In This is Love

He knew.

Before any of us ever were, He knew. Knew that Eve would listen to the serpent. Knew that she would believe him and eat the forbidden fruit. Knew that Adam would stand alongside her and say nothing as he watched her take that first bite. He knew that Cain would kill Abel. He knew that the world would grow worse and worse, until He purged it with a flood.

But that would not defeat it. Sin had too tight a hold.  He knew it would once again grow worse and worse. He knew that all of the sacrifices, offered over thousands of years, would not be enough. He knew the nations would come that sacrificed children, alive. He knew the wars would come, destroying nations, families, and dreams. He knew that evil rulers would come, “purging” the imperfect and inferior races from their lands. He knew the evil men would come, selling other men for labor, and the women for pleasure. He knew, and He wept.

He knew what would be required to set things right. He knew just how difficult it would be, the sinless One bearing all the blame, all the punishment for the sin of every man and woman that would ever live. Death. He knew just how great the cost would be. He knew that even after the price was paid, only a few would accept the gift. That in the end the whole creation would be destroyed. He knew.

So He took a deep breath, a tear dropping silently into the shapeless waters beneath Him. His voice spoke softly into the darkness. “Let there be light.”

~An original essay by Sarai~