God roused himself to the work of creation. If we find that statement presumptuous, it can only be said that the notion of God himself "resting" after creation's work would in itself seem jarring to us except that it is presented in Genesis. If God rested, then he worked. If God worked, then he placed--roused--himself into such a process.
He also placed Adam into a process. Here we will proceed with Genesis 2, and ignore the contention that the timing of the creation of plants differs in the two stories. God in the narrative rouses Adam from the soil, and then God plants a garden for the man to live in and to tend. God also places Adam in the proximity of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam is roused, and in his first experiences he is readied for his first great challenge. Adam is primed to be reaped, and liable to be found wanting. He has been placed in such a process by God, and as this blog will contend, that process describes humanity's predicament.
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