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pairing : jojolion x gn reader summary : the heir to an limitless fortune goes on a vacation to morioh to find their true love. seems easy enough; only, if that they're unable to find their love, they'll lose not just their fortune, but their life. notes : multi-chapter fic, sfw, doesn’t follow canon plot word count : 3.4k+

★ . . . SHUT THE HELL UP.”

“I’m not even saying anything.”

“Then drop that goddamn smirk.”

Joshu did not drop his smirk. It stabbed at you from the corner of your eye even as you kept your gaze stonily forward. You wouldn’t be surprised if your bone dice cracked from how hard you were clenching them.

“Why don’t you just take it off?”

“Because I wore it first and I actually have no problem with unintentionally matching hats with you.”

You sank in your seat. Josuke absolutely adored the SBR hat shop and made your promise that you would buy at least one hat on your vacation. The little purple bucket hat made you childishly happy when you wore it, which was why you’d put it on today for some fortitude. The last thing you’d expected was for Joshu to pull up wearing the exact same hat. Since neither of you could swallow your colossal prides to take it off, you were now matching hats. Which might have been cute for any other date, but Joshu had a talent for making things insufferable.

“I’m just surprised you showed you know how to put clothes together,” you muttered.

Joshu side-eyed you. “My clothes are always put together. You just don’t have taste.”

You would have bet money Hato had been the one to throw this outfit together. Instead of his horrendous green shirt and bowtie, Joshu was wearing a boxy blue button-down, a stylized gecko crawling up his side and short sleeves baring his—admittedly nice-looking—forearms. A purple undershirt peaked out over his pants, and the fact that it matched with his bucket hat only further supported the fact that Joshu had not chosen this outfit. Baggy black pants and high-top sneakers completed the look, the blue and black of his sneakers echoing his outfit colours.

“Where are you taking me?” you asked.

Joshu drummed his fingers along the steering wheel. “You’ll see.”

It was so much harder to talk to Joshu in person. Roasting the shit out of him was way more enjoyable when he wasn’t right next to you. When you could actually see him, it felt like your words might actually stick instead of glancing off him. It made you uncomfortable to think you would see if something you said hurt him.

Not for the first time, you wondered if you’d made a mistake agreeing to go with Joshu today. If it turned out to be a waste of a good day, you would kick yourself. The end of your second week was fast approaching, and as prickly as your mother had been, she was right. You really didn’t have time to waste. It would have been so much easier to spend today with Tooru instead. You’d been surprised by how well yesterday had gone and actually looked forward to seeing him again.

Admittedly, you had been embarrassed to admit to him that you hadn’t remembered him from the fruit parlour, but Tooru had taken it in stride. He had seemed quiet and unassuming, and had pleasantly surprised you with how attentive and perceptive he was. He was a wonderful listener, and had been one of the few people who had actually taken your curse seriously. For someone you had just met, Tooru had a surprising amount of faith in you. Out of everyone you had met thus far in Morioh, no one seemed to get you the way Tooru did. It was too bad you had gotten too caught up in your conversation with him to take out your bone dice. You would’ve liked to see what number he would’ve rolled. Some other time, hopefully.

Reluctantly, you turned your thoughts away from Tooru. As much as you wished you were with him, you weren’t, and you had to be in a completely different mindset to deal with Joshu. Civilly.

“Can I ask you something?” you said.

“If it’s not stupid.”

You watched his face carefully. “Do you really want to start something with me? Or do you just want the fortune? Because you realize you can’t have one without the other, right?”

Joshu pursed his lips. “Sure I can. You just have to fall for me. It doesn’t matter what I think.”

“But that wouldn’t be true love.”

“Look, it makes sense in my head, alright? I want your money, but I don’t want anything to do with you.”

You frowned. What Joshu said didn’t hurt because you’d known that from the beginning. “I get that, but I don’t want you to waste your time. I’m going to lose my fortune if it isn’t true love. And that means my feelings have to be reciprocated.”

“You never said that.”

“Falling in love is easy,” you said. “It’s holding on that’s hard.”

Joshu didn’t answer. His expression turned inscrutable.

“I’m not kidding around this curse stuff. If this month goes by and I can’t find my true love, I’ll—” your throat closed, the curse preventing you from saying the word die. “I’ll lose everything. It was fine when you wanted to mess with me before, but I don’t have time for that anymore.”

You hated how small your voice sounded. It was nearly lost under the rumble of the car on the road. You clenched your jaw, looking everywhere but at Joshu.

The car stopped at a red light. “Do you think you could fall in love with me?” Joshu asked.

“What?”

“I don’t get what your approach with this is,” Joshu said. “All you’re doing is going out with people who show an interest in you. Why aren’t you going after the people you want?”

You blinked. “Because there’s no guarantee they’ll like me back.”

“The same can be said for this! If someone ends up loving you, how shitty are you going to feel if you don’t love them back?”

From the start, you had thought it would be best if you let people come to you. If you were too bold, too eager, too quick, you would set yourself up for rejection. It would be easier to learn to love someone than to suffer being rejected, right? If they loved you already, wouldn’t it be that much easier?

“Yeah, I’m an option, but only if you want to let me be. Spend today with me and figure out if there’s even a possibility you could love me. Because if there isn’t, it really is a waste of time.”

“I thought you just wanted my money,” you said faintly. “Why are you giving me legitimately good advice?”

“... Because I don’t like seeing you run around with anyone who will have you. If this is your curse, you should start acting like it.”

Who was this person and what had they done with Higashikata Joshu? You stared at him and the car was quiet until Joshu flushed.

“At some point this stopped being a joke and now it’s something I’m actually interested in. So thanks a lot. I’m wasting my time for you.”

You wondered if you had been looking at this wrong. If at some point you had started to look forward to Joshu’s texts instead of dreading them. If at some point you had started to talk to him because you wanted to and not out of an obligation to be nice.

If Joshu wanted you to use today as a measure of how much you liked him, what did that mean? Hadn’t he just admitted he only wanted your fortune? But that wasn’t all he’d said.

Could he actually be interested in you?

The thought wasn’t as unpleasant as you expected.

“Just forget I said that,” Joshu muttered. He stopped the car and put on the parking brake. “We’re here.”

You eyed your destination warily. “You brought me to the movies?”

“Is that a problem for you?”

It wasn’t, really. It was just that it seemed very … normal for someone like Joshu.

Joshu allowed you to pick the movie. And the seats. And the snacks. You wondered why he was being so agreeable until you realized he wasn’t planning on spending a single yen on this date.

“Wait a minute. You’re not expecting me to pay for all of this, are you?” you said.

Joshu’s face twisted. You were relieved that he really had been under all of that somewhere. “What? Can’t spare a few thousand yen from your trust fund?”

“That’s not the point. You’re the one who brought me on this date. You should be paying.”

“You have a literal fortune that never runs out and I should be the one paying? Have you heard of socialism? The wealthy have to provide for the poor. It distributes wealth.”

Now you were the one twisting your face. “And where is this coming from?”

“Two years of sociology, asshole.”

“You’re not even poor. It’s the principle of it. Or didn’t you say you were trying to impress me? I’m really getting a feel for how courteous and generous you are right now.”

Joshu glowered at you. You raised an eyebrow. “I’m only too happy to take my trust fund somewhere else if you don’t want to do this.”

Joshu turned away and stalked towards the front counter. He made a show of extracting his wallet and withdrawing the stack of banknotes inside. You only frowned. Why had he been so stingy when he had at least 500 000 yen in there?

Even growing up wealthy, you had never thought to buy out all of the seats around you so you could have a private bubble in the theatre. It made you feel guilty, but Joshu showed no such restraint as he kicked back his feet, taking up three seats at once. It didn’t surprise you that Joshu was one of those people who acted like they owned the place, cackling and shouting and being a general nuisance. You all but dragged him out of the theatre once the credits started rolling, intent on getting out before the staff could throw you out.

“Excuse me, sir!” one of the ushers called. Your chest seized until you saw that the girl was waving at Joshu with a huge grin on her face. “Would you like to enter your ticket stubs into our lottery? We’ll be drawing from the lottery very soon! The prize is a limited-edition full-size figurine of the main hero!”

“Sure, why not?” Joshu dropped the dozen tickets he’d bought into the lottery box. You shot him a dirty look that he ignored.

Surprisingly—or not—Joshu won the lottery. He raised the box over his head, grinning aggressively at you as though you were supposed to feel something. You watched dubiously as he headed over towards you, only to be stopped by a man with a goatee.

“Excuse me, but that’s an amazing figurine! Would you mind if I bought it off you?” he asked eagerly. He was already taking out his wallet. “I’ll give you twenty—no, thirty thousand yen for it!”

The figurine changed hands. The insufferable grin hadn’t left Joshu’s face and you felt your insides shrivel a little.

“What was that about?” you asked flatly.

Joshu shrugged, flipping through his freshly-obtained banknotes. “Who knows? You should be happy. Now I have enough to cover your dinner.”

It turned out Joshu didn’t skimp when it wasn’t his money he was using. He drove you to the other side of Morioh to a classy, five-star restaurant. The two of you couldn’t have looked more out of place among the finely dressed couples, but Joshu couldn’t care less. He ordered the host to take the two of you to their best table and proceeded to order the most exorbitant items on the menu. Your eye twitched at every order, because if Joshu ended up not being able to pay, who else would foot the bill?

Deep, red wine and succulent cuts of beef and pork arrived on immaculate plates. Plump shrimp and steamed peas and broccoli. Perfectly seared fish and roasted chicken. About halfway through the meal, Joshu squinted at his plate of roast beef. He pinched something between two fingers, lifting it pointedly. The gesture was so familiar, you almost expected to hear Karera’s voice.

“There’s a piece of hair in this dish.”

With comical swiftness, your server, host, and a line of other stiffly-dressed employees proceeded to your table. They all bowed deeply.

“Our sincerest apologies for the disturbance,” the server said, his body at a ninety-degree angle. “We don’t know how this could have happened. We have wasted your precious time and insulted your esteemed patronage.”

“Oh, it’s not a big deal. The service has been wonderful,” you said quickly, shooting a look at Joshu. You wouldn’t have put it past him to pull a Karera and put one of his own hairs in the dish just to get out of paying. “It’s nothing. You don’t have to apologize.”

The server shook his head. “This is a most egregious mistake. Your entire meal will be free of charge and if it at all improves your mood …”

The hostess stepped forward, meekly placing an envelope on the table. “It is not much, but if you would accept this compensation, we would be most humbled.”

At this point, even Joshu had to be suspicious. He eyed the envelope. For a second, you hoped he wouldn’t accept it.

But then he snatched up the envelope, rifling through it. A shit-eating grin spread across his face. “Today’s my goddamn lucky day! Money just keeps on pouring in!” To the server, he said, “If you’re so sorry, why don’t you get us another bread basket?” The man nodded quickly, whisking everyone off.

“Joshu, what the hell is going on?” you asked. “Where is all of this money coming from?”

“The hell am I supposed to know? What, are you gatekeeping being rich?”

“No, but don’t you think something weird is going on?”

Joshu scoffed. “You were the one who wanted me to pay for your shit. That’s what I’m doing. Why don’t you just enjoy it instead of bitching and moaning?”

Something just felt off. You brushed your bone dice in your pocket, feeling their comforting chill. Was it so hard to believe that Joshu was just lucky?

Joshu took you to a nightclub after dinner. Normally, you loved throwing yourself into a city’s nightlife. Right now though, you only felt a looming sense of apathy as Joshu tried to shoot peanuts down a girl’s cleavage. He had abandoned you for a busty group of girls as soon as you’d entered, leaving you to sit at a booth by yourself as he draped himself all over them.

The only thing that showed Joshu even remembered you was a bottle of champagne one of the servers brought over. There’s real gold dust in this champagne, he said, as though that could make up for the shitty day you were having. Even you, with your limitless fortune, had never thought about drinking gold dust champagne.

You didn’t even know why you’d tried giving Joshu the benefit of the doubt. He had just seemed so earnest yesterday, asking you out, and then again in his car. It had surprised you much he cared under that blasé attitude of his. As you scrolled through your past messages, you wondered where he had found the energy to consistently send you stupid things every morning.

Was he being serious? Or wasn’t he? Did he like you or not? Did it really matter?

Under the strobing lights in the ceiling, you stared at the brand on the back of your hand. It looked so dark all of a sudden, so stark. It was starting to feel impossible that it would ever fade from your skin.

“Oh. I didn’t expect to see you here.”

You tilted your head, and the slightest hint of a smile tugged at his mouth.

“Tooru. What are you doing here?”

“What most people tend to do at nightclubs,” Tooru said. Despite that, he appeared very much alone. He didn’t even have a drink in his hand.

“You have a very sad idea of clubbing,” you said. You waved at him to sit down across from you and poured him some of your golden champagne. You couldn’t help but notice how out of place he looked here, with his careful expression and shoulder teddy-bears.

Tooru tried to say something. When you indicated that you couldn’t hear over the music, he slid across the booth until his shoulder brushed up against yours. His voice in your ear made your stomach dip.

“Are you here with anyone?” he asked.

“Sort of,” you said, resisting the urge to glance at Joshu. You suspected he was still in the same position with those girls. “We must have lost each other, though.”

“Good thing I found you then. To be honest, I was just thinking about how nice it would be if I could see you again.”

“You have my number.”

“I like seeing you face-to-face. Feels more natural.” Tooru’s eyes gleamed. “It feels like we’re hiding when we’re behind a screen.”

You blinked. “I guess?”

“Ah, I said something weird. Sorry.” Tooru took a drink from his glass, wincing a little as it went down. “Why don’t we continue our conversation from the other day? About your curse?”

Tooru seemed oblivious to the loud music and shouting around you. The two of you might as well have been the only people in here with the way his attention was pinned on you. It was odd how well he could tune everyone out like that.

“What do you want to know?”

“Who did your curse come from exactly?”

“I don’t know if you believe in them, but an ancestor of mine approached the mountain gods and asked to have his fortune reversed.”

“Do you think that’s fair?” Tooru asked. “Why should your family receive a boon when there are thousands of other people the mountain gods turn their backs on?”

You frowned. “It’s not like I went to the mountain gods myself.”

“Maybe not. But your ancestor’s blood runs through your veins, so at least a part of you is responsible.”

“I don’t know what you’re implying,” you said, your hackles rising. “Maybe it wasn’t fair, but it’s not like anyone else in Morioh has the same curse I do. They might be struggling, but at least they—they can still continue on. At least they have a chance.”

Tooru’s pupils were dilated. “And what do you mean by that?”

They’re suffering, but at least they won’t die by their nineteenth birthday.

You turned away from him. You didn’t know where this interrogation had come from, but you didn’t appreciate it. You took a large drink from your flute.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you,” Tooru said. “People have told me that I’m too intense and need to learn how to draw back.” He rested his head on the table, waiting until you looked at him before smiling sheepishly. The gesture made him seem boyish, like a chastised schoolboy.

“I really want to help you, you know. I want to learn as much about your curse as I can to do that. I like you. A lot. It would be a shame if you died.”

You didn’t quite smile. “I’m just not used to talking about my curse. I’m not used to people actually taking it seriously. It’s hard for me to talk about.”

“I don’t want to push you. Just tell me what you're comfortable with.”

You didn’t know what to make of Tooru’s questions. Did he have some kind of hidden agenda beneath the polite curiosity? Maybe they were questions you should have asked yourself ages ago, but it had just seemed easier to accept the curse and not think too hard about it. It was then that you remembered your bone dice. Tooru’s questions weren’t unwelcome, you decided, but you wanted to make sure you could trust him before you told him anything else. Just as you were taking out your dice, shouts from the other side of the nightclub caught your attention.

“Huh? But what’s the problem?”

“Please follow us outside, sir. We don’t want to make a scene.”

“I don’t understand what the hell you want to talk to me about! If it’s about the champagne—”

Joshu struggled as a pair of burly men lifted him bodily from his seat and hauled him outside of the nightclub. Everyone stared gape-mouthed after him, and your mouth went dry.

Goddamnit, Joshu.

“I should go,” you said, rising from your seat.

“Friend of yours?” Tooru asked.

“Something like that. I’ll text you. Enjoy the rest of your night.”

Tooru lifted his champagne flute to you as you pushed past people to follow Joshu outside.

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Sin has Consequences

(Sunday March 12th 2023)

Genesis 3:20-24

Golden Text: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. - James 1:14-15

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? -Romans 6:16

We will not understand Genesis, Chapter 3, beginning at verse 20, unless we realize that God created the Earth and that therein is. God created as His highest and best creation, man (male and female created He, them). Man was placed in the Garden of Eden where all of his needs were met. Man was placed in the Garden to dress and keep it. So only after this did God create Woman or Eve. Adam had already been warned that the day Adam ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would surely die. Adam even talked with God on a regular basis in the Garden. There was no sin, no sorrow, he and the animals got along, no government rule, no taxes, no need for police. All was at peace. The Love of God abounded. Adam had it made. Now Adam was given a most beautiful priceless Gift from God, and her name was later to become Eve as she would be the mother of all living. Then along came the serpent (snake like or gecko like creature). The devil invaded that creature and tempted Eve, while Adam stood by. And worse than that Adam was not deceived (1st Timothy 2:14). Then Eve ate and gave to her husband (Adam) who was “with her” and Adam ate of the forbidden fruit and at that point, the eyes of both were opened and they knew evil:

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the Voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. - Genesis 3:7-8

God kept His Word. God told Adam, Eve and the serpent that they had earned DEATH and by His Grace and preplanning God the Word (Gospel of John 1:1-3, John 1:14) Jesus was prepared to be the sacrifice to pay the death penalty that our first sin had earned each of us.

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, ... 1st Peter 1:18-20

The curses on the serpent are here pronounced.

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel. - Genesis 3:14-15

Man (Adam, Adam) and his wife Eve (Eve Adam) are both cast out of the Garden of Eden. And as we look in on Adam and Eve, Adam names his wife, Eve. God clothes them with the skin of an innocent animal (I like to think it was a lamb). Then God drove them out of the Garden of Eden.

MESSAGE TEXT - Genesis 3:20-24

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Adam called his wife's name Eve. Adam ( aw-dawm') Strong: H120; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

Webster 1828 states: AD'AM, noun In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first man, the progenitor of the human race. The word signifies form, shape, or suitable form, hence, species. It is evidently connected with Heb., to be like or equal, to form an image, to assimilate. Whence the sense of likeness, image, form, shape; Gr., a body, like. [See Man.] - Webster 1828.

Adam called (to call out, to properly address) his wife’s ( ish-shaw') Strongs No: H802: Original: feminine): EVE, noun The consort of Adam, and mother of the human race; so called by Adam, because she was the mother of all living. In this case, the word would properly belong to the Hebrew. But the Hebrew name is havah or chavah, coinciding with the verb, to shew, to discover ... . In the Septuagint, Eve in Genesis 3:20, is rendered life; but in Genesis 4:1, it is rendered Euan or Evan.

Many people who hold prejudice against people who are not the same color as them, believe they are somehow superior to them. GARBAGE. Eve was the mother of all living, red, brown, yellow, black and white; they are precious in His sight. And Eve is the mother of all living.

Mother Explains Colors: One day into my small town came a black skinned man. He was working for an industrialist family that had a large lake home, just north of our little town. This man was very friendly and outgoing. I was curious and so when I got home, I asked my mother (a Registered Nurse) why was the man they called Acey was black. Mom said to me that the ancestors of Acey live in Africa where it was sunny and hot. After generations they developed black skin partly from all that exposure to the sun. OH, O.K. I said. I was never taught the nonsense that says we have some hierarchy of colors. I never felt that the black man or brown man was different from us, except by their exposure to the sun. Mom could have gone into a more detailed explanation, but her simple, we are all the same, made me never realize the prejudice that I see in some people. After all, EVE is the mother of ALL LIVING. Every man on Earth is related to you.

Trial of Eve: Eve had been tried by God, arraigned, convicted, judged, as guilty. Eve and Adam were to die. And it is this writer’s opinion that they experienced immediate Spiritual death. (The Holy Spirit departed) But from immediate physical death, they were pardoned. Why? Because the Lord, Jesus Christ was going to come to Earth; take on the form of a man; and then be slain on a cruel, bloody cross to pay the death penalty that she, and Adam and everyone of us who has ever sinned deserved.

Jesus Comes to Defeat the Devil. The Lord Jesus Christ, Who is here first referred to as "the Seed of the woman," He is the Seed that is to take away the sin of the world. (Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of One, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.). Jesus came to reverse the curse that satan brought in by convincing man (male and female) to sin. Jesus had come "to destroy the works of the devil" (Hebrews 2:14: 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;).

Consequences of Sin of Eve: However there were some consequences Eve would experience of sorrow and pain in child birth. Now she would not be a co-equal with man in the rule and dominion. God now places that responsibility and duty on Adam (man, the male, the husband). Eve would become more dependent, and in subjection to the loving rule of Adam (man).

Both of them would enter upon his/her life career of hardship and toil, and both of them would eventually experience physical death in the far distant future, as man sees time. They are expelled from the Garden paradise on Earth. All who thereafter live would be her seed, just as God told Hagar that her seed would prosper. However, it is generally believed that this Seed of the woman was also foretelling of the Seed that comes without a human male’s intervention. (Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6).

Mother of all living. Adam gave his wife the name Eve (Hebrew =Chavvah [khav-vaw’] life or living) as she was mother to all living. Hmm! What about the claim of a pre-Adamic race of men? If Eve is mother of all that have life, then a pre-Adamic race is in direct conflict with this verse. If there can be no pre-Adamic race, you lose any real reason for a gap or a day age, progressive creation or time lapse creation. You are back to the belief in six twenty-four-hour days and rest on the seventh day. Also there is no monkey to man imagined evolution, Eve was not the mother of lower life.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

The LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. What had man (Adam and Eve) seen as the solution for sin? Run away, hide and cover over the sin with a temporary fix. They had used fig leaves: a temporary “fix.”

Fig leaves. The common fig tree that grows in the middle east was most likely used. Fig leaves would not be comfortable and fig leave would soon wither and fall apart and fall off. And they made only aprons to wrap (we suppose) about their loins and private areas. Why? They were ashamed. Why? They were naked. And if God found them they would face DEATH. They did not fully understand death because sin is what first brought death into the world.

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Response to God: There were naked. What to do? RUN, HIDE, COVER IT UP! Experience shame and guilt for the first time in the history of Earth. But God took an innocent animal (I like to think it was a lamb for each one, as foretelling the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world). God had to shed blood for sin.

Without the shedding of blood. God does not accept man's attempt to cover his sin. God makes them both clothing (coats Hebrew=tunic, under garment. A long shirt like garment...) The clothing or covering (for their sin and shame that came with the knowledge of evil) is made from skins (hide, of animal). An animal was sacrificed by God to cover the sin of man.

Save the Whales: Well, so much for ‘save the whales and kill the humans,' (babies, elderly, severely disabled). Humans clearly have priority over animals. Animals are here for man. God slays an animal for man. It is to cover his shame and sin. Man is not the problem, as much as the over the top environmentalists or animal rights people want you to believe. MAN IS NOT AN EVOLVED ANIMAL.

Man is instead, God's highest and best creation, made in His image. God clothed (dress, wear, put on clothing) them. Some contend God had first clothed them with righteousness. But they lost that when they sinned. Is that true? Question for heaven.

Is this a second covering? God gives the covering. As I said earlier, I want to believe the animal was a lamb? Was it to foretell of the Lamb of God (Lord Jesus) Who was to come and die in their place of all men? ...without the shedding of blood is no remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22 without shedding of blood is no remission of sin)

22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

The man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: Now the Lord declares that man now has the added ability of knowing evil. (Note: But they did not become God-like as the evil one misled them to believe.) They did learn evil. They did usher in evil. Before they joined the devil and obeyed him in contrast to Creator God, they had a perfect environment, a paradise on Earth. They had no knowledge of evil. It is important to know and understand the great difference between good and evil. We see the gravity of the introduction of sin, evil and death. (... as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men ... Romans 5:12)

Adam and Eve only knew good (tobe Strongs No: H2896 Orig: from 2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense;). Good: 1) good, pleasant, agreeable; 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses); 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature); 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) )

GOOD: 3. - Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad, imperfect, corrupted, impaired. We say, good timber, good cloth, a good soil, a good color. ~ And God saw every thing that He had made, and behold, it was very good Genesis 1:4. ~ Having moral qualities best adapted to its design and use, or the qualities which God's law requires; virtuous; pious; religious; applied to persons, and opposed to bad, wicked, evil. - Webster 1828

Evil: RX (rah) Strongs No: H7451; Orig: from 7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):-- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress,... .evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity, malignant.

E'VIL, noun evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.

Moral evil is any deviation of a moral agent from the rules of conduct prescribed to him by God, or by legitimate human authority; or it is any violation of the plain principles of justice and rectitude. - Webster 1828

There is none good but God...

Sin, sorrow, death and all that is not good came in and came between man and God, when the two of them sinned. Adam was not deceived.

Behold, the man is become as one of Us, like a God in understanding there is both good and evil. God never intended us to know evil. We were to occupy Earth in a paradise on Earth and never know evil or the evil one. Evil was not even comprehended by Adam and Eve. All they knew was the goodness of God.

To know good and evil. Evil did not belong to Adam and Eve, they comprehended it not, in the state of innocence. Adam and Eve were not to know evil, only good. There is none good, but God...

Lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. But, since Adam has taken from the forbidden tree, he will also will want to take of the tree of life. The Hebrew would lead us to believe that this was a real tree and eating from it would give life. God says that if he eats from the tree of life, they will live forever (have life everlasting). But have this life as a sinner? Think. Would you make it hell upon earth?

God does not want the man to live forever in sin and evil. God has made a Way out. Jesus is that One and Only Way (John 14:6 I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.).

Also, is this a foretelling of the tree of life in Revelation (Revelation 2:7 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.; Rev 22:2 fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.; Rev 22:14 ...fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.) Will the tree of life in the Millennium prolong life or give us everlasting life? Will we have to eat of it in heaven? Is one fruit enough or will we have to eat more often (give us this day, our daily bread)? Only God knows. But we can trust that we will have everlasting life.

God does not want man to live in sin. If Adam and Eve eat of the fruit on the tree of life, they will be immortal. God casts Adam and Eve out of the garden. They are in their sin. They could live forever in that state and God does not want that. God has provided a Way out. JESUS IS THE WAY.

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

The LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden. God (Elohiym) sent Adam and his wife Eve out of the paradise on Earth called the Garden of Eden.

Consequence of sin. The first result of the sin of man was that man became a sinner, separated from the plan of God for their lives. Also because man had become a sinner, he would no longer be entitled to the tree of life. God (Elohiym) sent man away from Eden (the paradise of God) to become a farmer, to work the ground that would also now bring forth thistles, thorns and weeds. It would take great effort to get food for himself, his wife, and (only God knows) how many children, Eve, (the mother of all living) bore. We know she was still bearing children one hundred thirty-five years after creation, when she bore Seth. (Genesis 5:3).

No Planned Abortion: Let me see, no planned parenthood or other agency to control population. And they were told to fill the earth by God. God multiplied Eve's ability to conceive. Let's see, on the low count we give them a child every three years. 130\3= 43 children by the time of Seth in Genesis 5? (Could have easily been close to twice that amount.) Adam had to work hard. Eve would be busy, busy, busy. And they would have to work and raise a huge family outside of God's paradise and will. (Creator-Father, who loved them, sent them out). What would have happened had they repented? It was too late to restore them to life everlasting. They had sinned and sin has consequences.

Therefore (literally, and) the Lord God sent (the idea is forcefully to HE cast, Adam and Eve out, with force and displeasure (as in 1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My Name, will I cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:) from the garden of Eden.

To till the ground from whence he was taken. When God first made the body of Adam, God made it from the dust of the Earth.

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. - Genesis 2:7

This body would have been able to live forever by partaking of the tree of life. But now the tree of life would be off limits. Thus the body would one day, die. It would degrade and over a long period, that body would go back to the dust.

Now Adam would till the ground outside of the paradise of Eden. The ground had been cursed for his sake and God sent (drove out) the man (along with his guilty wife); and God placed (literally, caused to dwell) at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim. WHY? To keep man from the tree of life.

The Bible describes the Cherubs as living creatures (Ezekiel 1:5; Revelation 4:6) in the form of a man (Ezekiel 1:5-10):

5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

In the Apocalypse(Revelation) they are depicted as standing in the immediate neighborhood of the throne. Revelation 4:6-7:

6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Whence the opinion that most exactly answers all the facts of the case is, that these mysterious creatures were symbolic not of the fullness of the Deity (Bahr), nor of the sum of earthly life (Hengstenberg), nor of the angelic nature (Calvin), nor of the Divine manhood of Jesus Christ (Wordsworth), but of redeemed and glorified humanity (Jamieson, Fairbairn, Macdonald, Candlish). Combining with the intelligence of human nature the highest qualities of the animal world, as exhibited in the lion, the ox, and the eagle, they were emblematic of creature life in its most absolutely perfect form. As such they were caused to dwell at the gate of Eden to intimate that only when perfected and purified could fallen human nature return to paradise. Meantime man was utterly unfit to dwell within its fair abode. And a flaming sword, which turned every way. Literally, the flame of a sword turning itself; not brandished by the cherubim, but existing separately, and flashing out from among them (Ezekiel 1:4). An emblem of the Divine glory in its attitude towards sin (Macdonald). To keep (to watch over or guard; Genesis 2:15) the way of the tree of life. "To keep the tree of life might imply that all access to it was to be precluded; but to keep the way signifies to keep the way open as well as to keep it shut" (Macdonald). - Pulpit Commentary

CHERUB, noun plural Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used.

A figure composed of various creatures, as a man, an ox, an eagle or lion. The first mention of cherubs is in Genesis 3:24, where the figure is not described, but their office was, with a flaming sword, to keep or guard the way of the tree of life. ... The cherubs, in Ezekiels vision, had each four heads or faces, the hands of a man and wings. The four faces were, the face of a bull, that of a man, that of a lion, and that of an eagle. They had the likeness of a man. Ezekiel 4:1, and 10. In2 Samuel 22:11, and Psalms 18:10, Jehovah is represented as riding on a cherub and flying on the wings of the wind. In the celestial hierarchy, cherubs are represented as spirits next in order to seraphs. The hieroglyphical and emblematical figures embroidered on the vails of the tabernacle are called cherubs of curious or skillful work. Exodus 26:1. - Webster 1828

24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

So, He Drove out the Man; Man does not want to leave. Obviously, man did not go easily or willingly, because God drove them out (drive out, expel, cast out, drive away).

He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims. God then set guards: Cherubims (cherub, Cherubim, an angelic being). How many were there? Was it two? Do we think two, because two were in the Tabernacle in the holy of holies on the ark’s Mercy Seat? (Exodus 37:7 - And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;)

Were Cherubs guarding (keep = guard, observe) as they were the same class of angels as was Lucifer, the old serpent, the devil (Ezekiel 28:14-16)?

Ezekiel 28:13-16 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, an

d the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel recognized Cherubims when he saw them.

Cherubims, and a flaming sword... These Cherubims were armed with a flaming (angelic) sword to protect the road or pathway to the tree of life. (WARNING: Some like to twist this verse (and other verses) to give an alternative interpretation. But that is so they can tell you what God really meant. Those people usually disdain your intellectual ability and God’s ability to communicate with you. If you believe them then, you will have to get all of your Biblical information from them. That is, IF, they really are the only way you can understand what God is really saying.

Here man has immediately died Spiritually. So, he is a dead man, dead in trespasses and sins. A dead man needs to be born again. Is this a picture of a man who was elected to be saved eternally who gave up his salvation? Or will God never leave us alone, in sin? No. (Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.)

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - Matthew 28:20

CONCLUSION: Even when we have done our worst, rebelled against God, and betrayed Him, His Love cannot be separated from us. Here man (male and female) had clearly sinned and earned Everlasting DEATH in hell and the tormenting lake of fire. But God has a better plan which He had from before the foundation of the world. Father-God would allow Jesus to come and die in our place. Sinless Jesus would take on Himself our sin, so that we might have the righteousness of Christ, before Father-God. That is why HE came to Earth, to die that you and I might have life and have life more abundantly. He would crush the head of the fallen cherub, the devil. Jesus would make the Way, the Only Way back to Father-God. You (and I) must recognize it as such and take that Way back to the Father.

NEXT WEEK - MURDER IN THE WHEAT FIELD

May God bless you in all that you do for Him, Brother J.R. Soul winner, Bible teacher, Defender of the Faith

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reptimoe · 2 years

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I suck at posting!! But to be fair, the temperature was over 30°C indoor and I had a lot of things to do the last two weeks. So!

I did a new planted bioactive terrarium for a cute Gold dust day gecko! No idea of his age and he do be looking a little funky, he might have some years in his little body! Bonus arboreal Armadillidium vulgare lmao

#reptile #lizard #reptiblr #gecko #gold dust day gecko #phelsuma #phelsuma laticauda #herpblr #herp #terrarium #vivarium #bioactive vivarium #bioactive terrarium #bioactive

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kai-ni · 2 years

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Kaleb house, he got da tank that was previously just full of isopods.

Feat. Fresh 5.0 uvb. Also the moss fuckin died. Hopefully I can keep the plants alive lmao.

#kaleb #gold dust day gecko #my pets #day gecko #yes i know he needs more plants

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remmushound · 3 years

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Lita’s legacy, chapter 3!! @errorfreak88 @digitl-art-monstr

Growing up, Tang Shen tried to give Lita as normal of a life possible. Lita. That was what Tang Shen named her. For Lita meant ‘gladly’ and Tang Shen had gladly taken the abandoned child into her care. For eight years Lita remained under the careful watch of the lovely and fair Tang Shen. Lita, in her current condition, was unadoptable. So the kind nekomata cared for the fragile hatchling as her own, giving the needy creature all the love and care she could stand. When Lita’s protective membrane would dry out, which was quite often, there was always a spray bottle at hand to gentle moisten it. Whenever Lita left the comforting dark of her room, she was provided sunglasses to keep her sensitive eyes protected. She was allowed to play with the other orphans of course, but if ever they got too rough, Tang Shen would be there to swoop in and carry her out of harms way. Tang Shen would always be there.

Lita was asleep in the room that was all her own. All the other orphans shared one large sleeping space, but not Lita. She had a special bed, with a special sleep schedule, and special check ins. She was special. Her red eyes opened suddenly to the sounds of screaming and she sat up straight, clutching her blanket around her shell as she looked out into a room swallowed by flame and smoke.

“M-mama Shen?” Lita called out, but her voice was eaten by the roar of the fire. “MAMA SHEN!”

Her chest felt as if it were ablaze just as the room was, the membrane dried from the heat and sinking further into her chest than normal. She felt lightheaded. If from the smoke or the membrane, she wasn’t sure, but what she could recognize were flashes of pain like she had swallowed hot embers. She covered her mouth with her arm and crawled out of her bed, keeping her blanket around her trying to block out the worse of the smoke from her vulnerable heart.

“Help! Mama Shen!”

She yelped and covered her head with the blanket when a portion of roof collapsed in front of her. She stepped back to her bed to get away from the growing fire that was fed by the new oxygen, and her eyes followed the path of the escaping smoke up to the hole left in the roof. Through the thick black fumes, she could just barely make out a set of white eyes staring through the smoke, almost glowing.

“Help…”

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Her life for the next few months was dreadful. Though the place she and her new friend had taken their stead was, at first, comfortable enough, it had quickly grown into a claustrophobic, suffocating environment. One that Lita didn't dare to leave. She and her new friend nested in a large air vent, lining the steel with blankets and old clothes to spare themselves the intensity of the temperatures that it often reached. When the air was on, it was easy enough to get warm snuggled up in the blanket, blocking out the worst of the chill by hiding behind a cooler filled with their gathered food and water. When the heat came, it was unbearable, and with no escape. At least, not for Lita. For Mondo Gecko, the one taking care of her, he could leave any time he wanted. And he did so quite often, leaving Lita alone in their nest with nothing to do but read the books he provided to her and sleep.

This endless cycle of reading, sleeping, and playing card games with Mondo whenever he’d return to the nest quickly took its toll on the young girl. Though she grew smarter from the constant flood of knowledge, she also grew despondent and dependent. She had to rely on Mondo for everything, from getting food to getting water to being entertained. Granted, it had been a similar situation when she was with Mama Shen, but at least then she had other kids to play with. Other games to stimulate her. Now, she had none of those things and she felt so truly alone.

She looked up at the loud clamor that told of her friends return and, sure enough, from the top vent fell the scrawny, vibrant creature. He couldn’t have weighed more than a hundred pounds, hardly more than skin and bones with the faintest beginnings of muscles starting to form. His baggy clothes that had once perfectly fit his formally human body now hung loose around his emaciated mutant body, and his four toes on each of his feet jutted out of holes cut in his shoes, as they could no longer fit otherwise. Lime green skin was speckled with red polka dots, and what looked like blue eyeshadow surrounded ruby eyes. His tail was a beautiful fade, going from the dominant lime to a darker green and ending in an ocean blue, though the underside was a light cream that trailed up along the length of his belly and chest, ending only at his chin. His hair, like all human-turned-mutants, remained intact; currently, the dark tangles were pulled back in a sloppy, makeshift bun.

“Heya dudette!” He laughed, tossing his backpack from his back with a solid CLANG. “Miss me?”

“You know I’m desperate when I’m excited to see your face.” She rolled her eyes.

“Haha, funny joke, dudette.” Mondo laughed and cleared his throat, watching as Lita immediately went to look through the night's spoils.

“Get anything good?”

She started to pull out what were mostly half-decent scraps, some with mold and others half eaten and a few things that Lita couldn’t even recognize. She tossed all the finds over her shoulder carelessly, where Mondo gave a yelp and raced to pick up the tossed scraps and bring them into the cooler so they weren’t lost.

“Uh— same old, same old!” Mondo said dismissively, “No biggie! I did find some smooshed banana though, so that’s good! Gotta eat it while it's still not-rotten.”

She growled and dropped the backpack, crossing her arms and sticking her nose stubbornly in the air. “Why don’t you ever bring back something good?”

“Sorry, little lady.” Mondo started to arrange the treats in the safety of the cooler, “There’s so many muties fighting for scraps now that finding anything half decent is like, super not easy.”

“Well, you should look harder.” Lita hmphed.

Mondo Gecko sighed. He closed the cooler and wiped his sore and bloody hands off on his shirt. “Sorry, Lita. I’m gonna catch some Z’s if you’s okay with it.”

“Sure. Why not.”

“Thanks!” Mondo flopped into the nest that was his and curled up among the blankets and clothes, giving a noise that sounded almost like a squeaky toy. “Goodnight, Leets.”

All Lita could think to say was, “It’s morning.”

#Enter Mondo Gecko!!#he’s a gold dust day gecko

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