This document contains excerpts from Genesis describing God's punishment of Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit, including painful labor for women and toiling to produce food from the ground for men. It also contains Bible verses about Jesus' humanity and suffering to redeem humanity, his resurrection as the firstfruits ensuring believers' resurrection and hope, and his offer of rest for the weary.

3. 6 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
Genesis 3

4. 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate
fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not
eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.
Genesis 3

5. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3

6. toil
painful
struggle

7. 1950 2017

8. 1945
Little Boy
2018
North Korea

9. 1948
Wrightsville, GA
2017
Charlottesville, VA

10. Candlelight Vigil
Stonemason Douglas High School; Parkland, FL

11. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We
have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1

12. 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in
every way, in order that he might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make
atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself
suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who
are being tempted.
Hebrews 2

13. HIS TOIL
IS OUR REST.

14. 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,
how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the
dead?
1 Corinthians 15

15. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised
either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile;
you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen
asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in
Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But Christ has
indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who
have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15

16. HE IS THE
FIRSTFRUITS.

17. THE RESURRECTION
IS OUR HOPE.

18. A NEW
REALITY
HAS
OPENED
UP.

19. 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for
I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11