Posted on 11/20/2018 7:42:36 AM PST by pastorbillrandles
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.(Genesis 2:7)
And 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 . 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; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man . Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh . (Genesis 2:21-24)
The Church has the answer to the Gender confusion problem, foisted upon recent generations of vulnerable children in our newly godless society. She is to bear witness to the Beauty and uniqueness of man and woman in the Image of God, and to the sure and satisfying roles assigned to each by the Creator. What we have been entrusted with is the Creation narrative.
God spoke all else into existence, from Let there be light to Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind:, as the Psalmist proclaimed, For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (Psalm 33:9)
But when God made man, He (the Creator) involved himself personally and even physically, for He didnt just speak us into existence, He got down in the dirt and formed with his hands our beautiful bodies. *
Then the Creator bent over the lifeless body of the first man, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of Life, and man became a living soul! Breathing into our nostrils is a pretty intimate act, but such is the Creation of man. How many people would you allow to get so close as to breathe into your nostrils? (Not many I hope, for it is an intimate act).
But before the Fall of man, there was a Not good . Everything God created was evaluated by the Creator and all was good. But in Genesis 2 we see a Not good . Not an evil, but rather an incompleteness. It is not good that man be alone .
A Preacher once said, How does God take a Not good and turn it into a Good? It looks an awful lot like a death and resurrection.
The Creator put man into a deep sleep and performed the first surgery, and perhaps the first blood letting, for the Hebrew text tells us that he took out of the man his side. Out of that side the Creator fashioned the woman.
She was made to be complimentary to the man, neither above or beneath in any way, she came from his side, and was fashioned to be there with Him and as a Help suitable for him. She too bears the Image of God, thus the original human unit is man and woman as compliment to each other, each bringing something unique to the table of life.
When she was presented to the man, in the garden of delight, at the first wedding, Adam immediately burst forth into prophecy,
And 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 (Genesis 2:23-24)
Adams eyes had not yet been clouded by his fall from grace and he could clearly perceive the significance of this, the first wedding, that it pointed to something greater, the ultimate wedding. There too stood a groom with a hole in his side, being presented with a bride, purchased by his blood. Thus te Bible begins and ends with a wedding.
Man and woman are equal , but different. They were not created the same, nor in the same order, nor even with the same technique, and the Creator wanted us to know this, for all time, which is why this is the start of His book.
Men and woman are not interchangeable, nor is the difference merely a matter of body parts. Men and women are created fundamentally differently, but with the view of them being compliments to each other. Together they reveal the entire Image of God. The modern hatred for their imperfect but still beautiful body given us by God is a manifestation of the Nihilistic culture we live in. Even in a fallen state the human body is a marvel of engineering, complexity, regenerative capacity and beauty.
Bill, have you been doing these regularly? First one I’ve seen in a bit. Thanks for posting.
When I have to travel I don’t do these...thanks
Ah...that explains it. Thank you.
Though I don’t often reply, I look forward to your postings. :-)
Beautiful work, as always.
16And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4
If Cains wife was not a child of Adam and Eve, where did the people of Nod come from?
Ive never understood this
Generally, Men are clearly better at some things while women are better at others. They have different roles in society. This much should be obvious. Their basic instincts are also different.
Cain married one of Adam and Eve’s other daughters. It would be his sister technically, but it would not be the same is if you or I married our sister...This was the beginning of the human race and Adam and Eve would have been quite prolific.
... and your evidence for this is what, exactly?
It would be his sister technically
"technically" ? ? ?
Why qualify it? ANY female child begotten of MY mother and MY father is MY sister, no "technical" qualifications needed.
The good news is leftists wont be in charge in Heaven, so they wont destroy that. But they will have a strong presence in Hell, where they could hardly make it any worse.
Hey Izzy I am not trying to pull anything over on anyone, I am just answering questions as best as I can. It would be a different thing for you or I to marry a sister than for Any of Adam and Eve’s original children to marry their sister. There were no other people, and the Gene pool had not advanced as much in corruption as it has by now. So yes “technically” it could be defined as incest, but it wouldn’t have been the same.
I here you, and this is the usual answer,
but incest is prohibited in Leviticus 18
Specifically between siblings.
I wish Genesis was clearer on this...
Adam and Eve would have had children over a span of hundreds of years...for someone in “batch one” to marry someone in “batch three” would not quite be the same as for you and I to marry the sister we were raised in the same house with. It is simply incomparable...
Maybe Nod was just a place ... where is there an indication that there were already people there?
Since I have a STEM background I can't help but to apply a little reverse engineering every now and then. I want to know the details, implementations, and if everything fits. I am overwhelmed with what I find, particularly in the book of Genesis.
There too stood a groom with a hole in his side, being presented with a bride, purchased by his blood. Thus the Bible begins and ends with a wedding.
So if you want to see where man is headed, read and THINK about HOW it all began. It wasn't random.
BTW if there are any Christians involved with or supporting the "pussy hat" crowd, they might want to re-read Genesis and check out the the origin and purpose of "true" women. Maybe they can convince me that I am wrong in my interpretation of GOD's word.
I hope to see you at the wedding...
Cain and Able would have been the product of a man and his clone?
The Genetics here would be pretty weird
I suspect that this is a mystery that will be revealed in due time
I accept the Genesis account at face value,
I just dont understand some of it
Eve was not a clone, she was and is the creation of God as a unique person bearing the Image of God...
So true, the end corresponds to the beginning...Genesis and Revelation are hand in glove...
So true, the end corresponds to the beginning...Genesis and Revelation are hand in glove...
So true, the end corresponds to the beginning...Genesis and Revelation are hand in glove...
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