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NASB | Genesis 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience]." |
Subject: Is Gen 2:17 a prophecy? |
Bible Note: Hello Steve, The examples listed were references to the same Hebrew word. There are 164 times 'pethach' occurs, and although I have not as a study checked everyone, when reading through the old testament every time the door is mentioned I have noted that it is a picture of Christ, and His ministry. I have read through several times and have not found a case when it is out of place. In England we have the very old stain glass windows which contain scenes from the old testament which were used to teach Christ. This was a well established teaching of the early church. Is there any debate that when Isaac carried the wood up the mountain to be sacrificed he became a type of Christ carrying his cross? How far does it go? Where does it stop? The apostle Paul uses the same method, 1 Cor 10:1-4, the Red Sea crossing IS a baptism, the physical rock IS Christ. When we read Jude we begin to glimpse the language of the early church when in vs 12 it launches into all the symbolism of the old testament without explanation or pause. These symbols must have been mutually understood, part of their vocabulary. If this is true then it will affect how we read the New Testament. Were the synoptic gospels written with this principle of the physical events picturing a spiritual message in mind? (Rom 1:20) Would the gospel writers be looking back on the life of Christ and think, that's why Jesus sat down there, stood up, or rested his head on a pillow because he was enacting a particular spiritual message? Acts 28:15, Paul saw three taverns, thanked God and took courage. Is there some biblical symbol contained in the image of three taverns that would have encouraged Paul? Nothing is written in stone, just seeking of Him. Yours and His Paul |