“The downfall of the world was caused by two things. The first is that Eve ate, and gave Adam to eat, the forbidden fruit. Yet, we were not driven out from Paradise at that moment. We were driven out when God asked Adam and Eve, ‘What’s going on here?’ Eve should have jumped up and said, ‘I’m sorry. It was all my fault.’ Adam should have said, ‘I’m sorry. It was my entire fault. I should have told her better.’
What is the first sign of people loving each other? That they cover for each other. A house is a cover. Loving somebody is a cover. The beginning of a chupah, of a marriage, is that the husband covers the face of the bride. He is telling her, ‘I won’t be like Adam who said, “Eve did it.” I’ll cover for you.” Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
The Bible describes the relationship between God and His people amidst their ups and downs, successes and failures, victories and defeats. It is full of stops and starts, with One who intervenes to redeem a world from self destruction, because He is a God who covers for us. It has never been comfortable since relationship demands an active response.
The word in Hebrew for ‘cover’ is ‘kaparah’ used also for the word ‘atonement.’ We read in Psalm 32: “How blessed are those whose offence is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!”
Even as the downfall of the world was caused by the entrance of sin, so it’s redemption was attained by One who was sinless, as Scripture declares: “ He who knew no sin became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God.” (2Cor.5:21)
One more thing: As true believers (described as, ‘the Bride of the Messiah’) await the return of their ‘Bridegroom’ in these end times, what better way to be prepared than remain under the full covering of the One who loves us with an everlasting love and with everlasting arms draws us ever closer to Himself!
