Genesis 2:25
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Verse 17 stood out to me today. In our OT Survey class, we discussed that parents should avoid making rules before they’re needed, lest the child get ideas from the rules. For example, if you tell your kid he cannot put peas in his nose, you may have just given him an idea that never occurred to him. So when I read verse 17 today, I appreciated that God, being a fantastic Father, tried to keep us from the knowledge of good & evil. If only we would have listened!
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Trinity in Marriage 9 months, 2 weeks ago · View
I wrote this paper for a recently seminary class. It is pretty lengthy, but I loved writing it, if you have time, enjoy:-) Trinity in Marriage INTRODUCTION There are several mysteries in the Christian faith that are hard to explain in human terms. Some of them include Jesus being 100% man and at the exact same time being 100% [...] -
SMeeks posted an update about Genesis 1-2: 1 year, 9 months ago · View
Creation:
(1) Heavens + Earth + Light (= Day + Night)
(2) Sky + Water
(3) Dry Land/Earth + Seas + Vegetation
(4) Sun + Moon
(5) Ocean Animals + Birds
(6) Livestock + Earth Animals + Man
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Gods last words to mankind 3 years, 1 month ago · View
Reading the last entry in our series for essential 100, Revelation 21-22 I was struck how like every great story the ending was connected back up with the start. Just read about the Tree of life in Genesis 2 before reading the last chapter of the last book. There are many similarities between the New [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: The Vast Array 3 years, 6 months ago · View
“The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array.” (Gen 2:1) God created the vastness of the heavens, which expand beyond our comprehension. He lit billions of stars, clustered them into galaxies, and tossed them into the deep darkness, painting it with fiery colors. But this “vast array” isn’t limited to the heavens, [...]
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feebs wrote a new blog post: what? no mutated babies? 3 years, 6 months ago · View
as a science student, the bizarreness of Eve being made out of Adam’s rib, thus having the same genetic structure (no wonder there was no rejection of the tissue transplant!) and then managing to procreate and produce perfectly “normal” kids (unlike what would happen if i made babies with my brother) is just amazing! and [...]
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Does God have to act outside of scientific understanding to gain our respect? In the past it may have been considered a miracle that rain fell on the earth and while we understand the process and its components more thoroughly today, should it give me any less of a sense of wonder? Mountains erupting from the [...]
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Hannah Venable wrote a new blog post: Is creation complete? 3 years, 7 months ago · View
Genesis 2:1 states: “Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.” The following verses are about God taking a break and resting on the seventh day. Many theologians take this verse to me that God is completely done with creation and that He cannot create anymore. They find this particularly [...]
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johncatmur wrote a new blog post: Faith 3 years, 7 months ago · View
Reading the E100 devotion that goes with these two chapters encouraged me to refresh my faith in the Bible as God’s word. We may have many questions in this area, and there are many reasonable answers. But in the end we are asked to exercise faith. My experience is that it is a faith which [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Gods Power – NOT survival of the fittest 3 years, 7 months ago · View
These two chapters are quoted more times in the rest of the bible then any other piece of scripture. The example of 6 days of creation is used to demonstrate God’s complete power over the Universe. The one week creation cycle was also used to establish the concept of a sabbath. Jesus himself referenced the Genesis [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Noah’s Ark 3 years, 7 months ago · View
I was reading Genesis 6-8 the other day – the story of Noah’s ark – and I thought, wow, Noah was one faithful man. How much did he have to trust God? A whole lot. He had to trust that God was going to actually send the rain . Think about it, they are in a desert. [...]
I like the connection with your thought and Genesis 2. I hadn’t seen how it was God’s kindness to us to keep us from the tree. I like the pea example.
Peas in your nose? Did David tell you about his brother doing that?