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1 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | Lionstrong | 9915 | ||
Did God Create Man Mortal? If God didn’t create man mortal, why did he make a tree that could impart immortality? Part One. 1. The Purpose of the Tree of Life. Some in the Forum believe man was created mortal based on the existence of the Tree of Life (Gen. 3:22), and what is taken as merely a passing reference to man’s death in the curse (Gen. 3:19). Based on these two things, they also believe that the death that God threatened for disobedience was spiritual only and not both physical and spiritual. They believe that God made the Tree to sustain man physically, while man’s obedience would sustain him spiritually. Makes sense, doesn’t it? But is it true? So, what was the purpose, rather, what was God’s purpose in creating the Tree of Life? He doesn’t say, does He? Some may say, “Well, God says, ‘he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,’ doesn’t He?” Yes, He does, but is that a purpose statement, or is it simply stating what the tree could do? It is a statement of fact, not of purpose. The tree could impart immortality; therefore God put man out of the garden to prevent man from eating from it. Why? The reason God prevented man from becoming immortal was so that his curse would be fulfilled, so that curse of death would be completed or culminated. It should also be noted that if God had let man eat of the tree, man would have live forever in a fallen state. Now THAT would have been a nightmare! Again, God does not say WHY He made the Tree of Life. The whole purpose of the other thread on this subject was to try to answer that question. But to conclude that God MUST have made the Tree of Life because He made man mortal is not justified unless one can first prove from Scripture that man was in fact created mortal in the first place. What I’m saying is that the reasoning is backward. It starts with the supposed purpose of the tree, then reasons backward to postulate man’s mortality. Man’s mortality came as a RESULT of God’s curse for Adam’s sin, not as a result of being created that way, which I will write about more later. “(T)hrough one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men…” Rom. 5. Also, the Tree of Life mentioned in Revelation will not be for the purpose of sustaining man physically either, because according to 1Cor. 15 we will be resurrected with immortal bodies. 1 Cor. 15:42, 52-54 “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body… and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.” Revelation does say that “the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Rev. 22:2 |
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2 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | kalos | 10102 | ||
Man not created mortal. "...death was not originally built into human constitution. People were created for life, not for death." The Origin of Death. Unlike the ancient Mesopotamian concept, death was not originally built into human constitution. People were created for life, not for death. They had access to both the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They were told they would certainly die if they ate from the latter (Gen 2:17). Humankind was not tricked out of eternal life as in the Adapa myth, nor was it stolen from them as in the Gilgamesh epic. They partook of the forbidden tree with full awareness of the consequences. Apparently from close observation of the plant and animal kingdom they would have been able to know what death was. Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell, 1996, Baker Books. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi) |
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3 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | EdB | 10105 | ||
An interesting, safe and traditional point of view. But one that does little in explaining the purpose of the 'Tree of Life' seen at the beginning of the Bible and also at the end. Just it's placement at these two locations says something of it's importance. Also God himself said Adam and Eve must be prevented from eating from the tree or else they would live forever. Does that mean the Tree of life could have removed even a part of the curse of sin, a logical conclusion we would have to make if we were to accept this point of view. | ||||||
4 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | ava4 | 65462 | ||
This is, perhaps, the best and most meaningful threads I have followed since I began participating in this forum. I have pondered the subject of man's creation, mortality...the tree of life for years. Needless to say you all have gained my attention. May God bless you all.....dennis |
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5 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | EdB | 65468 | ||
Dennis If you look at the dates it has been dead for over a year. Do you have something to add that might bring it back to life? EdB |
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6 | Did God Create Man Mortal? | Gen 1:26 | ava4 | 65472 | ||
Hi Ed,...no, I had failed to notice the date. I will pay closer attention to that in the future. I am a recent participant/contributor to the forum and am still feeling my way around the site. I do thank you for your reply and for bringing this to my attention. Thanks, and God bless your day....dennis | ||||||