Cursed is the ground

The Lord has put on my heart to study for Him to reveal the effect of the curse on the ground in Genesis 3 and what He purchased for us through the finished work of Jesus Christ.  In Genesis 3:17-19 His Word says, "Then to Adam He said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.  Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."  As I was looking into the Hebrew meanings of the words, I was struck that the Hebrew word for toil itstsabown  which means pain and sorrow.  I sensed the Lord showing me that men have pain working to provide and that there is sorrow because the ground (work) doesn't produce what you expect.  This is all part of the curse because of sin's entrance into the earth and after the Fall.  As I continued to study the curse on the ground I was struck by this phrase "Till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return", I sensed the Lord pointing me to the burial of Jesus as how God broke the curse on the ground.  In Romans 5:14-15 we see the connection between the first Adam and the redeemer Jesus Christ, "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many."  Since all those who are born "in Adam" would experience all the effects of the curse but we who are "in Christ" have been united in His death and burial.  This happened in the spiritual realm and we believe it by faith, thus the curse on the ground is broken through our burial "in Christ".  The curse is ended through death and burial, this another aspect of the Cross that we can celebrate God's victory on our behalf through grace.  This is all wonderful revelation but I am looking to the manifestation of this curse being broken and the blessing purchased for us "in Christ".  I am learning how to enjoy the journey the Lord has me on to reveal the truth of the Word, it seems to be like pieces of a puzzle coming together.

In Christ,
Bret