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801 | Eve was GOD's gift to Adam. Meaning? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 59976 | ||
SWAZ, to be honest I think it means that you need to go back to the biblical text and read it carefully. There is no version of the account that I've ever seen that mentions anything at all about Eve being God's gift to Adam. --Hank | ||||||
802 | Are there any "people" created by Satan? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 76237 | ||
No, Scripture doesn't support such an idea. God is the only Creator. He created all life forms, angels, human beings, animals and plants. Reference: Genesis. --Hank | ||||||
803 | Are there animals in heaven? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 82778 | ||
The event that you cite in Acts 10 was so obviously a trance that Scripture explicitly calls it that in Acts 10:10. It held an important message for Peter, but that message was NOT meant to inform Peter that heaven is full of animals! To extract from what so obviously is clearly labeled Peter's dream-like trance or vision the belief in the immortality of animals in heaven is quite a stretch. If we are going to believe that from our reading of this passage, we may as well also conclude from Acts 2:1 that the disciples owned a Honda. The evidence is certainly there, for Acts 2:1 clearly states that "they were all with one accord in one place." Do you know of any other car maker besides Honda that produces an Accord? So there you have it. Scriptural proof. The disciples had a Honda Accord with them there on that Day of Pentecost. But I'll grant you one thing. It is no greater a corruption of sound Bible doctrine to teach that animals are in heaven and the disciples drove an Accord on earth than to teach some of the things that are being taught today as the truth and upon which whole sects have been founded. Look to 2 Timothy 2:15 for the way to avoid false teaching. God put animals in their proper place in the scheme of His creation. (See Gen. 1:26). Let's be content to let them remain there. --Hank | ||||||
804 | Were there people on earth other than Ad | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 131266 | ||
JohnatTide: Genesis 2:7: "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Therefore, any argument that there was a pre-Adamic race, or that God created any other human beings besides Adam and Eve, or that there is a time gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 is an argument from silence, not from Scripture. Scripture reveals nothing more than it reveals. --Hank | ||||||
805 | was dust meaning dirt or mud? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 154805 | ||
Dear fun: In Genesis 2:7 and 3:9 the word that is generally rendered "dust" in English Bibles is a translation of the Hebrew word aphar, meaning dust, dry earth, dirt, dry soil. Dirt is dirt. That's what God used to form man. Dirt. Dirt. Dirt. What else is there to say about dirt? Dirt is dirt is dirt. :-) --Hank | ||||||
806 | how old is mankind? | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 164781 | ||
john11: The Bible does not specify a date when God created man. And all that scientists and anyone else can offer are theories and guesswork, which mean that they don't have a clue. --Hank | ||||||
807 | Genesis - material for creating man | Gen 2:7 | Hank | 174030 | ||
Dear azure-law: Your question is an immensely deep one indeed, and the best man can do to answer it is woefully inadequate, because neither theologian nor scientist has possession of the incomparable and transcendent Creator's master plan! ...... The late Dr. Henry Morris, founder and sometime president of the Institute for Creation Research (icr.org) in El Cajon, California has written volumes on Genesis and was one of the most influential voices in modern times for biblical creationism as opposed to the godless, humanist theory of evolution, popularized by the atheist, Charles Darwin. In this post, the best thing I know to do is simply provide two quotes from Dr. Morris' annotations to two passages in Genesis, taken from his "Defender's Study Bible" (World Publishing Co., 1995). ..... The first annotation is of the phrase "dust of the ground" as found in Genesis 2:7, and reads as follows: "Man's body was formed out of the 'elements of the earth,' the same materials (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, etc.) from which both plants and the body of animals had been formed (Genesis 1:12,24). This unity of physical composition is a fact of modern science long anticipated by Scripture. ..... The second quote is taken from the annotation to Genesis 3:24, which includes the famous phrase, "dust thou art and unto dust shall thou return" which was God's pronouncement after the Fall. Dr. Morris' annotation: "The curse thus applies to man and woman, the animals, and the physical elements: God's whole creation. It is so universal as to have been discovered and recognized empirically as a general scientific law of increasing entrophy (in-turning). The famous Second Law of Thermodynamics is sometimes also called the law of morpholysis (loosing of structure). It expresses the universal tendency for systems to decay and become disordered, for energy to be converted into forms unavailable for further work, for information to become confused, for the new to become worn, for the young to become old, for the living to die, even for whole species to become extinct. One of the most amazing anomalies of human thought is the concept of evolution, which has never been observed in action scientifically, and is exactly the opposite of the universally proven scientific principle of entrophy. This theory is nevertheless believed to be the most fundamental principle of nature by almost the entire intellectual establishment." ...... Dr. Morris was called to glory a couple of months ago at age 88, but the organization, ICR, which he founded lives on and thrives, presided over now by one of his sons, Dr. John Morris, and a large staff of associate scientists, all of them committed Christians. I recommend the web site, www.icr.org, and the Defender's Study Bible, as well as the fine publications available from ICR. In my opinion, they do a remarkable job of refuting the theory of evolution that is being pounded as fact into the heads of students in America's public schools. This god-denying theory can be taught with impunity, but God's word cannot be taught. What a travesty to pretend for even a fleeting moment that this is one nation UNDER GOD! ...... Well, sorry, I didn't mean to preach, but then again I am not ashamed of God's word nor afraid to proclaim with all the strength within me the eternal and immutable truth that "In the beginning, GOD CREATED the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). From the hand of God's creation -- from His very breath -- man became a living soul, created in the image of God, not an evolutionary tadpole living in the green slime of some primordial swamp. --Hank | ||||||
808 | was Gods intention to eat forbid. fruit | Gen 2:9 | Hank | 17636 | ||
Cherrie, God's prohibition was restricted to the eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. (Gen.2:17) The eating of the fruit itself would not, and did not, bring sudden physical death to Adam and Eve. The fruit of the tree was not poison in the sense that hemlock is. The record indicates that they lived many years after they ate the forbidden fruit; they were themselves fruitful and multiplied. The warning of death concerns man's spiritual death and, ultimately, his physical death (Chapter 5). It was not the fruit itself, but their disobedience to God which prompted their taking of the fruit, which would reap for Adam and Eve the harvest of death. --Hank | ||||||
809 | what happened to the tree of knowledge? | Gen 2:9 | Hank | 45774 | ||
DLM, the Bible doesn't really say, so I don't really know. But here's a question I'll throw back to you: Was it some substance in the fruit of this particular tree that brought about the fall of Adam and Eve? --Hank | ||||||
810 | what does the tree of life represent | Gen 2:9 | Hank | 158913 | ||
H Smith: Sir, the tree of life "represents" about the same thing as an oak or cedar tree represents: a tree. It was a tree, a real tree not a symbolic one. There is no evidence that the passage is allegorical. The tree had special properties to sustain eternal life. In addition to Genesis 2:9, see also Revelation 2:7 and 22:14,19. --Hank | ||||||
811 | where was the garden of eden located | Gen 2:14 | Hank | 44109 | ||
Genesis 2:8 -- "And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." _The Septuagint has paradeisos "parkland," hence "paradise" for garden. It was only a part of Eden (cf. vv 10-14). It was literally "off east," most likely in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), since two of the four rivers are the well-known Tigris and Euphrates (v. 14 -- the Hiddekel is generally recognized to be the Tigris)._ --Extracted from footnotes in the King James Study Bible, Nelson. Thus, the garden of Eden may have been in the fertile land near the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern Iraq. | ||||||
812 | Euphrates (Gen 2:14) | Gen 2:14 | Hank | 182068 | ||
xina - I rather doubt that you're "missing anything" in your reading of the rivers of Genesis 2. The descriptions of the rivers and the locations mentioned reflect pre-flood geography, now dramatically altered, making uncertain the locations of some of the places mentioned in the text. The remarkable thing is that the Hiddekel (post-flood Tigris) and the Euphrates still flow, though their course is likely not the same as it was in the days of Eden before Noah's flood. But it underlines in my thought the reminder that the Bible is not a piece of fiction nor an allegorical fantasy trip of some sort, but a real book about real people, places and things, revealed by the very breath of the real and true God of heaven and earth. See 2 Timothy 3:16. In like manner, our faith is not founded on a hunch or a puff of air, but in a real Person -- Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who for us human beings and for our salvation, came down from heaven; and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he rose from the dead the third day, ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty, and from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. The Christian does not look to myth, philosophy or good works for his salvation, nor follow the teachings of a founder long dead, but to the grace of God through faith in the living Savior, His Son, Jesus Christ. --Hank | ||||||
813 | How did Adam sin if he did KNOW sin. | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 14961 | ||
Adam and Eve's fall, and the fall of man ever since that fateful day in Eden, was occasioned by disobedience to God. It is academic to argue whether Adam had any concept of "sin" or knowledge of good and evil. He and his wife simply disobeyed God. That's what sin was then, is now, and ever shall be. It takes on many forms and has many trappings, but sin is first, last, and always disobedience to the commands of God, and such are they that define good and evil. --Hank | ||||||
814 | The origin of evil | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 102812 | ||
New Creature - The idea of man's ability to choose good over evil, right from wrong, obedience over rebellion comes to us very early on in Scripture. In Genesis 2:16,17 God laid it down to Adam: "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." ...... "Thou shalt not eat" is the strongest Hebrew form of prohibition, but the text does not say that the man cannot eat, that is, that he does not have the ability to eat. Of course he did. He had the ability to eat or not eat, and that was the freedom with which God made him. God commanded Adam not to eat of the tree, but God neither caused him to eat nor prevented him from eating. To eat or not to eat, to obey God's command or disobey it was clearly Adam's choice. As Norman Geisler rightly put it, the freedom made evil possible for Adam, but it was Adam's misuse of his freedom that led to his ruin. There are only two possibilities about the origin of sin and evil. We lay the responsibility upon God and make Him the author of evil, or else we lay the responsibility upon man for misuing his freedom in rebellion against God. The Bible thoroughly rejects the idea that God is the author of sin and evil and fully supports the idea that man is accountable for his misuse of his freedom by disobeying God. --Hank | ||||||
815 | Unbelief original sin? | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 102924 | ||
Christian 7 - This verse, Proverbs 16:4, doesn't suggest that God has created certain men for damnation. God is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentence." (see 2 Peter 3:9). Scripture nowhere teaches the doctrine of reprobation. Men are damned by their own deliberate choice, not by God's decree. The proverb means that God has an end, an object, or purpose for everything. For every cause there is a result, for every act a reward or punishment. By His ordination there is the day of evil for the wicked, just as there is heaven that He has prepared for those who love Him. Perhaps the TEV rendering of this proverb will serve to bring out its meaning more clearly: "Everything the Lord has made has its destiny; and the destiny of the wicked man is destruction." Additionally, the reading of this verse within the context of Proverbs 16:4-7, the theme of which is God's sovereign control of human life, may yield a better sense of perspective and understanding to verse 4. --Hank | ||||||
816 | good and evil | Gen 2:17 | Hank | 120552 | ||
shushimeng: It is assumed you are referring to Genesis Chapters 2 and 3, and particularly to 2:9,17 and all of Chapter 3. .... Genesis 2:17 says, "but from the tree of of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die." There is no reason given for this prohibition, although it can be inferred from 2:9 that it was a test. There is no reason to believe that the tree itself had any magical properties about it. But God forbade Adam and Eve to eat of it. Eating of it in direct disobedience of God's command would indeed give man knowledge of evil, since evil can be defined as disobedience to God. God created him perfect and sinless, so he already had knowledge of good. --Hank | ||||||
817 | can a adult child move out | Gen 2:24 | Hank | 118493 | ||
estabu: I'm not sure what you have in mind. Does Genesis 2:24 help? --Hank | ||||||
818 | Marriage vows | Gen 2:24 | Hank | 135771 | ||
Boni - Neither this web site nor any other can provide you with the personal face-to-face counsel you should seek from a qualified counselor in your community. Your pastor or a Christian-based counselling service are sources you should appeal to for help. God bless you and your family. --Hank | ||||||
819 | Where is guidance to save my marriage | Gen 2:24 | Hank | 210098 | ||
Dear DMTN :: From the beginnings of Genesis come these words: The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Genesis 2:23,24). ...... The Bible speaks of a man and his wife as one flesh joined together in holy marriage. There is always two, always a partnership, never never his or her problem or responsibility, but always a mutual sharing, a common bond, a union of mind and body. Therefore, dear friend, as much as we'd like to be able to help, we dare not attempt to do so on this Forum lest we do you and your wife more harm than good. This is simply not the proper venue nor is it the purpose of Study Bible Forum to function as a marriage counselling service. Since, as we have stated, marriage is a God-ordained partnership between a man and his wife, problems that arise within the marriage must be addressed by both husband and wife, and resolved within the framework of the partnership. To this end, therefore, it may become desirable or even necessary to go before a trusted pastor or other Christian adviser who is qualified to give counsel and skillfully lead both you and your wife to a resolution of your problems. ..... And, finally, in good times or bad, in sickness or in health, whatever may befall, it is such a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer. May good bless you and your wife. In all you both do, put Him first in your life. --Hank | ||||||
820 | Has God Said? | Gen 3:1 | Hank | 8518 | ||
Never. | ||||||
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