If we are born on planet Earth, we come into a family. All of us have the same method of delivery into the human ecosystem. So what was God’s original plan for the family? What did He want to accomplish with a small community of people who were connected by blood and name? Listen in to hear God’s intention for the first family and all families upon redemption.

When God created man and told him to multiply and fill the earth, this was a reflection of man’s ability to achieve great things. Man’s accomplishments would have then been the reflection of God Himself.

The Kingdom identity of man is all that man may achieve on earth. The awesome glory of God was originally designed to reflect in man as well as be expressed through man. In fact, all of creation would form the Kingdom identity. God’s intention was as Adam and Eve would multiply, the Kingdom of God would consist of men and women who were reflecting His image and would bring about all of the achievements possible on earth.

God did not make man to be an independent island but to have an intimate relationship with Him. God knew that because Adam was a unique creation, he needed another unique creation with which he could have a relationship. So Eve, the same kind yet different, was formed as a companion. Eve was not meant to be a helper to Adam but to be his suitable companion with whom to live with him in community. Adam could not relate with any of the animals or plants, because they were not suitable.

God could bring the horse to Adam and say, “He will take care of all your transportation needs” or the cow and say, “She will provide milk for you.” While many of God’s creation served unique purposes, none were uniquely suitable companions for Adam. Nothing else was right from a relational or community perspective. The suitability of Adam and Eve far exceeds the roles of Adam and Eve. Who they were to each other was not role-based, but function-based. The creation of Adam and Eve—man and woman—was out of suitability. To use modern romantic language, they were right for each other. They were a fit. They connected in a way Adam could not with any other created being.

Man and woman are suitable in terms of communion inside the corporate identity of man. Man had his:

  • Birthright identity—who he was because God had created him

  • Sonship identity—the unique role of being a son to God, a child of God as was Eve

  • Privilege identity—what he could do because he was a child of God

  • Corporate identity—a community in which to belong

These identities are all who we are as our lives are built on the foundation of God.

“In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.” (Matthew 5:48 MSG)