Then I think about that day when God came down and Adam and Eve were no where to be found. I picture Him showing up at their regular time and their regular meeting place. But this time there were no smiling faces to greet Him. He calls out, “Where are you?” Adam and Eve hear His familiar voice from their hiding place. They know in that moment that He knows exactly where they are. It was more than the distance in the garden that separated them. It was a spiritual separation of the soul. Sin had broken that sweet fellowship with the Lord.

But God had a rescue plan in mind from the very beginning. He was going to restore what was broken. He was going to make everything right again. He was going to do it by giving us Himself—Immanuel.