Genesis 3-5

Genesis 3:8, “They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” This wasn’t the Lord’s first visit, they recognized this familiar sound. God has always desired our fellowship. He walked with the first couple in their garden home. He dwelt with the nation of Israel in the Tabernacle and the Temple. Jesus came in the flesh to dwell among us as a man. His Holy Spirit dwells in each believer even now. And in heaven? There He will dwell eternally with the redeemed. The Lord God, Maker of heaven and earth, delights in our presence.

Genesis 1-2

Genesis 1:27, “God created man in His own image.” Whose image? The triune God who has eternally existed in the family-like structure of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are designed to be part of a community; something larger than ourselves. We begin life in the nucleus of our family. We grow up and create another family and we begin participating in the larger society around us. Failure to have meaningful associations with others is a failure to thrive. Genesis 2:18, “It is not good for the man to be alone.”