Well done! Adam and Eve and God literally walking next to each other in perfect harmony. What does it even mean? Thanks for your question. We walk with the voice of God as well. God's presence is also noted by . This could be literally translated "the wind of that day." Some think this might refer to a strong wind. The main point of this entire post is to encourage Christians to look closely at Scripture, so that they will stop saying, The Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God or something very similar. Adam & Eve hid themselves from God. But there is no need to make the text say something it doesnt. Privacy Policy. Ok, we have God as a highly elevated being that perhaps didnt want to spend timewith all of this. 00:00. God cannot look upon sin ( Habakkuk 1:13) and that's why He told Moses no one can see His face and live ( Exodus 33:20 ). Genesis 3:8 Context. Tim, thank you for your commentary. Thanks for reading. However, God could have manifested himself as a human being, but this would not be the glorious spirit being that he actually is. This is stated in the incident where Moses disobeyed by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1011). When He asked them why they hid they answered Him. Adam & Eve had been very naughty and they were hiding from the Lord!! They and their children would experience sickness, pain, and physical death. Adam's spiritual life, through fellowship with God, depended on Adam's respect for God's laws. With that being said, I agree with you that it is reasonable to infer that He spent time with them, but the Bible does not imply that He did, and that was the point of this post. Thank you for your thoughts I do understand the whirlwind , but Gen says God made them clothes from an animal to replace mans attempt of covering his nakedness. Adam did hear Gods voice at another time. Adam and Eve are walking around in the Garden of Eden, and they meet up with this serpent who asks them an interesting question: "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the . I believe the context of the above verse was a time when ADAM was NOT at enmity with God and they conferred with each other. It saddens me to let go of the notion that God would hang out with them in the cool of the evening. Instead of adding our own ideas to Scripture and stating them dogmatically and demanding apologies from anyone who disagrees, perhaps we should learn to deal carefully with the word of God. For more information on the subject of Heaven, see Randy Alcorns book Heaven. When God asked them how they knew they were naked, and asked them if they had eaten from the tree they were not to. I could not find it. The sound of movement. Adam tried to put the blame on Eve, and Eve tried to put the blame on the serpent, but God was angry with all three of them! Many people assume that this one verse is symbolic, as . And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.". God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. It would be far better to use a supporting argument that has a strong biblical basis. they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the gardenThe divine Being appeared in the same manner as formerlyuttering the well-known tones of kindness, walking in some visible form (not running hastily, as one impelled by the influence of angry feelings). Your article keeps us on the ever-important path of faithfulness. God fashioned Eve out of Adam's rib (Genesis 2:22). After creating Adam, God "put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it" (Genesis 2:15). Thanks for the comments. Hi Bob, Its not hard at all to see that Adams and Eves sins broke the right standing they had with God. So, heres one guy that wont repeat this again. 21 AND IF YOU WALK CONTRARY TO ME AND NOT LISTEN TO ME THEN I WILL ring 7 times more plagues upon you 22 I will also send wild beasts among you 23 and if you will not be reformed by me by these things BUT WILL WALK CONTRARY TO ME 24 THEN I WILL WALK CONTRARY TO YOU and punish you 7 times more for your sins I am so happy to find your website. It seems so trivial. Here are 6 things that you need to know, insights that will help you in your life today, in helping to refine the way you view God. In the plain reading of Genesis 1-3, we learn that God created the first two people: Adam and Eve. We "Walk With God" in Meditating upon His Word. Genesis 3:8. Either way, prior to sin there was not a fractured relationship between God and man, but there certainly is as a result of sin. It seems from Scripture that they lived on manna exclusively. If Im narrating a scene, I can write that the main character heard a certain sound (e.g., an approaching truck or an army on the march) before the character realizes what it is that he is hearing. Its not even hard to imagine that Adam and Eve did walk with God prior to the fall. However, many scholars believe the best way to explain the image of God is to think of it as a verb. Genesis 2:15-17 doesn't provide many details, 15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. It says, "they heard the sound of God walking in the garden", and, " they hid themselves from the presence of the Lord. Awesome, you as a Dad leading his children, as the word instructs. From this view, Adam and Eve were with God in the Garden for a whileand they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. Thanks for the kind words. First, we are told that God made man from the dust of the ground, and he didnt become a living being until God breathed the breath of life into him (Genesis 2:7). Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. I have been following the comments on this article for several years, and I want to say how much I appreciate your kind and faithful answers. So there is no need to appeal to some sort of walk in the garden for them to know Gods voice. I just dont get your argument. I do however give a lot of thought when people preach/teach as truth that which is not written but surmised by man/woman to have taken place. The natural reading of arithmetic is that according to arithmetic. Lord God (Jesus) walked among Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. This verse appears immediately after our first parents rebelled against the Creator. Just a quick note: The verb used here in verse 8 to describe the divine movement of God mihalli (sorry, my keyboard isnt able to type this word out correctly) suggests iterative and habitual aspects. "And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.". Much of the talk of the Adam & Eve story revolves around how they ate the . But that is not what it says, so Im trying to help people avoid teaching false ideas about Scripture. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Did Adam and Eve Walk with God in the Garden? They hide among the trees. Personal fellowship with God is at the very heart of our purpose for being! Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixtybooks and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries. I completely agree that Adam and Eve had the freedom to obey or disobey regarding the forbidden fruit, but that doesnt really have anything to do with my point in this post. by Erik Jones. My post simply raises the possibility that He may have used something similar to the whirlwind of Job 38:1. Adam and Eve enjoyed a relationship with God, and with each other, that was unhindered by the disruptive power of sin. Instead, He manifested as a violent wind, perhaps not too different than how He spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1). The answer is that it was the Word, who later became Jesus Christ, that walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. Was it God walking or was it something different? I know you didnt use the word constant but thats sort of the point in my article. Nothing in that passage says it, and thats the main point of this post. In God's sight they are like filthy rags. And to the hill of frankincense. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. " (John 1:18) . Because Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the Lord sent them out of the Garden of Eden into the world. Theres no reason to think that they waited 60+ years to have children when they were already husband and wife and were created by God to fulfill the instructions He had given them, including be fruitful and multiply.. 16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and . The Bible likens our righteousness to filthy rags. Of course, from this view God was perceiveably with the pre-Fallen Adam and Eve, so that they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. But Adam and Eve were almost certainly not in the Garden very long prior to their Fall. He was given power and authority by Father God to create the universe and all life within it. Walking with God means you are in agreement with Him and His ways ( Amos 3:3 ). If they dont walk with him no blessing no rain no food and punishment 7 times more. Adam said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself (Genesis 3:10, ESV). If I am walkin* with you I would assume you are walking with me? Why would God spend time with them, because He loved them and wanted to share His love with them! They could not walk in the garden naked anymore, and they had to defend their actions. He does indeed come down, but this time for confrontation and judgment, whereas before it had been for fellowship. I am simply trying to point people back to Scripture as Ive done in many other posts in my Misused Verses series. If used in this sense, Adam and Eve did "walk" with God prior to sin because there was no fracture in their relationship with God. If the voice of God walking in the garden caused them to run and hide because of disobedience, sin, judgement. It doesnt say that they were walking with God. 2 keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary.3 IF YOU WALK IN MY STATUTES AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND DO THEM 4 then I will give you rain in due season and the land shall give her increase and the trees of the field shall yield there fruit. To the second point in your conclusion, I think it is quite speculative. But what did they actually hear that made them afraid? An additional notable commentary is that God made Adam in His image and likeness, and imbued him with His Spirit the breath of life. Thanks again. WHY? My goal in these types of blog posts is to encourage believers to look carefully at the text. The Hebrew Bible depicts Adam and Eve as walking around the Garden of Eden naked due to their sinlessness. Anyway, Im very surprised I forgot to include a link to an article on theophanies that I wrote for Answers in Genesis. So when I say, The Bible just doesnt say that some people think Im saying that it didnt and couldnt have happened. Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.". Then it says that Adam & Eve hid themselves from God's presence and then they confessed that they "heard" His voice and hid themselves from His voice. How many pastors and other teachers have taught that the Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden? Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. My post is not arguing against the idea that Adam and Eve had some sort of relationship with the Lord prior to the Fall. Picture this. Then God shared his thoughts to Abraham of judging Sodom and Gomorrah. Im not sure where you got the idea that Im hellbent on trying to make a point of saying that Adam and Eve did not walk with God. I have no problem with the idea that Adam and Eve may have walked with God, which is what I stated in the conclusion of the post and in several follow-up comments. In other words, man had a physical body made from the ground. Genesis 3:8 KJV. 9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied . The Bible doesnt say that Cains wife was from Nod. I clarified my statement about strong wind being a better translation to point out that there are scholars who make this claim, like J.J. Niehaus. "Until the cool of the day. How do I know? Required fields are marked *. However, the walk in these passages should probably be understood in a figurative sense. All the details of exactly how god walked with them are so plain to see that blind Freddy can see it. Hi Warren, I would be with this item all day and be close to me at nite. He put the Man he had just made in it. I dont have a problem with people thinking that Adam and Eve walked with God (as I stated, they may have), but I want people to realize that the Bible doesnt say that they did. I too have always heard that God walked with Adam & Eve in the cool of the day every day. Looking at that from an opposite perspective; Is it not also true that it is not stated they werent walking with God? Who were they conversing with? But, despite the beauty of God's new world, there was one thing missing. Psalm 104:3. Is it that they are referred to as sons of God? holy ones? Thats not exactly a clear cut and dry case, beyond dispute, based on those sparse details. The problem with this scenario is that Adam and Eve were almost certainly not in the Garden very long. They turned to their own ways, sinful ways. Ive heard pastors, speakers, authors, and many other Christians confidently state that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden of Eden. Yes, Adam and Eve were sinless, but this doesnt mean that Gods physical presence needed to be right where they were. September 13, 2019. Thats the one where I spend time talking about the ages of Cain and Abel. Your entire post is irrelevant to the discussion because you are trying to show what it means when it says that someone walked with God. The ESV accurately captures Adams response in verse 10. 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. That God would withhold his presence before they sinned, but then come down among them only after they sinned, seems counter to the biblical teaching of God drawing near to the righteous and drawing back from the unrighteous. Perhaps some people may have this figurative sense in mind when they speak of our first parents walking with God. Jack ~'()~ To be clearagain. How do your children know how to live? It means closeness, intimacy, communion. The only time it mentions the voice and walking (if those are the right translations) is when Adam and Eve were hiding from God. I have been studying this part about god walking with Adam when I came across your post. He is eternally begotten of the Father, one with the Father, in essence, but he had not yet become flesh. (Gen 3:5-8). Hi Tom, The same two words are translated elsewhere . I think for me it comes from the song In the Garden, it is a peaceful way to think God is walking with us. It does not say that God drove Adam and Eve, or the man and the woman, out of the Garden of Eden. Genesis 3:8 Can you imagine what it must have been like in the garden of Eden, before sin entered the world? And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. After Adam and Eve sinned, God found them hiding from Him as He was walking in the Garden. Genesis 2 describes Adam and Eve's first homethe Garden of Eden. If you had bothered to read the post, you would have read these words: The impression people usually get is that Adam and Eve were in the garden for a long time, enjoying daily walks with God. The old has . And how many times is this a supporting argument for a main point or the main point itself? I see familiarity here. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden Genesis 3:8. Genesis 3:8, CSB: Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God . For Adam to know that the sound he heard was the sound of God, he must have heard it before. Hi Ralph, They were created pre-programmed by God. God has, in certain instances, revealed Himself in bodily form. It was part of the sad deception that the man and woman who wanted so much to be like God, rather than obtaining the stature of deity, are afraid even to commune with him. Adam and Eve said, 'Lord, when we were in the garden, You walked with us every day. Abel may have had plenty of kids who would want revenge against their Uncle Cain for killing their father. I also see or notice (for first time) that the description occurred after the fall & is only described once. Fifth, if someone doesn't like the idea that God knew they would be . But its entirely different to claim that the Bible teaches or implies that they did when there just arent any statements in the text that teach or imply that position. Tim,I will have to agree that scripture does not state outright that God and Adam walked in the garden together on a daily basis, as many assume, however, the earlier verses in Genesis would seem to indicate that Adam and God did enjoy some sort of periodic personal interaction, such as when God brought the animals to Adam to see what he would name them, or when God gave Adam instructions regarding the work that he was to do in the garden, and what he was, and was not, supposed to eat, and certainly when God put Adam to sleep to remove one of his ribs.
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