You Are Dust

Genesis 3:19 (ESV)

By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread,

till you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

for you are dust,

and to dust you shall return.”

Adam would no longer live in the presence of the Lord and eat of the bread of heaven. His life would be found in his own efforts and bound to the dust of the earth.

Jesus would bring the bread of life back to mankind and break bread with whoever was hungry. It was not bread gathered by the efforts of man, but given as a free gift from God. It enables us to leave the dust behind.