The Missing Piece of Modern Homesteading — Key Takeaways
Caring for creation is not separate from Christian discipleship — it is the original human calling (Genesis 1-2), and Romans 1, Hosea 4, and John 3:16 ("God so loved the *cosmos*") ground a gospel that restores all things, not just human souls.
Key takeaways
The original human mandate to 'tend the garden' was pre-Fall, pre-Judaism, pre-Christianity — it belongs to all humanity
The original human mandate to 'tend the garden' was pre-Fall, pre-Judaism, pre-Christianity — it belongs to all humanity
- The call to be fruitful, multiply, and extend the garden's goodness to every corner of creation was given to all humans at creation.
- This means creation care is not a niche Christian cause — it is the foundational human vocation, making it common ground with non-believers.
John 3:16's 'world' is the Greek 'cosmos' — God loves all creation, not just souls
John 3:16's 'world' is the Greek 'cosmos' — God loves all creation, not just souls
- The Greek word is 'cosmos' (creation/universe), not merely 'people' — God's redemptive mission encompasses the whole created order.
- This grounds a 'creation-wide gospel' where Jesus came to restore all things, not only rescue individual human souls.
Human sin and land degradation are explicitly linked throughout Scripture
Human sin and land degradation are explicitly linked throughout Scripture
- Genesis 5 states the earth was full of corruption because of human evil — sin's effects are ecological, not just moral.
- Hosea 4 and the prophets repeatedly tie human wickedness to the desecration and desolation of the land.
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