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Our Scripture Of The Week Is:

Deuteronomy 1:43-45 KJV
[43] So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
[44] And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
[45] And ye returned and wept before the Lord ; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness.

He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God.

As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a good land.

And was there any cause to distrust this God?

An unbelieving heart was at the bottom of all this. All disobedience to God's laws, and distrust of his power and goodness, flow from disbelief of his word, as all true obedience springs from faith.

It is profitable for us to divide our past lives into distinct periods; to give thanks to God for the mercies we have received in each, to confess and seek the forgiveness of all the sins we can remember; and thus to renew our acceptance of God's salvation, and our surrender of ourselves to his service.

Our own plans seldom avail to good purpose; while courage in the exercise of faith, and in the path of duty, enables the believer to follow the Lord fully, to disregard all that opposes, to triumph over all opposition, and to take firm hold upon the promised blessings.

We come now to what some consider to be the most important chapter of the Bible. It is conceded, I believe, by all conservative expositors to be just that.

Chapter 3, is believed to be the pivot of the Bible.

If you doubt that, read chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis, omit chapter 3, and then read chapters 4–11.

You will find that there is a tremendous vacuum that needs to be filled, that something has happened.

For instance, in Genesis 1 and 2, we find man in innocence; everything is perfection, and there is fellowship between God and man.

But the minute you begin with chapter 4 of Genesis and read just as far as chapter 11, you find jealousy, anger, murder, lying, wickedness, corruption, rebellion, and judgment.

The questions are:

Where did it all come from?

Where did it begin?

Where did the sin originate?

Actually, I do not think it originated in chapter 3 of Genesis, but as far as man is concerned, here is where it began.

Let me quote for you the statement of another concerning chapter 3:

Here we trace back to their source many of the rivers of divine truth.

Here commences the great drama which is being enacted on the stage of human history and which well nearly 6,000 years has not yet completed.

Here we find the divine explanation of the present fallen and ruined condition of our race.

Here we learn of the subtle devices of our enemy, the devil.

Here we behold the utter powerlessness of man to walk in the path of righteousness when divine grace is withheld from him.

Here we discover the spiritual effects of sin, man seeking to flee from God.

Here we discern the attitude of God toward the guilty sinner.

Here we mark the universal tendency of human nature to cover its own moral shame by a device of man’s own handiwork.

Here we are taught of the gracious provision which God has made to meet our great need.

Here begins that marvelous stream of prophecy which runs all through the Holy Scriptures.

Here we learn that man cannot approach God except through a mediator.

In this first section we have the setting for the temptation of man.

It is time to open our hearts, minds, and souls to the Word Of GOD.



Our scripture will be coming from:



Genesis 3:1-3 KJV

[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?

[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.



Now it is time for our verse break down:



Genesis 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?

The question arises: Why the temptation?

If we go back to chapters 1 and 2, we find that man was created innocent, but man was not created righteous.

What is righteousness?

Righteousness is innocence that has been maintained in the presence of temptation.

You see, temptation will either develop you or destroy you; it will do one of the two.

The Garden of Eden was not a hothouse, and man was not a hothouse plant.

Character must be developed, and it can only be developed in the presence of temptation.

Man was created a responsible being, and he was responsible to glorify, to obey, to serve, and to be subject to divine government.

Man did not create himself—I do not think anyone claims that—but God created him.

And God was not arbitrary in the condition which He laid down.

He said to man, “But 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” (Gen. 2:17).

That tree was not the only tree in the garden to eat of.

It would have been very arbitrary if man would have starved to death if he had not been able to eat of the tree and if he had also been told he would die if he did eat of it.

There was an abundance of trees in the garden which bore fruit; so that man did not need to eat of this tree at all.

Therefore, we find that man appears on the scene a responsible creature.

In this first verse we are introduced to the serpent.

Immediately the question can reasonably be asked, “Where in the world did he come from?

How did he get into the Garden of Eden?”

As far as I can tell from the Word of God, the serpent was not there as a slithering creature.

Actually, we are not told how he came there; we are just told he was there.

The Word of God leaves a great deal out.

The serpent was a creature that could be used of Satan, and Satan used him.

Isn’t that exactly the method that Satan uses today?

Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14).

The Book of Revelation says more about Satan than anywhere else in Scripture.

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Rev. 12:9).

This creature was not a slithering snake as we think of it today.

That is not the picture that the Word of God gives of him at all.

“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years” (Rev. 20:2).

This is a creature with tremendous ability.

There is no record of his origin here in Genesis at all.

I believe that Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 give us the origin of this creature and also how he became the creature that he was.

The word “subtle,” as used here, is not negative, but rather positive; everything that God made before the Fall was positive; it describes qualities such as quickness of sight, swiftness of motion, activity of self-preservation, and seemingly intelligent adaptation to its surroundings.

Not a fable; the serpent before the Fall had the ability of limited speech; Eve did not seem surprised when he spoke to her!

The serpent evidently lent its faculties to Satan, even though the Evil One is not mentioned.

That being the case, Satan spoke through the serpent, and questioned the Word of God.



Genesis 3:2
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Why in the world did the serpent approach the woman?

Why didn’t he approach the man?

When God created Adam, He had told him that he could eat of every tree of the garden, but of this one he was not to eat.

Woman was created last, and she had gotten her information secondhand; she had gotten it from man.

And so the serpent approached woman first.

Frankly, I think that woman was created finer than man; that is, she had more compassion and sympathy in her makeup.

She was probably more open to suggestion than the man.

Actually, I think a woman has a nature that is more inquisitive than a man’s.

She is the one today who goes into the cults and isms more than anyone else and leads men into them.

In fact, many of the founders of cults and isms have been women.

Satan knew what he was doing.

Notice what he did.

He had a very subtle method as he came.

He asked her this question, which cast doubt on the Word of God, “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

He raises a doubt in her mind and excites her curiosity.

Proclaims Satan leveling his attack against Eve, instead of Adam; his use of Eve was only a means to get to Adam.

The trial of our first parents was ordained by God, because probation was essential to their spiritual development and self-determination; but as He did not desire that they should be tempted to their Fall, He would not suffer Satan to tempt them in a way that would surpass their human capacity; the tempted might, therefore, have resisted the tempter.



Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

She answers, “We can eat of all the trees, but this tree God has told us, ‘Ye shall not eat of it [that’s all God had said, but she added something], neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.’ ”

I did not find where He ever said, “You are not to touch it.”

Eve quoted what the Lord had said about the prohibition, but then added, “neither shall you touch it”.

The thing that Eve did was to add to the Word of God.

The liberal and the atheist take from the Word of God, and God has warned against that.

The cults (and some fundamentalists, by the way) add to the Word of God, and God warns against that.

There are those who say that today we are saved by law.

They argue, “Yes, it is by faith, but it is f

Our Scripture Of The Week Is:
Genesis 39:9 KJV
[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?

Joseph is explaining to his master's wife (Genesis 39:1) that he will not go to bed with her, as she has demanded (Genesis 39:7). His reasons are not about personal risk, or personal danger, but the fact that such a betrayal would be dishonorable.

Potiphar has put enormous trust in Joseph. Potiphar trusts Joseph so much that he doesn't even check to see how Joseph is managing all the needs of his large estate. He knows Joseph will do everything with excellence (Genesis 39:4–6).

In fact, Potiphar has given Joseph equal authority as himself in his own household. Because Potiphar trusts him, Joseph can literally do whatever he likes, whatever is required. The one thing Potiphar has made off-limits to Joseph is his wife—likely not a restriction that needed to be said.

If it was mentioned, directly, it might suggest that Potiphar knew his wife was unfaithful. Given the trust with which he's been gifted, Joseph realizes such a sin would be especially heinous.

His motive for good behavior is not fear or self-interest, but a sincere conscience. Joseph seeks to live up to the trust and honor placed in him by both Potiphar and the Lord.

The woman is taken from Adam, from the side of Adam.

God didn’t take her from the head to be his superior, or from his foot to be his inferior, but He took her from his side to be equal with him, to be along with him.

That is exactly the purpose: she is to be the other half of man.
This is exactly what God meant when He said, “Wives, submit to your husbands.”
He means that she is to respond, to answer to him.

A wife is the other part of him, the other half of him.
He is only half a man without her.
Believe me, Eve was beautiful.

Any woman today who is beautiful inherited it originally from mother Eve.
There is no beauty that she did not have.
She was a doll, let me tell you!
And she was the other half of Adam.

It is time to open our hearts, minds, and souls to the Word Of GOD.

Our scripture will be coming from:

Genesis 2:21-25 KJV

[21] 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;

[22] And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

[23] 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.

[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

[25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Our Scripture Of The Week Is:

Genesis 1:26-27 KJVS
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The creation week now reaches its climax with the creation of human beings. This verse is breathtaking in its implications and puzzling in the questions it raises.

God decrees, "Let us make man in our image," using a Hebrew word—ē'nu—which is unmistakably plural.

Why does God speak of Himself as more than one person?

Scholars have offered a wide variety of ideas over the centuries. Three explanations are offered more often than any others.

First, God may be referring to Himself and the angels. This seems unlikely given the rest of Scripture's depiction of angels. These beings are presented as servants and messengers, not creators or rulers.

Second, this could be what scholars call a plural of self-exhortation or self-encouragement, meaning He is referring only to Himself. This would also be referred to as "the royal 'we,'" something we see used by human kings and rulers when making proclamations or decrees.

The third possibility is that God is speaking as a Trinity, of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. According to Scripture as a whole, the full Trinity was present at creation. Genesis 1:2 describes the Spirit of God hovering over the waters, and John 1:1–3 reveals that the Word, Christ, was active in the creation of all things.

Next, this verse raises the question of what it means to be made in God's image, or in His likeness. Without question, this statement does not mean that God created humans to resemble Him physically (John 4:24).

Rather, this seems to support the idea that God endowed humans with a certain kind of awareness, one which animals and birds and fish were not given. In other words, humans would possess the capacity for reason, morality, language, personality, and purpose.

In particular, the ability to use morality and spirituality are unique to human beings among God's creations on earth. Like God, we would possess the capacity to experience and understand love, truth, and beauty. Humans are made in God's image in another way: as a model, or a representative.

God is the Maker, and all of creation belongs to Him. He is Lord over it. However, in the moment of creation, God gives mankind the responsibility to rule over all other life He has made on the earth.

In that sense, humans would stand as God's image, God's representatives, on earth as we rule over and manage all the rest of His creation.

The blueprint for Genesis chapter 1 is God speaking His intent, then creating. In the previous verse, God decreed what should be made and why.

Now in this verse, He makes the first of all human beings. The verse is written with a poetic structure of three lines. God creates man in his own image. In the image of God man is created. God creates both male and female.

One meaning of being created in the image of God is mankind's unique capacity for moral and rational awareness. God made humans to be inherently different from animals. He built into us some of His own qualities; we share with Him the experience of personality, truth, beauty, meaning, will, and reason. These attributes allow us to relate to God in ways other created beings cannot.

Another meaning is that humans were meant to stand as the image of God's authority on the earth as we rule over and subdue the rest of His creation. That we are made by God, in the image of God, is what gives all men and women deep value. That point is echoed throughout the Bible.

James, for instance, points out that we ought not curse human beings because they (we) are made in God's likeness (James 3:9).

Those who bear God's image should not be treated disrespectfully or discarded easily. It is not surprising, or illogical, to see that cultures which reject the idea of man's creation in the image of God are cultures which terrorize and abuse other human beings.

It was not God’s original intention for man to die, but man is now put on probation. You see, man has a free will, and privilege always creates responsibility. This man who is given a free will must be given a test to determine whether he will obey God or not.

“For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Remember that man is a trinity, and he would have to die in a threefold way. Adam did not die physically until over nine hundred years after this, but God said, “In the day you eat, you shall die.”
Death means separation, and Adam was separated from God spiritually the very day he ate, you may be sure of that.

God provides. That's who He is; that's built into His nature and identity. We as His people are provided for even when we don't clearly see how our needs will be met. We are provided for even when our God declares some seemingly good things off-limits to us.

The fact that mankind disobeys the one, single, simple command we are given summarizes the Bible's view of sin and salvation.

From the very beginning, God wanted a relationship based on His provision, our trust, and demonstrating that trust through obedience.

God's proposition to the first man is fundamentally identical to what He will say to Moses' first readers many years later:

Obey, and I will give life and blessing. Disobey, and you will lose both (Deuteronomy 30:15–20).

It was not God’s original intention for man to die, but man is now put on probation.

You see, man has a free will, and privilege always creates responsibility.

This is an unquestionable statement that is true.

This man who is given a free will must be given a test to determine whether he will obey God or not.

“For in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Remember that man is a trinity, and he would have to die in a threefold way.

Adam did not die physically until over nine hundred years after this, but God said, “In the day you eat, you shall die.”

Death means separation, and Adam was separated from God spiritually the very day he ate, you may be sure of that.



It is time to open our hearts, minds, and souls to the Word Of GOD.


Our scripture will be coming from:

Genesis 2:16-20 KJV

[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

[17] But 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.

[18] And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

[19] And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

[20] And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Our Scripture Of The Week Is:

Romans 13:1 KJVS
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

In Romans 12, Paul described what it means to be a living-sacrifice Christian. In short, it mostly has to do with setting ourselves aside to serve the Lord, each other, and even our enemies in love.

Now Paul turns to the issue of how Christians who are saved by God's grace should interact with our present governments. He describes the biblical doctrine of submission to human authorities, something Peter also teaches (1 Peter 2:13–17).

Again, those in Christ are called to set themselves aside and to trust God to provide what is needed through those in authority, whether good or evil. Paul is clear that this applies to every person.

He calls for us to be in submission to government authorities, though he does not say that we must obey them in all cases. Paul and the other apostles refused to obey commands from people in authority to stop preaching the gospel, for instance (Acts 5:27–29).

They did, however, submit to those in authority in all matters that were not in contradiction to the will of God.

Why should we submit?

Paul is clear: Every authority in the world was established by God. This would include, of course, good leaders, evil leaders, and everyone in-between.

Paul's instruction here, then, is not about blind nationalism or absolute obedience to men. Rather, it is a recognition that human government—in general—is a legitimate authority, and that Christians cannot use their faith as an excuse for civil lawlessness.

God puts all leaders in place for the specific reasons Paul will describe in the following verses. We should remember that Paul is writing this letter to Christians in Rome.

The government of Rome ruled much of the known world at the time. It was led by the Emperor Nero from AD 54–68. Nero is famous for his cruel and unfair treatment of Christians, among other groups.

We must not assume that Paul is writing these words lightly. He was aware of the implications of his teaching.

In the first chapter we saw that there was nothing, and then the inorganic came into existence: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

The next step in creation was the organic, that is, the creation of life.

We saw that in verse 21 where it says that God created great whales and then all animal life.

He created animal life, but apparently the plant life had not been destroyed, and at the time of the re–creation, the seed was already in the earth.

I would not want to be dogmatic, but this would seem to be the implication here.

God has told us very little in this regard.

Then man is the next step in the creation.

There is actually no natural transition, and evolution cannot bridge the gap that brings us to the appearance of Homo sapiens on the earth.

The earth, therefore, was prepared for the coming of man.

It is time to open our hearts, minds, and souls to the Word Of GOD.

Our scripture will be coming from:


Genesis 2:7-15 KJV

[7] 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.

[8] And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

[10] And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

[12] And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

[15] And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.


Now it is time for our verse break down:

Genesis 2:7
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.

This scripture proclaims the physical body made of clay.

The “breath of life,” which comes from God, pertains to the soul and spirit of man; this was done with the first man, Adam, God breathing the soul and the spirit into man, and thereafter it comes automatically at conception.

Man is a soul, has a spirit, both which reside in the physical body; the soul addresses the body; the spirit addresses God; the physical body addresses the world.

Perhaps the water mixed with dust provides clay the Lord God uses to create man (compare Job 10: 9; 33: 6; Isaiah 45: 9; Romans 9: 21).

The sound of the Hebrew word for man, which is Adam (Genesis 2: 19), resembles closely the word for ground.

Thus the lofty image of being created in God’s likeness (1:26) is now tempered with the reality of what constitutes the human body, its humble origin.

“The first man is of the earth, earthy” (1 Corinthians 15:47).

Some have proposed that for God to breathe the breath of life into the man is to place a tiny portion of God’s very own essence into a human.

This is wrong.

When 2 Peter 1:4 speaks of being “partakers of the divine nature,” the meaning is that we share in those attributes of God that He grants us as His image bearers (example: 1 Peter 1:15, 16).

No part of our essence as humans is uncreated.

On first reading, this phrase may lead one to believe that it is at this point that the first human receives that element of his nature that sets him apart from the animals: the soul.

But the original language behind the translation became a living soul is identical in the descriptions of other creatures in Genesis 1:20, 24, 30; 2:19).

We are indeed a combination of physical and spiritual (Matthew 10:28), but that fact cannot be established from this verse.

Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about the first pair.

formed — had Formed Man Out Of The Dust Of The Ground Science has proved that the substance of his flesh, sinews, and bones, consists of the very same elements as the soil which forms the crust of the earth and the limestone that lies embedded in its bowels.

But from that mean material what an admirable structure that has been reared in the human body (Psalm 139:14).

The breath of life — literally, of lives, not only animal but spiritual life.

If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul with all its varied faculties.

Breathed into his nostrils the breath of life — not that the Creator literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium and sign of life, this phrase is used to show that man‘s life originated in a different way from his body - being implanted directly by God (Ecclesiastes 12:7), and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His disciples (John 20:22).


Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God planted a Garden eastward in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.

Now, let's talk about The Garden of Eden.

Eden — was probably a very extensive region in Mesopotamia, distinguished for its natural beauty and the richness and variety of its produce.

Hence its name, signifying “pleasantness.”

God planted a garden eastward, an extensive park, a paradise, in which the man was put to be trained under the paternal care of his Maker to piety and usefulness.

It was actually planted before Adam was created; the area is believed by some Scholars to be the site where the city of Babylon would ultimately be built.

The Garden of Eden was to be the home place of man.


Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Tree of life — so called from its symbolic character as a sign and seal of immortal life.

Its prominent position where it must have been an object of daily observation and interest, was admirably fitted to keep man habitually in mind of God and futurity.

These are beautiful trees.

These are every fruit tree imaginable, even those which bear nuts.

This tree evidently contained a type of fruit; 3:22 says as much!

The Tree of Life had the power of so renewing man’s physical energies that his body, though formed of the dust of the ground and, therefore, naturally mortal, would, by its continual use, live on forever; Christ is now to us the “Tree of Life” [Rev. 2:7; 22:2]; and the “Bread of Life” [Jn. 6:48, 51]).

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil presents the tree of death.

Tree of the knowledge of good and evil — so called because it was a test of obedience by which our first parents were to be tried, whether they would be good or bad, obey God or break His commands.


Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the Garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

This means four rivers.


Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Pison is believed to be the “Ganges” river.

The whole land of Havilah, where there is gold is believed to be India.


Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

Verses 11 and 12 present the first mention in the Bible of the precious metal, gold; it is mentioned last in the Bible as it refers to the main thoroughfare of the New Jerusalem, in which we are told is “pure gold” [Rev. 21:21]).


Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Gihon is believed to be the Nile river.


Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Hiddekel is believed to be the Tigris river. These rivers at the present time have their sources far apart.

The explanation, no doubt, lies in the flood, which altered the topography of the Earth.

The headwaters of the first two were drastically changed, while the last two remain basically the same.

In fact, it is believed that the Garden of Eden may have been located, as stated, at the joining of the Tigris and Euphrates, which is the site of ancient Babylon.


Genesis 2:15
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

This man had dominion, and the forces of nature responded at his beck and call.

Put the man into the garden of Eden to dress it — not only to give him a pleasant employment, but to place him on his probation, and as the title of this garden, the garden of the Lord (Genesis 13:10; Ezekiel 28:13), indicates, it was in fact a temple in which he worshipped God, and was daily employed in offering the sacrifices of th

Our Scripture Of The Week Is:

3 John 1:1-2 KJVS
[1] The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
[2] Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Three times, John uses the theme of "goodness" or "wellness."

First is general encouragement; the same phrase which starts this verse was used to introduce Gaius in 3 John 1:1.

Second, John prays a general blessing. Then, he appeals for the health of Gaius. We don't know for sure that Gaius had specific health concerns which would require prayer. One possibility is that Gaius was elderly.

The apostle John was quite old by the time he wrote this letter, and Gaius might have been of a similar age. John seems to have known him for some time, and speaks of his church members as children (3 John 1:4).

Third, John spoke specifically about Gaius's spiritual maturity. John loved him (3 John 1:1), spoke well of those he led in his church (3 John 1:3–4), and commended his work (3 John 1:5–8).

We will now get deep into today’s discussion:

By now, there is one thing we should know about GOD. His Word is 100% absolute. He dosen't change, He always remains the same. There are no loopholes in His Word, His Word is Very clear.

Apparently, this vast universe we live in had been here for billions of years, but something happened to the earth and to a great deal of the creation. As a result, God moved in, the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep, and there was brought cosmos out of chaos.

Chapter 1 described God's process of creation in six separate days. The first few verses of chapter 2 complete that sequence with a seventh day, where God takes a deliberate rest from His work.

Having concluded the account of the creation week, Genesis now turns back to provide more detail about the creation of human beings, where they lived, and God's instructions to them. This verse serves as an introduction to the story of Adam and Eve and those who would follow. It is written in the poetic structure of a "chiasm."

This is a word-pyramid in which phrases parallel each other on the way "up" and "down." Another way to think of this is as a mirror, centered on some specific point. The idea-pattern in a chiasm is structured as A-B-C-B-A, but can include many more points around the central theme.

This form of writing is common throughout Genesis. This pattern can be found in Genesis in single verses, in multi-verse sections, and even over the course of multiple chapters. Setting the stage for the arrival of man, two things are missing at this point in the creation story: rain and someone to work the ground.

This portion of study describes a world in which no shrubs or small plants of the field had yet sprung up. This passage, then, is describing the lack of cultivated crops grown for humans to eat.
God caused all kinds of plants to grow on the land on the third day of creation.

This portion of study is pointing forward to man's future work and purpose on the earth, to plant crops and work the ground, to bring order to the earth by tending what God had made.

At this point, there was no one to work the ground and no rain. This portion of study tells us how the garden got its water with no rain: mists or streams came up from the ground. The impression is of underground streams, the so-called "fresh water ocean," which would saturate the land, perhaps on a cyclical basis.

This fits the description of upcoming verses of the rivers that water the Garden of Eden and the region around it. It also fits with the farming practices of the Mesopotamian region that relied on cyclical flooding to sustain crops.

As we saw in chapter 1, God had prepared a world in which humans could grow and gather food before He even made man. Likewise, He had made a world in which humans were needed to care for all He had made and help to bring order to it.

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Apparently, this vast universe we live in had been here for billions of years, but something happened to the earth and to a great deal of the creation.

As a result, God moved in, the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep, and there was brought cosmos out of chaos.



It is time to open our hearts, minds, and souls to the Word Of GOD.



Our scripture will be coming from:



Genesis 2:4-6 KJV

[4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

[5] And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

[6] But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.



Now it is time for our verse break down:



Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

“generations” here refer to “Divine divisions;” it refers to the manner in which all were created, as outlined in Chapter 1.

This presents the new name of God as “Jehovah Elohim”; this Chapter reveals Christ as Jehovah Elohim, man’s Redeemer; the First Chapter reveals Him as Elohim, man’s Creator.

We come to what many characterize as a second account of the creation of man.

This section, however, is better thought of as a more detailed account of what Genesis 1 described in the format of panorama.

The phrase these are the generations is a formulaic section-header.

This introductory statement carries the sense of “This is what happened concerning . . .”

A feature of the Bible, first occurring in the verse before us, is the use of the divine name Yahweh; this is traditionally rendered, in small capitals, as LORD in our English Bibles.

Previously, God has been called only by the Hebrew name Elohim, a title conveying His transcendence and power.

The name Yahweh, on the other hand, emphasizes His eternal existence and covenantal presence with His people.

The combined name— seen three times in Genesis 2: 4– 7 and dozens of times elsewhere as “LORD God”— is thus particularly powerful.

This scripture refers to the history or account of the generations of the heavens and of the earth.

Where did Moses obtain this account so different from the puerile and absurd fictions of the heathen?

Not from any human source, for man was not in existence to witness it; not from the light of nature or reason, for though they proclaim the eternal power and Godhead by the things which are made, they cannot tell how they were made.

None but the Creator Himself could give this information, and therefore it is through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God (Hebrews 11:3).



Genesis 2:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

The second day of creation is addressed here, which obviously preceded day three, when plant life was developed.

It seems that rain came to the Earth on day three, which caused the Earth to “bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind.

All of this was before man was created, showing that he had nothing to do with the creation, that being altogether of God.

The language here suggests that the writer is not looking back to the creation of vegetation in Genesis 1, but rather is previewing the cultivation that will occur in the Garden of Eden and after the fall.

Two features lend support for this view.

First, the phrase herb of the field appears again in Genesis 3:18 to designate what humanity will eat after the fall.

Second, whereas the rain anticipated in verse 5 will be a blessing, it is an instrument of judgment in Noah’s day (7:4).

These verses thus may set the stage for the more detailed account of man’s creation that follows, which complements the general description in 1:26, 27.



Genesis 2:6
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

This pertains to day two of Creation; at that time, day two, there went up a mist from the Earth, which prepared the Earth for the seed which God evidently planted on the beginning of day three, and which rain on day three then brought forth.

The exact nature of the mist that rises from the earth is unclear.

The underlying Hebrew word occurs in the Old Testament only here and in Job 36:27, there translated “vapour.”

Taken together, the idea may be that of evaporated water that condenses to a liquid state to water the whole face of the ground.

Perhaps the water mixed with dust provides clay the Lord God uses to create man.



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