Genesis
Genesis
3:1 – 3:6 Pages 1-8
In the
last study on Genesis Chapter 2, God revealed to us that He put a specific man
in the Garden of Eden, the 'eth'Ha'adham', meaning a 'specific' man named 'Adam', to
keep and dress this same Garden. We also discovered from The Word that
God formed animals 'after' this man Adam was formed, and that God brought all
of these animals to Adam to see what he would name them (Gen.2:19-20).
After this act, God took the 'curve' (translate the
word 'rib') tsala [tsala-aw] as [curved] lit [of
the body] Strong’s 6763) in Gen.2:21-22) out of Adam and made
Woman, Eve.
And we learned that since this 'woman' was made from
Adam, we were told why he should be head over the woman, and that they both
should become 'one
flesh' in marriage. As Paul and Peter the apostle would teach, it
is necessary for the man to be in Christ in order to properly be serving as
head of the family. For this reason also, a man should treat his wife as he
would want to be treated. Both spouses in Christ make for a strong bond
on earth, and in the Spirit which is impossible for the world to break, even
when husband and wife are apart from each other temporarily. Disruption of
the marriage can only be caused by the husband and wife not listening and
trying to follow God's Law, while following things in the world instead.
Many sources of media and spiritual influences exist today to purposefully
destroy the institution of marriage. Don't listen to them. These influences can
range from the various popular women's magazines and TV shows which teach ideas
of free 'lifestyles' like fads, much like putting on a new dress, and much of
this type of media is aimed at the young teenage girl early on so as to twist
and condition that teen away from the true ideas of sexuality and marriage
taught within The Word.
It's no different in a man's world either. There
are just as many traps to tempt you away from the wholesomeness of a true
relationship based upon commitment to love and cherish your wife only, instead
of wandering astray from her to another. It seems that in today's world, when a
man or woman sticks to God's Plan concerning marriage, preserving the 'flower
of their youth' until marriage; they are treated as being 'old fashioned'.
Don't concern yourselves with that label, because the status quo of the
majority is seldom correct, and they can't live the marriage for you.
We also learned in Genesis 2 that the 'River'
which split into four heads was in the same sense as the River which will be
set up in God's eternity that emits from 'the Throne of God and the Lamb.
We now begin Chapter 3 of Genesis, and we ask
a Word of Wisdom from Jehovah, in Christ's Name, Amen.
Gen
3:1 Now the
serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
made. And he said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said, 'Ye shall not eat
of every tree of the garden'?"
This is all taking place within the
Garden of God, Eden. If you'll remember back to Gen.2:9, God made trees to grow
in the Garden also, the 'Tree of Life' which is symbolic of
Jesus Christ, and is the food of the eternity.
Ezekiel 47: Read All. And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and
on that side shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade...
This other tree also in the
midst of the garden is the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil', which
represents Satan, and is the opposite of the 'Tree of Life'.
Allow me to give insight for your
'spiritual' mind about the teaching of these 'trees', and their 'fruit',
and how they relate to 'Light' and 'darkness'. Again, it is important
to not let your flesh reasoning get in the way of understanding how these
'trees' can be symbolic of Christ, and of Satan. The 'Tree of Life'
and its fruit will apply again when Christ returns to set up His Kingdom on
this earth. Well, what kind of body will we 'all' have after Jesus
returns? A spiritual body, not the flesh…
