Consequences of Neglecting ‘Rigorous Toil’:

Alas! If Adam and Eve, humanity's first ancestors, had toiled spiritually rather than physically beyond the boundaries of the Garden of Eden, we would have been born within the Garden – far from difficulties, problems, and worries. However, they failed to seek forgiveness and were barred from re-entering the Garden of Eden. As a result, humanity has been born with ancestral sin outside the Garden of Eden, in a desolate wilderness, as stated in Scripture:

"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.." (Psalm 51:5 NIV)

The Life-Giving Words of God to Adam and Eve: A Timeless Truth for All Humanity

How is it possible for someone to be a sinner from their mother's womb? Similar to Adam and Eve, many of our ancestors have not undergone true repentance, the rigorous toil. As a result, humanity is stained with ancestral unforgiven sins from the womb. Shamefully, humanity, surrounded by worldly lust, prioritizes its mortal body over its immortal soul. This lack of obedience to God and rigorous toil, fasting, and prayer (repentance) to overcome personal sins is evident. Therefore, the life-giving words of God spoken to Adam and Eve are fully applicable to humanity, as stated in Scripture:

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return. (Genesis 3:19, NIV)

Alas! If Adam and Eve had died within the Garden of Eden. Alas! If they had understood the life-giving words of God and rigorously toiled to liberate themselves from their sin, they would not have died and returned to the soil outside the Garden, but would have lived within.

Adverse Impact of A Legacy of Sin:

As God desires rigorous toil from humanity, His prophets from time to time call for it, and give sermons on true repentance. But humanity, from generation to generation, has failed to understand the value of abiding by God's word and seeking forgiveness through rigorous toil (repentance). Probably, they understood, but ignored, and thus, generations continue to return to the soil, stained with sins, outside the Garden of Eden.

God always wished that the generations of humanity return to the Garden of love through rigorous toil, the repentance. He never desired generations to die outside the Garden of Eden, laden with the weight of their personal and ancestral sin, and thus laden the incoming generation with the weight of their ancestral sin, as recorded in the scripture:

"Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation" (Matthew 23:36, NIV).

A Sacred Advice to the Present Generation:

The truth is that one generation seamlessly leads to the next. As one generation fades away, a new one emerges. This cycle of generations persists, passing on the burden of ancestral sin to each successive generation. It will continue until a generation arises that undertakes rigorous repentance for both their personal and ancestral sins, as written in the scripture:

So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.” (Exodus 34:4-7, NIV) The above discussion highlights two crucial points:

(A) Humanity's Entry into the Garden of Love

If we fail to seek forgiveness for our sins, they will be passed down to the next generation. Yet, God's kindness endures for thousands of generations, offering us liberation. This reveals that God never desires the destruction of human souls.

Let us express our gratitude to God for revealing, through this exploration, the true meaning of His life-giving words: 'rigorous toil' – a call to wholehearted repentance. By embracing this holy process, we can create the Garden of Eden outside the original Garden, where milk and honey flow, and God reside with us, and love abounds.

God's call for 'rigorous toil' is an invitation for humanity to repent wholeheartedly for all sins, big or small, committed since adolescence. By doing so, we can attain salvation and create the Garden of Eden outside the original Garden – where we can reside with God forever. As the scripture reminds us:

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. (John 15:4, NIV)

(B) Ancestor’s Entry into the Garden of Love (Heaven):

As humans enter the Garden of Love, they can guide their ancestors through the sacred process of 'rigorous toil', enabling their ancestors to enter the Garden of Love (Heaven) through their genuine repentance. Fulfilling the scripture, as stated:

…. “They will look on the one they have pierced. (John 19:37, NIV)

A Sacred Message for the Present Generation:

It is crucial for sinners to seek forgiveness, fulfilling God's words as stated in (John 19:37, NIV). This reflects a sincere heart that pleases God. 'Rigorous toil', which is True repentance, is a spiritual endeavor of the soul, not a physical one of the human body.

Therefore, souls straying outside heaven's realm must undertake 'rigorous toil', to liberate themselves from unforgiven sins and gain entry into heaven. This is the duty of living human beings: to guide straying souls, help them understand the importance of true repentance, and encourage them to seek forgiveness from our infinitely forgiving God.

As they do so, they will enter the Garden of Love, manifest heaven, joining angels and saints in eternal adoration of God, as stated in the scripture:

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43, NIV)

Good News for Our Straying Ancestor's Liberation:

The path to liberation is the good news for our ancestors, whose fulfillment is the responsibility of all living human beings, enabling us to guide them to heaven and prevent the flood of sins from burdening future generations, as reminded in the scripture:

For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit. (1 Peter 4:6, NIV)

In Conclusion:

Both living human beings and straying souls must undertake 'rigorous toil' to create a Garden of Eden, a Garden of Love, outside the original one, to cultivate godly love, humility, and peace. Consequently, our ancestors will find eternal peace while living human beings will receive the promised land of milk and honey.

Therefore, In our next article, we will delve into Satan's ongoing attempt to break into the newly created Garden of Eden, a Garden of love, to rob love.

To be Continued…..

==> Stay tuned for our next article, where we'll uncover how 'Ongoing Theft in the Garden of Eden’ that transforms our faith journey.

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