Biologically speaking, humans have a natural tendency to desire and create homes. This fostered the creation of many different types of home-like environments, including religious and non-religious indigenous places, kingdoms, and customs. However, the wickedness of human indiscretion and the propagation of God's prophecy provide compelling reasons for the removal of humans from their homes. Therefore, I agree that humans are constantly trying to build houses, but God does not continually push people away from their homes. Rather, his involvement in the removal of humans from their homes occurs when God desires to restore his place at the center of the family, as seen in Genesis, Exodus, and both books of Samuel. In Genesis, the focus is on the creation of the earth. and how human actions caused God to begin this cycle of movement in and out of the home. For example, Adam and Eve are placed on this earth in the home God provides for them, the Garden of Eden, but they waste this opportunity by eating the forbidden fruit. Adam and Eve are kicked out of the Garden of Eden because of their disobedience to God. In this case, God created a home-like environment for Adam and Eve, but when they break their promise to God, they center the house on themselves. Suddenly they can see how naked they are and the focus shifts from God to the material world. So God has no choice but to remove them and cast them on the earth. It moves people out of a home, but into another home-like environment on earth, where God encourages their success through procreation. Another example in Genesis is when God threatens to unleash a flood to destroy mankind because of their corrupt behavior. This essentially means that God wants to remove “calamity” from his house in the form of Absalom's coup (2 Samuel). David is still righteous and has God at the center of his nation, so he prevails against Absalom and claims the throne, his house. This is the final example where we can see how corruption and God's role in the "house" interact to create power struggles, such as that between David and Absalom. Overall, human depravity and the proliferation of God's prophecy offer substantial motivation for God's desire to relocate humans from their homes. It is obvious that human beings follow their instincts and build houses, but God does not continually move human beings as if without conviction. The purpose of its participation is to restore its role as the nucleus of the house, which is seen in Genesis, Exodus, and both books of Samuel. Works Cited The Bible: Genesis, Exodus, 1 Samuel, and 2 Samuel
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