Chapter 3.21
EVE
Tempted Humbled Redeemed
A story of temptation, redemption and
reconsolidation
written in a form that is suitable to read to
your children.
In the
Beginning
Once upon a time, long, long ago in the
Tigris-Euphrates Valley on the east side of Eden, during a dark nighttime
storm, lightning struck the earth and the coal and gasses underground caught on
FIRE. The underground fire became so intense that
it EXPLODED
up through the earth forming a giant mountain with steep sides creating a
crater in the bottom. This newly formed
mountain was located just west of the city of Nod and not too far from Jerusalem.
The explosion shook the earth so greatly
that it caused an opening to appear in the bottom of the ocean. Sea water began to pour down through the
opening deep into the earth where it came into contact with the HOT
molten rocks which instantly turned the salt water into purified clean steam.
The steam forced it’s was back up through
the earth in the giant mountain crater turning it into purified clean cool water[1] quenching the
fire in the bottom of the giant depression in the crater. Over time the floor in the center of this
mountain formed a beautiful lush multi-colored garden that was hidden from the rest of the world by the
enclosed almost vertical mountain sides.
Father named His special secret place, the GARDEN OF
EDEN.[2] The underground water passages were called GOD’S PLUMBING and thousands of
years later, this plumbing still works all over the whole world, pumping us
pure clean cool water every second of the day.
The word “Garden” (paradeisos) in the Book translates
“ENCLOSURE” similar to a PARK and
the word Eden
in Sumerian means a “PLAIN” or FLAT REGION. Eden in Hebrew
means luxury,
pleasure and delight; Eden was a PARADISE.
The cool clear water formed a river that
flowed out of the Garden through the side of the mountain forming a breath
taking WATER
FALL. Tucked away behind some moss laden trees
and tall grasses was a pathway that formed a Secret Passage leading to a wide
recessed ledge that went under the water fall, winding its way up into the
secret garden. This was the ONLY WAY into or out of the GARDEN OF EDEN and this secret
entrance was guarded by a heavenly being with a blue laser sword.
This enormous water fall eventually
branched out into four head waters called the Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers[3] that watered
the whole “Fertile
Crescent”, which ran from India to Egypt. Then Father God made Adam and Eve and placed them both in His Secret Garden.
A
Little Background
The most beautiful angel that had ever
been created by the Father was named Satan. He was assigned to take care of the
earth.[4] The GARDEN
OF GOD
was where Satan’s throne was; it was where he dispensed his authority and rule.[5]
One day his PRIDE got in the way
and caused him to rebel against God; to SIN,
so God removed him from His garden.[6] The Garden of God and
the Garden
of Eden[7] are the same
place, but just not the same time period.[8]
The term SIN comes from the
form of Archery; the shooting of an arrow at a mark in the center of a target. SIN means “To Miss the Mark”.
Man is to press forward and not miss the MARK of the high calling of God; missing the mark is SIN.
God took Satan’s authority away from him
and later gave it to Adam.[9] Even though Adam was actually made a little
lower than Satan,[10] he had now been
given authority over everything causing Satan to become very angry. Satan certainly wasn’t going to report to
someone made lower than him, let alone someone MADE OUT OF
DIRT,[11] so to fight back,
he devised a cunning plan. His plan was
to cause Adam and his cute wife Eve to “MISS THE MARK” of obedience; to disobey and SIN.
Adam was sinless and innocent, BUT NOT RIGHTEOUS. Righteous is innocence that has been
maintained in the presence of temptation. INNOCENCE IS IGNORANCE OF EVIL. Adam
didn’t know an Invisible
War was taking place and didn’t
know he would be tested. God had given Adam and Eve only ONE
COMMANDMENT, NOT TEN. God said; do not eat from the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil, it’s a SIN; and if you do, you will no
longer live forever; you will die and be separated from ME
for eternity.
Angels and men were both created with the Free Will to choose, and God already knew what was in the
heart of man and
had put
HIS plan into effect to save man from this separation.
NOTE: Angels do not have a soul like mans, so if they SIN they cannot be saved.
A
man called Adam
The Father had placed Adam smack dab down
in the middle of this paradise, and gave him every pet imaginable, and Adam
enjoyed the monkeys, but felt lonesome and incomplete. There was just no one
just like him to be found. Father said
it wasn’t good for Adam to be by himself so He placed a cute girl in the garden
by the name of Eve to be his HELPMATE.[12]
When
Adam saw her, she took his breath away. When she walked, she seemed to float as only
girls can do, with dignity and poise.
She was perfect, completely SINLESS, and innocent and her olive skin was without
blemish and was just STUNNING. She was so BEAUTIFUL that when Adam
saw her, his legs
became like silly
putty and he could hardly stand up;
he said WOW
MAN she is just like me, now I am COMPLETE, so he named her WOMAN. Did you see it? Woman completes
Man.
Now Adam liked vegetables sprinkled with sea SALT and Evie Liked fruits that were SWEET; he liked monkeys, climbing trees and fishing. Evie liked puppies, swimming, gathering food
and making things. The two of them
complemented each other, they were both alike, but different. They were a
perfect fit, they were Brother and
Sister, Husband and wife, Co-Laborers and Life Partners. Adam now has someone
who he could relate to Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually; he was
literally in Paradise, in Utopia which is a perfect place to be.
A Chick named Eve
Eve was not taken from Adams head so she could be
superior,
nor from his foot to be inferior, but from his side to be equal
with him; she is his other half making him complete. The Father owned this Garden in Eden and is
where Eve lived with her husband Adam.
She was young and carefree and wandered about the endless boundaries of
Mulberry bushes and dogwood trees, flowers and tall grasses. She loved the sweetness of the plums, pears
peaches and apricots. She would play HIDE AND SEEK with Adam and
he soon learned all of her special places to hide, her giggles always gave her
away and besides that, she smelled so good, like gardenias.[13] She was so TINY, just five foot two with eyes of blue. Adam was six foot three inches TALL and couldn’t hide as good as she
could.
Her blue eyes
sparkled as she flirted with Adam through her long blond
hair. She wore a gardenia flower tucked
away behind her right ear, punctuated by the gentle breezes blowing through her
curls. She found precious stones and strung them together to wear around her neck,
wrist and ankles.[14] Adam loved vegetables with sea SALT and would even put sea salt on his
grapefruit. Evie loved the SWEET fruits and would squeeze sugar
cane juice on her grapefruit. Adam would
take a bite out of a plumb and Eve would take it away from him and finish
eating it, giggling with the juices dripping down her cheek; she made Adam
laugh; he
loved being with her so much; she was everything a man would want in
a wife.
Adam couldn’t keep his eyes off of Evie, she
was golden bronze from the sun and was so full of fun and mischief. When she walked past, Adam would grab her by
her tiny waist and swing her around looking deep into her blue eyes and
grinning at her dimpled infectious smile.
Evie was always looking up at his tall muscular bronzed body with his
penetrating eyes and perfect teeth that smiled from ear to ear. Without thinking about it, she would take
hold of his hand as they walked together exploring the garden. Adam would playfully shake the dew off the
tree branches to get Evie wet and she would chase him and push him into the
cool waters. The temperature was always
just perfect, so they didn’t wear any clothes.[15] This was a time of innocence where no one
aged or lost their vigor. They were both
Sinless,
innocent
and would
live forever; all they needed was each other and the Father.
Adam was employed by the father and his job was
to take care of the garden which contained an abundance of fruits, vegetables
and grain.[16] The land was very fertile because it was
watered by many underground springs that provided the irrigation. This insured lush vegetation that was good
for food and all kinds of FRUIT bearing trees that Evie loved. There was NO weeds or thorn
bushes, floods or frost. Life for the
most part was without care or labor; food came forth spontaneously and in
abundance. Adam had the perfect job that gave him plenty of time to go fishing,
climb trees and play with the monkeys. He called EVIE his little
monkey, and she called him TARZAN king of the
apes.
The
Garden
The
Garden was the Father’s pride and joy with only his children being loved more. He could be seen walking with Adam and Eve in
the cool of the day giving instructions as a over-protective dad would do and
teaching them. Don’t eat the persimmon
until it is “this
red” or it will be bitter in your mouth. Don’t pat the porcupine or you will get
pricked by a quill. Enjoy the kittens, but don’t play with the skunk or you
will stink; have fun with THIS, but be sure
you don’t do THAT.
The Father spent
a lot of time TEACHING them how to gather food and how to cook
in the Hot springs. How to make smushed
potatoes and boiled eggs seasoned with garlic, sea salt and pepper. There was so much to learn; Father talked
about spiritual things, the stars in the heavens, working six days and then
resting on the seventh and a lot about OBEDIENCE. Evie
wanted so much to be JUST LIKE THE FATHER with all His
knowledge.
The Father
showed them a large elevated plateau in the middle of the garden surrounded by
moss draped Oak trees and tall Pampas grass making the place easily
identifiable. He pointed out two SPECIAL TREES in the center of the garden. [17]
He called one of
the Special trees the TREE OF LIFE which was actually very plain to be thought of as
a SPECIAL tree. Father didn’t say much about it except just
pointed to it and left it up to them to learn more about it if they had the
desire.
The other tree which
He called the TREE
OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL (Knowledge of right and wrong) was
situated somewhat lower down a slope, but beautiful to look at, however the
Father said this one was FORBIDDEN.[18] They
guessed that it would be OK to look at it, sit under it, touch it and even
climb it, but they could not eat from it; for if
they did THEY WOULD SURELY DIE. [19]
Home Sweet Home
Adam and Eve made their home in the drooping
bows of a large sprawling oak tree. Adam
would climb trees and get strong vines and Evie would weave vegetation into the
vines to make a comfortable soft dry floating floor about four feet off the
ground in the tree, this was so the night time animals would not disturb their
sleep. The moving waters and wind
provided music as it moved through the reeds.
The air was fragrant with the smell of honeysuckle. Evie loved eating the SWEET strawberries, figs, pears and
peaches and WONDERED what would that fruit taste like on the
forbidden tree in the garden center.
As time moved on you could begin to see a
trampled down path in the fescue grasses that led to the center of the
garden. Evie was so inquisitive that she would often
go there and just sit on the rim of it and ponder how SWEET the fruit must be on the
forbidden tree.
There were also many kinds of animals and birds that filled the garden
and one of the creations, a serpent began to talk with Eve about what the
Father had instructed them. The serpent chose Eve instead of Adam, because
she was more inquisitive
and had more compassion and sympathy and was more open to
suggestion. He would often
come around while Adam was off fishing, hunting and gathering for their supper. The serpent was quite the gentlemen, handsome
and he spoke so confidently and smoothly and was so captivating that it didn’t
occur to her that none of the other creatures could speak. Father never told her to NOT TALK TO STRANGERS and soon the
serpent became her New Best Friend.
Evie told Adam about her new friend and
Adam said that he had named all the animals in the Garden,[20] but he didn’t
remember naming one that could talk, but thought it would be
interesting to talk to him next time he came around. Eve was quite taken with the handsome
serpent, he was such a GOOD
LISTENER;
as they talked about her father’s teachings, she didn’t realize that they were
slowly strolling down the familiar path toward the center of the garden where
the Two
Trees grew.
The serpent was the most
clever and cunning of all the wild animals that the father
had made, and soon they were standing within the circle
of the Two
Trees that were in the center of
the garden and Eve could see the FRUIT on the
forbidden tree. Her thoughts were now
racing about what
the FRUIT
would taste like.
The
Plot Thickens
The
serpent, the prince of darkness started talking
about how good the Father was, that He had given her a wonderful husband, a
home, a garden, pets and everything else that they could want and that the
Father would be cruel to his only daughter if he withheld anything. One day the serpent contradicted the Father and
substitutes some of His words; by asking Eve, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from ANY of the trees in the garden?”[21] Evie said; Of course not, we
may eat fruit from any of the trees in the garden it’s only the fruit from THE TREE
OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL that’s
in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. The Father said, “You must not eat it OR EVEN TOUCH
IT; if you do, you will die.”
Satan
continued, “Does the Father
know something that He hasn’t told you?” Surely He would not be that unrighteous, unfair
and unkind to restrict you. Evie had not really put the WORDS OF THE FATHER deep within her heart as she should have. In her excitement she had actually forgotten
the exact words the Father had said and added extra words that she could not touch the
fruit either.
Still talking
and without even realizing it, Evie had grasp the Serpents hand as she always
did with Adam as they slowly began to DESCEND DOWN the
slope toward the forbidden tree.
The
serpent shifted the conversation with Eve; “You know what; you won’t really die. Your Father knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be just
like Him, you will be a God and know both good and evil; you will
know right from wrong”.[22]
You actually will be more like your
Father, just like you have always wanted.
The cunning Serpent continued, “I know your Father is teaching you
things and it will take a long long time to learn it all; but this special
fruit of this tree is a SHORTCUT to
all that Wisdom and oh my goodness, this tree is just beautiful and the fruit tastes so AWESOME, it’s like creamy butter pecan”.
In
Evie’s innocence, her stomach was thinking about how the SWEET FRUIT would taste; and her ego was thinking that having new
knowledge would bring her closer to the Father, she would be more like Him with
creativity. The Serpent had appealed to
Evie’s Physical
Desire
for sweet fruits, her Emotional Desire and appreciation for the
beauty of the tree and her Spiritual Desire to
be more like God.
The Dastardly Deed was Done
Eve became convinced as she saw that
the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the
wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. At the first bite she heard Adam
whistling and calling her name; as she turned around she saw him coming down
the slope exclaiming, what are you doing DOWN here? - Suddenly
the serpent became silent; not another word was heard from him. He had quickly slipped into the high ferns,
celebrating his craftiness; the Deceitful, Dastardly, Dirty Deed was Done and COULD NOT BE UNDONE.
Adam said; I have been
looking for you everywhere. Evie
excitingly said, look at this beautiful fruit, it taste so yummy and it has
given me so much wisdom and LOOK
I certainly didn’t die. Taste it and you
will love it. Happily Adam picked up
Evie by the waste and swung her around as he often did and at the same time,
bit the end of the fruit that she was holding between her teeth. He was so glad to see her and loved her so
much. BAM
Eve’s FIRST sin was to eat of
the forbidden fruit; disobedience brings on SIN.
Her SECOND sin was to give approval of her own actions and cause Adam to SIN[23].
When you sin it cannot be recalled, it’s a done
deal forever. While you can be FORGIVEN, you still must go through and
endure the consequences. When you SIN,
it’s like stepping out into a rain storm and getting soaking wet. FORGIVENESS is like God giving you an umbrella
to get you out of the rain, but the CONSEQUENCES is that you are still wet and it
will take some time to dry off and from time to time someone will bring it to
your attention.
The
Blame Game
Suddenly there was a
flash of lightning and the air became HOT and they
quickly turned to get out of there and they noticed that the slope they had
come down now seemed to be much deeper than they remembered. They struggled to get back to the top and ran
along the path down to their tree. They
had not notice, but the GLORY LIGHT that had clothed them was gone and Evie exclaimed, “Oh my Goodness, we
are naked, I had better sew together some large fig leaves to cover
us”.
Later in the cool of the day Adam and Evie
heard the Father calling to them; “Where are you guys?” Adam realized they had disobeyed the One and only
Commandment that the Father had
given them and they became ashamed and hid themselves. Adam finally came out from hiding and told the
Father that the reason he hid himself was that he was naked. Father asked, WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NAKED? Have you eaten from the tree whose
fruit I commanded you not to eat?
Adam now fully engulfed in own his sinful
nature, without confessing his SIN sought to PASS THE BUCK, to deflect his own sin by separating
himself from his wife. Not even saying
Evie’s name, he said; “it’s not my fault, its
THAT
WOMAN’S FAULT; she gave me the fruit
to eat and besides that, it’s Your Fault too for giving that woman to me”. The Father was so hurt and turned and looked
at Evie, who also quickly refused to take responsibility for her own SIN and
blurted out,” it’s
not my fault either, it’s the Serpent Fault, he deceived me”. God said; “Yeah,
that’s it, the Devil made you do it.” God didn’t buy their excuse for one second.
Genesis 3:7-13 – I was afraid because I
was naked
7 At that moment
their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So
they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.
8 When the cool evening breezes
were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD
God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
9 Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10 He replied, “I heard you walking
in the garden, so I hid.
I was afraid because I was naked.”
11 WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE NAKED?”
the LORD God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you
not to eat?” The man replied, “It was
12 the woman YOU
gave me who gave me the fruit, and I
ate it.”
13 Then the LORD God asked the woman, “What
have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.” NLT
The
Curse
The wages for working for Satan is DEATH.[24] Sin brings on the wrath of God, this action
made Adam and Eve and all their generations to become “The Children of Wrath”. [25]
The
Father cursed the SERPENT saying
he would no longer be able to walk upright, that he would crawl on his belly and eat the dust from which man was made for all his life and when men
would see him they would try to stomp his head and
he would try to bite their heel and there would be hatred for each other.[26]
Next he
cursed EVIE telling her that no longer would
childbirth be easy as it was in the garden, that she and all women after her
would have much
pain during child bearing and
furthermore that she would have an overwhelming desire to control her husband like she did in the Garden, but it would be in
futility, because he would rule over her and
this intense desire will cause conflict and stress in their home.[27]
Finally he
cursed ADAM saying that no longer would food
spontaneously come forth from the soil as it did in the garden. He would now have to work by the sweat of his brow pulling up thorns, thistles and weeds that steal the
strength from his plants. His life now would
become a struggle just to provide
food and the necessities for his family.[28]
Banished
The
Father made a Blood Covenant with Adam and
Eve to be their God. He sacrificed animals, shedding their blood;
putting clothes made of animal skins on Adam and Eve. Evie would now become the mother of all that
ever lives and breathes; that would be you and me. Then IN
LOVE God banished them from His Garden, moving them down and out through the secret passage
under the waterfall and commanded His living creature with a flaming laser sabra to
guard the secret entrance; to prevent Adam and Eve and any of their children
from ever entering the Garden again and eating fruit from the TREE OF LIFE. If
they did, then they would then live forever
in SIN separated
from God forever.
Yes it was LOVE that banished them from
the Garden. The Father had already put
into effect “THE WAY” back to the Tree of Life through His son Jesus Christ,
the Messiah. When Adam and Eve and their descendants that
loved God died, they went to a place called PARADISE. After the death of Jesus on the cross, He went
to them and for three days taught them the good news of the Gospel message, “The Way” that would redeem them; set them free and
then He took ALL of them to heaven to live with Him forever.[29]
Scholars believe that the tree of
knowledge of good and evil was just an ordinary tree planted for the purpose of
testing Adam. By eating of the tree,
Adam did not receive universal
knowledge, but received experiential knowledge;
he experienced the knowledge of right and wrong. The omniscient (all knowing) God already knew Adam would fail. “The universal law of sin and death” had
already been put into effect. “If you sin you
will die”.
It is widely thought that during the flood
of Noah, that the waters of the deep destroyed the garden so that no trace of
it has ever been found.[30] Oddly enough, almost every culture has a
legend about a place of paradise, where no one ages, evil does not exist and
the living is good.
Except for Satellite mapping technology
showing possible river beds, no trace of the Garden has ever been found. Today we have the phenomena known as the “Fertile
Crescent” which helps validate the existence of the garden and is
certainly a topic that is worth studying.
NOTE: The Fertile
Crescent is the center of the “Indiana Jones” movie series.
Genesis 3:20-24 – Adam and Evie are
banished from the Garden
20 then the
man—Adam—named his wife EVE, because she
WOULD BE THE MOTHER OF ALL WHO LIVE.
21 And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. (A blood
covenant.)
22 Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us,
knowing both good and evil.
WHAT IF THEY REACH OUT, TAKE
FRUIT
FROM THE TREE OF LIFE, AND EAT IT?
THEN THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER!”
(In sin and separated from God)
23 LORD
God banished
them from the Garden of Eden, he sent Adam out to cultivate the
ground from which he had been made.
24 After sending
them out, the LORD God stationed
mighty cherubim to the east of the
Garden of Eden. And he placed a
flaming sword that flashed back and
forth
to guard THE WAY to the TREE OF LIFE.
(Jesus Christ
is THE WAY, the Truth and the Life.) [31]
Life
Begins Anew
Adam and Evie had two boys and told them stories about the Garden of Eden and taught
them all the things that the Father had instructed them, including the
faithfulness to worship and give sacrifices of thanksgiving to the Father.
The
name Eve means “Life” and Cain means “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man”
concluding that Adam and Eve had repented before the Lord of their SINS and
worshipped Him. Abel means “breath” or “fading away” as his life was
brief; it was cut short.
Cain was a farmer and raised produce from the soil and Abel was a shepherd and raised
livestock; this was a perfect fit as
they could share the results of their labors and help each other. NOTE: Just because parents love God, it does not automatically
translate into their children loving God also.
Abel
by FAITH embraced the teachings of the Father, but
Cain and his children rejected the teachings. Cain gets angry and kills his brother Abel
because Abel’s faith had found favor with God. Along with Eve’s blessing of having
children came the torments, sufferings and anxiety of having a wicked son who
would reject God and wind up killing his own brother.
Sin brings Jealousy, anger, murder, lying, wickedness, corruption,
rebellion & judgment.
NOTE: Both boys received the same teachings of
God; both had FREE
WILL and made their own choices
to accept or reject the teachings; we have those same FREE WILL choices today.
About
100 years passed and then the Father
God gave Evie another child to replace Abel who loved and served the Lord. His name was Seth and he faithfully followed the
teachings of the Father. Seth
means “to
appoint” or “to establish” and it was through the seed of Seth
that the ancestry of Jesus Christ would be established. Noah was a descendent of Seth and was faithful to God. Cain’s descendants, the Kenites ALL perished
in the flood of Noah. (Kenites and Canaanite’s are not the
same.)
Abel & Seth’s Faith came by HEARING and DOING the Word of God.
Genesis 4:1-2 – Eve gives birth to TWINS; Cain and Abel
1 Now Adam
knew Eve his wife, and
SHE
CONCEIVED AND BORE CAIN, saying, “I have gotten a
man with the help of the LORD.”
2 and
AGAIN, SHE BORE HIS BROTHER ABEL. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a
worker of the ground. 1 Now Adam
had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave
birth to Cain, she said,
“WITH THE LORD’S
HELP, I HAVE PRODUCED A MAN!”
ESV
Sidebar
The Book says that the day that you eat of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, you will DIE! [32] Adam and Eve did not die THE DAY they ate of the fruit of the Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil like the scriptures says; so is the Book wrong?
God said that a day to Him was like a thousand years
and a thousand years was but a day. Methuselah was the oldest recorded man in the Book, and lived to a ripe old age of 969
years which to God was still less than one of His days.[33] So Adam and Eve DID DIE in less than one of God’s days and for sure, they were spiritually
separated from God that very moment; that very same day.
Remember although they were mortal; able to die, the Father had made them to
live forever in the Garden, because they were sinless.
The same FREE WILL that causes you to sin and be SEPARATED from God is the same FREE WILL that will give you the
opportunity to choose “THE WAY” back
to the TREE OF LIFE.[34]
2 Peter 3:8 – A day is like a thousand
years to God
8 But forget not this one thing,
beloved, that one
day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (ASV)
The Take Away
As a teenager, I would often
say that “GIRLS MAKE THE WORLD GO
ROUND”. Guys wouldn’t bother to do a thing if it
wasn’t for girls. The following thoughts
I am going to present are not mine, but are what the Book
presents, so get ready to get upset with God; not with me.
GOD
WARNED US when
He said; The
Woman will desire to rule over the Man.
Eve represents WOMEN’S impulsiveness
and Adam represents MANS’ inclination to follow the wife’s lead. Did you see it? Women have power over men to turn their heads
in the direction that they want them to go; this power is a responsibility
not to be taken lightly, as you are accountable to God for your actions.
Throughout the Book, the Hebrews were
warned to NOT marry foreign women because they had the
power to turn
the hearts of their husbands to
worship other gods.[35] The Apostle
Paul recognizing the responsibilities of a family and the DISTRACTION and
power of a beautiful woman, said
that for the sake of spreading the Gospel that he recommended that disciples
should STAY
SINGLE.[36]
King Balak offered the
Prophet Balaam a bunch of money to put a curse on the Hebrews, but God
prevented him from doing it. So to get
the money Balaam spelled out a plan for the Moabites and the Midianites to prostitute their beautiful daughters to the Hebrews; to invite them into their homes and
indulge in their new strange foods with potions offered to idols and after a
while they will fall
in love with them and want to marry them.
But then withdraw the daughters and the Hebrews will follow after them; BUT they cannot have them as wives
unless they reject the one God known only to the nation of Israel and accept
the gods that are known by many nations.
THE
PLAN WORKED and Balaam got his money without cursing the Hebrews; but
later was killed. What profits a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his
own life?[37]
I include Balaam’s LONG CON game as
the scriptures report. Josephus
the Jewish Historian who lived in the time of Jesus explains how Balaam tricked
the Hebrews into SIN using WOMEN to turn their heads. I encourage you to read his account below.
Josephus – 6:129 – Balaam
uses foreign women to cause SIN
6:129b Do you
therefore set out the handsomest of such of your daughters as are most eminent for
beauty, and proper to force and conquer the modesty of those that
behold them, and these decked and trimmed to the highest degree you are
able. Then do you send them to be near
the Israelite’s camp and give them in charge, that when the young men of the Hebrews desire
their company, they allow it them.
6:130 and when they
see that they are enamored of them, let them take their leaves;
and if they entreat them to stay, let them not give their consent till they
have persuaded them to leave off their obedience to their own laws and the worship of that God who established them, and to worship the gods
of the Midianites and Moabites; FOR
BY THIS MEANS GOD WILL BE ANGRY AT THEM.
Josephus 13:22 – Balaam lost his life because of greed
22 In addition to those slain
in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.
1 Timothy
2:13-15 – The Woman was deceived & Man followed
13 For God made Adam first, and
afterward he made Eve.
14 And it was not Adam who was
deceived by Satan.
The woman was deceived, and sin was the
result.
15 But women will
be saved through childbearing, assuming they continue to live in faith, love,
holiness, and modesty.
(NLT)
Genesis 3:16b – God warns Women will
desire control of Men
16 …. And YOU WILL DESIRE TO CONTROL YOUR HUSBAND, but he will
rule over you.”
(NLT)
2 Corinthians 11:3 – WARNING; don’t be led astray like EVE
3 But I fear that somehow your pure
and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
(NLT)
More Take
Away
Adam and Eve were not only EQUAL partners as husband and wife, they were
also EQUAL partners in SIN. Evie in her innocence experienced things that
gives us examples of the treachery and the cunningness of Satan. Her Ego caused her to long to be equal
with God, then her curiosity about the fruit changed to desire.
First Evie should have called her husband when the
Serpent first started talking with her; the husband is over the family, just as
God is over him.
Second she had only one commandment, “Do not eat of
the tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil”. The Father told them both that this tree was
something they should know about, but was to be avoided. You cannot take hot coals to your chest and
not get burned. You cannot flirt with
sin without being scared. Like the tree,
Sin
is something that should NOT even be looked at, played
around with, sat under,
climbed on or
even though about. That’s just
flirting with SIN;
avoid all appearances of Evil. JUST SAY NO [38]
Eve’s ego thought the tree would give her wisdom, but the Book
says the beginning of Wisdom is reverence; obedience
to God. When we put the Word of God in our heart, we
will not sin against Him.[39] The
world exalts pride
in our achievements and possessions; encourages a craving for
physical
pleasure, a craving for everything we see. But these are not from the Father, but are
from Satan, the ruler of this world. [40]
It’s in the Book
So humble yourselves before God, resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.
Paul wrote to the church at Corinth
warning them of the danger of being led away from the Simplicity of the Gospel, tricked by the Cunningness of Satan. Paul said; “so you see how it is: In my mind I
really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to
sin. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! THE ANSWER IS IN JESUS CHRIST
OUR LORD”. [41]
EVE was TEMPTED by Satan, HUMBLED by sin and REDEEMED by the Father.
Proverbs 9:10 – OBEDIENCE to the Lord is the
beginning of Wisdom
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge
of the Holy One is understanding.
(NIV2011)
[1] Genesis 2:6 – Underground streams provided natural irrigation.
[2] Genesis 2:8 – The Garden
was created in the East of Eden -- Genesis
[3] Genesis 2:10 – A river
flowed & separated into Four rivers -- Genesis
2:11-14 – Divides into Pishon, Gihon, Tigris & Euphrates
[4] Ezekiel 28:14-15 – Satan
was protector of earth till he rebelled --
[5] Genesis 2:8 – The Garden
already existed in the land of Eden. --
[6] Ezekiel 28:16 – Satan was driven
out of the Garden of God
[7] Genesis
[8] Ezekiel 28:12-13 – Satan
was in the Garden of God Philippians 3:13-14 – Don’t SIN & miss the MARK of God’s calling
[9] Genesis 2:19-20 – Adam was
given authority over every living thing -- Genesis 1:26 – God gives Adam
dominion over all the earth; Fish Birds, Cattle, worms and mosquitoes
[10] Hebrews 2:6-8 – Adam was
made a little lower than the angels
[11] Genesis 2:7 – God made
Adam out of dirt.
[12] Genesis 2:18 – It is not good for man to be alone -- Genesis 2:21-23 – Adam was made complete with
Eve
[13] Genius 2:12 – Gold,
aromatic resin, Onyx was just laying around
[14] Ezekiel 28:13 – The place
was loaded with precious stones; ruby, topaz and emerald, chrysolite, onyx and
jasper, sapphire, turquoise and beryl --
Genius 2:12 – Gold, aromatic resin, Onyx was just laying around
[15] Genius 2:25 – Adam and
Eve didn’t wear any clothes, the temperature was just right.
[16] Genius 2:15 – Adam’ job
was to tend the garden -- Genius 2:12 – Gold, aromatic resin, Onyx was just
laying around
[17] Genesis 2:9 – All kinds
of trees were growing: Two were very special
[18] Genesis 2:16-17 – The Tree of knowledge will KILL YOU
[19] James 4:7 – JUST SAY NO and Satan will
flee from you
[20] Genesis
[21] Genesis 3:1-3 – Did God really say not to eat the fruit?
[22] Genesis 3:4-5 – You won’t die, you will
become a god just like Father
[23] Genesis 3:6– Eve’s FIRST SIN – Disobeyed – She ate the Fruit -- Romans 1:18-32 –
Eve’s SECOND SIN –
She gave some to Adam causing him to sin
[24] Romans 6:23 – The wages of Sin is death and eternal separation from God
[25] Ephesians 2:3 – All of us became the children of His wrath
[26] Genesis 3:14-15 – God curses the Serpent
[27] Genesis 3:16 – God curses Eve and all women after her
[28]
Genesis 3:17-19 – God curses Adam and all men after him
[29] 1 Peter
[30] Genesis 8:2 - The underground waters stopped flowing, and the
torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
[31] John 14:6 – I am the way,
the truth and the life; no once comes to the Father except through me
[32] Genesis
2:17 – The Day you eat from the tree you will surely die
[33] Psalm 90:4 – To God a
thousand years are brief as a few hours -- Genesis
5:27 – Methuselah lived 969 years, but less than one of God’s days
[34] John 14:6 – Jesus is THE WAY back to the Tree of
Life
-- Revelation 22:14 – We will eat the
fruit from the Tree of Life in Heaven
[35] Nehemiah 13:27 – Command: Be obedient; do not marry foreign wives
-- Ezra 10:11 – Separate yourselves
from Foreign Wives
[36] 1 Corinthians 7:6-9 – For sake of preaching the Gospel, it is better not
to marry
[37] 2 Peter
[38] 1 Thessalonians 5:22 – Avoid anything that look like Evil -- Proverbs
6:27 – You can’t FLIRT with sin and not get
burned
[39] Psalm 119:11 – Put the word of God in your heart; not sin
[40] 1 John 2:16 – Cravings, Lustfulness, boasting comes from world
[41] Romans 7:24-25 – Jesus Christ will free us from a life of sin
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