One of the most astonishing truths about God is not found in thunder or judgment, but in what comes immediately after humanity’s first failure. Right after the fall—when fear enters the world, when shame hides behind fig leaves, when trust is broken—God’s response is not rage. It is care. He seeks. He speaks. He clothes. He stays present in the wreckage rather than abandoning it.
This moment quietly reshapes how we understand God’s heart. Before laws are given, before consequences unfold, before history begins its long ache toward redemption, there is tenderness. A God who moves toward the broken instead of away from them. A God whose first instinct is not to punish, but to preserve, protect, and prepare a way forward.
That single response changes everything—not just how we read the beginning of Scripture, but how we interpret grace, mercy, and the patience that continues to meet us even now.
Kenrick Vaz 