Breaking All the Commandments Too

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Post tenebras lux: Latin: After darkness, light

God made covenant with Adam 
Be fruitful and multiply and have dominion
But he broke the pact with one act
God made covenant with Noah
He would never again flood the Earth above the highest peaks
God made covenant with Abraham
His decedents numbered as the sands of the seas
God made covenant with Moses
What God expected of us when we entered
      into the promised land
     guided by His hand
God made covenant with David
God would establish the bloodline of which 
     our Savior would emerge
     entering the world in a time of scourge
The New Covenant puts God's laws in our hearts
Provides repentance and acceptance

Although all along from Adam through the covenants
The Ten Commandments were known and needed to be heeded

So even though the Ten Commandments were not codified
          until the Exodus
God brining His people out of bondage and slavery 
And the commands
Of how to conduct ourselves when God reveals 
His truths and commands 
To all the peoples and all the lands
 
The Apostle James tell us that if we break one command
We are guilty of all
Here's Adam's initial sins that led to the fall:

Self love instead of loving God
Distrust, despair, pride, presumption and cowardice
He allowed Satan to get in between him and his queen
He didn't fulfill his responsibility as prophet, priest or king
He brought dishonor to The Father
Disobedience jeopardized his entering into the eternal Sabbath
       and resting in The Father
He murdered billions
He didn't protect Eve
He allowed Eve to speak to the devil
He allowed Eve to steal and failed his helpmate
He became like the father of lies by failing to speak up
He coveted God's estate
We are all guilty of sins of omission and commission
We do things we shouldn't do, and don't do things we should do

Praise Jesus Christ and God's granting of repentance 
That our behavior would be like our Savior, Amen
Post tenebras lux, after darkness, light

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