It doesn't say they viewed God with their eyes. I have been studying this part about god walking with Adam when I came across your post. God Was Angry. It is like asserting that, since NO text in the Bible OUTRIGHT affirms that Adam ever saw the stars, then It is unwarranted to assume that he ever did see the stars.. Tim- Thank you, as I came searching for information on this before placing and they walked with God in my book I am writing! That is, Enoch and Noah lived faithful lives. So if your standard were correct, then that same standard would itself have to be outright affirmed in the Bible. 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, >>>>>and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. Daniel, Thanks for reading! Later that day, God was walking in the Garden of Eden. It says that he went to the land of Nod and then she conceived a son (Enoch). They will live forever, and as well see in the coming chapters, some of them have been given dominion over certain things. constant) communication with God (e.g., the angel in Daniel 10:13 who was withstood by the prince of Persian for 21 days until Michael came to help him). Or perhaps just the knowledge of being disobedient & the result of knowing their nakedness is what caused him to be afraid. Im sure the water God supplied was for the animals as well as the people. The Bible doesnt say that, and that is the point of the article. But there is so much more to the story. Satan. Blessings! Remember that the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost with a rushing mighty wind (Acts 2:2). In God's sight they are like filthy rags. Now there is no way to prove that God actually walked with them or actually spent anytime with them, it is just implied from His habitual coming to the garden in the cool of the day. Adam and Eve got to literally hang out with God all day long, face to face. I know when I say that Adam walked with God in the Garden, I mean to say that God spent time with them, not literally walking in the garden, God doesnt walk, He is Spirit! Im not opposed to this idea. Perhaps some people may have this figurative sense in mind when they speak of our first parents walking with God. And it was a good animal and God was pleased. (Gen. 3:8) Adam is placed in the garden to "cultivate (abad)" and "keep (samar)" it (Gen 2:15). 2. Genesis 3:8 KJV. Of course, since God is capable of making physical appearances. Weve arrived at a very similar conclusion very recently that Adam and his wife or help-meat very possibly disobeyed their creators command not to eat of the fruit of tree in the midst of the garden the first day they were placed there. See my article, Was Jesus Married? I would argue that angels are probably made in His image as well,. Yes, I see that there are similarities, and I dont deny the possibility that God was present in the garden in a special way compared to the way that He is omnipresent. There are many others that could be added to this list but this illustrates . Thanks for taking the time to read and leave a comment. Thank you for your thoughts I do understand the whirlwind , but Gen says God made them clothes from an animal to replace mans attempt of covering his nakedness. Lord God (Jesus) walked among Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Fifth, if someone doesn't like the idea that God knew they would be . Hi Jeff, I agree with you that we cannot say with certainty that God walked with them, I am just here to point out that the language suggests a repetitive habit of God. If He was walking, then this must have been a theophany - a pre-incarnate appearance of the Second Person of the Trinity. Psalm 29 also uses strong imagery to show how the sound of the Lord acts upon nature like a powerful storm, breaking and bending trees and stripping off their leaves (Psalm 29:59, NET). Well, Jesus wasn't there with Adam and Eve in the beginning. For example, Enoch walked with God (Genesis 5:22, 24) and Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9). I hope this helps. well, they say that Jesuss life was that of God or perhaps he was God. On the sixth day of Creation, God created 'man' in the form of Adam, moulding him from 'the dust of the ground' (Genesis 2:7), breathing the breath of life into Adam's nostrils. It would literally have been paradise just to walk with Jesus in the . Hi Tim, It would be accurate if the point of my article was to claim that Adam and Eve did not walk with God in the Garden prior to sin. Sin Of Walking. This just goes on and on and on all the way through this book about how god expects his people to walk with him please read the book of Leviticus slowly it gives all the details that genesis doesnt. 9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied . This verse appears immediately after our first parents rebelled against the Creator. Thanks for your comments. Man, this helped challenge me to really read through the scriptures on this topic. . It is doubtful that God threw Adam into a confusing environment where he would be overwhelmed with the array of plants and animals. I appreciate the encouraging words. We must know that Eve and Adam's life in the Garden of Eden was beyond happy. And they heard the sound of the Lord God, walking in the garden. But that is not what it says, so Im trying to help people avoid teaching false ideas about Scripture. While its true they could have been over 120 years old when Cain killed Abel, they also could have been any age from very young up to 120+. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. I dont believe this is a knock-down, drag-out argument, but given these details and many others described in my book, I believe angelic beings are very likely made in Gods image. I also see or notice (for first time) that the description occurred after the fall & is only described once. If this is how the phrase should be translated, then God was not simply walking through the Garden. Romans 5:10-12 Hello! So I will get rid of the statement being discussed here. I have been following the comments on this article for several years, and I want to say how much I appreciate your kind and faithful answers. Genesis 2 describes Adam and Eve's first homethe Garden of Eden. The goal of this post is to encourage people to take a closer look at the Bible instead of repeating what theyve heard. He knew good because he once served God; he then knew evil because he committed evil in his rebellion from the Father. Please do look it up, and if you find it, let me know, so I can apologize and correct this post. Thanks again for reading! This is what most people have in mind when they speak of the Lord walking with Adam and Eve. Easy, no relevance to the story. #1. God does not require a garden to have a direct relationship with man, so I dont see how the fact that God created a garden would have anything to do with whether they had a direct relationship (and by extension, that they walked together). Your email address will not be published. They got to take walks with him, check out the animals, enjoy the beau Or maybe they read Gods mind. So if we can claim that they walked with God in perfect communion before sin, then we can stress how bad sin is because we dont get to do that anymore. Please note that both boys were conceived and born after sin had entered the Earth. When Eve gave birth to Seth (at age 130) she viewed him as a replacement for Abel. Hi Nucc, Im pointing out that possible understanding of the text. Our hearts were reformed for this exact purpose. In spite of being familiar with scripture, I never noticed that it doesnt exactly say this. The strong wind or breezy alternative is reflected in the notes of many English Bibles, such as the NASB, NET, and ESV, and it is even the translation of the HCSB. Adam and eve Adam and eve disobey god hiding footprints The Presence Of God Guilty Fear Hearing God's Voice Garden Of Eden, The Gardens Concealment . Tell everyone with small kids! Then something happened. Totally agree with you to know that not everything was told to us, but take what we are told and use it for good, not for argument. Your email address will not be published. I know this article about Adam and Eve walking with God in the Garden is over 6 years old, but I just now discovered it. It is possible that God literally walked in the Garden of Eden in the form of a human. Seems to me there was plenty of interaction & communication between Adam (& Perhaps Eve) and God. God bless you. He could have spoken out of a whirlwind to them and banished them from the Garden in that form. You have argued that a strong wind would be a better translation, but you havent explained how it was that Adam knew that this was the sound of God as soon as he heard it. Hi Ed, I have a problem with Christians continually repeating that the Bible says they walked with God in the garden because it doesnt say that. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. It bothers me that I have believed the Bible stated this, and that I have told other people it says this for so long, and I have read the first three chapters of Genesis so many times. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. The old has . Im not sure that it necessarily follows that there would be ongoing communion and communication between God, Adam, and Eve. I even pointed out that when the Bible speaks of Enoch and Noah walking with God it should be understood in the figurative sense of them living godly lives (as opposed to taking physical strolls with Him). If this is the correct way to understand the wording in Genesis 3, then I think it would be something similar. Of course, the eternal Son, the Word by whom the Father made all things has always been present at the Father's right hand. So, it is not a far stretch to suppose that God and Adam might have walked together in the Garden, if not regularly, else why would God have gone to the trouble to create a garden and put man into it, if not to have a direct relationship. If I am walkin* with you I would assume you are walking with me? But I dont think we need to have them walking with God in the garden to show how bad sin is. He was with them when they were deceived by Satan. Why would anyone ask such a silly question? Whats different, and merits the commentary, is not that God has for the first time come to walk in the Garden, but that for the first time his walking in the Garden is responded to in fear and hiding, due to sin. It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. We "Walk With God" in Meditating upon His Word. All the details of exactly how god walked with them are so plain to see that blind Freddy can see it. They consisted of both physical and spiritual components, just like all of their descendants, although originally they were without sin. To add to the post above, another theological consideration is the temple. No human can view the full reality of God and . Adam and Eve enjoyed a relationship with God, and with each other, that was unhindered by the disruptive power of sin. For the record, I strongly reject such a notion. We know that God was with Adam and Eve at all times and wherever they were. In this environment, Adam and Eve had safety, abundant food, meaningful work and fellowship with God. And maybe that is it, people just want to believe they they did as that is such a powerful feeling knowing God is walking with you. To use your example, it would be like if people repeatedly said, The Bible says Adam watched the stars every night while in the Garden. Even if he did do that, the Bible doesnt say that he did, and it would be worth correcting someone on that point. In other words, human beings were made to reflect Gods gloryto show the world what God is likethrough who we are and what we do. After Adam and Eve sinned, God found them hiding from Him as He was walking in the Garden.

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