Genesis 3:20. The Mother of All Living

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Genesis 3:20 “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living”

    The first name Adam gave to his partner emphasized how she was made and where she came from. Up to now she had been called Woman "because she was taken out of man" (2:23). Her new name calls attention to her purpose and destiny as a beacon of hope against the immediate backdrop of the death sentence. As the first mother on earth, Eve is of course the mother of all living people except for Adam and herself. More than that however, the meaning of her new name captures the hope for life, not only in the temporary sense of the perpetuation of the race through childbirth, but also in the eternal sense by virtue of the Seed of the woman, Jesus Christ. Only because of Him, Eve could become the mother, not of the dead and the dying, but of the living. By faith in Christ, you can be among those living too. 

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Ezra James
The Word of God is bread from heaven. God sent it, but we must gather it, appreciate it, digest it, and live by it. These days it is increasingly scarce. Many are starving for it and don't know it because they keep feasting on bad bread that doesn't satisfy. But if we would learn to carefully gather up the fragments of the True, Heavenly Bread of Life, we would always enjoy a feast of crumbs, because even God's crumbs are miracles mighty to save (Mark 7:24-30). ESPAÑOL: La Palabra de Dios es pan del cielo. Dios lo envió, pero debemos recogerlo, apreciarlo, digerirlo y vivir por él. Hoy en día es cada vez más escaso. Muchos están muriendo de hambre por falta de él sin saberlo porque se alimentan de pan falso que no satisface. Pero si aprendiéramos a recoger cuidadosamente los fragmentos del Verdadero Pan Celestial, Pan de Vida, siempre disfrutaríamos de un banquete de migajas, porque hasta las migajas de Dios son milagros poderosos para salvar (Marcos 7:24-30).