"And the Lord God said, 'The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.'" Genesis 3:22
So while they were in the garden, Adam and Eve had not yet eaten from the tree of life. Is that like a kid that hasn't eaten their veggies yet?
Not being allowed to eat of this tree is not punishment. It is a consequence of their actions, sure, but not a punishment. Why is it important to make sure mankind does not eat from the tree of life now that they know the difference of good and evil?
Monday, July 13, 2015
Genesis 3:21
"The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." Genesis 3:21
So after Adam and Eve use fig leaves to make their clothes, God gives them animal skins instead. Did God kill and skin the animals or did he just create the skins from nothing?
So after Adam and Eve use fig leaves to make their clothes, God gives them animal skins instead. Did God kill and skin the animals or did he just create the skins from nothing?
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Genesis 3:20
"Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living."
Genesis 3:20
The Qbible gives the meaning of Eve as "life-giver." That's an appropriate name for the first mother. Eve was named, Adam (which means man) just started being called by what he was, Man. So Adam wasn't just to name the animals (2:19), he also named his wife. Did he name himself also?
Genesis 3:20
The Qbible gives the meaning of Eve as "life-giver." That's an appropriate name for the first mother. Eve was named, Adam (which means man) just started being called by what he was, Man. So Adam wasn't just to name the animals (2:19), he also named his wife. Did he name himself also?
Monday, May 18, 2015
Genesis 3:19
" 'By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.' " Genesis 3:19
And now we have that all so familiar funeral line, "...dust to dust..." This verse is continuing what God told man in the previous verses, that the ground will be cursed and he'll have to work hard for his food. This brings to mind the expression, "blood, sweat, and tears." Blood isn't mentioned, but God is telling man there will be sweat (and possibly tears too).
If sin hadn't of entered the world, would there still be the cycle of death and decay? Or would we all just be multiplying in Eden?
And now we have that all so familiar funeral line, "...dust to dust..." This verse is continuing what God told man in the previous verses, that the ground will be cursed and he'll have to work hard for his food. This brings to mind the expression, "blood, sweat, and tears." Blood isn't mentioned, but God is telling man there will be sweat (and possibly tears too).
If sin hadn't of entered the world, would there still be the cycle of death and decay? Or would we all just be multiplying in Eden?
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Genesis 3:18
" 'It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.' " Genesis 3:18
So the curse on the land is that thorns will grow in the field. The Qbible says the translation of the word "thistles" is uncertain maybe another variation of thorns. Even today there are always thorns in our work fields.
So the curse on the land is that thorns will grow in the field. The Qbible says the translation of the word "thistles" is uncertain maybe another variation of thorns. Even today there are always thorns in our work fields.
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Genesis 3:17
"To Adam he said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat of it,"'"
"'Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.'" Genesis 3:17
So now, because the man didn't stop his wife from breaking God's one command to them, God is cursing the ground. Man's punishment for not being the "man of the house" is he will have to work hard to provide food for his family. Even now our sins don't just affect us, they affect the people and the world around us.
How many of us have secret, private sins that we think will only affect us? Can we even imagine all the consequences of these sins?
"'Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.'" Genesis 3:17
So now, because the man didn't stop his wife from breaking God's one command to them, God is cursing the ground. Man's punishment for not being the "man of the house" is he will have to work hard to provide food for his family. Even now our sins don't just affect us, they affect the people and the world around us.
How many of us have secret, private sins that we think will only affect us? Can we even imagine all the consequences of these sins?
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Genesis 3:16
"To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.'" Genesis 3:16
God didn't tell the woman she was cursed like he did the serpent in the previous verse. Is this just punishment or is this a curse also. I heard someone say that recently that God only cursed two things in that passage, the serpent and the ground. Increased childbearing pain sounds like a curse to me.
In the Qbible the first "pains" can also be translated as "labor" or "worrisomeness" while the second one is a different word but still can be translated as "hurt," "offense," or "toil." Either way it's not going to be fun. And not only that, but the husband woman will long for, will rule over her.
Is this setting up the roles of men and women? Is this a viable argument for the traditional roles with men as leaders in the family, in church, or in the rest of life? Was God saying women will have the tendency to bow to the man in their lives and do his wishes? Was all of this really not a curse?
It is interesting that a husband will rule over his wife when the first man just went along with his wife when she ate of the forbidden fruit and gave him a piece also. Was God telling him to grow a backbone and stand up even against his wife when he knows she's wrong?
God didn't tell the woman she was cursed like he did the serpent in the previous verse. Is this just punishment or is this a curse also. I heard someone say that recently that God only cursed two things in that passage, the serpent and the ground. Increased childbearing pain sounds like a curse to me.
In the Qbible the first "pains" can also be translated as "labor" or "worrisomeness" while the second one is a different word but still can be translated as "hurt," "offense," or "toil." Either way it's not going to be fun. And not only that, but the husband woman will long for, will rule over her.
Is this setting up the roles of men and women? Is this a viable argument for the traditional roles with men as leaders in the family, in church, or in the rest of life? Was God saying women will have the tendency to bow to the man in their lives and do his wishes? Was all of this really not a curse?
It is interesting that a husband will rule over his wife when the first man just went along with his wife when she ate of the forbidden fruit and gave him a piece also. Was God telling him to grow a backbone and stand up even against his wife when he knows she's wrong?
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