ELOHIYM and YAHOVAH in GENESIS
Part 1 of 5"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
by
"GABRIEL"
GABRIEL'S ENTERPRISES
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ALBERT LEA, MN 56007This book was written for the edification of the saints of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. Its contents (excluding material quoted from sources
other than the Bible) is not copyrighted.
If quoting from this book, normal attribution is expected.Revised Edition May, 2000
Acknowledgement
My heartfelt thanks are extended to Julia for her labor of love in editing this book. May the Lord grant her a long life and one more jewel for her crown.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and to the memory of his devout servant Pastor Sheldon Emry.
Table of Contents Author's Explanation of Title Introduction -- What's Wrong Today? Preface -- Why the Disunity in Christianity' Chapter 1 -- The Original Creation Chapter 2 -- The Adam Creation Chapter 3 -- The "Fall" Chapter 4 -- The Banishment of Cain Chapter 5 -- Genealogy of the Sons of God Chapter 6 and 7 --The Reason For and Results of the Flood (Combined) Chapter 8 -- God's Covenant with Mankind Chapter 9 -- Noah's Charge to His Sons Chapter 10 -- Genealogy of Noah's Sons Chapter 11 -- The "Tower" of Babel Chapter 12 -- Call to Abram Chapter 13 -- Separation of Abram from Lot Chapter 14 -- Abram and Melchizedek Chapter 15 -- Sealing of the Promises Chapter 16 -- Birth of Ishmael Chapter 17 -- Abram's Name Changed to Abraham Chapter 18 -- Abraham the Intercessor Chapter 19 -- Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Chapter 20 -- Abraham's Encounter with Abimelech Chapter 21 -- The Birth of Isaac Chapter 22 -- Abraham's Test of Obedience Chapter 23 -- Abraham's Burial of Sarah Chapter 24 -- The Selection of Isaac's Wife Chapter 25 -- Abraham's New Wife and Death of Ishmael Chapter 26 -- Abraham's Obedience Confirmed Chapter 27 -- The Blessing of Jacob and Esau Chapter 28 -- Jacob's Journey to Laban Chapter 29 -- Jacob Obtains Two Wives Chapter 30 -- Rachel's Reproach Removed Chapter 31 -- Jacob Returns to Isaac Chapter 32 -- Jacob's Wrestling Match Chapter 33 -- Jacob-Israel Meets Esau Chapter 34 -- Avenging Dinah's Honor Chapter 35 -- Abrahamic Covenant Conferred to Jacob-Israel Chapter 36 -- The Generations of Esau Chapter 37 -- Joseph Sold into Bondage Chapter 38 -- The "Breach" of Judah Chapter 39 -- Joseph's Imprisonment Chapter 40 -- The Butler and Baker Have Dreams Chapter 41 -- Pharaoh's Dreams Chapter 42 -- The Brothers Go to Egypt Chapter 43 -- The Brothers Return to Egypt Chapter 44 -- The Brothers Are Apprehended Chapter 45 -- Joseph Reunited with His Brothers Chapter 46 -- Joseph's Family Comes to Egypt Chapter 47 -- The Results of the Famine Chapter 48 -- The Blessings of Ephraim and Manasseh Chapter 49 -- The Identity of the Israel Tribes Appendix A -- The "Secret Pretribulation Rapture" Doctrine Appendix B -- What Was "Nailed to the Cross" Appendix C -- Eve's Temptation Appendix D -- The Modern Day Jews Appendix E -- Job and "Satan" "Satan" Quiz Appendix F -- The Marriage Supper of the Lamb Appendix G -- What and Where Is Zion Appendix H -- Deuteronomy 28 Appendix I -- The Fall of Babylon Begins "The Day of the Lord" Appendix J -- The Torment of "Hell" -- Fact or Fiction? Book Index & Money Book /Document Sources About the Author
Author's Explanation of Title Most people are not familiar with the written name of the self-Existent, or Eternal One. The name Yehovah, which is pronounced ye-ho-vaw' comes from Strong's Concordance. It's often spelled Jehovah, and pronounced ja-ho-vah. The truth is, nobody knows for sure how the name of God was originally spelled or pronounced.
What we do know is that the original tetragrammaton, is represented in our language as YHWH. Anyone who would like to try to add the proper vowels to these four consonants is welcome to try. I happen to prefer A, O, and A -- in that order. Others prefer different vowels and different arrangements. The choice is yours:
The most recent name mentioned as being the Lord's name is Yahweh. I have my doubt about this spelling, because it doesn't contain seven letters. Seven letters denotes the sign of being complete, according to Panin's books on Bible numerology. See No.4 in Book Index
Elohiym is the plural written name of the Godhead who did the creating in Genesis 1. It's pronounced el-o-heem, according to Strong's Concordance. Since this study is primarily based in Genesis, this name is a vital part of our study, as you shall see shortly.
I pray that my choice of spellings of God's names will not detract from the truths that will be revealed in this book.
"Gabriel"
Introduction
What's Wrong Today?There have been more books written about the Bible than anyone could possible read. Nearly every one of these books, with precious few exceptions, is based on false premises. What these book writers do, is write for popularity, or profit, depending upon their own pertinacious persuasion. They not only have led others into their error, but, in effect, have made the Word of God of none effect.
The situation has gotten so bad that nearly all of our seminary professors are of the type that Jude prophesied would come in Jude 4. Only by the grace of God can any seminary graduate ever learn the truth of God's Word.
Have you ever considered the fact that today we have more preachers, and more churches, than at any time in our history? Yet we have more crime, divorce, debt, and permissive behavior than ever before. Why is this? Well, as always, the Word of God gives us the answer:
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Is. 29:13-14
Now perhaps you understand why our leaders are so stupid. And why haven't the ministers corrected them? Again the Lord answers:For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? Who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Jer. 23:18-22
Notice what verse 20 said, "in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly." Yes, friends, this is yet another prophecy that has come true, to the jot and tittle.As we continue to read Jeremiah 23 we read:
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? Saith the Lord.
v: 28
Indeed, what is the chaff to the wheat?This book, written with, and by, the Spirit of God's Word will indeed separate the wheat from the chaff. It will never be a "popular" book, for God's true Word is never popular. In fact, this book will be hated by the world, because it rips the shroud off false doctrine by exposing it to the light of God's Word. If you read, study, and believe these truths, rest assured that the world will also hate you.
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:18-19
Live and Learn All of my youth I had been spoon-fed the pabulum that Jesus loves me, and that he died for my sins. Now all of this is well and good, but nobody ever explained to me why He had to die for me.
What I was told is that is was because I was a sinner. All I had to do was believe that Christ's atoning sacrifice and resurrection absolved me. And my belief of that fact, was all that was required of me to obtain personal salvation under His blood atonement.
Here, in very few words, is the doctrine taught in 90% of today's Christian churches. It's called in the Bible, the "milk" of personal salvation (1 Cor. 3:1-3).
The problem with this is that those churches never get any further down the road of Christianity than expounding this basic truth. How the Christian is born again, and what is required of him after the "death" of his carnal nature is seldom explained.
Of course, this isn't entirely the fault of the clergy. Most people don't want to hear about the "death" of their spiritual "old man." They are perfectly content with their life styles. What they want from a church is the assurance that Jesus loves them - just as they are.
Well, my friend, that may be what people want, but it's not a Bible doctrine or truth.
The "modern" clergy have abdicated their commission by cuddling up to what people like to hear (2 Tim. 4:3-4). Cuddling carnal Christians builds large churches with fat coffers, but doesn't beget born again Christians. According to Jesus, in John 3:3 only born again Christians will see the Kingdom of God.
Now that we know this truth�isn't it about time we discover what born again means? God willing, this book will do this for you. But first, I'd like to point out some of the errors of the "modern" day churches. By and large, today's church is guilty of two fundamental sins. They are: the Sins of Omission, and the Sins of False Doctrine.
Sins of Omission They never explain why man is a sinner, and why it was within God's purpose that man had to be a sinner to carry on God's divine plan.
The foundation covenants of the Bible that explain what God has promised, are shunned as though they were a plague.
About 90% of the Bible expounds the gospel of the Kingdom of God on earth. Very few churches teach how this will be brought about, and who will be found worthy to gain access to that Kingdom.
The fulfillment of Bible prophecy is the greatest converter of men that there is. This is true because it proves that God is in charge of all things and his time schedule was set at the foundation of the world. The modern clergy either avoid prophecy, or misteach it; depending on how they can twist it to conform to the current doctrine promoted by their leadership.
The Sins of False Doctrine Most modern churches "manufacture" a co-deity they call Satan. They claim this "fallen angel" reigns supreme on the earth. This teaching, in effect, ejects God from controlling His creation. (More of this later in this book.)
Another favorite doctrine that most of them use to control Christians is the concocted "heavenly abode in the sky" for believers, and the "tormenting hell" for unbelievers. This book will prove these doctrines are not found in the Holy Bible.
The Jews are the "people of the book" and Christians are gentiles is another misconception taught today. This book will clear up this false doctrine for you.
I believe the doctrine that has done the most damage to the fundamentalist Christian is the doctrine of the "secret rapture" of the church (See Appendix A)
The false teaching that God's law was "nailed to the cross" is probably the most heinous of them all. God's laws, statutes, and judgements were to be administered on a national plane. They were given to Israel for their good always, that God might preserve them alive (Deut. 6:24-25). Our clergy, by teaching the abandonment of these laws, has led this nation down the road to utter destruction. (Read Jer. 23:22.)
For a more in-depth study of what was "nailed to the cross" read Appendix B.
I would venture a guess that only a few men, down through the ages, have been given the comprehension of the real truths found in the Bible. Nobody really knows for sure, because the information contained in this book has either been ridiculed or despised as "cultism"�and not "in line" with the orthodox status quo of "popular" church doctrine.
God willing, your eyes will be opened by this book. My prayer for you is that the Lord will unlock His truth for you via this small book.
Preface
Why the Disunity in ChristianityThe most important book ever written is the Holy Bible. It's a book that is found in nearly every Christian home in the world. It's also the book that usually collects the most dust, and is the most misunderstood. The reason it's not understood is because most people would rather have someone tell them what's in it rather than reading it for themselves. This, of course, invites the "false prophets" to gain a foothold in the churches, giving them the opportunity of fleecing the flock.
I left "organized" religion over twenty-five years ago, for reasons that aren't pertinent to this book. Since that time I've seen America go from the most powerful nation in the world to what could only be described as a headlong plunge into self-imposed Socialism. This free fall, according to God's word, has a direct relationship with forsaking God's laws. Our moral decline is just one of the manifestations of that plunge.
These developments were quite shocking to me, as I began trying to figure out just what was going on. I'll spare you all the dead ends I was led into, and focus on where I finally discovered the answers.
Just in case you haven't guessed by now, I found them in the Holy Bible - aptly named the Book of Life. I discovered that this book is written like a code book, or, as some have described it, like a jigsaw puzzle. In other words, you'll never get a complete picture of any doctrine in any one verse. Now what's so fantastic about that, you may say? Well, what I discovered is that the Lord saw fit to write His book in such a way, that unless a person has the Spirit of God leading him in the study, a person will be led into error. Of course, this was prophesied by Isaiah and Jesus, (See�Is. 6:9-10 and Matt. 13:10-15.)
Perhaps this will be more clear to you if I point out all the different denominations and sects of so-called Christian churches that exist today. Most all of them say they believe in Jesus Christ, but by and large, this is where the similarity ends. From this declaration they fan out, and more often than not, begin to profess estranged and diametrically opposed doctrines. Now the strange thing about this is, that most of them claim the authority for their doctrines are in the Bible. A strange phenomenon, is it not?
What I've discovered, by the grace of the Lord, and infilling of His Spirit, is that unless a person repents, is baptized with water and the Spirit, and then truly humbles his life to the will of God, he will never receive the gift of discernment in the Holy Writ. For it is this Spirit that must unravel the truth of God's Word (See John 16:13.) Any person who tries to interpret God's Word without this Spirit will be led into falsehood. (See 2 Thes. 2:10-11.)
It should also be pointed out here that this revelation of God's Word is only the best available interpretation to date. The Lord pours out his Spirit of Discernment in degrees.
Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breast.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line, here a little, and there a little;
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to his people
Is. 28:9-11
In other words, according to verse 11, the Lord will talk to his people in a language other than the Hebrew and Greek in which the original was written. And because of the imperfections of the new language, and the translators, the Word would be garbled in the crossover of the translation.Even the apostle Paul admitted that he only saw in part,
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
I Cor. 13:12
Knowing in part, in our day and age, is largely due to the crossover translations of languages. Jesus said, "�Man shall not live by bread only, but by every word of God" Luke 4:4. The importance of that statement is the major theme of this book, as you shall shortly see.And so, my Christian brethren, I urge you to purge your hearts and minds of all you have thought was true, and with the mind-set of a child, willing to learn, come along in the study of the book of beginnings - the Book of Genesis.
CHAPTER 1
The Original CreationThe Holy Bible is the record book of the history of man upon the earth. It's a book that could only be written by the inspiration God. It records not only the past, but also the present and future.
Ninety-five percent of the Bible deals with the chosen seed-line of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-Israel. The trials, tribulations, triumphs, and humiliations of these tribes make up the lion's share of the Bible from Genesis 25 through Revelations 22.
To understand why God chose this seed-line to be his representatives to the other nations of the earth, we must read and understand the whole book of Genesis. In order to get a handle on the history of mankind on the earth, and what role each of the nations plays in the overall scheme of God's plan, we must of necessity start with Gen. 1:1.
Throughout this study we shall be using the King James Version of the Holy Bible. The reason for this is that the K.J.V. is the closest English interpretation to the original Hebrew scripts. By using the K.J.V. we can readily cross-reference the English words in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance to glean the true meaning of the original Hebrew and Greek words. All "modern day" interpretations of the Bible have destroyed any possibility of getting to the bottom of the real meaning of the Bible. Their attempt at simplification have allowed "man's ideas" to creep into the text, and, in effect, have rendered the word of God of none effect.(See more comment on this subject in Chapt.49)
Due to the length of this analysis I will not (in most cases) quote the Bible verses. I shall assume that you are interested enough in seeking the truth that you will follow along in your Bible.
Whenever italics appear in the Bible verses quoted in this book, they are done to emphasize the text. They are not in the original text itself.
Genesis 1:1�"In the beginning God [Elohiym] created the heavens and the earth."
Notice the authority of this pronouncement! Also note it doesn't say when it occurred. Many fundamental Christians engage the evolutionist in frivolous arguments over the age of the earth. The fact is: this is God's secret and will remain so. To get bogged down in endless squabbles is indeed foolishness.
Gen. 1:2�is a very interesting verse. It denotes a state of confusion and convulsion, which is not typical of God's creation. Many scholars believe that this verse describes a destruction of a life form that was on the earth prior to the restoration in Gen. 1:3. They claim this would explain the deep pools of oil and natural gas under the earth which came from decomposed vegetation. See No.1 in Book Index
This theory would also explain how the dinosaurs and shell life strata are found in the various mountain ranges around the world. Logic would seem to be on the side of this theory. This theory certainly does not do any violence to the Word of God. In fact, if the fundamental element of Christianity would recognize this theory as not reprehensible, it would do a lot toward mending the breach in ideologies.
Unfortunately, the fundamentalists have dubbed this the "gap theory" and reject it altogether. As far as our study goes we will avoid both arguments, because it's not really germane to the age of man on the earth. And as far as the Bible is concerned it only gives us a few subtle hints. For instance: replenish, (Gen. 1:28) and renewest, (Ps. 104:30).
Gen. 1:3-25�describes the order in which God [Elohiym] created the component parts of the universe - our earth, and the living beings that dwell on it. The English word God used in the Bible comes from the Hebrew word Elohiym. From Gen. 1:1 through Gen. 2:3 this name appears as the entity doing the creating. "Elohiym," has a plural meaning, which means the interaction of the Godhead. Knowing this, helps explain the meaning of verse 26:
And God [Elohiym] said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness�
Now we know for a fact that man was not made in the image of angels, for the "image" of their spiritual likeness is described in Ez. 1:5-11. So we must assume that the us is the Godhead. (Read Eph. 3:9.)
Before we move on to verses 27-28 of Genesis1, it should be pointed out that verses 3-25 give a very definite order to the creation process. Each creative process helped sustain the next step of the creation.
In verses 3 and 4, we read that God said, "Let there be light; and there was light. And God divided the light from the darkness."
As we move through the Bible, we'll discover that this was much more than day-night division. It will become a physical and spiritual division of both man and beast according to their creation and actions. Light symbolizes God's Word and Spirit. Darkness is symbolic of the lack of it. Those that are called, are children of the Light (John 12:35-36). The others are called men of darkness (John 3:19). Later on in this study we'll see how the beasts were divided according to their obedience to God's command.
Now back to verse 6. The light helped form the firmament (we know this as evaporation). The forming of the firmament caused the waters under the firmament to be lifted and the dry land appeared. Notice also that God called the firmament heaven. To get a better understanding of this we must read verses 6-8:
And God [Elohiym] said, Let there be a firmament [space or sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
So according to the Bible; heaven was the area between the earth's water and the suspending water of the sky. If we can understand this truth it will go a long way towards understanding where God's domain is. Also read Psalms 115:16.
Another enlightening thing about verses 3-4 is this light. Apparently this light wasn't the sun or moon, as we know it. These were not created until the fourth day of the creation, as recorded in verses 14-19. Although we're not told here what this light was - we are told in Rev 21:23.
And the city [New Jerusalem] had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
This is repeated in Rev. 22:5 with a little more detail:
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
So it can be deduced that when we have the complete manifestation of the kingdom of God on Earth, it will be just like this period of the creation.
Then God caused the grass, the herb, and the fruit tree after their kind to appear. The statement "after their kind" was given here in Genesis to the grass, herb, fruit, fishes, winged fowl, cattle, creeping things, and the beasts of the earth. But it was not given to the male and female of verse 27. Keep this in mind as we proceed. Of course, "after their kind" means they were not to mix their seed. Man has mixed the "seed" of these individual species and has found out by doing so, that sterile offspring occur. It's called hybridization. Also, "after their kind" puts the lie to the theory of evolution!
God (Elohiym) then set the "lights" in the sky, to rule the day and night: and the stars also. The sea and winged creatures were next on the agenda in the fifth day, followed by the earth creatures. And so this was the order prior to the creation of man. Very systematic and, in God's words, it was good.
Now I have gone through all of this for a very good reason, which we'll get to very shortly. But now let's examine verses 27-30. Notice in verse 27�God (Elohiym) created in his own image. This word image comes from the Hebrew word tselem meaning to shade. It comes from the primary root word tsalal meaning: to be dark, shadowing. Have you ever wondered where the dusky races came from? As we go on in this study you will see this more clearly. Continuing on in this verse it says "�male and female created he them." Notice there is no break of thought. This is very significant, so keep this in mind. In verse 28, God (Elohiym) commands the male and female to:
�be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish [or fill] the earth and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Next, in verse 29�God (Elohiym) commands the male and female to only eat the herb bearing seed and the fruit of the tree yielding seed. In other words, they were to be gatherers and vegetarians. Next, in verse 30, God (Elohiym) commands the beasts of the earth and the fowls of the air and every thing that creepeth upon the earth to eat only the green herb for food. Did you get that? There were to be no carnivorous creatures on the face of the earth. Now the creatures of the sea were not commanded to be vegetarians, so we can assume they could feed off each other, as it is this day.
I thought this was very significant because we know from Isaiah 65:17-25, when the New Jerusalem is established, that the "wolf and the lamb shall feed together and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock"�"they shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain."
The apostle Paul also wrote in Romans 8:18-22 of this time when the "creatures" also would be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Quite obviously the Kingdom Age will be similar to the conditions that prevailed before the "fall" of Adam. Now on with our study.
God (Elohiym) saw that everything He had made was very good, and He rested on the seventh day. Now it's interesting to point out that God called each time frame of his creation a day. Some have said these were actual 24 hour days, and that the whole process took seven 24 hour days. They arrive at this conclusion from the wording.
And the evening and morning were the first day. To arrive at this conclusion would be a mistake. This is made clear in Gen. 2:4, which reads:
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and heavens.
Notice the days are here called generations. And here the whole creation is called by the collective noun day. So, as we can see, there's no way to say precisely what is meant by the collective noun day. Now, in 2 Peter 3:8, Peter says,
That one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as on day.
So, if this is the application, it could have been a 7000 year creation! About all we can really establish for certain is that God called the evening and the morning a day. This is where our computing is in accord with what was commanded. For we today separate our day by A.M. and P.M. A.M. of course, means after midnight till noon (or) evening and morning, midnight being the start of a new day. It is interesting to note here that not all people follow this solar calendar. The Jews who came out of the Babylonian captivity embraced the lunar calendar of their captors, and still observe it today. Some Christian sects have followed suit. The lunar calendar day is from sunset to sunset. The problem of all this is that any researcher doing a Bible study is constantly running into difficulty if he assumes there was only one Bible calendar. The passover Jesus celebrated with his disciples one day before the Jews' passover is just one example. "As a result," says Dr. Wm. Strittmatter, "these researchers are in a position similar to a person solving a jigsaw puzzle. In this case someone mixed two puzzles together and watched them try to make on picture." For a fascinating study of this phenomenon, order No.2, in the Book index.
CHAPTER 2
The Adam CreationMoving on to verse 5 of chapter 2, we notice the Lord (Yahovah) God came into the picture, apparently acting alone now. He makes the statement, "there was not a man to till the ground." As if to say, "I must do something about this!" As we read in chapter 1, verse 29, these people were commanded to be gatherers not tillers. Verse 6, would indicate a type of fog canopy enveloped the earth. Evidently, this was the reason why there was no reason for God to cause rain to fall, as mentioned in verse 5.
Now in verse 7, we read that the Lord God, or Yahovah God, formed man of the dust of the ground. No doubt, in answer to his statement: "There needs to be a man to till the ground." Yahovah God breathed into the man's nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. This direct breathing by the Lord (Yahovah) God is very significant as we shall see in later study, for it imparts a higher intelligence and the Spirit of God; which was not given to the "male and female" of Gen. 1:27. The word breath is derived from the Hebrew work Neshamah meaning divine inspiration, intellect, or if you don't mind - Holy Spirit!
Now, in verse 8, we read that the Lord (Yahovah) God planted a garden in Eden: and there he put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord (Yahovah) God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight (remember this) and good for food; the Tree of Life also in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. Evidently these two trees were in close proximity. Then the Lord (Yahovah) God, in verses 10-14, lays out the perimeters of the Garden of Eden. He places the man in the garden to dress it and keep it.
Now to those of you who have been taught that this is a repeat of chapter 1 of Genesis, I would like to point out to you that it is most certainly not. This chapter 2 creation process doesn't follow the orderly process of Genesis 1, nor are the commands the same. Notice that this man "Adam," as he was later called, was formed first. Then the Lord (Yahovah) God brought forth the trees of the Garden of Eden. Then the Lord (Yahovah) God set the bounds of the garden and told the man to stay inside it and dress and keep it. This is an entirely different command from the instructions given to the male and female of Gen. 1:27. In verse 28 of chapter 1, the male and female were created, according to the record, simultaneously. This, of course, is not the case here, in Adam's story. Also, the male and female of Gen. 1, were commanded to be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish (or fill) the earth. Adam, on the other hand, was told to dress and keep a specific area, i.e., Garden of Eden.
In order to understand the rest of the Bible, one has to comprehend this very critical point. Otherwise, the rest of Bible makes very little sense. I know this knowledge will offend many, but if you can bear with me awhile I'll tie it all up for you, God willing. God's plan is his own; we are the clay and the Lord is the potter (Is. 64:8).
In verses 16 and 17 of Genesis 2, Yahovah God tells Adam that he may freely eat of all the trees of the garden except one. And if he ate of the one called the Tree of knowledge of good and evil, that Adam would surely die. This is the first giving of a law, in that its violation would result in death. It was given to Adam to test his obedience. From the context, we can deduce that if he obeyed Yahovah's command and partook only of the good trees of the garden, which included the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden (verse 9) that Adam would live forever.
Now back in Genesis 1, this promise was not given to the male and female of verse 27. And they also were not given any law that, if broken, would result in death. This connection will be explained later on in this study.
So, in review, Adam was created of the dust of the ground, a mortal creature. He had access to immortality if he obeyed the law of not partaking of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Moving on to verse 18, we find that Yahovah God decides that Adam should have a helper. But before he causes a sleep to fall on Adam and takes one of his ribs to make the woman, the Lord (Yahovah) God forms the beasts of the field and fowls of the air within this garden, and brings them to Adam to see what he would name them. Now notice here again, these beasts, cattle, and fowls were created after Adam was formed, and not before as in Genesis 1.
In verse 19, we also discover that Yahovah God calls this especially endowed man "Adam." To get more light on this name we must look up the meaning of Adam in the language the Old Testament was written in, because all the names in the Bible have a definite meaning.
Adam aw-dam is the Hebrew word meaning: to show blood in the face, able to blush, rosy, ruddy, #119 (Strong's Concordance).
So it is obvious that Adam was the progenitor of the white race, because this is the only race that is able to blush, or show blood in the face.
Now before you go off into a wild tangent and accuse me and the Lord of being racial bigots, let me remind you that this is the Lord's doing, and to be careful not to condemn until you've seen why this had to unfold as it did. I'll assume that you've overcome the fleshly temptation to rebel at this point and will continue.
After Yahovah God makes the female from Adam's rib and Adam names her "woman," because she was "bone of my bone" and "flesh of my flesh," we see that she also was of the same racial stock as Adam. In other words, she was also white. We'll discuss the other difference later on.
In verse 24, Adam institutes the ordinance of marriage. This is confirmed in the next verse in the saying, "the man and his wife." This verse also states they were naked and were not ashamed, proving they had no conscience and were unaware of sin.
CHAPTER 3
The "Fall"This chapter has caused more controversy and spawned more false doctrines than any chapter in the Bible; the main reason being that people without the Spirit of God try to justify their own sin by the introduction of a concocted "fallen angel" whom they claim, came in the form of a serpent in this chapter. Rather than denouncing this ungodly doctrine out-of-hand, I'll let the Word of God do it. We'll study and investigate the meaning according to the will of God.
Gen. 3:1�Now the serpent was more subtil [cunning] than any beast of the field which the Lord [Yahovah] God had made. And he said unto the woman�
Four things are sure here:
The serpent (nachash) was a snake. Not a man, or "fallen angel."Now if the Lord (Yahovah) God created the snake, is it not also true that the Lord God gave the snake the ability to speak? I believe that I can prove to you that it was completely within the providence of Yahovah God that the snake was used to test the woman to see if she would obey or not. To confirm this, let's jump ahead in the Bible and cite some other examples of how the Lord tested others as to their obedience.It was subtil. (From the primary root aram) meaning: smoothness.
Yahovah God created it.
The snake (it appears) was given the power to speak!
In Genesis 22, it's recorded that God tested Abraham's obedience in offering Isaac for a burnt offering. Abraham didn't waver. And because he fully intended to obey God, the angel of the Lord said, "Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou has not withheld thy son, thine only son from me" (Gen 22:12). As we know, because of this and other faithful acts by Abraham, he became the patriarch of the children of Israel.
In Exodus 16:4, we read: "Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day that I may prove [test] them, whether they will walk in my law, or no."
And as a third witness, I offer Judges 2:21-22: "I [God] also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: That through them [the Canaanites] I may prove [test] Israel whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not."
So we can see that God through third parties, tests his people in many different ways to see if they will obey him or not.
Since the only command given to Adam and his wife was to not eat of the Tree of knowledge, we can see that this was the precedent in MANY testings that have happened down through the centuries to God's people. And if you're a descendant of Adam you are held responsible for your actions, as it is this day.
Now let's proceed with this very enlightening chapter. The woman answered the serpent in verses 2 and 3, in such a way as to say that she had been instructed (no doubt by Adam) as to what the Lord's command was concerning the different trees. The serpent then, as the apparent third party tester, had to try to persuade the woman that what the Lord had said may not be entirely correct. The serpent said, "Ye shall not surely die" (Eve thinking immediately). Which of course, was correct - but it was a total perversion of the truth of what the Lord had said. For the Lord had meant that they would surely die within the time frame of one day, that being 1000 years (2 Pe. 3:8). The serpent then (it would appear) appealed to the woman's reasoning power by telling her a truth:
�For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof [tree of knowledge], then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. v:5.
And so the woman submitted to her desire to be as a god, and to be wise, and did eat and even persuaded Adam to eat. And indeed their eyes were opened, (verse 7) but their wisdom also brought upon them a conscience, and the knowledge that they had broken the Lord's law.
To get a better understanding of what tempted the woman and consequently Adam, we must look ahead to Jesus, for he is called the second Adam.
Hebrews 4:15 will set the stage for us:
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Yes indeed, it was Yahovah's order that Jesus must be tempted in the flesh to seal his obedience. Only if Jesus overcame the lusts of his own fleshly body could he be considered "a Lamb without spot or blemish" to be offered as an eternal sacrifice to redeem them that were under the law (Gal. 4:4-5). The flesh is the weak link that must be overcome. Before Jesus could begin his vicarious mission he would have to overcome his fleshly desires to do his own will.
Perhaps you recall what Jesus told Peter in Matt. 26:41:
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Jesus began his mission when he was about thirty years old (Lu. 3:23). He was baptized (anointed) by John the Baptist (Matt. 3:13-17). Having been anointed with the Holy spirit, the Spirit led him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil (diabolos) (Matt. 4:1).
To prove that this "devil" (diabolos) was nothing more that Christ's own flesh tempting him to do his own will, instead of the Fathers will, we must read on. But first let's look up this word "devil" in the Greek Concordance, and see if our English translators had a choice of words to choose from. Devil (diabolos) meaning: false accuser, devil, or slanderer. Now let's see the application.
And when he [Jesus] had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matt. 4:2-3.
The word "tempter," by the way, comes from the Greek word peirazo meaning: test, scrutinize, entice, to assay, examine, prove, tempt. Now if you had not eaten for 40 days and 40 nights would you be hungry? And if you had been elevated to the position of being the anointed Son of God would this not tempt you to succumb to turning the stones in the wilderness into bread? Indeed. A very tempting solution to His hunger.Two more attempts by the misnamed "devil" are recorded in Matthew 4. Each time Jesus rebuked the temptation with the written Word of God. Assuming this assessment is correct, we then can explain also what satan is. For in rebuking his temptation to exalt himself as ruler over the world in verses 8-10, Jesus calls his nemesis satan. After overcoming these temptations, and, in effect, rebuking the fleshly desire to do his own will, Jesus was ready to begin his mission of doing the will of the Father and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom. To further strengthen this case let me quote a few Bible verses for you.
If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me: of whom ye say, that he is your God:
John 8:54
When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane, heavy-laden with sorrow, to the point that he sweat great drops of blood, he could have run from this fate. Instead, he prayed.O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matt. 26:39
Receiving no apparent answer, he asks again.�O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Matt. 26:42
Knowing now his fate was sealed, he endured the pain of the flesh, and submitted himself to the will of the Father.After reading the recorded account of Jesus temptation in the flesh, it may be the right time to go back and assess the temptation of the Garden of Eden. Could it be that Eve's flesh and the thoughts of her mind were the voice she thought came from the serpent? We all have that "little voice" within us. It's called reasoning power. Reasoning power is derived from memory.
If Eve had the memory to remember what the Lord had commanded concerning the Tree of knowledge (reread vs. 2-3), she also would have reasoning ability. Before we continue I should point out that the English word "serpent" here in chapter 3, comes from the primary root word in the Hebrew called nachash it means: to hiss, cast a spell, enchant, or diligently observe. Well, now we're getting someplace!
Eve then, seeing the serpent, perhaps slithering on the tree of knowledge, with its tongue flickering - as snakes are known to do - was beguiled in her mind that the serpent actually spoke to her. Jumping ahead to verse 13 of the chapter, we read that she never told the Lord the serpent spoke to her. NO! Only that it beguiled her. I'm going to explain this word beguiled a little later in this study, so bear with me. But right now I want to quote you a truth James wrote which has its application right here in Eden:
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James 1:13-15
Mark this well, my friend. For here James said every man (including woman) is drawn away into sin by his own lust. If there was a "devil" or "Satan" that was responsible, don't you think James would have qualified his statement?If the witness of James isn't enough for you, how about this statement from Jesus:
�Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thought, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, and evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Mark 7:14-23
If all these evil things proceed from the heart of man, that doesn't leave too much for the "devil" to do, does it?Paul said it aright also in Romans 8:7:
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
It, of course, is within God's purpose to have it written in his Holy Book that these serpents and devils spoke to them. It is done on purpose just like in Christ's parables. Remember what Jesus told the disciples when they asked him why he taught in parables? Read his shocking answer in Matt. 13:10-17. It's a real eye-opener.
God's Spirit also leads me to believe that the Lord knew the carnal nature of man would never permit him to admit that he was his own worst enemy. Therefore, the Lord "accommodated" carnal man with a scapegoat, i.e., the serpent. If you'll read Leviticus 16, you'll see that the Lord even allowed the use of a scapegoat to carry the sins of the people away into the wilderness. Now we know from all accounts in the Bible that the shedding of blood is the only way that sins can be remitted (Heb. 9:22). Where does the "scapegoat" come into the equation? Well, there can be only one answer, and I believe it's found in your Dictionary - of all places!
Scapegoat: A person, group, or thing [serpent?] upon whom the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others is thrust.
What was the serpent? Yes, it was nothing more than the Garden of Eden scapegoat.
Now on with Genesis 3:7. Adam and his wife, now with full knowledge of what they had done, realized their nakedness. They then sewed fig leaf aprons for themselves, and hid from the Lord. Yahovah God soon discovered that Adam was hiding in the garden and called out to him. Adam gave the reason for hiding as his nakedness, which, of course, tipped his hand to the transgression. Then Adam shows his carnality by blaming the woman. The woman in turn blamed the serpent. But the serpent had no one to blame, because it was now a dumb creature, and always was! And because the serpent had received the blame as the conduit for the "fall," (the scapegoat) it received the least punishment, that is, to the extent that it should go on its belly and eat dust from then on. And the Lord God decreed that enmity would exist between the woman's seed and the serpent's seed. In other words, white women would be afraid of snakes and vice versa. But there was a prophetic meaning also in this. The prophecy was that two different spiritual seed lines would flow from this enmity. One would follow the lie and carnal lusts. And the other would seek after righteousness. The last part of the prophecy was: "it shall bruise they head, and thou shall bruise his heel." This means that the serpent was to be "symbolic" of the lie that persuaded the woman to introduce death to mortal mankind. In other words, symbolically speaking, throughout the rest of the Bible, the serpent would represent the lie that introduced sin, the wages of that sin being death and the grave (Romans 6:23). This is also the first promise of the Savior, who as we know, "bruised the head of death and the grave," (the symbolic serpent) by his resurrection. The "serpent," on the other hand, did bruise Christ's heel on the cross. Of course, we know it was a short-lived victory for death and the grave, i.e., the "serpent."
Now unto the woman the Lord (Yahovah) said,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow [labor] and thy conception; in sorrow [labor] thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. v:16
Notice here that the woman apparently didn't have desire before the transgression! And how true it is, as far as childbirth is concerned. The women who rebel at their husbands' ruling over them are reminded here that this is what the Lord decreed. The apostle Paul expanded on this matter in 1 Tim. 2:10-15.
Adam in turn was punished for harking unto the voice of his wife. The Lord cursed the ground for his sake. And told him he would then have to toil for his sustenance, no doubt fulfilling Yahovah's statement that there should be a man to till the ground (Gen. 2:5).
Before we move on, it would be pertinent here to point out that the "fall" of man was expedient to the Lord (Yahovah) God's plan to see to it that the earth was inhabited with Adamites. For, as we read in other parts of the Bible, this was indeed the plan.
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens;
God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited; I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Is. 45:18
As we all know, intercourse is the necessary act of bringing forth children. But it's also one of the "lusts of the flesh." From what I gather in the Bible, if Adam and Eve had maintained their obedience it is very likely that "Adamites" wouldn't be here!This may be viewed as purely academic, and after the fact, but I remind you of what Jesus said concerning the Kingdom Age to the Sadducees in Luke 20:34-36
�The children of the world marry, and are given in marriage:
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given into marriage:
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
In God's eyes, marriage is the only institution worthy of bringing forth his children (Deut: 23:2). Does it not follow then, by reading Jesus statement, that there will be no children born to those who are part of the first resurrection? It then follows that the sons of God in their resurrected bodies will be like Adam before the fall, the only difference being that our bodies will be not of the corruptible nature begotten by a fleshly birth.
Paul describes this process in 1 Cor. 15:50-54:
Now I say brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
In other words, carnal flesh, by its very nature, is corruption.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
(Meaning, of course, that some will be alive at Christ's coming).
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruption must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
With incorruptible bodies, that is, not subject to sin, because God's laws will be written in our hearts and minds (Heb. 8:10), and death destroyed, we shall be immortal: in other words, like Adam and Eve before the fall. The only difference being, we won't be subject to the flesh nature that was Adam and Eve's downfall. Read Appendix C.
Another Bible verse that would confirm that the fall would have to take place before Adam and Eve could bear children, is Ps 51:5.
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Simply stated, desire is considered iniquity. And intercourse (sin) produces conception. These characteristics were unknown to Adam and Eve before the fall, otherwise they wouldn't have been sinless. Right?
Continuing on in Gen. 3:19, Adam was told:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, til thou return unto the ground; for out of it [the ground] wast thou taken: for dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return.
Some religious groups teach that Adam was formed on another planet. They call it the master planet. These groups, and others, also teach that Adam and his descendants also have immortal souls. Yet, this verse 19 makes it very clear that neither of these doctrines is true. What the Bible teaches and man thinks the Bible teaches, are often times diametrically opposed.
Let's read what godly Job said about the matter:
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If a man die, shall he live again?
All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Thou shall call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands
Job 14:12-15
To give you another witness of this, let's read what Paul said in 1 Cor. 15:17-18:And if Christ be not raised, your faith is in vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Now if man is an immortal soul, it would never perish. But Paul says without the resurrection of Christ those that are fallen asleep are perished.
So we can plainly see from scripture that man will remain in the grave until the resurrection. Man doesn't have an immortal soul; otherwise there would be no need for a resurrection. If man had an immortal soul at death, the truth of the resurrection is foolishness. Many people are confused because they think the Bible word soul means a spirit, and that this spirit is what is immortal. But when we look up this word "soul" in the Hebrew, we find it comes from the word nephesh (neh-fesh) which means: breath or body, sometimes appetite, beast, or creature. It never means spirit. "Only God is Spirit". This is not to say that a living man cannot have the "infilling" of the Holy Spirit. That "infilling" is available to the called of God. Peter explains the process in Acts 2:38-39.
Now back to Gen. 3. In verse 20, we find Adam finally calling his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Some groups say that this proves Adam and Eve were the only people on earth at that time, and that this reinforces their belief that chapter 2 is just a repeat of chapter 1 in Genesis.
I think you will agree, after our investigation, that chapter 2 and chapter 1 are two different creations because the order of the creations were reversed and commands were different. Could it be that Adam thought he and Eve were the only ones at that point living? Or is it a more encompassing statement that their progeny would be the only ones that would have need of a Savior�and those that confessed the second Adam (Christ) would, in effect be all living at the resurrection?
It's a good question; and with the help of God's Spirit I'll answer it. If you recall back in Genesis 1, God (Elohiym) told the male and female to be fruitful, multiply, and replenish (fill) the earth. He also told them they were to be gatherers and eaters of the herbs and fruit yielding trees. What he didn't tell them is that they should not eat of a certain tree. In other words, they were never given the law. Because they were not given the law, God couldn't impute the death penalty for sin to them! Paul explains it to us:
For as many as have sinned without the law [pre-Adamites] shall also perish without the law:
And as many [the Adamites] as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.
Rom. 2:12
Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:For until the law sin was in the world [among pre-Adamites]: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude [likeness] of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Rom. 5:12-14
Here at last, we have light on what happened! It was the sin of the pre-Adamites that caused the Lord (Yahovah) God to create Adam and give him the law. Although God (Elohiym) gave the pre-Adamites commands, he never gave then a law to punish them for breaking His commands. We know the Lord hates sin, and must bring it to judgment, the judgment being death (Rom. 6:23).Since the first creation was finished, and God's seventh day of rest had expired before Adam was created, it's very possible that at least a thousand years may have gone by, if the time sequence is right in 2 Peter 3:8. The law had to be introduced to stop the sin that was already in the world, according to Paul. Knowing this, we can see why the Lord (Yahovah) God had to "set the bounds" of the Garden of Eden. Undoubtedly this was to keep pre-Adam sinners from the Tree of Life. With the introduction of the law to Adam, and the violation of that law resulting in death, the Lord would insure that the sinful pre-Adamite man, along with Adam, would not live forever and wax more gross with each passing generation. It isn't too hard to deduce, that if Adam and Eve had remained true to the Lord's command, that the Lord would have had to figure out another way to bring about death to the pre-Adamites. So we can see from the clear record of the events in our Bible that Adam and Eve's fall had to take place to save the Elohiym creation from total annihilation.
Now to insure that the death penalty for sin was enforced, the Lord had to drive Adam and Eve from the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden.
And the Lord [Yahovah] God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:
Therefore, the Lord [Yahovah] God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life
Gen. 3:22-24
To sum up this chapter, I'd like to inform you that the Lord foreknew the "fall." This is revealed in Rev. 13-8.And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If the Lord didn't fore-know the fall, why is "the Lamb" described as being slain from the foundation of the world?
I pray that this investigation of God's Word will lay to rest all of the false concepts that have been handed down for generations concerning Adam, the fall, and the "serpent".
Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is none else: I am God, and there is none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Is. 46:9-10
CHAPTER 4
The Banishment of CainAnd Adam knew [sexual intercourse] Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. v:1
This couldn't be more clear, yet there are religions and even some sects of "Christianity" that say, Cain was the serpent's (Satan's) child. It proves, beyond any doubt, that when you start out with a wrong premise, the story must become more preposterous as it goes. To blow away this perverted doctrine, we must list the arguments these groups use, and expose them to the light of God's Word.
One of their "proofs" is John 8:44, where Jesus described the scribes and Pharisees:
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it.
These groups claim that this "proves" that Cain was fathered by the serpent, who, they claim, is the same as the devil. Then they use Revelation 12:9, to "prove" that the devil, Satan, and the "old serpent" are one and the same.
Another argument they offer is what Eve answered to Yahovah God when confronted with her transgression. She said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." Claiming that the word beguiled meant sexual intercourse, they attempt to strengthen their case.
Other proponents of this doctrine even have the audacity to say that the trees of the garden were pre-Adamite people in symbolism!
Using the Bible, Strong's Concordance, and the Spirit of God, we will put all of these myths, and doctrines of devils, to rest once and for all.
Let's start with John 8:44. The verse is really self-explanatory when we find out the meaning of the original Greek word, here translated devil. Strong's Concordance; devil (diabolos); false accuser, devil, slanderer.
If you accused me of something I didn't do, and I called you a devil for what you said, would that make you a (diabolos), false accuser, or slanderer? Yes, Jesus was right when he called these scribes and Pharisees diabolos for they had falsely accused him of many things including, verse 13, of John 8, "Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true." Remember the two symbolic seed lines that were prophesied to come by the Lord? The scribes and Pharisees were part of that line that would follow the lie and carnal perniciousness. From the description given in John 8:44, there is every reason to believe that Christ was referring to Cain.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him�
The first murder recorded in the Bible is Cain killing Abel. Then Cain lied to the Lord about Abel's whereabouts with the infamous words:
I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? (Gen. 4:9).
As we know, the scribes and Pharisees were murderers even before they had Jesus killed. Read that account in Matt. 23:34-35. To further prove that Christ was comparing the scribes and Pharisees to Cain and not the garden serpent - where in the Bible is it recorded that the serpent physically murdered anyone?
Now let's demolish their "second witness" in Revelation 12:9. First off, we must establish that the book of Revelation is written, for the most part, in symbolic language, John was seeing visions of the future here on earth, as he gazed into heaven. So when you read that he saw a wonder in heaven, you know what is meant. All symbols represent something other than what John saw.
John wrote this book in approximately 90 A.D. To prove to you that his visions were future events, I'll quote Rev. 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;�
The second witness of this fact is the last part of Rev. 4:1,
�And I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
So it's plain to see that all the visions that would be given to John were of events, in symbolism, that would occur after John saw and recorded them.
Now, I'll quote Rev. 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Now let's identify the symbolic dragon, old serpent, Devil, and Satan, of the time period that John saw here. This "great dragon" is described in verse 3, of this same chapter:
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Obviously this "great red dragon" has become quite a frightful entity over the centuries from its humble beginning as the beguiling serpent of the Garden of Eden! But let's go on and see the identity of this "dragon." The study of the 12th chapter of Revelation would take half this book to explain, because of all the symbols that would have to be cross-referenced. So I'll just point out that this "dragon" was trying to destroy another symbolic entity know as the woman. The identity of the dragon is not given until the next chapter (13) so that is where we will begin.
Rev. 13:1�And I [John] stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. [this is our first clue.] And the beast, which I saw, was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion�
In other words, the "beast" was a combined reincarnation of ancient Babylon, Medeo-Persia, and Greece. (See Dan. 7:1-6.)
�and the dragon gave him [the beast] his power, and his seat [rulership], and great authority.
Any history student can identify now what this "dragon" is. It's the popery. Further evidence of this is in verse 4.
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
The beast, of course, represents the ten kingdoms that popery controlled in the Middle Ages.
So there you have the identification of the "dragon" of Rev. 12. It's not some dragon, devil, or Satan; but the complete manifestation of the self-named "vicar of Christ" who controlled the kings of ancient Europe via the religious vassalage of the Holy Roman Empire.
Now let's check out the word beguiled, as it is used in the Bible, and see if it's used to mean sexual intercourse. Beguiled, from the Hebrew word nasha meaning: to mentally delude, or (morally) to seduce: beguile, deceive,�Well, obviously, we can't determine from this which applies for sure, We know Eve was mentally deluded, but was she morally seduced?
To get more light on this we'll have to see the application, as explained by Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:3,
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
So there is the truth of the matter, It was Eve's mind that was beguiled not her body. The people who teach that the serpent actually had a sexual union with Eve, which conceived Cain, should step back for a moment, and really investigate what they are saying. If the serpent was really the embodiment of a "fallen angel" called Satan, this "Satan" had the power to violate God's law of reproduction. Remember the command back in Gen. 1? Now any geneticist will tell you that it is impossible for a serpent to implant sperm in a woman that would conceive a child. And if they insist that the "Satan" has, or had, this power to create a corrupted mutation out of the likeness of God, they have, in effect, made their mythical Satan, devil, or serpent, into a God! At this point, what are these people going to do with the 1st Commandment of Moses?
Thou shall have no other God's before me (Ex. 20:3). Perhaps they never thought of it, but the Bible says, only God has the power to create! There are over sixty references in the Bible that tell that God was the Creator. Many mention the fact that He created all things (Eph. 3:9). If the serpent had any part in this, why isn't it mentioned?
Yes, my friend, if you're part of this sect that is teaching the sexual seed-line doctrine, you have become part of what Paul said would come in 1 Tim. 4:1,
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
The final part of this study that we'll investigate and disprove, is the theory that the trees of the Garden of Eden were symbolic. In other words, they were pre-Adamite people.
When God uses trees in symbolism it is usually in an allegory, Isaiah 14:8, is a good example of this.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
This was part of a proverb (mixed metaphors) against the king of Babylon, as stated in verse 4, of this same chapter. But was this the case in Genesis 2?
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;Gen. 2:9
Are people good for food? Was Adam required to be a cannibal? When one investigates these doctrines they become so ridiculous it's hard to imagine anyone promoting, much less believing them. But take heart, even the Lord has answered the question of why people believe lies.And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
And for this cause, God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.
2 Thes. 2:10-11
Notice here, it isn't "Satan" sending the delusion, but God!Before we continue on to Cain's punishment, it should be pointed out that Abel's sacrifice of a lamb was pleasing to the Lord. In retrospect, we see that this would be the atonement sacrifice until the crucifixion of Jesus. Cain's offering of the fruit of the ground was not acceptable because there was no blood atonement, and his heart wasn't right. (See Heb. 9:22). Apparently Cain wouldn't accept this, and in a fit of anger slew Abel.
The Lord (Yahovah) cursed Cain for his act and for lying about it. His curse was that he, when he tilled the ground, he would receive small crops, and that he would be a vagabond (wanderer) and a fugitive all his life. After lamenting his punishment Cain said,
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass. That every one that findeth me shall slay me.There are two enlightening statements in this verse. The first is that Cain's punishment would include being driven from the presence of his Lord (Yahovah). In other words, he would no longer receive the benefits of living in an area of the earth that was sanctified and dear to Yahovah. This will be explained in detail later.Gen. 4:14Also, in this verse, we have confirmation that pre-Adamite man was in the earth prior to Adam. If this were not so, whom did Cain fear? The Lord (Yahovah) protected Cain by placing a mark on him, and an accompanying curse to any one that would slay him. After leaving the presence of the Lord, Cain dwelt in Nod, east of Eden.
And Cain knew [sexual intercourse] his wife; and she conceived�
Gen. 4:17
A third witness to pre-Adamite man: Some have said he married his sister. But we have no record of a sister being born to Adam and Eve. And even if a sister did exist�..what sin did she do that would sentence her to partake of Cain's punishment? The Lord is merciful, not a tyrant that would condemn someone unjustly!Moving on through verse 24 of chapter 4, we read of the generations of Cain's descendants, and their exploits. You'll note that his first son Enoch built a city. Now we know it takes more than three people to inhabit a city. So, obviously, we can assume there were a number of pre-Adamite people in the region. We further see that a culture was beginning to arise. Jubal was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ (verse 21). Tubalcain, Cain's fourth generation grandson, was a fabricator of brass and iron.
It's quite enlightening to see that even though Cain was cursed, his progeny still possessed a high degree of intelligence. Even though their intelligence was beginning to manifest itself, it is obvious from verses 23 and 24, that the spirit of their carnality, inherited from Cain, was their driving force. For Lamech declares he has killed a man, and then proclaims his own immunity to vengeance by proclaiming a sevenfold curse (over and above Cain's) to anyone seeking revenge. This is the last recorded statement and record of Cain's descendants.
The last two verses of this chapter record the births of Seth and his son Enos through Adam and Eve. "..Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord" (v:26).
CHAPTER 5
Genealogy of the Sons of GodThis chapter starts out with the information that confirms what we already know.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.Notice here the importance placed on the specific day that the Adamites were created�and that that day was - as we already know - a different day than the sixth day of the original creation.(vs: 1-2)Also notice that Adam was created in the likeness (resemblance) of God and not in the image (shade) after the likeness, as the dark race of Genesis 1:26.
A good illustration of this, would be to stand in the sunshine and notice your shadow. Your "likeness" outlines the image of your shadow, but the shadow, or image, is opaque.
Through the balance of chapter 5, we read of the chosen line of Seth whom the Lord appointed to carry on as the sons of God.
Now, if you think I'm too presumptuous to call them the "sons of God," turn over in your Bible to Luke 3, and read the genealogy of the sons of Adam. Note that in verse 38, as it names Adam, it says, "�which was the son of God."
Jesus also confirmed this in speaking to the Jews in John 10:34-35:
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
If he called them gods, unto whom the Word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken.
Paul also confirmed the use of this term in Romans 8:19, as he described the glory of the resurrection:
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation [resurrection] of the sons of God.
Now, in Genesis 5, as we read the genealogy of these sons of Adam (God) we note their great age. All but Enoch lived from 777 - 969 years. Many believe that Enoch, the sixth from Adam didn't die, but was taken directly to "heaven." They base this on the statement, in verse 24, that "he was not, for God took him." "He was not" is an old idiom, meaning he died, or was presumed dead by his peers. Three examples of this idiom are in Gen. 42:13 - Job 7:21 - and Jer. 31:15. Jeremiah 31:15, is a prophecy of the death of the little children when Herod tried to kill the Christ child.
Was it God's will that Enoch was to be spared a long life because of the corruption that was coming upon the earth? Job in his affliction also prayed for death, and from the wrath of God, in Job 14:13. Those who claim Enoch didn't die refer to Hebrews 11:15,
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that pleased God.
To get a handle on this we must understand what word (from the Greek) the English translators here, changed to translated. The Greek word is metatithem. It means to transfer, carry over, change, remove, translate, or turn (Strong's Con. #3346). If our English translators had used the word "removed," instead of "translated," we wouldn't envision a bodily "rapture."
Someone is sure to say at this point, but what about the statement "he should not see death"? To this I'll submit: could it not mean that God honored Enoch's faith and preserved that faith by blessing him with an early death, so that he was not subject to see the great wickedness and death that was to come? In other words, he should not see the death to come. There are two reasons to believe that this is the correct application. The first is the statement a little later on in Hebrews 11:13. After the writer lists Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, he writes,
These all died in faith�.
Now if Enoch was "raptured" why was he included in those that had "died in faith?" The second reason is that Isaiah also confirmed that the righteous are spared from evil:
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Is. 57:1
As you can see from just this limited search, many false beliefs and unscriptural ideas and doctrines can arise from mistranslations and old idioms. But, Thank Yahovah, Christ promised us,Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 11:10
Enoch's son, Methuselah, was the longest living man - he lived 969 years. Using the timetable of Peter, that one day equals a thousand years, we can see what Yahovah meant when he told Adam, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" (Gen 2:17). Methuselah's son Lamech fathered Noah, and prophesied in verse 29 that Noah:�This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord [Yahovah] hath cursed.
And Noah was 500 years old, and Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth.
CHAPTER 6 and 7
The Reason For and the Results of the FloodThis is another chapter that's not understood by most people simply because they lack knowledge of Bible terms, idioms, translations, and have just plain prejudice against what is written in God's word. The liberals among us promote the "brotherhood of man" doctrine. This doctrine stems from the misconception that we all came from Adam. This teaching is the root of the current drive for racial integration. The consequent interracial marriages have brought us to the point in time that Christ spoke of in Matt. 24:37-41.
As we begin chapter 6, God confirms that many daughters were born unto men. Then we read in verse 2 and 3:
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
As we've seen before in Luke 3:38, the sons of God were the descendants of Adam. They began to marry the mixed-blooded descendants of Cain, and no doubt some of the pre-Adamite people. The Lord (Yahovah) knew this racial mixing would destroy His spirit as children came forth from these unions. Remember that Yahovah's spirit was not breathed into the pre-Adamite people. (Compare Gen. 1:27 to 2:7.) Our English translations of the Bible are unfortunate, for they don't show the difference between the words "man" and "men." In the Hebrew, the word "man" or "men" for pre-Adamites is #120, in Strong's Concordance. It's spelled the same as Adam, but it's pronounced aw-dawm. It means; mankind, another, hypocrite, common sort, low man (meaning of low degree.)
Noah, on the other hand, is called a just man in verse 9 of this chapter. This word man is #376 in the Hebrew section of Strong's Concordance. That word is isyh meaning: champion, great, mighty man, steward, or worthy.
Now back to our text. The word "strive" is very interesting here in verse 3. It means contend, or plead the cause, so we can see that the Lord (Yahovah) was saying, My spirit shall not always "plead the cause" in man, (Adamites) because he is also flesh, (and will yield to the lust thereof.) And by yielding to interracial marriage Yahovah's spirit (breath of life) would be bred out of Adamic man. As we move on we'll see that this is exactly what happened. Yahovah, seeing the results of this iniquity�pronounced the sentence of destruction in 120 years.
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God, came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. v:4
This is one of the pivotal verses in the Bible. Before I show you why, we must comment on the word "giants." It comes from the Hebrew word nephil, which means a bully or tyrant - giant. The word "mighty" in this verse is similar in meaning. It comes from the Hebrew word gibor meaning: powerful, tyrant, champion, mighty man.
So, from the context of the verse, we should keep in mind that our English translators chose the word "giants" in their definition of nephil.
To give you an idea how damaging the misapplication of the word "giants" has become, I'll cite the common error it sows in the heart of those who believe we all came from Adam. Those of this persuasion must teach that the "sons of God" who intermarried with the "daughters of men" in verse 2, were "fallen angels" that "appropriated" flesh bodies and begot a "giant" race. They fall into this trap trying to explain who these "sons of God" were. This teaching resembles the satan-seed-line doctrine and is just as perverted, as our earlier study has proven.
Now let's discover why verse 4 is a pivotal verse.
If a person reads through verse 4, in a hurry, he will miss what Yahovah said in the verse. There's a prophecy in the verse that tells that all of the pre-Adamites were not destroyed in the upcoming deluge! The key is the words "and also after that." AFTER WHAT? Well, after the upcoming flood, of course. So we can see that this verse not only told of the results of the racial union of Adamites and pre-Adamites, but it prophesied that it would happen also after the flood. And indeed it did. If we jump ahead we can read of Nimrod in Gen. 10:8-10. Nimrod was called a mighty hunter. His prey was men. For he founded the tower of Babel, and was the patriarch of most all heathen mythology and religion.(See No.3 in Book Index)
But, we're getting ahead of our text.
If the sons of God were to come in unto the daughters of men also after that, it's obvious that some of the pre-Adamites would have to survive the flood! Many people believe the "whole world" was destroyed in the flood of Noah. From God's Word, I pray that I'll be able to show you that this was not true.
In verse 5 and 6, we see that God confirms that the wickedness of man was increasing. And Yahovah even repented of making man (Adamites) on the earth. Now it's critical to this study to recognize who is talking and acting here. The value of a good concordance cannot be stressed enough, for we then can look up the words God and Lord and see who is speaking in any given verse.
Verse 5, of this chapter is the first time in the Bible that Yahovah is called by the collective noun God. All other times he is called the Lord God, or just Lord.
We showed in our study in Genesis 1, it was Elohiym (plural form) of God, that created the earth, its contents, and pre-Adamite man. The Lord (Yahovah) God didn't act alone in the creation until Adam and the Garden of Eden with all its animals, birds, and creeping things were created.
If we keep that in mind we will know what the Lord (Yahovah) God meant when he said,
I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and creeping things, and fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen. 6:7
I will not offer any Bible verses into how this Godhead operates, simply because it's not within the scope of this study, but rest assured it does function even today.But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord�
v:8
And why did Noah find grace in the eyes of the Lord? The next verse tells us.�Noah was a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
The word "perfect" is the key. It comes from the Hebrew word tamiym meaning: without blemish, perfect, sound, undefiled.
In other words, not mixed with pre-Adamite blood! By knowing that Noah was perfect in his generations, we know that his sons were also of the pure racial stock of Adam. We have proven before that Adam was the patriarch of the white race. These facts, currently before us, prove beyond any doubt that all the races of the earth were not destroyed in the flood of Noah. Otherwise, where did their heritage come from? Any specialist in genetics will tell you that pure races have their own genetic code. That code can only be altered by the introduction of another genetic code. It is impossible for a pure race to beget another race. In other words, white does not beget black, and black doesn't beget white. But if the two are mixed we then have different "breeds," namely reds, yellows, and browns.
In verse 12, we note that the corruption of the Adamite man had apparently spread to all flesh.
For all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
His way, of course, means the way God had ordained they should live. No doubt this was the point when the animals and other creatures of the earth became carnivorous. If you'll recall, God commanded that they should only eat green herbs. (Ref. Gen. 1:30.)
The strange indigenous animals of Australia and the Galapagos Islands are found nowhere else in the world. No traces of them have ever been found in any other place. Of course, this is completely baffling to those who teach that the flood of Noah destroyed all flesh. Of course, it's not baffling to us, because we know now, that the part of the earth that was destroyed in the flood of Noah, was the very part that the Lord (Yahovah) God had created, that is, the Garden of Eden, and the land called Nod east of the garden where the descendants of Adam and Eve dwelt. (Ref. Gen. 3:24.)
The idiomatic term, the "whole earth," is found several places in the Bible. When we look them up and read the context, we see they are not talking about the whole world at all, but a specific portion of it.
The first example of this is the plague of the locusts that God brought upon the land of Egypt. (Read Exodus 10:12-15.) Verse 15 states:
For they [the locusts] covered the face of the whole earth,
We know from the context of verses 12 to15, that the whole earth refers to the land of Egypt - not the whole earth. Another example is in Luke 2:1:
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
Of course we know from recorded history that Caesar Augustus never controlled the whole world. In point of fact, over half the world hadn't even been discovered at that point. What he decreed was that the world that the Roman legions controlled should be taxed. It would be pretty hard to tax what you don't control. Right? Could the same focus apply to the instructions given for the "Great Commission" as well?
Noah was commanded to make the ark. God instructed him how to make it. From the context of verse 3 and 1 Peter 3:20:
The longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing�
It apparently took 120 years according to Gen. 6:3.
God then told Noah to begin collecting the beasts, fowls, cattle, and creeping things and lay up provisions for them and his family.
Of the clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and beasts that are not clean by two�
Gen. 7:2
We know from the list in Deuteronomy 14 just what beasts, fowls, and creeping things, that Lord considers not clean. Most are carnivorous. And because they are carnivorous, they are in violation of God's command in Gen. 1:30, and condemned as unclean. Or, if you please, not for consumption.And the Lord [Yahovah] said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Gen. 7:1
Here again, Yahovah confirms Noah's righteousness, not only in his seed, but also in his obedience. As Yahovah continues talking to Noah in verse 4, we read:For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Notice here again, in this witness, that the Lord (Yahovah) says he will destroy every living substance that HE made. He didn't say he would destroy every living substance that God (Elohiym) made. If he would have said that, all the world and its creatures would have had to be destroyed. For the scripture cannot be broken!
Noah, his family, and the animals, fowls, and creeping things, went into the ark. And the door was shut. The rains came and fountains of the deep were broken. The ark rose above the earth:
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Gen. 7:20
Here again we have proof that it wasn't a world-wide flood. Unless Noah was living within 25 feet of the peak of Mt. Everest. Fifteen (long) cubits is a little over 25 feet. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It is 29, 028 feet high. Human life cannot survive above 16,000 feet without an oxygen mask. So obviously Noah didn't live on the top of Mt. Everest!All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land diedv:22
We note again that the record of who and what received the breath of life were found exclusively in the Garden of Eden. The breath of life denotes a higher life form, as we've shown before, the exclusive creation of the Lord (Yahovah) God.And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
V:24
The End of Chapter 7Continue on to Chapter 8