Truth Exposed: Paradise #2
Genesis 1 and 2 pose a myriad of questions regarding paradise/eternity:
- Why do we need evenings and mornings? There is no time in eternity/paradise.
2 Why do we need the sun and moon to mark seasons and festivals? There are no seasons or festivals in eternity/paradise. 1:14
3 Why did God tell the fish, birds, and land animals to multiply? There is no need for multiplication in eternity/paradise. 1:22
4 Why did God tell the man and woman to multiply and fill the earth? Again, what was the need? 1:28
5 Why did God tell them to subdue, tame the world, and rule over the animals? In perfection, there is no need to dominate and control. 1:28
6 Why did Adam have to “work” the garden, manual labor? For what purpose? 2:15
7 Why did God say that a man must leave his father and mother, when Adam and Eve had no natural parents? 2:24. Preparation. Genesis 1 & 2 are a prototype, a prophesy, of what is to come: Isaiah 65:17 and Revelation 21:1. The beginning and the end. Genesis 1 & 2 was not paradise, as sin was in/on the earth before man. Lucifer. Cast out of heaven. Roaming the earth. Job 1:7. In Rev 20:10, he is forever in the lake of fire. When Satan is removed there will no longer be any sin. Only then will there be a true paradise. O.T is the natural, N.T. is the spiritual.
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