"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed." Robert Schuler.
Talk about a disaster in public relations! The reputation of the apple suffered greatly in the matter of Adam and Eve in the fall of man in the Old Testament. "And the LORD God commanded the man, 'You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die' " Genesis 2:16-17.
This particular fruit was a favorite depiction of many an artist of the epitome of evil, lust and desire even though the apple was never really directly called out as the fruit of temptation. Yet the culprit here was the simple choice to feed on the tree of worldly wisdom and knowledge and reject God’s wisdom. “In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” Col.2:3. Oh man! Come on you guys do you have any idea how hard you made life for the rest of us?!" I think to myself on the inside... But here we are. Going through one mess after another, yet finally we do not have to atone for our sins by butchering sheep and goats hoping that these sacrifices would be acceptable to obtain God's pardon for our foolish ways. And He did.
God is good. God loves us. We are the apple of His eye! We are cherished above all others. “Shew thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings” Psalms 17:7-8. "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29
We are His world and He gave us His covering. He gave us His only Son, Jesus Christ. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16. And the Tree of Knowledge was replaced by the Tree of Salvation. Jesus.
And this the Holy Spirit aptly named COVERED. We truly are the apple of His eye. Psalm 85:2 "You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah."
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