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Genesis 2:10 - 2:25
In
the last Letter we learned that God 'formed' a specific man named 'Adam' (eth'
Ha' adham' Gen.2:7-8) for the provision of a bloodline that His Only Begotten Son
would be born of Woman from (Mary), which was to be separate from other bloodlines. This
is why Mary's bloodline genealogy is so emphatic in The Gospel, for she was a Levite
(cousin to Elizabeth a Levite, the mother of John the Baptist). To realize this fact is to
understand His Word which was handed down through His chosen bloodline to all peoples of
all ethnic backgrounds, not solely the Israelites. The Hebrews were selected for the
particular purpose of safeguarding His Word for all of Israel, and for 'all nations' of
the world (Romans 8-11; Ephesians 3; Psalms 105).
If you have been reared in a different environment other
than a Christian background, and hold to other beliefs, then I respect your 'choice', as
long as you realize that each must make their own choice to believe that Christ is God, or
not, and the choice made by others needs be respected also. There is no reason for racial
or religious tension, for God loves all of His children, wishes for all to 'return' unto
Him, and is well pleased with the way He made His creation (Gen.1:31). Only those who use
Satan's principles of 'divide and conquer' wish for racial and religious tension to remain
(I'm not preaching 'one-worldism' either). When any of Jehovah's children come to Him
through His Son Jesus Christ, believing on The Christ as Savior, then regardless of your
race or nationality, you are considered one of the 'sons of God' (see John 1:12; Romans
8:14; Phill.2:15; 1 John 3:1-2). Thus, we each have a personal responsibility to God in
making a decision either to be for Him, or against. If you believe in things that you have
not bothered to 'check out' for yourself, then you're letting other men make your choice
for you. No man, Church system, or organization can get you into Heaven. Cease from man's
systems and ideals and listen to our Father Jehovah, The God of Abraham, The God of Isaac,
and The God of Jacob, The 'I AM'. Study God's Word for yourself so God will 'approve' of
your claim of calling yourself a 'Christian'.
Many of my Christian brethren have a hard time with
this teaching of the 'eth'Ha'adham' and the 'adam' being two different
Adams. No matter, because many people believe that Easter is part of God's Word also,
since it's in the King James Version in Acts 12. But, it is not in the original New
Testament Greek manuscripts. That word 'Easter' in Acts 12 was added by the King
James Translators, for that word is the Greek word 'pascha' in the manuscripts,
meaning 'Passover'. Some later Bible translations even correct this error, but
still make errors in places where the King James Version is 'right on' the nail.
It seems that many people are naturally lazy when it comes
to checking out God's Word taught by some man with a bunch of worldly credentials. God
warned us all throughout His Word that these 'false prophets' would be doing this very
thing, especially towards the end (see Ezekiel 13; Matthew 7:15; 16:6-11; Mark 12:38-40;
Col.2:8; Luke 21). Well who's at fault? False teachers of God's Word are the main fault,
because they are responsible for preparing the True Word in their congregation's hearts
and minds, not on their lips (see Isaiah 29:13; Matt.5:17-20, 15). Past this, we each are
responsible unto God for getting into the Scriptures ourselves. It's kind of like an
unjust town official or governor. If enough people in that town know what righteousness
truly is, then they'll know whether that town official should represent them or not, and
get that individual out of office if needs be. Likewise, in God's Church, there should be
discipline also. But if the congregation is ignorant of God's Word, then they're open to
all sorts of abominations of idol worship, i.e., man's doctrines replacing God's Truth.
One example is those who teach that Easter is the day
Christians should observe as representing Christ's resurrection, based on handed down
traditions and that one occurrence of the word 'Easter' in Acts. Anyone with
common sense should see a problem with this if they have read and understood The Gospel
for themselves, meaning on what time observance The Last Supper and crucifixion was held
(The Feast of Passover). The point I'm trying to make is that in many Churches
today, the congregation would boot out someone teaching God's Word full strength. Many do
not understand that the Kenites (Hebrew for 'sons of Cain') have taken over many Church
organization headquarters, and determine how and what doctrines are taught to the
congregations at the lowest levels within that group. "Well, can you document that in
God's Word?" Sure; that's what I'm doing with this Web site. It is not that difficult
to expel many false doctrines taught in various Churches today, if you study God's Word
and are familiar with the manuscripts. How many Churches could disprove these teachings
from God's Word using a Strong's Concordance, the Hebrew Massorah notes in the
oldest Hebrew manuscripts, and even the Greek manuscripts. How many Churches teach with
knowledge of the manuscripts? Especially, how many Churches would these teachings be
accepted in today? Very few. Why? Because many Churches have gotten away from God's Truth,
and are teaching 'doctrines of men', traditions handed down from who knows where, that are
not in God's Word.
I'm not against God's Church, which is the Body of
Christ's believers. If you're in a good Bible teaching Church which reveals the deeper
Word, hang on to them; support it.
Let's consider this creation account of 'adam' in
Gen.1 compared to the forming of 'eth' Ha' adham' in Gen.2 some more. The main
point I wish to impress upon your reasoning is that this 'eth' Ha' adham' (the
man named 'Adam') was 'formed' separate of the 'created' 'adam'
(general mankind) of Gen.1:26. This man named 'Adam', or 'eth' Ha'adham' in
the Hebrew, had a separate 'forming' and dwelling for example, in the Garden of
God or Eden (see Gen.2:8-17). The dwelling of the various races ('adam' without
the article in the Hebrew) was outside Eden, or beyond God's paradise. This teaching is in
line with Gen.4:16-17, where "...Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and
dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden." (Gen.4:16). It is safe to assume
that the 'land of Nod' was where Cain took his wife from, as stated in Gen.4:17.
It is written in Gen.5:4 that the man 'Adam' begat 'sons'
which is the word 'ben' in the Hebrew, meaning 'son or grandson,
great-grandson, etc.', and he also begat 'daughters' after Seth. There have
been many arguments over these other 'sons' and 'daughters' of the man 'Adam' (eth'
Ha' adham) being those who populated the 'land of Nod', and from whom Cain also took
his wife. If our Heavenly Father had given us the blood lineage in years of Cain's
posterity in Gen.4, as we have for 'Adam' in Genesis 5, or the bloodline heritage of
Cain's wife, then this riddle would easily be solved. It's almost like God purposefully
left out a piece of the puzzle for some reason..., for this is like tripping over a step
(remember the big step between Gen.1:1 and Gen.1:2?). That's exactly the
reason for this puzzle of Cain's wife. God is trying to get us to think and observe at
this point. Did you notice that Cain, who we all assume was the first son of the man
'Adam' (eth' Ha' adham), is not listed in 'THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM'
there in Gen.5? Well, we have Cain's lineage at the end of Gen.4, but it's separate from
Adam's (eth'Ha'adham) in Gen.5. Wonder why? Hold that thought, we're going to get
to the bottom of this soon. Abel is not listed in Gen.5 because he was 'murdered' by Cain,
and didn't have a chance for offspring (see Gen.3:10 about 'thy brother's blood').
The last Letter on Genesis left off at the subject of
'trees' in God's Word. 'The Tree of Life' in Gen.2:9 is Jesus Christ, The Bread
of Life (see John 6). This other 'tree', the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil'
is Satan himself. If you took time to research the Bible verses listed at the end of my
last Letter, then you should have a fair idea of how a 'tree' is used as a symbol for
Christ, and Satan, and people in God's Word. These two particular trees stated above were
both in Eden, in God's paradise where He placed 'the Adam' ('eth' Ha' adham'). We
now continue with more information about this Garden of Eden with Gen.2:10. We ask a word
of Wisdom from our Father in Christ's Name, Amen.
Gen.2:10 And a river went out
of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and
became into four heads.
There's more to this 'river' here. It has a
spiritual meaning also. Remember that the word 'Eden' means 'to live voluptuously', 'a
pleasure'? (from 'adan' Strong's no.5727) If you can receive it, this is
where God dwelt on earth, in 'paradise' (used for Eden in the Greek). It means heaven, for
heaven is wherever God is. We'll discover later in Gen.3:8 that the 'sound
(voice) of the Lord God walked in the garden in the cool of the day'. If you've
done your homework in Ezekiel 39 through the end, and read Rev.21 & 22, you have
another description of God's return to this old earth, but an earth that will be
'renewed', or cleansed. There is a reference to a 'river' originating from God in Rev.22.
Let's turn there.
Rev 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of
water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and
of the Lamb.
Back in Rev.21 the 'city' that John saw
descended down from God, to where? To earth, for that is where Christ is returning to, and
will rule with His elect for a thousand years (Rev.20:4; Zech.14). At the end of God's
thousand year Millennium reign, this old earth will be put back anew, the way God intended
it to be established before Satan rebelled in that first earth age, and the cause for its
ruin today in this second earth age. God created this earth to be inhabited (Isaiah
45:18). You'll also find at the first of Isaiah 54 that our Father shall be known in the
eternity as "...The Holy One of Israel, The God of the whole earth shall He be
called." (Isa.54:5). Those few verses haven't happened yet in the eternity
sense, as His 'gathering' of His 'bride', His People, also described there hasn't happened
yet. This is to let us know that this earth is not going anywhere in the future, and is
never going to be destroyed. Let's continue further in Rev.22:
Rev.22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on
either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare
twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the
leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
We just read about 'The Tree of Life' back in this same
Chapter of Genesis (Gen.2:9). That 'Tree of Life' is a symbol for Jesus Christ The Bread
of Life. Sounds like God's eternity and this description of the Garden of Eden are similar
doesn't it? How about one more reference before we move on:
Ezek 36:33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; 'In the day that I
shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you
to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the
sight of all that passed by.
35 And they shall say, 'This land that was desolate is become like the
garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and
are inhabited.'
I know this verse here is not a direct statement like,
'This land that was desolate WILL DEFINITELY become THE garden of Eden again...', but
being too literal, missing God's metaphors and symbols in His Word is to miss the deeper
spiritual messages that are part of 'eyes to see, and ears to hear'. I mean that
in the sense that many misunderstandings of God's Word come from those who take the parts
of The Word that are metaphor, and teach them as 'literal', and the literal parts, such as
God coming down from heaven back to earth and setting up the third and last earth age, the
literalist thinks is metaphor. An example would be man's wrong interpretation of the
killing with 'the beasts of the earth' in Rev.6:8 as wild animals attacking
people all over the world in the end time. Some people actually believe this. No wonder
many are easily fooled into believing that their going to be 'raptured' out of here before
Satan comes. We are told in the Book of Daniel that Satan will come in peacefully and
prosperously. The 'beasts' of Revelation is a metaphor for the Kenite systems
controlling people's minds in the end time (the 'beast' is a political system, i.e., the
'New World Order'), and for that matter, much of the symbols in Revelation are metaphor or
symbols. Many use a 'literal' understanding because they have a difficult time thinking in
the 'Spirit', and rely on the flesh understanding; too much listening to traditions. The
Holy Spirit reveals these deeper messages to those who are sincere with God's Truth, and
not to those who rely on others for interpretation by the flesh mind.
The last Chapter of Ezekiel tells us the Name of that
Holy City, the New Jerusalem; it is 'Jehovah Shammah' in the Hebrew,
which translates to English: 'The LORD is there'. What a powerful and
blessed thought. So I hope you get the idea that God was here in the Garden of Eden with
'the Adam', that is to say, the 'eth' Ha'adham'. We continue with these
'branches' of 'a River out of Eden'.
Gen 2:11 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.
Again, these four rivers around Eden are fed from the
'river' back in Genesis 2:10, a River that proceeds out of the Throne of God and
The Lamb. This is a spiritual message from our Father, that all goodness and righteousness
flows from Him, and He represents the flowing waters that give 'everlasting' Life. It is
this 'River of Life' from God that Jesus was teaching the Samaritan woman at the well
about (see John 4).
Gen 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' is the 'eth' Ha' adham',
the man Adam, that was placed in the garden of Eden to keep it.
Gen 2:16 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."
Again, this 'tree of the knowledge of good and
evil' is Satan because Satan was created good, but became evil. Adam and Eve did not
die immediately after they ate from this 'tree'. However, you will notice that Adam did
not live past one thousand years, or no man in the flesh for that matter. Do you remember
what a 'day' to God is equal to? (see II Peter 3).
Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, "It is not
good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."
If you remember back in Gen.1:27, God 'created'
'adam' (general mankind, or the races) 'male' and 'female', at
the same time. But here in Gen.2:18, this 'eth' Ha'adham' has no female with him.
Hold that thought.
Gen 2:19 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.
Did you notice the distinction of this 'forming'
every beast, after this Adam was placed in the Garden? I thought that God 'created'
all the beasts of the field back in Genesis Chapter 1? There are two possible ways to look
at this: (1) The creation of 'adam', or general mankind was on God's sixth day,
and this 'eth' Ha'adham' 'forming' is on God's eighth day, which would
mean that Genesis 1 through Genesis 2 would flow in a chronological order, and these
'beasts' and 'fowl' are animals 'formed' to help Adam with tilling the soil. Or:...
(2) Both the 'adam' or various races of mankind, and the specific 'eth'
Ha'adham' were created and formed on God's sixth day, but the specific Adam had a
different dwelling, that is, in the Garden of Eden, with domestic type animals, etc.,
while the other 'adam' or races dwelt outside of Eden, i.e., the land of Nod,
and were given the food and wild game of the 'field'. (The word "man" in Genesis
1:27 is also 'eth'Ha'adham' in the Manuscripts, referring
to 'the man Adam' along with the
Sixth day creation. Thus The Word leads me to hold to the 2nd choice, of God's Sixth day
creation of both mankind (races), and 'the man Adam' placed in God's Garden. And that,
even though I can also see Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 flowing in chronological order. Each
should decide this for themselves, as it is not the most important Message our Lord wants
us to grasp within these first Genesis Chapters.
There's another pointer to this separation between
'mankind' (races) and 'the man Adam', with the different aspects of Jacob and Esau's
lifestyles given starting in Gen.25:26. It is written there that Esau was 'a cunning
hunter, a man of the field', but 'Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents'.
Though Jacob and Esau were both born of Isaac, they each symbolize the two different
abodes, and 'two manner of peoples' as stated by God back in Gen.25:23.
Again, God was well pleased with all of His children in
the way He created them, so the bloodline of 'eth'Ha'adham' was for Christ's
Mission as Savior in the flesh, and nothing else should be read into this.
For this reason, I feel there is a deeper message hidden within
this description between the different 'adams', one (eth'Ha'adham) being
specifically placed in God's Garden of Eden, where also the Tree of Life (Jesus
Christ) and 'the tree of knowledge of good and evil' (Satan) dwelt. Genesis
parallels Revelation on many of these matters, as the Tree of Life is mentioned
there again in God's Eternity (see Rev.21-22). The important thing, is to note that God
placed a separate lineage, the 'eth'Ha'adham', in His Paradise for a certain
reason, to provide the 'Seed' of the 'woman', the bloodline of Jesus
Christ (see Gen.3:15).
Gen 2:21 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.
If you'll count the number of ribs that a man has, and that of a
woman, you'll find that both have the same number. So what really is this word 'rib'
that the King James translators chose? It is 'tsela' in the Hebrew, and it
is from the root 'tsala', which means 'to curve' (Strong's 6760 and
6763). Have you ever heard of the curve of the DNA helix? Well according to the chromosome
configuration from the DNA, that is what determines whether the child born is male or
female. Am I saying that whether one is born male or female is a chance or odds type of
event? No. I'll leave that to God Who designed and made DNA that science discovered, and
didn't create.
Gen 2:23 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.
God created woman in order to allow all souls to pass
through this flesh one time, deciding whether they will follow God, or Satan (see Hebrews
9:27; Judges 2 & 3). This specific woman (Eve) would be called 'the mother of all
living', and not because she was the first woman, because there were other 'females'
created on the sixth day outside of God's Garden of Eden (remember the land of Nod?). Eve
was called thus because through her womb would be the specific bloodline that Jesus Christ
would be born from, allowing God's Plan of Salvation to take place, giving the opportunity
for all that believe on His Son Jesus Christ to have Life everlasting and eternal. This is
why Paul called Jesus the 'last Adam' in I Cor.15, showing God's main purpose for
that bloodline of 'eth' Ha'adham'.
This is why the institution of marriage that God set
up is sacred and holy. So naturally Satan wishes to destroy this bond between a husband
and wife, man and woman, with evil doctrines such as homosexuality, lesbianism,
bestiality, etc. The court systems in many lands make it all too easy for getting a
divorce, when God gave us specific conditions that must be met for divorce in a marriage.
Gen 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed.
At this stage, there was no sin. Sin is Death (note
the capital on Death). Death is another name for the devil, Satan (see Hebrews 2:14;
Rev.6:8; 20:14, I Cor.15:54). As Satan's rebellion was the cause of darkness and 'death',
and the method of death of the flesh he has been given control over, this was also the
method that God used against Lucifer, by Jesus Christ claiming the victory over Death for
us, on the cross. There was no 'death' in that first earth age when Lucifer was 'perfect
in his ways' (see Ezekiel 28), as there will be no more 'death' after this second earth
age is ended and God's eternity, the third earth age is set up everlasting.
I hope you enjoyed this study in Genesis 2. We'll continue
next time with the sin that Adam and Eve partook of in the garden of Eve, beginning the
3rd Chapter of Genesis.
Peace unto you in Christ Jesus,
Dave Ramey.
Footnotes:
All references to "(Strong's nos.)" are from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance,
PC Study Bible, Biblesoft, 1993-1996.
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