Since God's command to the first man and woman was for them to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue, their worship of God and obedience to him addressed everything they were to do in their family and work. Disobedience to God, therefore, addresses all that we do as humans and is false worship. God's promise to rescue his creation and covenant people from sin takes place within a creation corrupted by sin and among people in rebellion against God. God calls his people to cultivate obedience to him in the presence of sin and its consequences knowing that God's promise cannot fail. This means we are to have a realistic optimism about life that recognizes that God's gracious purpose is fulfilled even through the acts of people in rebellion against God, and that still rejects this rebellion against God.