"And I will cause hostility between you and the
woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your
head, and he will strike your heel." Gen. 3:15 NLT (New Living Translation)
Now I just picked up this new translation, and am enjoying it very much. I have a Kingdom Interlinear (printed by WT for years) The brothers working on the NWT did altar many scriptures to murder the oneness of the spirit between adopted Christians and Father and Christ, so I don't use that one much as I once did when I had full faith....(some another time).
Just on that one scripture alone, millions of words of interpretive commentary have been written down since it was uttered by God; whether it was the Father, or Christ...the Word, whomever. I will say what I think about that, too.
Adam and Eve were created upright, as the scriptures say, but 'man plans out a way, and death is before it', as is also stated in scripture. This, friends, is what seems to be a fact throughout scripture also; God's creatures are curious, creators themselves, imaginative, spontaneous at times, and also sometimes unpredictable. I believe this scripture here, shows some unstated truth;
Man was bound to fail the tree-test.
Eph. 1:4 "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding."
This revelation, that all that Christ became for mankind, and especially for those God chooses to come heavenward to become a protective government and priesthood for the human race, turned the lights on for me as regards Eden.
For one, it shows God is merciful, like one of you commented; it appears God extended the 'in the day you eat of it, you will positively die', either, forgiving here , and allowing them to reconsider many things, and learn from their error. Also, Father Jehovah's wisdom can be shown by what he 'causes to occur' afterward; His great love, mercy, and wisdom.
Also, Eve learned, and outgrew the problems she was having (next up), and Adam, too, by eating the fruit, sympathized and sacrificed his life because of his great love for his wife, submitting to join her in death, rather than let her walk that way alone.
The Problem; the 'Solution'
It can be noted, in the sentencing stage, what Eve's unique problem was. (Like I said, here is where I stretch MY imagination, so I will preface this essay with a big IMO!)
"Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you." Gen. 3:16
To me, this showed where Eve was understandably young, and afraid of having relations with Adam. She saw animals being born, and the labor pains. She may have not even had sexual relations yet with Adam, due to fear of the whole edict; "Be fruitful, and become many, and fill the earth."
So....she pondered, worried, agonized, and all the while, someone was nagging her about...you know...'the thing common to men'....She really was having a hard time growing to 'love' this man, don't you imagine? Don't you think this pressure had everything to do with her weakness at the moment Satan approached her? May she was sitting right in front of the tree at the time he tempted her, pondering over what to do?
So. The tree, yes that fascinating 'Tree of Knowledge'.......and, 'Oh my, I sure could use some of that!"
Now I just picked up this new translation, and am enjoying it very much. I have a Kingdom Interlinear (printed by WT for years) The brothers working on the NWT did altar many scriptures to murder the oneness of the spirit between adopted Christians and Father and Christ, so I don't use that one much as I once did when I had full faith....(some another time).
Just on that one scripture alone, millions of words of interpretive commentary have been written down since it was uttered by God; whether it was the Father, or Christ...the Word, whomever. I will say what I think about that, too.
Adam and Eve were created upright, as the scriptures say, but 'man plans out a way, and death is before it', as is also stated in scripture. This, friends, is what seems to be a fact throughout scripture also; God's creatures are curious, creators themselves, imaginative, spontaneous at times, and also sometimes unpredictable. I believe this scripture here, shows some unstated truth;
Man was bound to fail the tree-test.
Eph. 1:4 "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding."
This revelation, that all that Christ became for mankind, and especially for those God chooses to come heavenward to become a protective government and priesthood for the human race, turned the lights on for me as regards Eden.
For one, it shows God is merciful, like one of you commented; it appears God extended the 'in the day you eat of it, you will positively die', either, forgiving here , and allowing them to reconsider many things, and learn from their error. Also, Father Jehovah's wisdom can be shown by what he 'causes to occur' afterward; His great love, mercy, and wisdom.
Also, Eve learned, and outgrew the problems she was having (next up), and Adam, too, by eating the fruit, sympathized and sacrificed his life because of his great love for his wife, submitting to join her in death, rather than let her walk that way alone.
The Problem; the 'Solution'
It can be noted, in the sentencing stage, what Eve's unique problem was. (Like I said, here is where I stretch MY imagination, so I will preface this essay with a big IMO!)
"Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you." Gen. 3:16
To me, this showed where Eve was understandably young, and afraid of having relations with Adam. She saw animals being born, and the labor pains. She may have not even had sexual relations yet with Adam, due to fear of the whole edict; "Be fruitful, and become many, and fill the earth."
So....she pondered, worried, agonized, and all the while, someone was nagging her about...you know...'the thing common to men'....She really was having a hard time growing to 'love' this man, don't you imagine? Don't you think this pressure had everything to do with her weakness at the moment Satan approached her? May she was sitting right in front of the tree at the time he tempted her, pondering over what to do?
So. The tree, yes that fascinating 'Tree of Knowledge'.......and, 'Oh my, I sure could use some of that!"
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