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NASB | Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored]; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents, |
Subject: Who is they in Job 22:28?. |
Bible Note: Eating was normal/proper, and Adam had been told to 'eat to satisfaction' of what God had given him. (Ge 2:16) But God restricted Adam [and Eve] from their eating of the fruit of this one tree (Gen 2:17); God thus causes the eating of that fruit to symbolize that the eater comes to a knowledge that enables him to decide for himself (without regard for God's direction) what is “good” or what is “bad” for man. Of course, when you re-read Gen 3:1-6, several issues stand out: Satan raises doubts about the prohibition of eating from this one tree in Gen 3:1 "... Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" Eve answers in vss. 2,3 'we can eat, but not from this one tree in the middle of the garden for God said we shall die'. Then Satan immediately proceeds to slander God in vs. 4 "... You shall not surely die". No wonder Satan is called "the Father of lies and all that is false" by Jesus Christ in John 8:44. Notice how he continues with his lie to Eve in vs 5 "For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be as God, knowing the difference between good and evil, and blessing and calamity." Adam [like Eve] wasn't forced to recognize God's Sovereignty - his right to rule his creation. They had free will and exercised it. Had they listened to God, they could have enjoyed everlasting life, as Gen 2:17 implies. They could have chosen to eat from 'the tree of life also in the center of the garden' (Gen 2:9), but weren't given that chance because we know they disobeyed God and eventually died. Adam chose to go along with his wife in the path that she paved by listening to Satan - deciding for himself what was right and wrong, good and bad. If only Adam knew the dire consequences this would cause to mankind in general througout history - his legacy lives on though because isn't it true that many today also try to decide for themselves what is right and wrong. Some even do this when shown from the Bible that God is the only one who can really decide what is good and bad, right and wrong for his created beings. Sorry for the long answer, but it requires some reasoning to answer this question because the Bible doesn't come right out and say why Adam acquiesced, we just know he exercised his free will and went right along with Eve in her disobedience. You might say he put family ahead of God. |