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The implications of this is profound. Most Christians deny man's heritage of God, but the Biblical message is very clear that we are in fact sons and daughters of God in a very real sense, if not literal sense.
Modern Christianity has embraced a narrative that Adam and Eve were inherently sinful when they ate the fruit, but the Bible narrative doesn't support this. The NT does indicate that because of Adam and Eve, sin entered the world, but it does not state that their actions were a sin.
If you read in the OT account, in Genesis 3:22 God indicates that Man has become like God in that we have a moral sense between good and evil, something that Adam and Eve did not possess when they ate the fruit. While this indicates that Adam and Eve could not have chosen evil by eating the fruit, it also indicates that what makes God God is his ability to see good from evil. Since we possess the same capacity, we are, in fact, like God. The message of the NT is clear in that we are destined to become heirs with Christ and eventually sit on God's throne. We are supposed to hone this ability until we agree with God on everything.
People can explain what it *isn't* but no one can explain what it *is*.
God endowed ADAM (AKA MAN) with divine authority as lord over the earth. We who are male have a divine right to rule over everything God created in the earth. Jesus didn't come to earth to show God how to live his life. He came to earth to show MAN how to live their lives. He is the archetype of man. Hence, he called himself "THE SON OF MAN."
Woman was NOT endowed with this divine authority. Any authority a woman has was given to her by a man, not God directly. Therefore, if a woman wants to approach God, ultimately she must do so through a man who is close to God. IE, JESUS.
The ultimate destiny is for man and woman to be united in marriage and then to have children and raise them. Not being married, not being able to have kids, not being able to raise those kids right is all CONTRARY to what God intends for us to do on this earth and contrary to the reason for our existence.
The curse of Ham / Canaan / Cain or whatever is simply this: If one rejects the authority of God and substitutes it with whatever nonsense Satan is spouting, they are cut off from God and mankind in general. Those who seek for authority outside of Jesus Christ are under the curse of Cain. They are one and the same.
The idea of Jesus is that here is a Good human, which we should aspire to but cannot actually attain because we are not perfect like God. He *must* sacrifice himself in order to forgive us our sins because we can neither absolve ourselves or live completely free of sin.
If man aligns with God, he is good. If not, he is evil.
The idea of good independent of God is ridiculous. Good and evil do not exist except in relation to God.