"Has the human situation really changed?" To be sure, the context in which we live has changed radically since the beginning. As we age and mature as individuals, changes also occur in us. Perhaps the question should be phrased differently. Yet, there is a sense in which the human situation, as described in Genesis, in some ways, is still the same. Let’s examine it and see if we agree.

Regardless of how we read and interpret the story of creation in Genesis, at the heart of it is an indication that we human beings have always wondered how we got here. Were we created, or did we simply evolve? What is our purpose, and why do we live as we do? Life would be easier living in an Aladdin’s palace where everything would be magically and mysteriously provided for us. Why, then, do we have to wor…