Eve being created out of the bone of Adam shows something, everything created in 6 days and God resting on the 7 shows something, but I think we missed the point when all we can see is the literal surface meaning.
Yes! You make my point entirely. Reading Genesis Ch.2 as purely historical narrative leads to over simplified interpretation of what is in the text, and the tendency to completely ignore the author's inspired storyline and the crucial elements of his legend. It is simply not good enough to read the story of the creation of 'man' and 'the fall' as we would read an official historical account of The Attack on Pearl Harbour or the Normandy invasion. With those it is simply a question of accepting that they happened the way the historical account relates, if the accounts are actually 'true'. With reading Genesis Ch.2-5 we are dealing with the work of an author inspired by God to relate to us spiritual truths about the psychological, emotional and spiritual makeup of the human race, here and now. Every element in the story has a reason for being there other than merely being accidentally there because it just 'happened that that way'. The story is so utterly misunderstood that some 'believers' believe things concerning it that are simply
not 'true' and not even contained in the text. Yet they still
insist on believing it.
Take for instance the notion that before 'the fall', Adam and Eve were immortal. The text actually insists that they could not have been. Yet so many YECs insist it must be 'true' because they simply cannot tolerate their carefully constructed theology being called into question, so they resist examining the actual text, preferring their own conclusions. We know that Adam and Eve were never immortal because they were kicked out of the garden BEFORE they ever ate of the tree of 'life'.
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Gen.3:22-24.
[Wisdom] is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy is every one that retaineth her. Prov.3:18.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise. Prov.11:30.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:
but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed:
but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. Prov.13:12-13.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Prov.15:4.
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. 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. Rev.22:1-2.
A
tree called 'SHE' not it,
(see Prov.3:18), Yet NECs insist on their historical narrative being literally interpreted and happily picure a
'female' real tree, which they wrongly assume Adam and Eve must have eaten the fruit of, thus becoming 'immortal', (even though the story deliberately says they were prevented from eating of it, to stop them from
becoming immortal), then ate the fruit of
'the knowledge of good and evil' tree, and disobeyed God, so God punished them and us with 'death'.
Simple theology for minds incapable of dealing with complexity.
It just goes to show how capable of total un-understanding 'historical simplicity' and biblical literalism can render some unthinking and unobservant minds.
They got more knowledge than was good for them but they did not get
wisdom.
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Gen.3:6.
That was the
LIE. A lie that YECs still seem to be believing. They got fruit from the wrong tree on advice from the wrong person.
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