You will crawl on your belly andyou will eat dust all the days of your life. - P48
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers; he will crushhead, and you will strike his heel." - P48
16 To the woman he said, "I will make your pains inchildbearing very severe; with painful labor you will givebirth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
- P48
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to yand ate fruit from the tree about which I commandedyou, "You must not eat from it,‘ cursed is thebecause of you; through painful toil you will eat foodfrom it all the days of your life. - P48
22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now becomelike one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not beallowed to reach out his hand and take also from the treeof life and eat, and live forever." - P49
23 So the LORD God banished him from the Gardenof Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. - P49
Our God is a gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in faithful love! - P50
He is also quick to tell themof the promised Seed of the woman, who will destroy the works of the devil. - P50
Not only does He share the gospel to them in words, His first act
toward them is to clothe them with animal skins. The first death that
occurs as a result of humankind‘s act of treason, therefore, does not fallon the guilty sinners but upon an innocent animal, who covers their
inadequate attempt to clothe themselves. - P50
Even so, direct access to eter-nal life is henceforth closed off. A worthy representative for humanitymust pass through God‘s judgment in order for us to enter into God‘spresence once again. - P50
Praise God for Jesus Christ, our great High Priest! - P50
living in this world is often difficult because of sin. - P51
Help us live the rest of our lives for You. In Your name, amen. - P51
Although Nigeria is a Christian nation, persecution against Christians in the northern andcentral region is common. - P50
Radical Islamist groups like Boko Haram throw violent threats and kidnap and murder Christians. - P50
Their attacks also make it hard for Christian farmers to accesstheir own lands, forcing many to move into camps for internally displaced people. - P50
The Avar are spread out among post-Soviet nations, with the Avar in Azerbaijan being the second largest population.
They are part of the larger Dagestani people group and have played a key role in its
cultural formation. - P50
The protection of honor is of utmost importanceto the Avar people. - P50
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