00:00The Chibi News Daily Reflection
00:04Hi, I'm Brenda, vicar of St Francis Parish Church in Teesside.
00:10I was sitting in the garden the other day and looking at the bright pink blossom on the tree,
00:16sparkling in the sunshine, the bright yellow of the daffodils, and just thinking how lovely the
00:23birdsong was. And then I was wondering how much more amazing would the Garden of Eden have been,
00:30which God created for Adam and Eve to live in. But Adam and Eve's sin caused them to be banished
00:38from that garden, and so began a life which included pain and death. We hear a curious phrase
00:46in the Bible in 1 Corinthians, that as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ,
00:54but each in its own order. Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ.
01:02For Christians, we believe the story of Adam and Eve is about people messing up. Their punishment is a
01:10life that now includes pain and death outside that beautiful garden. But Jesus, by his death on the
01:19cross and his rising again, conquered sin and death and has made a way for us to go back to God's heart
01:27forever. Through Jesus, we see a God who forgives us. At the end of time, Jesus makes a way for us to follow
01:36where he leads. He is the first one to be resurrected, and for all who believe in him, we too will be
01:45reunited with God. Amen.
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