At the Heart of the Bible

  What is the Bible all about?

 The Book of Genesis describes how Satan tempts Eve to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge, so Adam and Eve can become gods.  This continues to be man's primordial temptation; not to be God-like (for which he was created, but to be god).

Every sin that man commits is an attempt to be a god (as described in the ten commandments), whether it be to disregard the rights of God, or to disregard the rights of a fellow human being.  This is sin, springing from pride.  The chosen antidote to this act of pride by man trying to be a god, is an act of humility by God becoming man.

  Thus Cain killing Abel, the tower of Babel, the behavior of the people before the flood, David killing Uriah, and Solomon, allowing strange gods, are man's attempt to be a god.  We see this kind of effort perpetuated to day in theosophy, Capitalism and communism.

  And in Abel's sacrifice, in Noah, being preserved from the flood, Abraham offering to sacrifice his son, and Moses leading his people from the bondage of Egypt, we see God acting through these people to foreshadow the act of humility by His son in becoming man.  In the Bible we are called to share in this Divine act of humility, so we can realize the purpose for which we are created.