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21 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45150 | ||
Hi Kalos the laws were in place and we can see this in the following scriptures. 1) Gen.26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 2)Ex.15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 3)Ex.16:26-28 28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29See, for that the LORD hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 4)Gen.4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 5)Gen.13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. Jude:7 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 6)Gen.39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 1)2)These commandments laws and statutes were before the law at Sinai. 3) The law of the Sabbath was before the laws at Sinai, here is one that was repeated is this also redundant? 4)Why was Cain punished for killing Abel if the commandment thou shalt not kill was not in effect? 5)Why was Sodom and Gomorrha punished for fornication,and going after strange flesh if the laws were not in effect? 6Why did Joseph say to sleep with this married woman was a sin against God if the commandment thou shalt not commit adultery was not known to him? There are more but I think you can see were I am coming from , from these few I have quoted. The reason why they may have been written down at Sinai could be so that man would not forget or say they did not know this was one of Gods commandments. Also were they not given twice at Sinai?Was it redundant of God to have to give them twice because man is so slow to learn? |
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22 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45153 | ||
Hi Meusing let me see if I can condense what I have said earlier: God created the living creature , this is mankind with all the different races. God looks at the living creature that he has made and says lets make man in our image. So God takes one of the races of man that he created and puts him in the garden to train him. This may sound strange at first but God has always called out a people , Abraham out of Haran , Israel out of Egypt , the elect out of this world. In each of these God has called his chosen people to become seperated from the rest of the races of man. Now to become seperated means to not be carnally minded like the rest of the races of mankind , but to be spiritually minded ( my definition). So then God takes this race of man , the Hebrew or tribe of Israel and puts him in the garden to be made into his image ( God calls Israel his firstborn son. EX.4:22 Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.) though obedience to his commands. Now the reason why sin was passed down was because the law came into effect for it is by the law that we have knowledge of sin. Ro.3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. |
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23 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45277 | ||
Hi Emmaus my post was to long so I will have to answer on two smaller ones.Part 1 Hi Emmaus you write Do we know that there was more than one man and woman created? No! In fact Genesis states clearly that Eve was "the mother of all the living." ( Gen 3:20) Meaning that all are decended from her. Do we know that more then one man and one woman was created , I think we do ,let me explain first you have the serpent in the garden it can talk and reason, this is one of the other tribes of man. Cains wife from one of the other tribes. Sons of God saw the daughters of men,Sons of God Adams tribe , daughters of men another tribe. Look at what man is called in Jude 10 a brute beast now look what Jonah 3:8 says 8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. You can see that this beast puts on sackcloth and crys to God,it is also with man told to turn from its evil ways and from the violence that is in its hands. So you can see this beast is again from another tribe of man,as the bible makes a differance between man and beast.Now to the second point mother of all living. This is in referance to the seed she would bear Jesus Christ in whom all live,not to all the races of mankind for 2 reasons.1)She had not had any children at the time Adam called her the mother of all living.2)If this is concerning mankind would she not be called the mother of all the dead because from her all are then born in sin,and the wages of sin are death. Now concerning be fruitful and multiply , we do not know if they were going to fulfill this or not as we do not know how long they were in the garden before the fall. Now you qoute Ro.5:15-17 and 1Cor.15:45-49 Concerning Romans it was because the law came into effect that death reigned but in Christ who fulfilled the law we can reign in life. |
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24 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45278 | ||
part 2 .Now concerning 1Cor.15:45-49 let me explain it this way. GEN.1:26 Let us make man in our image , after our likeness. The question has to be asked what does God look like if man is to be made in his image? Jn.4:24 says God is a spirit , now we know that a spirit has no material body so how then are we too be made in his image? The image that man is to have is the reflection of God. When God looks at us he must see himself , just as when we look in a mirror and see ourself. This then is the image of God , I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. When God sees this we are in his image. What then can be said about “ after our likeness”? Likeness and image go together , you cannot have one without the other. Likeness is to have Gods nature , and you cannot have Gods image without his nature. Now I must ask you did the first man Adam have Gods image and likeness? If you believe he did then I must ask how then did he sin? We know that God cannot sin and if Adam had all Gods attributes how did he sin? Therefore we must look for one who was made with the image and likeness of God. The man Jesus Christ is the only one who fits the description , and we now though him will be made also into the image and likeness of God. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1CO.15:45. Therefore we have the first prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ our Lord “ Let us make man in our image , after our likeness”. GEN.1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Verse 27 shows that God was indeed looking forward to Jesus Christ when he said “ lets make man in our image , after our likeness , for he says he created them male and female and we know that only in Christ Jesus is male and female made one. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. GAL.3:28. Now lets look at male and female separately , you can see a time difference between when they were made. How much time? the bible does not say , but Adam had time to name all the living creatures that God had made before woman was created. This could have been a twenty four hour day , or a month or even years , for God created the living creatures in abundance. Male and female were created in Gods image , but because we can see there is a time difference between when they were created we can see that God was looking ahead when he said male and female created he them. To what time was he looking forward? To the time of the cross of Christ , were male and female will no longer be separated but joined together in Christ. One more thought to show that this is not Adam that God created in his own image , but a looking forward to Jesus Christ that is the fulfillment of the scripture. JN.3:31 , 34-35 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 1CO.15:45-49 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Thank God that in Christ we can now fulfill the scripture in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them. Therefore we have the first prophecy of man being made into Gods image through Christ Jesus. So we can see that verses 26 and 27 is a prophecy of Christ and us in Christ. All scripture from KJV.In Christ Scott |
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25 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45279 | ||
Hi Kalos by this interpitation you make God the originator if incest.Since God does not change,and we know He hates incest now He would have hated it then. Another thing we must remember is that these commandments have always been with God. So even if He did not give them to man until Sinai(I beleave much earlier)He would not break them Himself.Also by this interpitation you can say if the laws were not in effect until Sinai that it must have been alright to kill,commit adaultry,lie steal etc.But we see God punishes those who do these things so we know that they are wrong now as well as then.In Christ Scott. | ||||||
26 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45374 | ||
Hi 2ndSamuel22 first let me say welcome and you do bring up a valid point ,I believe your reference comes from Gen.20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. At first glance this could very well mean his half sister,but as to that view I will give some objections. First the term father can mean grandfather so Sarai could be the daughter of Terahs brother thus making her Abraham’s cousin. This can be seen in Gen.28:13 were God says to Jacob And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac... here God says that Jacob’s father is Abraham but we know that Jacob’s father was actually Isaac. The word daughter can also mean granddaughter as seen in Gen.36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite. These daughters were actually Canaans granddaughters. Now lets look more closely at who Sarai is in Gen.11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. Terah who is Abraham’s father does not call Sarai his daughter but his daughter-in-law. To me this would indicate that she was not a direct descendent of Terah.Sarai my have even been the daughter of Haran who died in Ur of the Chaldees Gen11:28 which would make her Lots brother. Lot was also called Abraham’s brother Gen.14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. Here Lot is called his brother but we know that Lot was actually his nephew.Also if Haran was Sarai’s father Terah would have adopted Sarai into his family making Sarai his daughter. I know this may sound confusing but the meanings of father,mother ,sister and daughter have a very wide application in scripture. So to say Sarai was Abraham’s sister may not be as accurate as on first glance. All scripture from KJV. In Christ Scott |
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27 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45541 | ||
Hi linjmer as you can see I have a differant opinon on these things then the others,this does not make what I have said wrong. In fact those who disagree with me have not answered any quesstions that I have put forth except were it concerns Cain's wife.One has called me a fool but has brought nothing to the table. If what I have said is wrong then they should be able to show me and you that I am wrong in the scriptures. | ||||||
28 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45542 | ||
Jude 9-10 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769. |
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29 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45606 | ||
Hi Hank You write When a student of the Bible consistently forms interpretative conclusions that are at variance with the conclusions that serious Bible scholars have agreed upon for hundreds, even thousands, of years, it is fairly obvious that that student has fallen into the error of eisegesis. Do you believe evrything the bible scholars teach? The Jews in the time of Jesus had 4000yrs of teaching but still stumbled when Jesus came because they believed He would come as a lion they did not understand that He would have to come as a lamb first even though it was written in the scriptures. I to value alot of what these scholars say but I do not believe they knew eveything and in some cases are wrong in their interpitation of the scriptures even as the Jews were.Now you say that I should not write what I beleive on this forum because it may lead someone astray. Now I would not lead anyone to beleive that Jesus Christ was not the son of God and that He did not die for our sins for I believe He is and did. But I will challange the interpitation of the what some people beleive the scriptures to say and it is your right to challange my interpitation of the scriptures. Am I always right in my interpitation of what the scriptures say , no! are you no! I not here to create a division among Gods people I came to this site to reason the scripture among brothers and sisters. If you do not beleive what I have written I would be more then happy to reason out with you(all)the scriptures.In Christ Scott | ||||||
30 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45611 | ||
Hi Jensen I do not beleive God changed His laws but that the laws were fulfilled in Christ. The animal sacrifices point to Jesus as the last sacrifice but He sill had to be sacrificed to fulfill the laws of God. Peters vision was not about God telling him he could eat thing unclean but to teach him to preach the gospel to the gentiles. Because of the law we know when we sin ,because of Jesus Christs sacrifice we have a covering for our sin. So the knowledge of sin(law) is still there but when we cry out to God for the covering blood of Jesus Christ in repentance for our sin we know that it is there also.In Christ Scott | ||||||
31 | Cain and Seth's wives descended from who | Genesis | Sctt | 45753 | ||
Hi Jensen I do believe that the bible is true, not only that but Jesus Christ is my Lord and saviour. Everything I have written is backed up with scripture, if you check any of my post you will see this to be true.Check my personal file and read what I have written. You my not agree with what is written but it is the way I see things and you have the right to challenge my interpitaion of the scriptures,I also have the same right if I do not beleive the same as you.If you would like to discuss anything I have written with me so that I can explain myself further I would be more then happy to discuss them with you. In Christ Scott P.S. On a personal note I truly do believe the bible is the word of God. I Just have a differant view of the creation account then most. I believe Jesus Christ is the son of God, that He died for us that we might live for Him. God knows my heart and He also knows that as much as is within me that I would not teach anything that I thought was wrong or would lead someone astray. May God though His Holy Spirit give us all wisdom ,revelation in the knowlegde of Him.amen |
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32 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 41718 | ||
Hi sweetpea God has shown me something concerning the first few capters of Gen. They are a little different from what you my be use to hearing,but if you are interested I would be willing to email you a copy of the paper i've written on them. In it are answers conserning Adam and Eve , the tree of knowledge of good and evil , who the serpant was and where Cain's wife came from. my email ScttTst@netscape.net P.S. a small peace of this paper is attached to a question in Gen 3:1-7 read it and if you would like to hear more let me Know.In Christ Sctt. In the search engine type Gen 3:1-7 I think this will take you to it, the question was from paulfromnyc you may have to activate his question to find my note,I'm new here to so i'm not sure exactly how it works. |
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33 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 41719 | ||
sorry sweetpea you have to use the search engine for the whole book. Go to Gen. then to the question from Paulfromnyc. | ||||||
34 | in the benning godcreatedthe heaven and | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 41898 | ||
Hi Lorna GEN.1:1-2 Right from the opening two verses of the bible we have the Godhead mentioned , God the father , who through his son as seen in Jn.1:3 made the heaven and the earth , and the Spirit of God which is of course the Holy Spirit. The three words form , void and darkness are words used to describe what the earth looked like before God moved upon the face of the waters. Now lets take these two verses and apply them to us. We were made from the dust of the earth , we to were in darkness full of confusion and empty until God the father sent his son Jesus Christ to die for us and inpart the Holy Spirit in us. Now God always works by degrees he could have made the heaven and the earth all at once but he didn’t , he used six days for his creation. This shows us that nothing or no one was ever made perfect all at once for God never works that way , even Jesus Christ was not perfected until he died on the Cross. We as children of God grow by degrees just as Jesus did for he learned as we do by the trials we go through. |
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35 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 42006 | ||
Hi serenetime your post is not preposterous because there is a differance between the two,one is a prophesy of Jesus Christ the other is the creation of the natural man.And yes I can back this up with scripture if your interested. In Christ Scott. | ||||||
36 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 42036 | ||
Hi Ray Before I start let me say I beleave that the whole bible from beginning to end preaches Jesus Christ though the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.Amen. All scripture from the KJV. Ray I tried to put my note on this forum but they were to long. so I will have to do this in 3 or 4 parts I hope this is ok. GEN.1:26 Let us make man in our image , after our likeness. The question has to be asked what does God look like if man is to be made in his image? Jn.4:24 says God is a spirit , now we know that a spirit has no material body so how then are we too be made in his image? The image that man is to have is the reflection of God. When God looks at us he must see himself , just as when we look in a mirror and see ourself. This then is the image of God , I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. When God sees this we are in his image. What then can be said about “ after our likeness”? Likeness and image go together , you cannot have one without the other. Likeness is to have Gods nature , and you cannot have Gods image without his nature. Now I must ask you did the first man Adam have Gods image and likeness? If you believe he did then I must ask how then did he sin? We know that God cannot sin and if Adam had all Gods attributes how did he sin? Therefore we must look for one who was made with the image and likeness of God. The man Jesus Christ is the only one who fits the description , and we now though him will be made also into the image and likeness of God. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1CO.15:45. Therefore we have the first prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ our Lord “ Let us make man in our image , after our likeness”. GEN.1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Verse 27 shows that God was indeed looking forward to Jesus Christ when he said “ lets make man in our image , after our likeness , for he says he created them male and female and we know that only in Christ Jesus is male and female made one. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. GAL.3:28. Now lets look at male and female separately , you can see a time difference between when they were made. How much time? the bible does not say , but Adam had time to name all the living creatures that God had made before woman was created. This could have been a twenty four hour day , or a month or even years , for God created the living creatures in abundance. Male and female were created in Gods image , but because we can see there is a time difference between when they were created we can see that God was looking ahead when he said male and female created he them. To what time was he looking forward? To the time of the cross of Christ , were male and female will no longer be separated but joined together in Christ. One more thought to show that this is not Adam that God created in his own image , but a looking forward to Jesus Christ that is the fulfillment of the scripture. JN.3:31 , 34-35 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 1CO.15:45-49 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Thank God that in Christ we can now fulfill the scripture in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them. Therefore we have the first prophecy of man being made into Gods image through Christ Jesus. So we can see that verses 26 and 27 is a prophecy of Christ and us in Christ. |
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37 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 42041 | ||
Part 2 GEN.2:7 Since we have shown how that God looked forward to Christ and us in Christ in Ch.1:26-27 we will move on to show how man is to be made in the image of God though Christ. Verse 7 says 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. Now this is not a retelling of Ch.1:26-27 for this is speaking of the natural man or the first man Adam. You can see from verse 7 that man was formed of the dust of the ground , that God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 1CO.15:45 explains this to be the first man Adam , And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Now does this sound like he ( Adam) was made in the image of God? No , because 1Co.15:45 places a difference between living soul ( Adam ) and quickening spirit ( Christ ). Therefore verse 7 is speaking of the natural man. Now what else in verse 7 shows this to be the natural man , it says that he was formed of the dust of the ground. Now the word formed comes from the Hebrew word yatsar meaning to squeeze or mold into shape , it has the same meaning as the word potter in JER.18:6. Therefore you can see that we are to be molded as the potter molds the clay , but molded into what? The image of God! and you cannot obtain His image except though Christ. We have in verse 7 the first time the word LORD appears in connection with man. Now we Know that the LORD is in reference to Christ our redeemer and deliverer as seen in IS.53:1-12. So then we can see that man is to be redeemed though Christ. Now how is this natural man to be made into the image of God? First we have to go back to Gen.1:24 to see when the natural man was created. It says And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind , now this living creature is the natural man ( mankind with all the different races ) for the words living creature and living soul have the same meaning , they come from the same Hebrew words chay- living and nephesh - creature , soul. Now the word nephesh has this meaning in the Hebrew , 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious Taken from Enhanced Strong's Lexicon Therefore you can see by this that the living creature and the living soul are both man. Now it can be argued that animals have all these attributes , this is true and man without God is a brute beast JUDE:8 Therefore the living creature created in GEN.1:24 is mankind. Lets look at the creature in the New Testament MK.16:15 says Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. COL.1:14 says that Jesus is the firstborn of every creature. 2CO.5:17 says Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Read RO.1:1-32 and see what man is like without Christ in his life. Therefore we can see by these scriptures that man was not made in the image of God until Christ came. Now that we now when man was created lets move on to how he is to be made into the image of God. |
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38 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 42042 | ||
Part3 GEN.2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. The garden of Eden is a place of training or proving ground for man. We can see this in verses 16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. The garden of Eden is much like the garden Jesus was proved in , to see if he would drink of the cup or not. MT26:39..... O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Therefore we can see that the garden is a place of choices , our own will or that of Gods. Joshua says 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve..... Now then choose to obey God and live or disobey him and die , which is the punishment for disobedience. Now the garden is not without those that deceive , the world , flesh and the devil. These three work as one to intice man to disobedience to God. Therefore only though obedience can we be made into the image of God. Though obedience we have a river of life flowing from the throne of God , REV.22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. This can also be seen in the four rivers in Eden , Pison , Gihon , Hiddekel and Euphrates. GEN.2:11-14. Now to find the true meaning of these four heads we must look to the meaning of there names in the Hebrew. The first is Pison-increase. The second is Gihon - bursting forth. The third is Hiddekel-rapid. The forth is Euphrates- fruitfulness. So in the river of the water of life we have increase bursting forth rapidly to fruitfulness. What else is this river but the Spirit of God , who enters our life to give increase unto fruitfulness. Obedience is the way to be made into the image of God. Therefore in Christ are we made in the image of God. Christ is the tree of life and the fulfillment of the law. GEN.2:18,21-24 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23And Adam 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. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. This is not the story of how a woman was made , for she was made a living creature in the same day that man was made a living creature , for God made them male and female or they would not be able to bring forth after their own kind. But this is a mystery of Christ and the church EP.5:29-32 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. This is a prophesy of how the church was to be created. Christ was alone in the world with no one of the same nature and God said this was not good , he would give him a help meet to spread the gospel. So God caused a deep sleep to fall upon him , even the death of the cross. Though his death we are now members of his body , of his flesh , and of his bone. We to must die a spiritual or even a natural death that the church of God may be established here on earth. Therefore we can say the church is in fact taken out of Christ. |
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39 | Two Creation Stories? | Gen 1:1 | Sctt | 42044 | ||
Part4 Note:God created the living creature , this is mankind with all the different races. God looks at the living creature that he has made and says lets make man in our image. So God takes one of the races of man that he created and puts him in the garden to train him. This may sound strange at first but God has always called out a people , Abraham out of Haran , Israel out of Egypt , the elect out of this world. In each of these God has called his chosen people to become seperated from the rest of the races of man. Now to become seperated means to not be carnally minded like the rest of the races of mankind (My interpitation), but to be spiritually minded. So then God takes this race of man , the Hebrew or tribe of Israel and puts him in the garden to be made into his image ( God calls Israel his firstborn son. EX.4:22 Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.) though obedience to his commands. Now from this tribe of Israel God creates the church , as seen in that Jesus Christ is of the tribe of Judah , which is a tribe of Israel , and out of Christ arises the church. This also takes away the confusion of where Cain's wife came from, she was of another tribe. I know that you my not agree with all of whats written here, so search the scriptures for yourself(I know you will, the bible tells us to)and let me know your thoughts. Your brother in Christ Scott. |
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40 | 24 hour days are based on what? | Gen 1:2 | Sctt | 43694 | ||
Hi Doug , I have been having the same discussion on another link called time. I'll give you a quick summery of the two differant opinions on the word day in Gen. 1 a day is 24 hrs and thats all it is. 2 a day with God can have an infinite numberand does not mean just 24 hrs. I'm of the 2nd opinion. If you would like to check it out type Acts 1:3 in the question/notes and then access the word time.In Christ Scott |
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