There is another garden.
Another Adam.
Another test.
Not a tree of death, but a cross of shame.
And Christ, unlike Adam, obeys.
He resists the serpent.
He bears the curse.
He enters death for His bride.
The rib was taken from the side of a sleeping man.
Blood and water flowed from the side of a crucified one.
One brought a woman to life.
The other brings the church to glory.
In Adam, all die.
In Christ, all are made alive.