Citation?Yes, that's how Adam knew that the beasts weren't for him when he mated (inappropriate behavior with animals): no fruit.
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Citation?Yes, that's how Adam knew that the beasts weren't for him when he mated (inappropriate behavior with animals): no fruit.
You are correct. God commissioned Adam and Eve to reproduce before the fall. So they were capable of reproducing. And yes, the earth would have quickly been filled to overflowing. This planet is not God's final work. It is the battleground between God and Satan, with the allegiance of mankind as the objective. Adam and Eve were meant to subdue the creation. Instead, the created being Satan won Adam over to his side. You may recall that Satan means "adversary". Was the Serpent in Eden Satan? The book of Revelation calls Satan the "Serpent of Old".For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
God knew we would fall and created with that in mind. In Revelation we see a verse say, "lamb slain from the foundation of the world." While God didn't do a sacrifice, at least in His mind, this was a reality. A second witness comes from Gen 1:14 which talks about the sun, moon and stars being placed where they are for "signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years." A calendar... but the word for 'seasons' is moedim, which is the word for appointments, appointed times, or feasts. Since the Feasts point to various aspects of Messiah's work, then God placed markers in the sky that would point to the times when the Feast would be that pointed to messiah's work.... BEFORE He even created Adam.For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
You're asking for speculation. It seems sexual drive is associated with mortality and the need to propagate (for instance, when possible during fertile years which are limited). It would feel so different I think in a state of true timelessness with no clock ticking, no moments of compelling need to find food and then having success, or moments of success in a struggle, etc. So it seems that sense of need might have been fully missing.For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
Here are many verses about the second death.Where is thru His ascension that some would not experience second death?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
Why didn't God subdue Satan preventing him from tempting Adam and Eve?The job should have been over very soon after Adam and Eve were created. Satan should have been subdued by Adam and Eve. Then God would have transferred creation to the new heavens and new earth. There is no reproduction in the new realm.
Why do you suppose God created them that way knowing they would fail?God knew we would fall and created with that in mind.
For those who believe Adam and Eve were real people created by God, Did God create them with sex/reproductive organs? If not, did any of the animals have them? If not, did everybody immediately get them once Adam sinned?
Because it seems to me if God created mankind and all the animals in a world where there was no death, if mankind or animals began to have offspring, it would only be a matter of time before the world becomes over populated. Your thoughts?
God doesn't tell us, therefore, we have to either not worry about the question, or come to an answer that fits Scripture while remaining open to other concepts. My answer then, He desired for us to fall. I generally think, and this personal opinion based on the whole of Scripture.... that God didn't desire a family that was created to love Him, He desired a family that had to overcome conditions through which they grew to love Him. IOW, instead of a family of robotic creatures programmed to be His people, those who ultimately end up with Him are those who chose to put Him above the world.Why didn't God subdue Satan preventing him from tempting Adam and Eve?
Same answer as above.Why do you suppose God created them that way knowing they would fail?
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Why didn't God subdue Satan preventing him from tempting Adam and Eve?