A question about the Garden before the fall

[GenemZ]

I Just had a quick question about the Garden of Eden before the fall.

What would happen if a brachiosaurus accidentally stepped on a beetle before the fall?

Silly question. There were no Volkswagens back then... Let alone "fossil fuel."

 

[jamiec]

Beetles were stronger in those days?
Beetles had guardian angels before the fall?
God just didn't allow accidents before the fall?

Or possibly: the Fall is a myth. Which is what I think.

Though the idea of beetles having guardian angels is rather a nice one.

FWIW, the earliest beetles predate dinos - 295 Mya & 252 Mya respectively, to give the earliest dates for each. So brachiosauruses could very well have stepped on beetles.

 

[jamiec]

Jesus never denied the creation account ... affirmed it.

in Mark 10:6 Jesus said, “But from the beginning of creation, God ‘made them male and female.’” In the statement “from the beginning of creation”3 Adam and Eve were there at the beginning of creation, on Day Six (same day animals were created), not billions of years before the beginning.

You are not believing what you see .... you are believing theories that are put forth and dismissing the simplicity of creation as His Word puts forth.

There are still many beautiful things in our world to behold. Remnants from Gods perfect original creation.

I'm sticking with His Word. Either it's all true .... or none of it is true.

Not everything in the Bible can be true:

7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. 8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

Job 42 BSB

My emphasis - God, speaking at the end of the Book of Job, says that Job's three friends "have not spoken accurately about [God]". So their speeches about God cannot be true. Those of Job, are.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

Not everything in the Bible can be true:

7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. 8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

Job 42 BSB

My emphasis - God, speaking at the end of the Book of Job, says that Job's three friends "have not spoken accurately about [God]". So their speeches about God cannot be true. Those of Job, are.

There are many other examples of this. Much of the book of Ecclesiastes are the words of a fallen preacher. He speaks of beliefs and theories that are not true, but that is by design. It is not intended to be accepted as truth, only as examples of the vanity of the thoughts and logic of men.
Also Peter lied and said he did not know Jesus. That was not true.
There are lots of similar examples.

 

[GenemZ]

Not everything in the Bible can be true:

7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has. 8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.

Job 42 BSB

My emphasis - God, speaking at the end of the Book of Job, says that Job's three friends "have not spoken accurately about [God]". So their speeches about God cannot be true. Those of Job, are.

They terribly misapplied the Word of God. What they cited was truth. But, in the context of Job's situation? It became legalistic and abusive in their application. They were presuming and judgmental....