Exploring the Sins of the Heart and Their Impact on Our Lives

Ezekiel 44:6-7

(Complete Jewish Bible 2016)

⁶  You are to tell the rebels, the house of Isra’el, that this is what Adonai ELOHIM says: ‘House of Isra’el, enough of all your disgusting practices! ⁷  You brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in both heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary and profane it — yes, my house —

Adam and Eve could not have imagined the continuing invasion of darkness that would result from allowing just one uncircumcised heart into the Garden of Eve.

Eve stood her ground, despite being outnumbered, outsmarted, and facing a formidable adversary. The opponent began asking seemingly innocent questions, such as, "What did Adonai ELOHIM say to you?" These questions were cleverly crafted, intended to mislead Eve into thinking he could provide a better understanding of The LORD. It was in the Garden of Eden where the Adversary caused a breach in the covenant made between Adonai ELOHIM and Adam. "To keep the Garden of Eden" meant to protect this Holy Place from profane pollution.

Genesis 2:15

(Complete Word Study Bible)

¹⁵     And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

H8104. שָׁמַר šāmar: A verb meaning to watch, to keep, to preserve, to guard, to be careful, to watch over, to watch carefully over, to be on one’s guard. The verb means to watch, to guard, to care for. Adam and Eve were to watch over and care for the Garden of Eden where the Lord had placed them (Gen. 2:15); cultic and holy things were to be taken care of dutifully by priests (2 Kgs. 22:14). The word can suggest the idea of protecting: David gave orders to keep Absalom safe (1 Sam. 26:15; 2 Sam... The term "cultic" means military readiness, weapons ready, fire at will!

The damage report for that day reveals that the adversary has a direct path to every human's heart. The good news is that Yeshua (Jesus of Nazareth) has become the WORD OF GOD that lives among us every day. Accepting His life as our truth is the only way we achieve victory.

ADONAI gives us a new kind of heart

A clean heart is the only way of comprehending the ways of ADONAI, G-D of the Israelites. The LORD moves higher than the understanding or the intellect of man or Angels. The Lord ordered Israel to keep certain Feast Days,

A pure heart is the key to understanding the ways of ADONAI, the G-D of the Israelites. The LORD operates beyond the comprehension of both human and angelic intellect. The Lord instructed Israel to observe specific Feast Days, even though the reasons were not clear to them. However, their obedience to G-D brought about a reality and the fulfillment of ADONAI's purpose, which was only fully revealed after the resurrection of Yeshua.

1 Peter 1:12-13

(AMP Bible)

¹² It was then disclosed to them that the services they were rendering were not meant for themselves and their period of time, but for you. [It is these very] things which have now already been made known plainly to you by those who preached the good news (the Gospel) to you by the [same] Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Into these things [the very] angels long to look!

  ¹³ So brace up your minds; be sober (circumspect, morally alert); set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace (divine favor) that is coming to you when Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is revealed.

Only after Christ was offered as ADONAI's peace offering did healing of the breach take place.

Likewise, when the heart is darkened, blindness occurs, and the heart becomes filled with oneself. Then, there remains no room for G-D until they accept Jesus Christ into their hearts as Savior.