eating plants is more consistent with no death before the fall
Humans need to eat and drink and if they don't they'll die. This early dependence upon food, albeit plants, seems to suggest they needed food to survive.
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eating plants is more consistent with no death before the fall
Cuspids are useless for chewing plants.
But I have another angle on the question: God told Adam and Eve they could eat of every plant and herb and fruit, but he did not say explicitly they could eat insects, birds, animals. Does this mean we should be vegetarians, or even vegans?
The verse says God created fish and birds.
1) Gen 1 9-11 has God creating grass and seeds, that doesn't say they came from the sea.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after His kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
I always thought Gen 1 came before Gen 2? Maybe the pages got all mixed up on the way to the printer?
A very poor understanding. The early Hebrews believed in the entire pantheon of the Mid-Eastern gods but regarded El as the chief god and the only one they were permitted to worship. This is known as "henotheism". "Elohim" as plural simply refers to the rest of the gods. From there the Hebrews gradually moved into monotheism.
Humans need to eat and drink and if they don't they'll die. This early dependence upon food, albeit plants, seems to suggest they needed food to survive.
He later said everything was for food.
Not so since we all become vegetarians after Jesus returns. Even Lions and Bears WILL EAT straw. Isa 11:7
Since it doesn't explicitly say that Adam and Eve were immortal before the Fall, I have to consider the evidence that is made available, and ask myself
Why was there are Tree of Life in the Garden?
... if they were immortal, they didn't need it...
... when they sinned, God quickly made sure they could not get at it.
... i.e. there was no point in its presence in the Garden if they were originally immortal.
SkyWriting said: ↑
He later said everything was for food.
So, I'm pretty sure He still did say all things are for food.
Genesis 9:2-3
2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.
3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
I don't follow the theology of people who called for the crucifixion of Jesus. I love them and know that they will accept Jesus when He returns, but I do not follow their theology. Elohim is a Plural word showing the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. YHWH is the name of Jesus in the O.T. It's a singular word and correctly identifies Jesus as creating His kind, temporal kinds, like men, who MUST be born again by God the Trinity in order to enter Heaven, accoring to Jesus, their Creator. God Bless you
Not so, since the Holy Spirit is speaking of FUTURE events in Gen 1:28-31. They has NEVER been a time in the past when Humans (Adam) were given dominion over viruses mosquitoes or Angels since it PROPHECY of events which happen at the end of the present 6th Creative Day/Age. Neither has EVERY creature been changed into Vegetarians Gen 1:30 which happens during the millennial reign of Christ. Isa 11:7
The Tree of Life provides what is needed to be immortal. They were in the gardenThank you Sky. In other words they were not immortal before they disobeyed/did not believe God.
SkyWriting said: ↑
He later said everything was for food.
So, I'm pretty sure He still did say all things are for food.
Genesis 9:2-3
2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.
3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
Using the logic that Elohim represents the trinity because it's plural and then Yahweh represent Jesus because it's singular is flawed. Elohim is the majestic plural and it is used for respect not to indicate more than one. if Elohim is literally "gods" it is best translated as "God" (uppercase 'G') as in English we don't show respect through plurals but their capitalization. I know Jesus identified himself as "I am" uniquely placing him in the context of the name Yahweh but I see scripture pointing to Yahweh as the one true God and not specifically the 2nd person of the Trinity. The OT is written in monotheistic language and it would be irresponsible to interpret these words as revealing the trinity.
not sure what you're getting at here as it has nothing to do with my comment.