Genesis
2: 25
And
the man and his wife were both naked and were
not ashamed.
ESV
NOTE:
Why is this part referencing being naked mentioned? It seems a bit
early for some kind of moral qualification, and what was shame,
anyway? Did a priestly redactor include this part??
Genesis
3: 5
For
God knows that when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis
3: 7a
At
that moment their
eyes were opened,
and they suddenly felt
shame at their nakedness.
NLT
NOTE:
The opening of Adam and Eve's eyes caused them to feel shame about
being naked, which led to becoming like “gods” in the knowing
Good and Evil-why??
Genesis
3: 8
And
they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam
and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis
3: 9
The
LORD God called to the man and asked him, "Where are you?"
NOTE:
Why did the Lord God call out to just the man (Adam), and not both
Adam and his wife?
Genesis
3: 10
He
answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I
was afraid because I was naked;
so I hid."
NOTE:
Adam hid because he was naked, and not from disobeying God's command
(Cp. Genesis 2: 16-17).
Genesis
3: 11
"Who
told you that you were naked?" the LORD God asked. "Have
you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?"
NLT
NOTE:
What did eating from the tree have to do with being “naked”
regarding the 'knowledge of Good and Evil”? There seems to be an
overemphasis on “naked' and not so much on disobedience; which
seems puzzling??
ADDENDUM:
Genesis
3: 27
The
LORD God made garments
of skin for
Adam and his wife and clothed them. NIV
NOTE:
What were those garments of “skin” that the Lord God clothed Adam
and Eve? The narrative does not say they were clothed with animal
hair or fur but skin; meaning that whatever their appearance
(epidermis and dermis), it was not as we humans have now.
Genesis
2: 17b; 3: 19b; 22
...for
in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
ESV
For
you were made from dust, and to dust you will return."
NLT
Then
the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us,
knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and
take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—
NAS 1977
COMMENTARY:
Adam
and Eve were not immortal at the Beginning, but even in their
so-called “fallen” state, there was still concern from deity (the
Godhead) that the couple could still partake from the 'Tree of Life”
and live forever. It would seem at first glance, that the effects
were irreversible and they were prevented from doing so and banished
from the garden. Not only that, but so important was this matter that
a celestial guardian or sentry was sent to protect this secret source
to the way of obtaining immortality (Cp. Genesis 3: 24b).
Also, Adam and Eve might be long-lived like the mythical Asgardians,
and in fact, the Nordic lore is taken from this story?? The
Golden Apples of Idunn grow only in Asgard, and can only be picked by
the goddess Idunn. They are what grants the Asgardians their youth,
vigor, and virtual immortality. They grew on a tree in a garden on
the
east side Hall of Valhalla in Asgard. The cherubim (not cherub, singular)
was placed on the east side of the Garden with a flaming sword... Lastly, Adam lived 930 years and then he died but there is no mention
about Eve (Cp. Genesis
5: 5). If Adam and Eve continued to eat the fruit of immortality, none of us
would be here; so everything happened as it was planned beforehand
(predestined or preordained).
Robert
Randle
776
Commerce St Apt 701
Tacoma,
WA 98402
January
21, 2018
