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+** Never Curse  ...**
+The most important remarks in the above text are those about God himself, his promise not to curse the
+ground again because of man. God promises some things to continue: seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
+summer and winter, day and night.
+You might ask yourself, what image of God is communicated here. God smells the burnt offering, the pleasing
+aroma. How can God do that? But we might also ask: how should he not do it? He will realize each and
+any emotion of humans active in the events. God knows exactly, what we feel and smell. He is there -
+as the bible claims in so many places. We live in him, like a fish in the sea. How should he NOT know
+all and feel all and hear all?
+The next sentence is strange, isn't it? God promises not to curse again, but the argument here whould
+more support the case against mankind. Man's heart is evil from his youth. This is said about the first
+generation AFTER the flood. It is said when God promises grace to Noah and his family. Somehow God seems
+to know that it is not over. The flood is not a new beginning as it would be needed. The problem of
+evil is NOT solved. The flood is just a step on a longer path!
+The problem of the human heart is not solved by a flood. We will learn later, in the New Testament, that
+it can only be solved by a new birth, a birth in truth and spirit, a birth through the death of the cross.
+The clear message of both testaments is that reconciliation and renewal, the full healing we all need,
+will come through Jesus, the Christ.
 (Roland Potthast)
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