In Genesis 3 God says to Adam "cursed is the ground because of you" (v17).
In Genesis 5 Noah's Father named Noah and said "out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief" (v29).
In Genesis 8 that hope is realised when God says to Noah "I will never again curse the ground because of man" (v21).
In this reversal of the curse we see a small picture of what Christ did for us on the cross. Christ removed the cursed ground from off of his disciples feet ("[Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet" - John 13:5). This removal of the cursed ground a picture of the removal of the curse at the cross - "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterwards you will understand". (John 13:7)
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V interesting on Jn 13. Thanks Pl.
Paul,
I'm really enjoying your blog! It's very thought-provoking and useful. Thanks, and keep it up.
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