Adam & Eve became aware of the fallen rebellious realm of the serpent dragon... and, knowing of the fallen realm, Eve followed after the serpent's advice (being deceived), and Adam followed Eve (not being deceived but wanting not to lose Eve), "Adam < Eve < Nachash"
The book of Genesis is a wonderful book full of hidden meanings within the accounts. The Garden of Eden Story is God's rest, righteousness. Man can only be created righteous by God, through faith. We receive God's Holy Spirit through baptism and become holy temples.
Great video. I learned this several years ago through God's spoken word. As I was reading in the NY, suddenly the Spirit spoke and said, the Tree of Life is Jesus, the Tree of Knowledge is the Law, and the Tower of Babylon represents all those people who try to attain heaven through their own efforts, including many Christians.
That is the meaning of the expression "in the day that you eat of it, you will certainly die" - they became enslaved to sin, losing the human nature for the beast nature (that is to not be motivated by love and faith as they had been - made in the image of God; but taken captive by fear and uncertainty, relying upon their intellect because their confusion about God made it impractical for them to rely upon Him). This is why there is the expression in John 5:24 and 1 John 3:14, of having passed "from death into life".
This is a pretty heavy subject. However, from what I understand, God made man's body, then breathed life into his nostrils and he became a living soul. This is the only creature that becomes a living soul.
I have no scripture to back it up, but, God only says that it is appointed unto men once to die. He doesn't say animals. So, it's a little curiosity that I have that maybe animals are recycled over and over.... But, no proof.
This is not a reference to the animals. They have a body and a soul. Adam and Eve had a body - soul & spirit. Genesis 2:7 "Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." The domesticated animals were different then the wild animals. This is why Noah saved them on the Ark. There are experts at the university of Jerusalem that study the domestication of ancient plants and animals in the Middle East.
Thank you for expanding on this! .. it isn't so clear what you are saying though, it is as though you are suggesting that Genesis 7:15 is not saying that the "two of all flesh" that went aboard the ark were ones "which in is the breath of life". On the most obvious reading, it does appear to be saying exactly that the animals going aboard the ark had the breath of life in them. If you are presenting a different view, then you would need to offer a sufficient explanation to understand how this apparent reading of Genesis 7:15 is not the most accurate rendering (and it would help if you can show an example from a translation that agrees with you that the two of each flesh going on the ark did not have the breath of life in them).
Strong's Hebrew: 7307. ר֫וּחַ (ruach) — 377 Occurrences --- The word: "Ruach" is used 377 times in the Bible and I do not see where this word is ever used when the Bible is talking about animals. Genesis 7:22 "22 Of all that had been on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died."
Yes tons of it. I have studied ancient history for over 50 years. Jericho is a city we read about in the Bible and the history there goes back to 9600 BC. Gobrkli Tepe in Turkey goes back 11,000 years. In Northern Africa we find artifacts of sowing needles, fishing hooks and fishing nets that goes back around 43,000 years. This was when man first started to come up out of Africa. The Paleo-Indians in Amerian goes back around 16,500 years. The Clovis culture goes back around 11,500 years. 20,000 years ago they found flour that had been milled from grains. Even though of course they were wild grains at the time. Just about anywhere you go in the world you will find prehistoric archaeology going back 30 to 40,000 years. Weaving and baskets goes back 12,000 years. They have found the oldest milled flour going back around 20 to 30,000 years. We find cave art and little Venus statues going back 38,000 years. So there is just a lot of prehistory to be found.
