Death
The last ‘fruit’ of sin in Genesis 3 is the worst one: death. Physical death and spiritual death. Death and all that falls under its shadow. We see it in the return to dust. We see it in the covering of animal skins. We see it in the cutting off from the tree of life. And we see it in the murder of the following chapter. Death is savage in its impact. But, as always, there are glimpses of hope; of substitution and atonement; of a possible return to the tree’s life and garden; and of a descendant who sacrifices himself for others instead of killing others. We seethe glimpses of Easter.
