Who Persuaded Who?

"And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."  Gen 3:12

Thomas’ dramatized translation of Gen 3:12:

And the man said to the One Whom he came directly from, defensively, “Okay, so the woman that YOU gave me to be my helpmate, to be a reflection of who I am, to reflect that I came from you, by being “like me” in identity, for she came from me, gave me of this knowledge and wisdom of what is acceptable and not acceptable. She came to me talkin’ bout, “Hubby, you’ve got to eat this delicious fruit!”. I looked at her shaking my head; I knew what that was. I wasn’t deceived into thinking that it would make one wise or that it even looked good to give me your quality of life God, but... I decided to partake in the tree anyway. I felt responsible to rectify! I was created as head of this creation and this woman was a part of me, I wasn’t gonna leave her like that. I decided to provide, a carnal form of, salvation in this relationship so I therefore partook of the tree. I know you instructed not to eat from that tree but I so felt like it was up to me God, to be like you God, to provide life for the one formed out of me seeing her partake opposite of what you instructed. Thus, I went in after her without looking to you for help. 

Consequently, this “knowledge and wisdom” I ingested then caused a feeling of lack in my spiritual body and identity because in the end I still felt inadequate and I felt like I still couldn’t fix the problem or prove or persuade myself that I was the acceptable person you made me to be to her, to you, or to myself. This feeling of not being good enough or acceptable took control over me.”

The man looks down, a more serious and sad tone accompanies the man’s voice in saying, “My eyes were opened and saw this unacceptablness, this “lack” even in my body, I was naked and totally exposed. I knew that you are completely acceptable, God, you are like the definition of what is good! I know this, all of creation does. I just didn’t feel that way about myself. I just wanted to hide any part of me that I felt vulnerable or weak about that caused me to feel unacceptable in comparison to you in your presence. It seemed like the only option at the time, but I don’t know, I just felt soo afraid even to the point that it tormented me, I was confused about what to do. I was desperate for anything to cover me and make me feel like how I used to feel when you would cover me, God. :’( *sad face emoji* ...sniff* ...I even tried these fig leaves to cover up what I was ashamed of, but they weren’t warm and soothing like you clothing me with your life. The fig leaves just didn’t work and so I just avoided you and your presence altogether. In my mind you became so distant. I became convinced that you didn’t even care about me, why would anyone, just look at me.”

Adam proceeds into complete balling. Eve is led to speak in verse 13 after God asks her her side of the story.

To be continued..