) that is produced in bone marrow at the rate of 20,000 per second. Let's take a look the digestive tract. Beginning in the mouth it is about 8.5 meters from one end to the other.
The large intestine is 1.5 meters long. The small intestine is 6 meters long which is the longest part of the digestive tract. A human can survive even if he loses half of his stomach, or with just one kidney or one lung. Your fingernail grows, if normal, 3 millimeters a month. The middle fingernail grows quickest, and the little fingernail is the slowest. There are many more amazing facts about human body. When God created man, He did it 'fearfully and wonderfully.'
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Genesis 1:26 records that, after God created man, God said "let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." God the Trinity created man, and said that They would let man rule over the fish, birds, cattle, and other animals as well as all the earth. In this verse, 'all the earth' includes the Garden of Eden which belongs to the 2nd heaven in addition to the earth which belongs to the 1st heaven. Even though Adam was created of the dust from the ground, he became a living being as the breath of life was put into him.
He was not in the same dimensional level as the plants and animals of the earth which belong to the fleshly dimension, but he was made as a being that belongs to the spiritual dimension. With the space as the standard, the 1st heaven is in the 1st dimension, and the 2nd heaven, in the 2nd dimension. The law of the spiritual realm dictates that the beings of the higher dimension can rule over the beings of the lower dimension. God created the 1st man, Adam, from the dust of the ground that belongs to the 1st dimension, but He put His breath of life into his nostrils so that he could become a living being that belongs to the 2nd dimension.
Since Adam was a living being who belonged to the 2nd dimension, he could rule over the things that are not only in the Garden of Eden of the 2nd dimension, but also over all the earth of the 1st dimension. Therefore, even though Adam lived in the Garden of Eden, he could freely travel to the earth. God gave the 1st man, Adam, a very great level of authority. You can come to realize just how great God's expectation for Adam was. Genesis 1:28 records how much blessing God gave to Adam as He was pleased to created the first man, Adam. It says, "God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.""
The first blessing that God gave to Adam was to 'be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.' Along with Even Eve, whom God gave to Adam as his wife, Adam became fruitful, multiplied, and filled the 'earth' in the Garden of Eden. It means he gave birth to many children so that his descendants might flourish. The 2nd blessing that God gave to Adam was to 'subdue the earth.' As I said earlier, 'the earth' in this verse refers not only this Earth, but also the Garden of Eden. When the king of a country conquers another country the land of the conquered country becomes the possession of the conquering king. Therefore, the fact that God allowed Adam to subdue the Garden of Eden and the Earth means that everything in them belonged to Adam. God gave Adam the Garden of Eden and the Earth as inheritance.
The 3rd blessing that God gave to Adam was to 'rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.' As I will explain in Chapter 2, God gave Adam wisdom and understanding to make it possible. There are fish, birds, and land animals not only on earth, but also in the Garden of Eden. Adam knew how to communicate with all these animals. However, it doesn't mean that he could communicate with animals as he would communicate with another man. He ruled over the animals by being in communion with them. For example, a well tamed pet can even sense the affectivity of its master. When the master is happy, the pet becomes also happy, but when the master is sad, the pet is also sad. The master and the pet are in emotional communion to some degree. Adam could be in clear communion with animals so that he could rule over them.
By the way, there was another reason why God allowed Adam to subdue the earth and to rule over everything. In the second heaven to which the Garden of Eden belongs, there is an area where the spirits of the darkness dwell. The Garden of Eden which belongs to the domain of light and the domain of darkness meet each other. When God gave Adam the authority to subdue and rule over the earth, God wanted him to protect the Garden of Eden and the Earth from the forces of the darkness. When Adam was a living being, he protected and ruled the Earth and the Garden of Eden with the authority given by God. And thus, the enemy devil and Satan could neither covet nor sneak into the Garden of Eden. They couldn't do anything harmful to the things which were under the authority of Adam.
Lucifer stayed in the domain of darkness in the second heaven along with other evil spirits under her control and continuously thought of plans to deceive Adam. Lucifer was on the alert for an opportunity to cause Adam commit sin and make him her prey. With the authority given by God, however, Adam ruled over the Garden of Eden and the Earth very well for a long time. Since Adam was a sinless living being, resulting from his authority of light, the forces of the darkness couldn't even come close to him.
Now, Genesis 1:29 says, "Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you."" The examples of the 'plant yielding seed' are tomatoes, cucumbers and melons such as watermelon. The examples of the 'fruit yielding seed' are apples, pears, peaches, grapes and other fruit that are borne from a tree. Since Adam would come down to the earth, God told Adam beforehand about the food which Adam would eat to survive.
From the beginning, God provided Adam with a vegetarian diet . And later, there was an incident which resulted in meat being allowed in the diet . It was after the judgment of Noah's Flood that God allowed man to eat meat. In Genesis 9:3-4, God said, "Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood." While Adam was living in the Garden of Eden, the animals on earth ate only plants and drank water. Regarding this, God said in Genesis 1:30, "and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so." Before the earth was cursed, the animals were not evil. They didn't fight with each other and they didn't hurt each other. All the animals were able to survive by eating plants and drinking water; they lived in peace according to the law of the flesh.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Genesis 1:31 says, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good." During the 6 days of Creation, God saw that it was just "good" until He created animals on the 6th day. Of course, on the 2nd day when the dwelling place for the evil spirits was prepared, there was no such expression as 'He saw that it was good.' However, after He created man on the 6th day, He saw that it was 'very good'. It was because God believed that He would get true children through Adam. Until He did receive the true children, He had to go through many heart-suffering things such as Adam's committing sin and being driven out to the earth. However, He believed that lots of true children would be borne in the love of God the Trinity, and thus He rejoiced.
What did God do when Enoch came out as the first fruit to accomplish the whole spirit through the human cultivation? Genesis 5:24 says, "Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." And regarding this, Hebrews 11:5 says, "By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God." As Enoch entered into the whole spirit, God rejoiced so much, and always walked with Enoch. Furthermore, He wished to have him even closer so God led him into heaven alive when Enoch was at the age of a young man in those days. Likewise, God is pleased with the true children who accomplish the whole spirit.
Therefore, I hope that you will surely accomplish the whole spirit and join the rank of true children. God the Father wants all of you to be like this, and He awaits you in His perfect love. He pours down grace and strength onto those who seek Him, and God helps them come into the spirit and whole spirit. If you become a true child by accomplishing the whole spirit, you will receive greater authority and power than the authority and power which were given to Adam, a living being. Adam who was a living being was a 2nd dimensional being that belonged to the 2nd heaven.
But if you accomplish the whole spirit, you become a 3rd dimensional being that belongs to the 3rd heaven. It means that you can rule over all the things of both the 2nd dimension and the 1st dimension as long as it is not beyond the scope of justice. When a man of whole spirit gives an order to the spirit of darkness, the spirit has no other choice but to obey. When he says, "Go away," then it has to go away. You can see that when Jesus ordered a demon to get out, the demon obeyed. Moreover, when He ordered the wind and waves to be still, they also obeyed. Not only Jesus, but also Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Deacon Philip, and Deacon Stephen manifested many signs and wonders. As they accomplished the whole spirit, they were given the authority to rule over the things that belonged to the flesh and over the forces of the darkness.
You must have had experience with dragonflies during the summer retreat. The appearing and disappearing of dragonflies and also their number can be controlled as desired. The authority to rule over the fleshly dimension is followed. If you come into the whole spirit, you can also receive this spiritual authority and power. Adam, a living being, was a 2nd dimensional being, and he subdued and ruled over the Garden of Eden and the Earth. However, if a man who experienced the 1st dimension through human cultivation accomplishes the whole spirit, he will become a 3rd dimensional being, a being of a higher dimension than the 2nd dimension. He becomes God's true child who resembles not only the outward image of God, but also the heart of God.
God the Father desires to get countless true children like him. And thus, He unfolds the fiery power of the Holy Spirit as it is close to the end time. He does so because the seed of life that He has planted into all the men can only be awakened by the work of the Holy Spirit. Additionally, once the seed of life wakes up, the spirit can spiritually grow up well only when provided with the gospel of holiness. It is possible because the gospel of holiness is the word that cultivates the heart field. When you cultivate the heart field into fertile land, it is the same as possessing spiritual land. You are not subduing your own heart to the same extent that you don't cultivate the heart-field into fertile land. That's why you cannot control yourself even though it is your own heart.
To that extent, you are instigated by the enemy devil and Satan, and you come to work as they incite you. God told Adam to subdue the earth and to rule over everything. This has implications with very deep spiritual meaning. 'The earth' refers to the heart of man who was created of dust from the ground. When Adam was a living being, he could subdue the whole earth and ruled over it. Since his heart was spirit itself, he didn't need to separate the spirit from the heart. However, when he committed sin he gave room in his heart to the enemy devil and Satan.
The spiritual land was taken over by the enemy devil and Satan. As its result, he was deprived of the ownership of the Garden of Eden, and driven out to this earth. He could not rule over the earth as he once did; he had to work hard to eat from the ground. As Adam, who used to rule over the earth, became like this, all the things that belonged to the earth were also affected by the enemy devil and Satan. The reason for this is because Adam didn't conquer his heart; which was spiritual land. In other words, whoever conquers his heart, which is his spiritual land, can recover the authority and power which Adam once possessed. If you accomplish the whole spirit, you will become a 3rd dimensional being, and thus you will receive greater authority and power.
Therefore, it is so important to conquer your own heart which is spiritual land. Proverbs 4:23 says, "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." But, as long as you have fleshly attributes left in your heart, you cannot be said to have conquered your heart completely. Even if just a tiny little bit of fleshly attribute is left in you, your heart will change so easily and it will become deteriorated. If you know this well, you should quickly cast off the flesh, and possess the heart of spirit. From your heart field, you should completely take out spiritual stone which is the lust for the world. You should also pull out the spiritual thorns.
In other words, you should cast off all the untruth that works as fleshly thought due to worries about the world and the greed for money that makes you disobey the word of God. By yielding abundant fruit of the Holy Spirit, you should accomplish the heart of the spirit and whole spirit. Then, you will become a 3 dimensional being that is higher than Adam, and you can subdue and rule over everything in justice. May you accomplish this level and give glory to God the Father whether you should drink or eat or no matter what you do, in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, I pray!!! [Amen]
Mafundisho ya Mwanzo 43 | Siku ya Sita ya Uumbaji 3
Andiko la Biblia: Mwanzo 1:26–31
“26. Mungu akasema, Na tumfanye mtu kwa mfano wetu, kwa sura yetu; wakatawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na wanyama, na nchi yote, na kila chenye kutambaa kitambaacho juu ya nchi. 27. Mungu akaumba mtu kwa mfano wake, kwa mfano wa Mungu alimwumba, mwanamume na mwanamke aliwaumba. 28. Mungu akawabarikia, Mungu akawaambia, Zaeni, mkaongezeke, mkaijaze nchi, na kuitiisha; mkatawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na kila kiumbe chenye uhai kiendacho juu ya nchi.”
Ndugu wapendwa katika Kristo.
Haya ni Mafundisho ya 43 ya Mwanzo.
Katika somo lililopita, nilieleza jinsi Mungu wa Utatu alivyomuumba mwanadamu kwa mfano na sura yao. Zaburi 139:14 inasema: “Nitakushukuru kwa kuwa nimeumbwa kwa jinsi ya ajabu ya kutisha; matendo yako ni ya ajabu, na nafsi yangu yajua sana.” Kama mtunga zaburi anavyosema, nitawaeleza mambo machache yanayoonyesha jinsi Mungu alivyofanya mwili wa mwanadamu kwa njia ya ajabu na ya kutisha. Niliambiwa kwamba gari lina takriban vipande 13,000, na kwamba unahitaji vipande takriban milioni 3 kuunganisha ndege aina ya Boeing 747. Inasemekana kwamba vipande milioni tano hivi huhitajika kujenga chombo cha angani.
Hata hivyo, mwili wa mwanadamu una zaidi ya chembe trilioni 60 (60,000,000,000,000). Mtu mzima ana mifupa 206. Mfupa wa mwanadamu una nguvu kuliko graniti. Mfupa wenye ukubwa wa kisanduku kidogo cha kiberiti unaweza kuhimili tani 10, nguvu kuliko zege. Muundo wa mifupa hubadilika daima hivi kwamba mifupa yote ya mwili husasishwa kila baada ya miaka saba. Eneo la ngozi la mwanamume wa wastani ni mita za mraba 1.9, na la mwanamke ni mita za mraba 1.6. Ngozi huchubuka na kujifanywa upya daima; husasishwa kabisa kila baada ya wiki nne. Ni kana kwamba kila mwezi unavaa ngozi mpya ya asili inayozuia maji. Urefu wa jumla wa mishipa ya damu ni takriban kilomita 120,000—unaweza kuizunguka dunia mara tatu.
Ndugu wapendwa, mnajua “kupepesa jicho” huchukua muda gani hasa? Huchukua sehemu ya arobaini ya sekunde. Kwa wastani, mtu hupepesa macho mara 15 kwa dakika, au takriban mara 900 kwa saa. Kupepesa hulinda jicho, hulituliza na kulainisha konea. Kumbukumbu la Torati 32:10 linasema kwamba Mungu “huwalinda kama mboni ya jicho lake.” Daudi aliomba katika Zaburi 17:8 kwamba Mungu amlinde kama mboni ya jicho. Mungu huwalinda watoto wa imani kama vile kope linavyolinda mboni kwa kufumba haraka vumbi linapoingia jichoni. Hata katika hali ya dharura na hatari sana, kama ajali mbaya ya gari, Mungu hutenda haraka sana kupitia malaika.
Wale ambao tayari mmepitia hali hiyo mnajua jinsi Mungu anavyotenda na kuwalinda kwa haraka. Mithali 7:2 inasema: “Zishike amri zangu ukaishi, na sheria yangu kama mboni ya jicho lako.” Inakuambia uzishike amri za Mungu kana kwamba ni mboni ya jicho lako. Jambo unalodhani si la haki linapokukaribia, geuka mara moja. Mambo ya udanganyifu ya dunia yanapokukaribia kama chembe za vumbi, fumba haraka kope za moyo wako ili yasiingie ndani. Kwa kufanya hivyo, ishi daima katika Neno la Mungu, ili mambo ya dunia yasijipenyeze ndani yako hata kwa dakika moja, sekunde moja, wala sehemu ya arobaini ya sekunde. Sasa, tuzungumzie pua yako.
Kila baada ya saa tatu au nne, matundu mawili ya pua hubadilishana kazi. Hewa inapoingia, tundu moja hutambua harufu na jingine hupitisha hewa tu. Ulimi wa mwanadamu una takriban vionjo 9,000 vinavyotambua ladha. Ndani ya sikio kuna ngoma ya sikio inayopokea mitikisiko ya mawimbi ya sauti. Ndani ya sikio kuna harufu mbaya sana. Hii huzuia wadudu au minyoo midogo isiharibu sehemu za ndani ya sikio ikiingia. Sasa, tuangalie ndani ya mwili wa mwanadamu. Kila pafu lina takriban alveoli milioni 300 hadi 500; zikikunjuliwa, zinaweza kufunika eneo la mita za mraba 70 hadi 100, karibu nusu ya uwanja wa mpira wa kikapu. Vitu vikubwa hivyo vimekunjwa kwa ustadi ndani ya mwili wako. Vipi kuhusu tumbo lako?
Asidi ya tumbo inayotolewa tumboni ina kiwango kikubwa cha ukali kiasi kwamba inaweza kuyeyusha zinki. Kama tumbo lingetoa asidi hiyo pekee, kuta zake zingeharibika sana. Hata hivyo, tumbo lina tabaka la ndani linaloitwa utando wa ute, ambalo hutoa ute unaozuia uharibifu. Pia, hutolewa majimaji ya alkali yanayopunguza ukali wa asidi na kuzuia kuta zisiyeyuke. Wakati huohuo, chembe za kuta za tumbo hubadilishwa daima na chembe mpya.
Chembe za ukuta wa tumbo husasishwa kila baada ya siku tatu. Sasa, lita 4.7 za damu hupita moyoni kila dakika. Ukifikiria ukubwa wa chupa ya maji ya lita mbili, unaweza kuelewa jinsi moyo unavyosukuma damu kwa kasi. Damu inayosukumwa na moyo husafiri mwilini kote na kurudi moyoni baada ya takriban sekunde 46. Kiasi cha damu ya mtu hulingana na uzito wake. Kuna takriban mililita 80 kwa kila kilo moja ya uzito; ukiwa na uzito wa kilo 60, unaweza kuwa na lita 4.8 za damu. Kiambato kikuu cha damu ni chembe nyekundu za damu, zinazozalishwa katika uboho kwa kiwango cha 20,000 kila sekunde. Tuangalie njia ya chakula. Kuanzia mdomoni hadi mwisho wake, ina urefu wa takriban mita 8.5.
Utumbo mpana una urefu wa mita 1.5. Utumbo mwembamba, sehemu ndefu zaidi ya njia ya chakula, una urefu wa mita sita. Mwanadamu anaweza kuishi hata akipoteza nusu ya tumbo lake, au akiwa na figo moja tu au pafu moja. Ikiwa kucha zako ni za kawaida, hukua milimita tatu kwa mwezi. Kucha ya kidole cha kati hukua haraka zaidi, na ya kidole kidogo hukua polepole zaidi. Kuna mambo mengi zaidi ya ajabu kuhusu mwili wa mwanadamu. Mungu alipomuumba mwanadamu, alimfanya “kwa jinsi ya ajabu ya kutisha.”
Ndugu wapendwa katika Kristo, Mwanzo 1:26 inarekodi kwamba baada ya Mungu kumuumba mwanadamu alisema: “Na watawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na wanyama, na nchi yote, na kila chenye kutambaa kitambaacho juu ya nchi.” Mungu wa Utatu alimuumba mwanadamu na kusema kwamba angempa mamlaka ya kutawala samaki, ndege, mifugo, wanyama wengine na dunia yote. Katika mstari huu, “dunia yote” inajumuisha Bustani ya Edeni iliyo katika mbingu ya pili, pamoja na dunia iliyo katika mbingu ya kwanza. Ingawa Adamu aliumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhi, pumzi ya uhai ilipoingizwa ndani yake akawa nafsi hai.
Hakuwa katika kiwango sawa cha vipimo na mimea na wanyama wa dunia walio katika kipimo cha kimwili, bali aliumbwa kuwa kiumbe wa kipimo cha rohoni. Nafasi inapokuwa kipimo cha msingi, mbingu ya kwanza iko katika kipimo cha kwanza na mbingu ya pili iko katika kipimo cha pili. Sheria ya ulimwengu wa rohoni inasema kwamba viumbe vya kipimo cha juu vinaweza kutawala viumbe vya kipimo cha chini. Mungu alimfanya Adamu, mtu wa kwanza, kutokana na mavumbi ya ardhi ya kipimo cha kwanza, lakini akampulizia pumzi yake ya uhai ili awe nafsi hai wa kipimo cha pili.
Kwa kuwa Adamu alikuwa nafsi hai wa kipimo cha pili, angeweza kutawala vitu vya Bustani ya Edeni iliyo katika kipimo cha pili na vitu vyote vya dunia iliyo katika kipimo cha kwanza. Kwa hiyo, ingawa Adamu aliishi Bustani ya Edeni, angeweza kusafiri duniani kwa uhuru. Mungu alimpa Adamu, mtu wa kwanza, mamlaka makubwa sana. Tunaweza kuelewa jinsi Mungu alivyokuwa na matarajio makubwa kwake. Mwanzo 1:28 inaonyesha baraka nyingi ambazo Mungu alimpa Adamu alipofurahia kumuumba mtu wa kwanza. Inasema: “Mungu akawabarikia, Mungu akawaambia, Zaeni, mkaongezeke, mkaijaze nchi, na kuitiisha; mkatawale samaki wa baharini, na ndege wa angani, na kila kiumbe chenye uhai kiendacho juu ya nchi.”
Baraka ya kwanza ambayo Mungu alimpa Adamu ilikuwa “azae, aongezeke na kuijaza dunia.” Pamoja na Hawa, mke ambaye Mungu alimpa, Adamu alizaa na kuijaza “dunia” ya Bustani ya Edeni. Hii ina maana kwamba alizaa watoto wengi ili wazao wake waongezeke. Baraka ya pili ambayo Mungu alimpa Adamu ilikuwa “kuitiisha dunia.” Kama nilivyosema awali, “dunia” katika mstari huu haimaanishi dunia hii pekee, bali pia Bustani ya Edeni. Mfalme anaposhinda nchi nyingine, ardhi ya nchi iliyoshindwa huwa mali ya mfalme mshindi. Kwa hiyo, Mungu alipomruhusu Adamu kuitiisha Bustani ya Edeni na dunia, kila kitu humo kikawa mali yake. Mungu alimpa Adamu Bustani ya Edeni na dunia kuwa urithi.
Baraka ya tatu ambayo Mungu alimpa Adamu ilikuwa “kutawala samaki wa baharini, ndege wa angani na kila kiumbe chenye uhai kiendacho juu ya nchi.” Kama nitakavyoeleza katika sura ya pili, Mungu alimpa Adamu hekima na ufahamu ili aweze kufanya hivyo. Samaki, ndege na wanyama wa nchi kavu walipatikana duniani na pia Bustani ya Edeni. Adamu alijua kuwasiliana na wanyama hao wote. Haimaanishi kwamba angezungumza na wanyama kama anavyozungumza na mwanadamu mwingine. Aliwatawala kwa kuwasiliana nao. Kwa mfano, mnyama kipenzi aliyefugwa vizuri anaweza kuhisi hisia za bwana wake. Bwana wake akifurahi, mnyama huyo hufurahi pia; akiwa na huzuni, mnyama naye huwa na huzuni. Bwana na mnyama wake hushiriki hisia kwa kiwango fulani. Adamu angeweza kuwasiliana na wanyama kwa uwazi na hivyo kuwatawala.
Kulikuwa na sababu nyingine iliyomfanya Mungu amruhusu Adamu kuitiisha dunia na kutawala kila kitu. Katika mbingu ya pili, ambamo Bustani ya Edeni ipo, kuna eneo wanaloishi roho za giza. Bustani ya Edeni, iliyo katika eneo la nuru, na eneo la giza vinapakana. Mungu alipompa Adamu mamlaka ya kuitiisha na kuitawala dunia, alitaka alinde Bustani ya Edeni na dunia dhidi ya nguvu za giza. Adamu alipokuwa nafsi hai, alilinda na kutawala dunia na Bustani ya Edeni kwa mamlaka aliyopewa na Mungu. Kwa hiyo, adui Ibilisi na Shetani hawangeweza kutamani wala kujipenyeza Bustani ya Edeni. Hawangeweza kuidhuru chochote kilichokuwa chini ya mamlaka ya Adamu.
Lusifa aliishi katika eneo la giza la mbingu ya pili pamoja na roho nyingine waovu waliokuwa chini ya mamlaka yake, akiendelea kupanga jinsi ya kumdanganya Adamu. Alikuwa akitafuta nafasi ya kumshawishi Adamu atende dhambi na kumfanya awe mawindo yake. Hata hivyo, kwa mamlaka aliyopewa na Mungu, Adamu alitawala vizuri sana Bustani ya Edeni na dunia kwa muda mrefu. Kwa kuwa Adamu alikuwa nafsi hai asiye na dhambi na mwenye mamlaka ya nuru, nguvu za giza hazingeweza hata kumsogelea.
Sasa, Mwanzo 1:29 inasema: “Mungu akasema, Tazama, nimewapa kila mche utoao mbegu, ulio juu ya uso wa nchi yote pia, na kila mti, ambao matunda yake yana mbegu; vitakuwa ndivyo chakula chenu.” Mifano ya “mche utoao mbegu” ni nyanya, matango na matikiti kama tikiti maji. Mifano ya “matunda ya mti yenye mbegu” ni tufaha, pea, pichi, zabibu na matunda mengine ya miti. Kwa kuwa Adamu angekuja duniani, Mungu alimwambia mapema chakula ambacho angekula ili kuishi.
Tangu mwanzo Mungu alimpa Adamu chakula cha mimea. Baadaye, tukio lilitokea ambalo lilifanya nyama iruhusiwe kuwa chakula. Mungu aliruhusu watu kula nyama baada ya Hukumu ya Gharika ya Nuhu. Katika Mwanzo 9:3–4, Mungu alisema: “Kila kiumbe kiendacho kilicho hai kitakuwa chakula chenu; kama nilivyowapa mboga za majani, vivyo hivyo nawapeni hivi vyote. Ila nyama pamoja na uhai, yaani, damu yake, msile.” Adamu alipokuwa akiishi Bustani ya Edeni, wanyama wa duniani walikula mimea tu na kunywa maji. Kuhusu jambo hilo, Mungu alisema katika Mwanzo 1:30: “Na kila mnyama wa nchi, na kila ndege wa angani, na kila kitambaacho juu ya nchi, chenye uhai, nimewapa majani yote ya mboga kuwa chakula.” Ikawa hivyo. Kabla dunia haijalaaniwa, wanyama hawakuwa waovu. Hawakupigana wala kuumizana. Wanyama wote waliweza kuishi kwa kula mimea na kunywa maji; waliishi kwa amani kulingana na sheria ya kimwili.
Ndugu wapendwa katika Kristo, Mwanzo 1:31 inasema: “Mungu akaona kila kitu alichokifanya, na tazama, ni chema sana.” Katika siku sita za uumbaji, Mungu aliona kuwa ni “chema” hadi alipoumba wanyama siku ya sita. Bila shaka, siku ya pili, mahali pa kuishi kwa roho waovu palipotayarishwa, hakuna maneno yanayosema “akaona ya kuwa ni chema.” Hata hivyo, baada ya kumuumba mwanadamu siku ya sita, Mungu akaona kwamba ni “chema sana.” Ni kwa sababu aliamini kwamba kupitia Adamu angepata watoto wa kweli. Kabla hajawapata watoto hao wa kweli, angelazimika kupitia mambo mengi yaliyomsikitisha moyoni, kama vile Adamu kutenda dhambi na kufukuzwa duniani. Hata hivyo, aliamini kwamba watoto wengi wa kweli wangezaliwa katika upendo wa Mungu wa Utatu, akafurahi.
Enoko alipojitokeza kuwa malimbuko ya mtu aliyekamilisha ukamilifu wote kupitia ukuzaji wa mwanadamu, Mungu alifanya nini? Mwanzo 5:24 inasema: “Enoko akaenda pamoja na Mungu, naye akatoweka, maana Mungu alimtwaa.” Waebrania 11:5 nayo inasema: “Kwa imani Enoko alihamishwa, asione mauti; wala hakuonekana, kwa sababu Mungu alimhamisha; maana kabla ya kuhamishwa alikuwa ameshuhudiwa kwamba amependeza Mungu.” Enoko alipofikia ukamilifu wote, Mungu alifurahi sana na akaenda pamoja naye daima. Zaidi ya hayo, alitamani awe karibu naye zaidi, hivyo akampeleka Mbinguni akiwa hai, Enoko alipokuwa kijana kwa umri wa wakati huo. Vivyo hivyo, Mungu hufurahi kwa watoto wa kweli wanaokamilisha ukamilifu wote.
Kwa hiyo, ninaomba nanyi mkamilishe ukamilifu wote na kujiunga na kundi la watoto wa kweli. Mungu Baba anataka muwe hivyo, naye anawasubiri katika upendo wake mkamilifu. Huwamiminia neema na nguvu wale wanaomtafuta, na huwasaidia kuingia katika roho na ukamilifu wote. Mkiwa watoto wa kweli kwa kukamilisha ukamilifu wote, mtapokea mamlaka na nguvu kubwa kuliko zile alizopewa Adamu, aliyekuwa nafsi hai. Adamu, aliyekuwa nafsi hai, alikuwa kiumbe wa kipimo cha pili, cha mbingu ya pili.
Lakini mkikamilisha ukamilifu wote, mtakuwa viumbe wa kipimo cha tatu, cha mbingu ya tatu. Hii ina maana kwamba mnaweza kutawala vitu vyote vya kipimo cha pili na cha kwanza, mradi tu havivuki mipaka ya haki. Mtu aliyekamilisha ukamilifu wote anapoamuru roho ya giza, haina budi kutii. Akisema, “Ondoka,” basi lazima iondoke. Mnaona kwamba Yesu alipoiamuru pepo itoke, ilitii. Zaidi ya hayo, alipoamuru upepo na mawimbi vitulie, navyo vilitii. Si Yesu pekee, bali pia mtume Paulo, mtume Petro, shemasi Filipo na shemasi Stefano walidhihirisha ishara na maajabu mengi. Walipokamilisha ukamilifu wote, walipewa mamlaka ya kutawala vitu vya kimwili na nguvu za giza.
Huenda mlipata uzoefu wa kereng’ende wakati wa mafungo ya kiangazi. Kuonekana na kutoweka kwa kereng’ende, pamoja na idadi yao, kunaweza kudhibitiwa kama inavyotakiwa. Mamlaka ya kutawala kipimo cha kimwili hufuata. Mkiingia katika ukamilifu wote, ninyi pia mnaweza kupokea mamlaka na nguvu za rohoni. Adamu, nafsi hai, alikuwa kiumbe wa kipimo cha pili, naye aliitiisha na kuitawala Bustani ya Edeni na dunia. Hata hivyo, mtu aliyepitia kipimo cha kwanza kwa ukuzaji wa mwanadamu na kukamilisha ukamilifu wote atakuwa kiumbe wa kipimo cha tatu, kilicho juu kuliko kipimo cha pili. Atakuwa mtoto wa kweli wa Mungu anayefanana si tu na sura ya nje ya Mungu, bali pia na moyo wake.
Mungu Baba anatamani kupata watoto wengi sana wa kweli kama huyo. Kwa hiyo, kadiri mwisho wa nyakati unavyokaribia, hudhihirisha nguvu kali ya Roho Mtakatifu. Anafanya hivyo kwa sababu mbegu ya uzima aliyopanda ndani ya wanadamu wote inaweza tu kuamshwa na kazi ya Roho Mtakatifu. Zaidi ya hayo, mbegu ya uzima inapoamka, roho inaweza kukua vizuri tu inapolishwa injili ya utakatifu. Hilo linawezekana kwa sababu injili ya utakatifu ni Neno linalolilima shamba la moyo. Mnapolifanya shamba la moyo liwe na rutuba, ni sawa na kumiliki ardhi ya rohoni. Hamtawali moyo wenu kwa kiwango kilekile ambacho hamkulimi shamba la moyo liwe na rutuba. Ndiyo sababu hamwezi kujidhibiti, ingawa ni moyo wenu wenyewe.
Kwa kiwango hicho, mnachochewa na adui Ibilisi na Shetani, na mnafanya wanavyowashawishi. Mungu alimwambia Adamu aitiishe dunia na kutawala kila kitu. Jambo hili lina maana ya kiroho yenye kina sana. “Dunia” humaanisha moyo wa mwanadamu aliyeumbwa kwa mavumbi ya ardhi. Adamu alipokuwa nafsi hai, angeweza kuitiisha na kuitawala dunia yote. Kwa kuwa moyo wake wenyewe ulikuwa roho, hakuhitaji kuitenganisha roho na moyo. Lakini alipofanya dhambi, aliwapa adui Ibilisi na Shetani nafasi moyoni mwake.
Adui Ibilisi na Shetani walitwaa ardhi ya rohoni. Matokeo yake, Adamu alipoteza umiliki wa Bustani ya Edeni na akafukuzwa duniani. Hakuweza kuitawala dunia kama hapo awali; alilazimika kufanya kazi kwa bidii ili kupata chakula kutoka ardhini. Adamu, ambaye hapo awali aliitawala dunia, alipokuwa katika hali hiyo, vitu vyote vya duniani pia vikaathiriwa na adui Ibilisi na Shetani. Sababu ni kwamba Adamu hakuishinda mioyo yake—ambayo ilikuwa ardhi ya rohoni. Kwa maneno mengine, yeyote anayeushinda moyo wake, ardhi yake ya rohoni, anaweza kurejesha mamlaka na nguvu alizokuwa nazo Adamu. Mkikamilisha ukamilifu wote, mtakuwa viumbe wa kipimo cha tatu, hivyo mtapokea mamlaka na nguvu kubwa zaidi.
Kwa hiyo, ni muhimu sana kuushinda moyo wako mwenyewe, ambao ni ardhi ya rohoni. Mithali 4:23 inasema: “Linda moyo wako kuliko yote uyalindayo; maana ndiko zitokako chemchemi za uzima.” Lakini maadamu bado una tabia za kimwili moyoni, haiwezi kusemwa kwamba umeushinda moyo wako kikamilifu. Hata chembe ndogo tu ya tabia za kimwili ikibaki ndani yako, moyo wako utabadilika kwa urahisi na kuharibika. Kwa kuwa unajua hili vizuri, unapaswa kuondoa haraka mambo ya kimwili na kuumiliki moyo wa rohoni. Unapaswa kung’oa kabisa kutoka shamba la moyo wako mawe ya rohoni, ambayo ni tamaa ya dunia. Unapaswa pia kung’oa miiba ya rohoni.
Kwa maneno mengine, unapaswa kuondoa yasiyo ya kweli yanayofanya kazi kama mawazo ya kimwili kwa sababu ya wasiwasi wa dunia na tamaa ya fedha inayokufanya usilitii Neno la Mungu. Kwa kuzaa matunda mengi ya Roho Mtakatifu, unapaswa kuukamilisha moyo wa roho na ukamilifu wote. Kisha utakuwa kiumbe wa kipimo cha tatu, kilicho juu kuliko Adamu, na utaweza kutiisha na kutawala kila kitu kwa haki. Ninaomba mfikie kiwango hiki na kumpa Mungu Baba utukufu, mnapokula au kunywa au kufanya jambo lolote, katika jina la Bwana Yesu Kristo! [Amina!]
