God to Adam: Where are you?

We can learn much from the story of Adam and Eve in the first few chapters of Genesis. Adam and Eve were our first parents. This is our beginning. This is how we got here. The couple sinned and from that time the plan of redemption was put into motion. At first, man was in a beautiful paradise and had close communion with God. However, all of that was lost and can only be regained through Christ in eternity. In this column, I discuss only a small portion of the story of Adam and Eve. God, being infinite in wisdom, asked some very thought-provoking questions. The first question God asked Adam and Eve after they had sinned was this: “Where are you?” (Gen. 3:9). God knew where Adam was, b