The Bible begins with God creating a world that He claimed to be good. God created the land, seas, light, dark, animals, and plants, and He saw that something was missing. Then He created man and woman, giving them the responsibility to care for His creation (Gen 1:27-31). In Genesis 3, the Bible tells of a massive rebellion by a small number of people that affected billions for generations to follow. Since the day that Adam and Eve ate of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge and good and evil, God has been seeking after a right relationship with His people. Gailyn Van Rheenen writes, “Mission does not originate with human sources, for ultimately it is not a human enterprise.” God’s plan has been a mission of redemption for His people since the man and woman disobeyed. Andreas J. Kostenberger and Peter T. O’Brien state, “From the first glimmer of the gospel in Genesis 3:15 to the end of this age, however, mission is necessitated by humanity’s fall into sin and need for a Savior, and is made possible only by the saving initiative of God in Christ.” God has been active in His mission to seek after His people; He went looking for man and woman in the garden (Gen 3:9). This same pattern is evident throughout the Bible. In both the Old and New Testaments, God commands His people to seek after others who will become His people.