Bible-1, Pentateuch-1, Genesis-1: Part 2

LESSON 1

PENTATEUCH I

GENESIS 1

Part Two:

By Rev. G. E. Newmyer

God knew Jeremiah before Jeremiah was even conceived, but it doesn’t say Jeremiah knew God before Jeremiah was born. God is in all places at all times as He knows all things, but it doesn’t mean we do. Before Adam took of the fruit God knew it would happen, but it was worked into the plan. God knew, God allowed, but God also warned. If God loves, can He hate? The concept of God hating could be hard for some to accept, we could say the Bible says it, so accept it, but it’s not the role of a teacher. God is Love, but can He hate? It seems to be the question doesn’t it? In Proverbs 6:16-19 we read, “six things the Lord does hate…”, then “yea, the seventh an abomination unto Him”. We know there are abominations unto the Lord, the context in Proverbs shows the abomination holds more disfavor with God, than the things God hates! Wow, let’s look at the six, a proud look, does the face give the proud look? Or the person? The person of course. Then a lying tongue, but can a tongue lie? Or is it the Person? Hands shedding  innocent blood, but do the hands do it? Or the person? A heart devising wicked imaginations, then feet swift in running to mischief, then a false witness speaking lies, all are elements of a person. God hates the things, thus if the person does the things, they are seen in the hate, but if they turn from the things, or separate themselves from the old nature, they are no longer attached to the things God hates. The abomination is “he who sows discord among the brethren”, the example is seen in the excuses of the fall, in this we find flesh and blood are not the enemy, the things God hates are.

God said “vengeance is mine says the Lord, I will repay”, thus as the Creator He has perfect and pure justice, but does this mean we can hate? Does this mean God walks around hating? Paul addressed this question in his letter to the Romans by using Esau as an example; “as it is written, Jacob I have loved, but Esau have I hated” (Rom 9:13 & Malachi 1:2). Paul then says God said this before either Jacob or Esau had done either good or evil (Rom 9:11). However, we do see there was a point when both were babies, having not done anything evil, but having not done anything good either, making them as Adam in the Garden, showing no baby goes to hell, they have done nothing to accuse them by. They were born under the sin nature, which is flesh centered, but “committing” sin is what makes one a sinner. Under the sin nature we are prone to sin, but it doesn’t make a baby a “sinner”.

Two things should stand out, first before Esau or Jacob were born God knew exactly what type of people they would be, but neither Esau or Jacob did. Next the Scriptures used “have I hated” which is a past tense statement, yet God is Now. How can this be? Let’s find what verse Paul used, is it found here in Genesis? No, we have to travel to Malachi, there we will find the answer to all this. In Malachi 1:2-3 we read, “I have loved you, says the Lord, Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? Says the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness”. Esau was the elder, yet God made him second in position, then we find “a son honors his father and a servant his master, if then I be Father, where is My honor?”. Esau rebelled in more ways then one, the clarity comes in Hebrews where we find Esau sold his birthright for a morsel of meat (flesh – Heb 12:16). The birthright was something special from the beginning as a sign of how special our “Birthright” is in the New Birth.

Malachi speaks to two groups of people, both of which have accepted the premise of being “God’s children”. One group faces the “table”, yet we read, “The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even His meat is contemptible” (Mal 1:12). The word for Meat also means Bread, thus in this passage we find the Bread (Body), but not the Wine (Blood). The Wine as a metaphor for the Blood of Jesus, the Blood can never be made contemptible, it’s always perfect, as it’s protected by the Lord; however, the Bread is different, it’s in the hands of the Bread, we are the Bread (I Cor 10:17). Contemptible Bread is when someone sows discord among the brethren, producing contempt.

The next group addressed in Malachi are the Tithers who rob God, this group says, “It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it for us to keep the ordinance..” (Mal 3:14). This group is self-based, seeking all they can get, they won’t give until they have a clear cut incentive of personal gain. Does it connect to Esau? Yes, he wanted food, it didn’t matter at the time if he had to give up his birthright, after all he wasn’t using the birthright at the  moment; until the time came for him to gain it, yet it was gone, no amount of repentance could gain it back for him. Jacob saw the importance of the “birthright”, Esau mocked it: God is never happy with someone who mocks their Birthright in the New Covenant.

In reference to God hating, Paul added, “What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid” (Rom 9:14). This is joined to the phrase, “For the gift and calling of God are without repentance” (Rom 11:29), with, “For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not you” (Rom 11:21), with, “for whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom 10:13). None of these seem to fit together, yet they do. The Esau mentality is a disregard for the birthright which was granted, the rejection causes a person to sow discord among the brethren. It’s what God hates, yet He loves those who honor the birthright as a chosen child. Simply God is motivated by Love, but there are areas where we find God does hate.

First came the flesh, then God created our souls, but the purpose isn’t complete until we are Born Again by having the Spirit. The flesh gives us the right to be on this earth, the soul gives us the right to be Born Again, the Spirit gives us the right to enter the Door to heaven. Only the human was given the breath of God, it’s the breath making man a human, not the flesh, or the bones.

The method of keeping a day for the Jew is based on the creation of God, the Gentile still uses midnight to midnight as a means to tell one day from another; whereas, the Jew looks at the evening, or the time when the sunsets as the beginning of a day until the sunsets again as one day; as they saw how God began at the evening. In essence we find God only worked in the Night, regarding the things of the Night.

The day for the Jew being sunset to sunset helps us when we look at the day of the Cross; Jesus took His Passover at evening, went to the Cross in what we might consider the next day, but it wasn’t, it was still the same day according to the Jewish time keeping method. Therefore, the Passover meal and Cross were one day, not two. However, whether it’s the Jewish method of sunset to sunset, or the Gentile method of midnight to midnight, we find both use the darkness as a guide to divide days.

Jesus is our Bright Morning Star, a star shining in the Day; Peter tells us to pay attention to the sure word of prophecy until the Day dawn when the Day Star (New Man) arises in our hearts (II Pet 1:19). Our life begins at Dawn, although we find God saying, “Let there be Light”, we also find the Light didn’t come until Jesus came as the Day Star dawned.

We know the Scriptures tell us, “Joy comes in the Morning”, with “This is the Day the Lord has made, let us Rejoice and be Glad in it”, or in Hebrews where we’re told “While it is yet Today (This Day)”. What do all those mean? It’s Sunday? No, which Day do we rejoice in? The Day, not any day, rather the Day for us began when we accepted the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus. The Rapture or Catching Away is the completeness of the First Resurrection, thus the same Spirit who raised Jesus will raise us. The First Resurrection is the Resurrection of Jesus, since He was the first. Others were raised from the dead, but they were not Resurrected, they came back to the same flesh they had before, then later died. In the Book of Revelation it talks about those who are Partakers of the First Resurrection (Rev 20:5-6), taking place before the 1,000 years. Then we see the 144,000 marked on Zion of the earth, we also see a great multitude of all nations (Gentiles) in heaven, guess who they are (Rev 7:1-9). All these factors separate the Day from the Night; Jesus warned His disciples regarding this issue in Acts 1:6-8.

God called the Greater Light “Day” and the Lesser Light “Night”, yet He said, the evening came first, then the morning (Gen 1:5). Why would He say the Light appears first, yet darkness came first? In the Beginning was the Word (Jn 1:1), then John tells us, the Light shined in darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not, so which was first? (Jn 1:5). He didn’t say the Light shined in the Night, and the Night comprehended it not, nor did he say the Light came in the Day, and the Day comprehended it not, thus showing before Jesus came as the Word of God made flesh, the Age from Adam to Jesus was still one of darkness, as the darkness continues in its realm until the end of time, yet we as children of the Day are not children of the Night, or the Darkness (I Thess 5:4-5).

One could make the mistake of assuming the Light being a creation means Jesus was created. Not so, the Bible doesn’t say God created “the Light”, rather we find a permissive statement asking the Light to take its place in the Plan. God didn’t say “Light Be” as a command, or “Light come forth”, it was based on a request, the Light came forth from where it was (Gen 1:3). Later in Genesis 1:14 God again makes a permissive statement in reference to “the lights” (plural). Commands leave no choice, permissive statements do. If the Light is Jesus, as John says, then the Father would not Command the Light, it would be permissive allowing the Light to be obedient.

We said there was much in the creation account, we haven’t even touched the surface. With the addition of John’s Account we obtain more clues; in Genesis God said, “Let there be Light”, this word means A self-generating Light, or one burning forever without assistance from any source, it can’t be the “sun” as we know it, but it does relate to John 1:4, where we are told Jesus is the Life and Light of men, yet wasn’t there a sun before? Were not people walking around on the earth before? Yes, but man’s concept of “light” is much different from God’s, just as man’s concept of Life is different from God’s. Man presumes being able to breath air is “life”, God looks at Life as having the constant presence of God in ones existence. We also find John the Baptist wasn’t the Light, or the “beginning of lights”, rather his role was to bear witness of “the Light” (Jn 1:8). Then in John 1:12-13 we find the Light made it possible for man to be born of God. Until then no man could be Born of God, since Born of God means Born Again. We begin to see the Genesis Account begins the Plan, it doesn’t end it.

Could it be the saying, “Let there be Light” is connected to the “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world”? Yes, it’s why we’re going over all this. Without seeing how God is projecting His plan, we will assume we have found mistakes in the Genesis account, or make the mistake of thinking all creation begins when God says, “Let there be Light”. If the earth was void, it was in existence before God said, “Let there be Light”, thus the earth itself is much older than the life span of Adam, thus God’s plan of redemption began when He said “Let there be Light”, not before.

The earth already in existence and void means it had an existence before Adam. Another clue to the pre-existence is how God spoke to the earth, and the seeds in the earth came forth. God didn’t plant them, nor did God say, “plant be”, rather the earth obeyed by releasing the dead seeds of the plants in the earth. No seed can produce unless it’s dead, thus showing how there were plants prior. All this shows whatever was pre-existing was worked into the plan, but had nothing to do with the redemption of man.

Natural man is convinced he has found mistakes in the creation record, from his false premise he ran to the natural conclusions of Darwin, a created human, over the record of the Creator. One foolish mistake always leads to another. The Bible does show species and man adapting to surroundings, especially in Genesis chapter 10, which is referred to as the table of nations. Races, languages and the such show how man adapted to his surroundings, but Darwin took it one step further, violating the plan of God. There is no evidence of a “cross-over” evolution, no monkey – man, bird – snake, or mouse – dog evidence at all, only a theory. A theory is a guess made by a human, man set out to prove or disprove the theory, but it’s still a theory until proof is found. Suggestions regarding the theory are not good enough to prove theory, there remains disputed evidence. The evidence of “pre-historic” man shows a form of creation “pre (before) historic (history)”, but it does not show a cross over, nor does it show a “living soul”. No one disputes the bones, but to make the leap from the bone to a possessor of a soul goes beyond Theory to Fable. The real evidence is language and inventions, the evidence shows from Adam to modern man we traveled from a language to landing on the moon. In Genesis 1:2 we find the earth “void” yet in existence, showing us there was no life forms, nothing to “evolve” from, but God did call forth seeds from the earth, as well as animals, but we don’t see Him creating all of them. It’s a far cry from “evolved”; the evidence of plant life shows similar traces between pre-historic plants and what we find today, not saying they are the same, only a like kind. The evidence of Adam shows death as a result of sin, to commit sin it takes a matter of choice to violate a Commandment or Law, there was no choice until God told Adam, “in the day you eat thereof”.

The result of sin is death, the human race began with Adam, whatever was prior really doesn’t matter in the Plan of Redemption. Nonetheless this we know, we who were dead, are now alive by the faith of the Son of God who loves us, and gave Himself for us (Gal 2:20).

The Redemption is a creation in and of itself, nothing prior to a species having the breath of God had the choice to sin. Intellect begins with the ability to make a choice, from the God given intellect man could “invent”, or bring about his ideas into a physical form, showing the beginning of the image of God. All this indicates the difference between prehistoric man and Adam is based on the breath of God.

When God said, “Let there be Light” it shows the first aspect of the Plan is the Self-existing Light. From then forward the Light would always be the dominate factor, thus when the Light appeared the darkness became subordinate, or dissipated. The principle has been established ever since, becoming a hope for those of us who are the Greater Light. The first Light is not the Greater Light or the Lesser Light, but it does bring a division between Day and Night.

In the case of “let there be Light”, we find the Light humbled Himself becoming obedient, this Light is the projection of God’s Nature as His Word; in the perfect timing of God the same Light will come to His own as the very Word of God, although many children were named Jesus, only one held the title of Christ. Although the Light was given permission in the Beginning, the same Light did not manifest in human form until several thousand years later. The Plan was in action, but the result of the plan was yet future tense. Time and timing are elements the child of God must always be aware of. If we make up our own timing, or presume God must condone to our timing we might bring about something called an “Ishmael”, the manipulative product of testing the Promise of God.

Unbelief is the thought of God not being able to begin, but doubt is the thought of God not able to finish what He has begun. Belief secures the process, faith maintains it, patience keeps the boat steady.

Wait, it’s not all, the Light was introduced before any creation pertaining to Judgment, before the Night became a factor, or before Adam was formed and created the premise of the Light and Life of men was set in the Plan. Once the Father said, “Let there be Light”, the Lamb accepted the Cross. The Light would later say, “For this reason came I into the world” (Jn 18:37), showing the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world.

On the same note, God didn’t use science to perform creation, He used His Word and His “fingers”. “Wait, where does it say that?”. In Psalm 8:3, the moon, stars and heavens are the work of God’s fingers. Wait, is there a mystery here as well? Are not the heavens a metaphor for those appointed to heaven? Are not the sun and moon metaphors pointing to Israel? Yes, God spoke, things happened on the earth, but God was also projecting the works of His hands to a time yet to come.

God had the end in hand, before He began, but science must determine the exactness of what was, in order to make a guess at what might be, thus the attitude of Science would see only the darkness, or emptiness, then determine there was no light, thus there could be no light, since there was no evidence of light ever being in existence. Once science determines what it assumes was, it can determine what it thinks is, but it can never determine what will be. Science is not exact, today it’s “eat this and it will kill you”, but tomorrow it’s “well, you can eat some”, then the next day it’s, “you know, we found its really good for you”. The cares of this world are still the cares of this world. Science through the reasoning of man only views the natural, it has no concept of the spiritual (I Cor 2:14).

In Genesis 1:2 we find the Darkness was upon the Face of the Deep, the word Darkness is the Hebrew Choshekh meaning Obscurity, Dark, Darkness, Falsehood or Ignorance, none of which God created, all of which are things when appearing when the Light of God is removed. However, they become the very essence of the spirit of man.

Before the work could begin the attribute of Light was introduced, which also means Life was now on the scene. Is the Light the sun? If so what is the Greater Light? Or the Lesser Light? These Lights must go further than “sun and moon”, for many reasons, just as the darkness must also go further than the absence of physical light. The same Hebrew word used for darkness can also refer to the “darkness of the grave”, which indicates death, adding to the premise (I Sam 2:9 & Job 10:21). When we were in the world we were darkness, spiritually void, without hope of ever being spiritual in nature, the walking dead, waiting to die. We were in a no win situation, until Jesus came as the Light and Life of man with the Good News, granting us permission to be Born Again.

Of course we also see the obvious, the darkness shows a “death” had taken place on the earth, but it doesn’t show death was the result of sin. If there was a death, could it mean there were other creatures on the earth before the darkness? Interesting, let’s see what the Bible shows us. Adam had not seen death, but death was in his flesh from the beginning, the only thing providing him Life was the Living Soul maintained by the external Tree of Life while he was in the Garden. The Garden was the place of protection, just as the Unction over the Body is our protection.

The word Face in the phrase “Face of the deep” adds to this as well, it’s the Hebrew Panim meaning To turn, or The surface of a thing. The word Deep is the Hebrew Thowm meaning Wave or Waters, it was also used to point to the Abyss. What did God see in Genesis 1:2? A hardness of water on the face of the earth, with the darkness of the grave, meaning no life, or activity, yet a place already in existence. What does all this show? The earth was there, the face of the waters was there; therefore, the Beginning in Genesis refers to the Redemption process after what is known as the Ice Age. This is clear when we see the earth was here before God said, “Let there be Light”, but it was in a harden water form, with no earthen material on the surface. The Light came, the waters melted, then God set some of the waters as a firmament, the dry land did not appear until the third day (Gen 1:9).

Then another creation took place, much of the forming or creating was calling forth in a “different” form the creatures and plants from the earth. We find connections between plants and animals in our day to pre-historic times, but not an “exactness”. There are several thoughts by various scholars involving what we see in Genesis, there is the Gap View, which sees Genesis 1:1 as one aspect of creation, then a length of time for the earth to become the state of darkness and void, then God reappearing on the scene in Genesis 1:2. This is based on the phrase “God created the heaven and earth”, then adding how the earth was void and full of darkness. This view sees a period of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 as a great time, which would explain the “missing link”. The Gap View does go one step further, as we saw, presuming the darkness was the result of the devil being judged, but Ezekiel 28 shows it’s not the case.

Some contend this accounts for the Ice Age, which would account for the use of the Hebrew wording showing a “hardness of the face of the waters”. This theory also accounts for the “seven days of creation”, since they don’t begin until verse 2. Some questioned the Gap Theory by using Exodus 20:11 which says, “for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all in them”; however, in this we find another mystery. There are different words used for Creation and Formed, each means something different. The Hebrew Asah is translated as Formed or Made, it means to make something from something; whereas the Hebrew Bara is translated as Create, it means to make something from nothing. In Exodus 20:11 we are told God “formed (Asah)” not “created (Bara)” the heaven and earth in seven days, it supports the Prophetic Theory. How? It shows during the six nights of Creation God formed (includes calling forth something in seed form) the elements, which shows some things were created, but many were Formed, or Made from the dead seeds already in the earth. If it’s the case, then the seeds were already in the earth before Genesis 1:2.

Whether it’s a dinosaur, or prehistoric man, the evidence shows they are no longer. No matter what, we know intelligent man came about after the Ice Age, not before. No pots, no evidence of art, no evidence of advancement, no language, nothing to show intellect, yet the mind of man is found in the soul. The mind and brain are different, the brain stores information regarding the flesh, the soul contains the mind, will, emotions as well as the intellect of man, no soul no intellect, defining soulless Neanderthal.

Well perhaps the dinosaurs were around, but not written about. If it’s the case then either Noah or God missed it when Noah was told to take two of every animal, if every animal, it was every animal (Gen 7:2-3).

The other views of creation include the Pictorial Day Theory, claiming the six days mentioned for creation refer to the six days God revealed the Creation Story to Moses; however, Moses was on the mount for several days, no where in the Bible is it suggested.

Then the Intermittent Day view, which claims the days mentioned are literal days, but between each day is a time span not accounted for. However, in the Genesis account we find God creating from “evening to morning”, which means He did nothing during the Day.

The Day-Age theory says the Hebrew word Yom used for Day refers to periods of indefinite length, not literal days. This theory contends the length of time for prehistoric man would be the time Adam was in the Garden before the Fall; however, it doesn’t take into account the first Commandment given Adam, “go and multiply”, yet the Bible shows Adam didn’t even begin the Commandment until after the fall (Gen 4:1). If taking the fruit was a violation of the Commandment, then not multiplying would also be a violation. Adding the word “replenish” in Genesis 1:28, which we found is the word God gave Noah in Genesis 9:1, showing Adam was told to Replenish the earth. Paul tells us death reigned from Adam to Moses (Rom 5:14), but he does not preclude death before Adam, rather Adam is the beginning of “man”, the first created element on the planet in whom God breathed, the very first who could make a choice to sin. Adam introduced death by sin, yet he was the beginning of something special, not the result of it.

Death as a result of sin entered the human race by Adam, but it’s hard to look on the bones of pre-historic animals, then say, “Everything produces after it’s own kind”, yet not see some evidence of those animals in the Bible account. Especially when we know Noah took two of everything, the Ark wasn’t big enough for old Dino and his friends. The answer is of course, Adam is the first “human”, anything before was plant like, even if it had flesh. We also find Adam’s flesh was formed of the dirt, thus DNA connections would be there, but hardly defining a “human”.

The Literal Day Theory accepts the meaning of the text to mean six literal days, with no other creations of any kind before Genesis 1:2; however, does it mean God can create evil and darkness, as well as God being void and without purpose? Not the case at all, the Literal Day theory uses the “evening and morning” to show they are days; however, “evening to morning” is not Day, but Night. It has to connect to “work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work”.

We are stuck with the obvious, everything produces after its own kind, God only created in the Night, thus the things created were for the Night, there is no darkness in God, yet the earth was without form, void and darkness, unless we can answer these questions, we have not answered anything, regardless of which theory one holds.

There is another Theory, one fitting all the questions, the Prophetic Theory, yet it doesn’t discount the day, but points to the Night as God completed the creation for Judgment in the Beginning, leaving a time when the Light would come as Jesus, opening the time for the Greater and Lesser Lights, bringing into focus the prophecy of “let us make man in our image”. This Theory also accepts the thought of the space of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, but does not accept the concept of Satan falling then. Rather God’s knowledge had the end in hand, before there was a beginning, God not only gave choice to man, but gave man many blessings.

Nonetheless we do find there was no punishment stated for Adam’s failure to multiply, at the fall there will a punishment toward Adam female regarding the subject. We all know we can obey God with Joy, or reluctantly, but we can also presume since God didn’t state a punishment for His request, we don’t have to do it. God could tell us to “pray”, but since God didn’t say, “if you don’t pray in dying you will die”, we presume we really don’t have to. The evidence shows Adam was not in the Garden very long, but he was there long enough to name the animals, walk with God in the cool of the day, and partake of the fruit of the tree, but why not obey God and multiply? No stated punishment, which shows Adam had faith, he simply didn’t walk in it. Faith in God involves obedience to God because we want to obey, just as faith in the self involves obedience to the self because we serve the self. Only one of those is called Godly faith, guess which one.

It was only after the Adam fall he decided to obey the Commandment, then he went so far as to name his wife as he did the animals. This shows Adam wasn’t in the Garden  long, the Day-Age theory depends on something not evidenced by Scripture. God walking with Adam in the cool of the day shows several things, first God didn’t walk with Adam in the Night. Next it was one day, rather than “days” as many. The key to the amount of time Adam spent in the Garden is found in the Commandments. The first commandment to multiply involved conception, yet Eve did not conceive until they were cast from the Garden (Gen 4:1). The theory of the Yom day should have taken into consideration the concept of God walking with Adam in the cool of the Yom. If God rested on the Seventh Day, which Day did God walk with Adam? After the Seventh? Or before?

Which takes us back to the Literal Day theory, which accepts the Hebrew Yom to mean a literal 24 hour Day. This theory is the one which begun the thought of the entire universe being only 7,000 years old. However, it doesn’t take into account the time element of the Day, it presumes God worked day and night for six days. According to Genesis, God worked nights becoming the first “swing shift” worker (just kidding). It also doesn’t take into account the darkness, void and without form, none of these elements are attributes of God, they are elements occurring when creation is separated from God.

God is speaking of Lights, not one, not two, but Three, then He speaks of the Day and Night, yet the time before the appearance of Jesus in the flesh was darkness (Jn 1:5). Then Jesus tells us to work while it is yet Day, for the Night comes when no man can work (Jn 9:4). If the Night was yet future tense, but the Day began with Jesus as the Light, then the time before was under the Shadow in darkness. Therefore, how could God point to the “Day” as His time of work? In all this what is a Day? Simply a measurement of time for man to understand, it doesn’t matter if it was 24 hours, or 24 minutes, or 5,000 years, it was simply a measurement of time.

Then Jesus tells us the first will be last, but the last will be first. The Prophetic theory says the Day began with Jesus as the Word taking on flesh came as the Light (Jn 1:1-8), then those who are Born Again are the Greater Light of the Day, when they are gone then comes the Lesser Light of the Night. The creation for the Night of Judgment is taken care of here in Genesis, but the creation of the Day is a work in progress. Therefore the saying of Jesus regarding Work while it is yet Day (present tense) indicates the Greater Works of Salvation, but we also find no man can work in the Night since it will be based on Judgment, thus those works were completed here in Genesis. Paul backed this up by telling us we are children of the Day, not the Night, as the Night was far spent (coming quickly –  I Thess 5:5 & Rom 13:12).

This theory also says Adam could not be the completed image of God, since Adam fell the first chance he got, which is also evidenced by the birth of Cain, as well as Adam not engaging in any sexual relationship with Eve until after the Fall (Gen 4:1). Also First Corinthians chapter 15 points out the First Adam was natural, made of the earth, for the earth as a living soul, but the Second Adam is of Heaven, a Quickening Spirit. Couple this with the Greek Psuche which is the soul life of man, and we find Adam is the beginning unto the Image, but the completed Image was presented when Jesus said, “Ye must be Born Again”. Therefore the completed Image of God would be found in those who are Born Again, who have Jesus in them of a truth as Christ in them, the hope of Glory.

It’s important to remember whatever was before Adam was not “human”, making Adam the first “man” on the earth. We can’t forget the fall didn’t take place on the moon, or outside the Garden, it took place in the Garden, the very place where God said everything was Good. The word Good means Pleasant, Agreeable, Excellent, or Perfect for its purpose. It was Good for the purpose, it has to be taken into consideration, or we are left with God not being all knowing, which is never the case.

The animal mind will fight, or seek flight, man reasons and invents. Animals have to be trained, but man learns, much different. The Prophetic Theory takes into consideration the New Testament, but it doesn’t approach the length of a Day, rather it looks at the elements created or formed as they relate to the Redemption of man. It doesn’t see the term Day as from morning to morning, rather it sees it as it’s indicated in the Scriptures, Evening to Morning, which leaves a period of time for the New Creation. Not the exactness of time, but the promise of a New Creation yet to come as a division between the creation already done for the Night in Genesis, and the creation for the Day in progress now.

Without the Beginning found here in Genesis, we would not know what Jesus was talking about regarding the New Creation, or the Light, or the Night. John’s Account adds to Genesis showing us the Light which is self-illuminating is Jesus. This is clear when we find man was in darkness until the Light (Jesus) shined in the darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not (Jn 1:5). If God said Let there be Light here in Genesis, how come man was in darkness? The fall? Yes, but “the Light” is still self-illuminating, thus the Light was still “hidden” from man until the time appointed.

Some of us have been told Adam had a spirit, yet the fall killed his spirit, thus the New Birth is merely a rejuvenation of the old spirit, but negates the word New (never before), it also negates the phrase, “Behold all things are New”. If God knew we would need a new body to fit the Resurrection by forming (not creating) the flesh of Adam of the earth, then God also knew the New Birth would be something which was never before. In Genesis 1:26 in the phrase “Let us make man in our image” the Hebrew word is Asah, not Bara; the only thing God Asah with Adam was the flesh of Adam, yet Jesus as the Word took on flesh for us. The soul was Bara, yet the New Birth is Asah based on a Bara, thus in Genesis 1:27 we find God did “create” man in God’s Image, but there it’s the word Bara not Asah, relating to the soul, or better, what the soul consisted of, rather than the flesh of man. The division between the two verses is also a division of time, the Image of God is a Forming Process, but the soul is a creative process, thus the principle is we are being “formed” into the Image of God’s Son by the Spirit through the New Birth. All this explains why the purpose of our faith is the salvation of our souls (I Pet 1:9).

Using the Hebrew we could read Genesis 1:26 as, “Let us Form man in our image”, but the prophetic language would be “let us Create man in our image”. The Breath of Life produced something Created, not Formed. Look at the flesh of man, do we get a new flesh when we are born into the world? Or do we get a reproduction of the flesh? A reproduction of course, the egg and seed join to reproduce or Asah the flesh, but our souls are still Bara (created). We don’t get an independent separate Spirit when we are Born Again, rather the New Man is created (or formed, same Greek word – Eph 4:24) after, not instead of God’s holiness and righteousness. Therefore, the New Man is a reproduction of the Spirit of God, Paul called it the Spirit which is of God (I Cor 2:11-13). Christ in us then becomes the Image of the Son of the Living God; the New Man is then the completeness of the prophecy, Let us make man in our image (Jn 7:39). If the New Man is a reproduction, how then is it New? It’s New to man, no man before the Resurrection of Jesus had the Spirit, therefore the New Man makes us New Creatures, a Creature which was never before in the human race (Jn 7:38-39, II Cor 5:17 & Gal 6:15). Clearer when we find the same Spirit who raised Jesus, will raise us, thus the Spirit is based on the Resurrection (Rom 1:4).

The evidence shows the same Spirit who raised Jesus will raise us, based on the interwoven relationship of “Father and Son”, but Jesus had to be raised First before any of this was possible. It’s important, since some think the New Man is an independent element, not so, being Born Again grants us Adoption into the Family of God, whereby we cry, “ABBA Father”. This New Birth is the greatest gift any human could have, thus we find the Esau attitude of rejecting the Birthright is something causing God to “hate”.

When we were born of the flesh the potential to sin was there, each of us did  consume the fruit willingly. When we come to the Cross those sins are forgiven, but we were also removed from the darkness, so we could be cleaned from the stains of sin by the washing of the Water by the Word. From there the work begins, as we become New Creatures in Christ by the Justifying process.

Simply, before Jesus came as the Word made flesh there was darkness, thus God did deal with man before the Cross, but man was still in darkness (Jn 1:5 & 3:19). Although we see God saying, “let there be Light”, the Light didn’t come until Jesus as the Word was made (not created) flesh, thereby showing the amount of prophecy involved in the Genesis account. Simply because our physical eye sees the sun come up, or someone turn on a light, it doesn’t mean we are light. How do we know? We need an external light to bring light, take away the external source and we’re in darkness. Take the wire from the switch and we can use all the faith in the world, yet it won’t work, it has to have Power.

We now know the word used for “Light” in the phrase “Let there be Light” means a self-illuminating Light generating Life, something to bring light to other sources. The sun in the sky is a “sign”, the sun’s rays help the plants to grow, but the sun does not produce the Life of Christ. This Light and Life of Christ was seen in the Book of Revelation as Jesus walking among the seven golden candlesticks, it’s clear churches didn’t appear until the Church was birthed on Pentecost. The Jew knows the candlestick as the Menorah, they know it takes Oil to keep the light burning. We know the Oil as a symbol of the Anointing of God’s Mercy, seen as Olive Oil, the same Oil keeping the lamp burning. The Olive itself represents Mercy, under pressure it brings forth the Anointing.

What else is very important here? Grace and Salvation, when God said, “Let there be Light”, Grace and Salvation were in the plan waiting for the time when Jesus would bring Grace to mankind, thus the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world. From the Cross to the Resurrection, then Pentecost for the birth of the Church, the time when the Day would be open to man through the New Birth. Here in Genesis the plan is in motion, God spoke of the Greater Light for the Day, which is us, then the Lesser Light for the Night, which is yet to come: He defined how the Word is rightly divided at the Cross. The division between the two show the works of Judgment are being completed here in Genesis, thus if there is Eternal Judgment, there has to be Eternal Salvation, the two premises came after Genesis 1:2, not before.

If we fail to see God is giving prophecy, or how this creation account goes much further than trees, bugs and birds, we will presume there is an error in the Creation Account. We see the sun and moon, we know any light on the moon is merely a reflection from the light of the sun, yet here in Genesis we find the lesser light has its own light as it’s separated from the light of the Day. The division or separation shows one light doesn’t touch the other, yet we know any light on the moon, is by the sun. They are for two completely different purposes and times, yet both gain their Light from The Light. We end with far too many lights, there is the Light of the Day, okay fine, the Lesser light of the Night, nay, the reflection of the Day, but then comes The Light causing us to go “tilt”. Where are these lights? Was Moses nuts? Whacko? What? “Oh just an old man who liked to write, but didn’t know what we smart people do”. Ouch, the man wrote as he was moved by the Holy Ghost, surely the Holy Ghost knew what was going on.

Then we find the Hebrew has a word for Sun (Shemesh) it was first used in Genesis 15:12, the Hebrew word for Moon is Yareach it was first used in Genesis 37:9. Here in Genesis neither the English or Hebrew words for sun and moon are used, but we do find three lights, supporting the Prophetic View. The Hebrew has specific words for sun and moon, the words used here are very different. The Light is a self-generating source of Light, it needs nothing but itself, only God fits the description. The Greater Light and Lesser Light are not self-generating, they need assistance, the Hebrew word used for Light in their case connects to the Menorah, but the word for The Light does not.

Simply, The Light is Jesus, the Greater Light supplying the light for the remaining two lights, one for the Day unto Salvation, one Lesser light for the Night unto Judgment. The Son brought the creation for the Day, the Father did the creation for the Night, thus the Father will make the enemies of Jesus His footstool, the times of the Night are in the hand of the Father (Acts 1:6-8). The Formation and Creation of the Day is the New Man, the creation for the Night is much different. There is no error in the Bible, only error in the mind of the one seeking error.

Darkness is always the result of the absence of light; darkness cannot force Light out of the picture, but Light can force darkness out of the picture, it’s never the other way around. God used the darkness over the earth to give us hope. What hope? The power of Light is always greater than the power of darkness, much like the Greater He being greater than the he in the world (I Jn 4:1-4). Paul said the spirit of the world is opposed to the Spirit which is of God (I Cor 2:11-13); the Spirit which is of God is the New Birth, thus there couldn’t be a spirit of the world, until the Spirit which is of God appeared as the Seed planted. However, the spirit of man is ignorant of the things of the Spirit of God, we will find the proof in the fall.

God didn’t have to remove the darkness, then bring light, rather the Light dispelled darkness. Adding how God’s Word will not return to Him void, but will accomplish what the Word was sent to do, it also shows how the Word in us is fully able to bring us through this. The Word of God is quicker and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, dividing asunder within us, removing the darkness by being the Light (Heb 4:12).

Whether the earth became dark based on the result of some comet, or some great prehistoric dilemma doesn’t matter, God knowing it would happen does. God knows all things, thus He didn’t show up one day and say, “Now, what happened here? Someone made it all icy and cold, it’s void; what happened? Did someone forget to pay the light bill?”. God had a purpose, the purpose was not for Noah, it was not for Moses, it was not for John the Baptist, it was for those of us who live in Jesus. Rejoice this is the Day the Lord has made, it’s the Day of Salvation, our Bright Morning Star Jesus came to open the Day to give us Light and Life. What a time to be born, what a time to be Born Again.

When we talk about God’s creation being “good”, it sounds fine and well, then we run into a theological dilemma in Isaiah 54:16 where we find God saying, “I have created the waster to destroy”. If God cannot create evil, how could He create the Waster? He created Good with a choice, the Waster makes the decision to be a Waster, yet God knew it, thus God took the responsibility. In the foreknowledge we find God created one thing, knowing it would be another. The same is true with Pharaoh, God said He raised Pharaoh to show God’s power, yet Pharaoh was anything but Good. God allowed Pharaoh to sit in power showing God allowed, but God allowed for a purpose benefiting God’s children, not Pharaoh.

Of course the real point in Isaiah 54:16 is how the waster can’t do good, can’t save, can’t be nice, can’t do anything, but destroy. Like the idol made from the hand of man, the Waster is a product of natural reasoning. The Waster is not a creator in any sense of the word, all the waster knows how to do is destroy as its unchangeable nature. However, even the Waster is a product of creation, but when did the Waster surface? At the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Waster had an end result of evil, but started out as good. The devil is in an un-restorable state, his fall was on earth, but he sinned against heaven, which is his first estate, a far cry from us who are trying to get to heaven.

The devil will attempt to sell Adam female a bill of goods to promote the tree as having an ability it did not. The Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil was based in Knowledge, not Ability. The devil not only misused the Tree, he falsely promoted it. This shows Knowledge doesn’t give us ability, it gives us awareness. We can have knowledge on how to fly, but it doesn’t mean we can. We can have knowledge on how to drive a car, but it doesn’t mean we are one. The Pharisees made the same mistake, assuming since they read about Life in the Scriptures, they had it. Jesus said, the Scriptures tell us about Life, they can’t grant it (Jn 5:38-42). We should never confuse knowledge with ability.

Do we really presume God sits in heaven and says, “Wow, look, what did they call it? A computer? It’s catchy, wish I’d thought of it.”? Or, “Wonder how it works? Hey Mike, do you think they will give Me classes, we could use one of those up here?”, or “Hey guys, no more prayer, we’re going e-mail”. Not so, God saw it all well before the beginning of time, man will never surprise, or impress God, but we can please God by faith. Pleasing God and impressing Him are different, some of us have fallen for the false thought of our works impressing God. Not so, it’s faith pleasing Him, but even faith won’t impress Him. What is man, that he should glory?

We have another phrase in Genesis 1:2, “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”. If the word Deep means Waters, why not use it again? Why did God use another Hebrew word for “waters”? The word for Waters is the Hebrew Mayim meaning Juice, or Wine, or Flowing water, thus we find the Prophetic Theory has merit. We find the Hardness of the Water, then the Spirit moving over causing the Juice or Flowing water, thus showing a melting of some type. This gives room for soulless creatures before Adam, showing how these creatures were plant like, no more, no less, they didn’t have a soul, they were as the plants, a thing for a purpose.

Even a monkey can start a fire, so what? Can a monkey worship the Lord God with all his heart? Man attempting to exalt his existence has placed himself with the monkeys, ending more the monkey, than the apes. If man wanted to be “like unto” something, why not pick the whales? They were the first “living souls” (living creatures – Gen 1:21). The English phrase, “living creature” is the same Hebrew wording for “living soul”, thus man had something granted him by the Breath of God which separated man’s life existence from the animals. God never breathed into the whales, yet they are a “type” of living soul, yet no whale ever built a house, but they need something outside of their environment to live.

Could the breath of God be “spirit”? No, our study discipline must accept First Corinthians 15:44-47, where Adam is termed a “living soul”, “natural”, neither “spirit” or “spiritual”. We were first natural, made living souls by the Cross, but there remains the Grave and Resurrection for us to gain the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead (Rom 1:3-4 et al).

Paul also told us there is the glory of a bird, the glory of a fish, the glory of the sun, the glory of the moon, and the glory of the Stars, yet the Stars differ in their glory, thus we find there are at least two classes of Stars, one with number, one without number, as they differ in Glory, yet some will even lose their glory (I Cor 15:40-41, Jude 13. Rev 1:20, et al). Paul also placed this in the same area where we find the difference between a, living soul and a quickening spirit (I Cor 15:45-48). There must be a mystery here, one connecting to the Newness for the Children of the Day. We can’t elevate Adam above what God intended, we must keep in mind if God knows all things, He knew about the fall before He said, “Let there be light”. Indicating the fall was purposed to be in the plan, it was allowed to happen in order to bring something to pass. Since God cannot tempt us with evil, He allowed the one who found the iniquity in himself to do it. The devil was once an angel, but he allowed himself to be impressed by himself, envy entered causing him to find the iniquity, which caused him to fail at his God given task. Did God know it? Yes, God knows all things. Who created this angel? God, thus He knew at the time of the creation this same angel would be the devil. However, God created him for a purpose, the purpose of choice.

We don’t want to be redundant, but this is so important, it demands a further look. The Greater Light rules the Day, the problem is some of those in the Greater Light don’t know what the word “rule” means. Jesus has made us kings and priests (Rev 1:6), so do we know what our Priesthood Order calls for? If we’re all kings, who are our subjects? A king, or queen are only king and queen in their realm. The purpose of any kingdom is to carry out the will of the king, but we also know the Queen of England isn’t going to come to the United States, sit in the Speaker of the House’s chair saying, “Well, this is what I want you to do”. Why? Wrong realm. There are kings of the earth, but there are kings of the Kingdom as well. If we confuse which realm we are in, we could find ourselves on doing for the devil, what he can’t do for himself.

Again, who are our subjects? Am I yours? No, are you mine? No, yet we’re both kings. So, who are our subjects? Who made us kings? Jesus has (past tense) made us kings and priests (Rev 1:6 & 5:10). Answer this, Who then are our subjects? We think of subjects in a kingdom as people, but it’s the world’s view, not ours. In our kingdom Mercy is a subject, but so is anger; Grace is one, but so is slander. A king has rule over who or what they allow into their kingdom, of course in our case we answer to the King of kings. Nonetheless, Jesus gave us the keys, He has made us kings, thus we are the ones who say what can and cannot exist in our realm, meaning we have authority over things. If we want Mercy in our kingdom, we turn the key and allow it, but we can also pull back the key refusing Mercy a position. We are the ones with the keys giving us the ability to loose, or bind.

God created the earth then gave it to man, but wait, doesn’t God own the cattle on a thousand hills? Doesn’t God say all the gold and silver are His? Ahh, the earth was given to man as Psalm 115:16 says, but in Psalm 114:7 we find the earth trembles at the presence of the Lord. If the earth no longer belongs to God in any respect why would it tremble? We find the earth was given to man, but the ownership remained with God, the future of the earth is already determined here in Genesis, it will happen, no man or devil is going to stop it. We find our realm is not of this world, we are a people of a Kingdom far greater in scope and ability.

The Spirit moved, the Father saw, the Word spoke and the Record of the Trinity was established in the Beginning (I Jn 5:7-8). Did the Spirit “touch” the water, or move Upon it? Good question, the answer is found in the Hebrew word Al (upon) meaning Above, or Over, showing a position from an upward view to a lower view, without the premise of touching or entering. The Spirit of God hovered over the Waters, but in our case the Holy Ghost plants the Seed of God in us.

Even in the beginning man was Garden bound, not heaven loosed. Some of us think the anointing destroys the yoke, but Isaiah 10:27 says, “and it shall come to pass in that Day, his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing”. The word Because is the Hebrew Pamiym meaning Before, or Prior to. It doesn’t say the anointing will destroy the yoke, it says the yoke will be destroyed Because of the anointing. If we are Born Again we know several things, but among them we must know there is no Yoke of burden on us, we are Anointed. Jesus made it clear when He said, “the Spirit of the Lord is upon Me Because He has anointed Me”. Which came first the Spirit or the Anointing? The Anointing, thus we find the Yoke is broken to bring the Anointing, then the Holy Ghost brings the Spirit, the same thing we find here, the Spirit came, then the Light.

Next God would make a Firmament in the midst of the waters, it’s purpose was to Divide the waters (Gen 1:6). What Waters? The waters the Spirit moved upon? Why divide them, they looked okay to begin with. The word Firmament is the Hebrew Raqia meaning An expanse or Sky, or a series of Plates beaten down, thus this Firmament was a Division in the atmosphere placing the various airs in position. It would seem strange we don’t find Rain until Noah, not only Rain, but the flood saw the waters of the deep coming up, as well as the waters above coming down. If it’s the case did God forget to place rain in the creation equation? No, it was in the forecast, seen here in the firmament. Is this separation still in effect? No, we know the salt water of the ocean evaporates, then forms clouds as the rain falls as fresh water. Here it’s not fresh water, or salt water, but a division forming a vapor over the earth. We wonder how some of these people lived long, the evidence shows it was this separation. After the flood it all changes, the waters from above fell in what God called “rain”, from then on the ages of mankind decreased.

The length of age for man is so dramatic one can’t mistake a great change took place. Noah was 600 years old when the flood began (Gen 7:11), Noah lived another 350 years after the flood (Gen 9:29), yet after the flood the ages of man decreased (Gen 11:10-28). Two years after the flood Shem was 100 years old, he beget Arphaxad and Shem lived another 403 years after the birth of Arphaxad (Gen 11:11-12). If one does the math, they would find Abraham was born 292 years after the flood, thus both Noah and Shem would have been alive, we even find Shem would have outlived Abraham by nearly 35 years. Wow! Maybe they kept different lengths of years? If it’s the case they would have fathered these children at the ripe old age of 7. The entire point is the decline in ages, regardless of what we use to determine the age, it nonetheless shows a decline taking place just after the Flood. If God finished all the work, where did the Flood come from?

Was the rain the only new thing regarding Noah? No, we find the concept of “Covenant”, with Noah (Gen 6:18). Adam never heard the word “Covenant”, but Noah did. We also find the Noahic Covenant changed something else with man, providing another choice. Noah was given permission to eat cooked meat, thus Adam and all those leading up to Noah were vegetarians, or herb eaters. What they ate, or didn’t eat didn’t make them holy, the Flood proved it (Gen 9:1-6). The problem came on the other side of the flood, man could eat meat, but some of the animals were then allowed to eat man. It’s not what goes into a man, but what comes out of his mouth determining man’s holiness, or corruption.

Here in Genesis we run into another dilemma, back in verse 3 God said, “Let there be Light”, but here in verse 16 we find God “made” two lights, one to rule the Day, the other to rule the Night. God didn’t make the First Light, He requested it. Ahh, let’s take a close look here. In verse 3 God made a request, the Light obeyed, thus God didn’t “create”, or “make” The Light, He isn’t creating the other Lights either, He is “making” or forming them. Clearly this indicates the End was in hand before the Beginning began. This also connects to the division of the firmament, the division between Gentile and Jew was seen in the Genesis account, long before there was a Jew.

The moon is a creation, as the sun is a creation, since both are types of planets. Did God really make the sun and moon at this point? Or where they in place when the Spirit moved over the waters? God is creating and making all the physical elements we see here, but He is also laying out the Gospel. The Light being permissive was asked to shine to dissipate the darkness, it did. However we also find the Ages are being “framed”, yet there is also a physical creation taking place as well. This explains why the Night has a lesser light, but we know the physical moon has no light of its own. The Night is Judgment with a light set for Judgment, although it begins with Peace and Safety, it ends in sudden destruction. Salvation is always greater, thus it has the Greater Light, but to whom much is given, much is required.

However, we’re waiting for “the Day of the Lord”, yet the prophet Amos said, “Woe unto you who desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness and not light” (Amos 5:18). The word Light in Amos is the same Hebrew word used in Genesis 1:3 for the phrase “Let there be Light”. How can it be? Wait, a Day to the Lord is like a thousand years, could it be the Day of the Lord begins when the Day of Salvation is done, meaning the Day of the Lord is the Night ending at the Judgment? Could be. How could it be? Right here in Genesis, the first day was evening to morning, showing the “Day of the Lord” is really Night. We wait for the Day of the Lord, since it begins the Night, it will also end the Day. The Day of the Lord is the Day of Vengeance and Judgment, but for the Daytime the Lord is focused on Salvation.

Since we know the phrase “living creature” and “living soul” are the same, does it mean God gave the whales mouth to mouth? Not at all, it shows God called to the earth, then the earth brought forth the animals as individual classes, but when it came time for Man, God put His own hand to the task. No whale is the work of the hand of God, but all mankind is, as we found the whale and man are in one environment, but require another.

All the life of the earth, except for man, who was nonetheless formed of the earth,  or were already in the earth when God said, “Let there be light”. There were no living souls with the breath of God before Adam, creatures of the earth who had a slight resemblance to man may have walked around, but they lacked many things a human has, they were a type of plant, not even close to “a living soul”, not even close to the whale, much less a human. Modern man studies pre-historic man, but did pre-historic man study anything? No, modern man looks at bones, pre-historic man chewed on them. Monkeys don’t study men, men study monkeys. God gave man something in the created soul to separate mankind from all the other creatures on the earth, pre-historic or not.

We assume God created all creatures, but we find “God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature” (Gen 1:24), and “Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature who has life” (a type of forming – Gen 1:20). Man’s concept of “life” coming from the waters is almost correct, but man thinks a cell one day decided to become a living thing: it stretches the concept to a fable. Man did not come from the Waters, rather God formed the flesh of man from the earth, then God breathed into man, as man became a living soul.

Simply looking at flesh and bone one could think man was like unto the animals, but for man to “reason and invent” takes something the dust of the earth could not provide. There were no creatures before Adam who had like abilities, rather it would take a created soul from God. The soul would contain certain attributes from God, a type of Love based in a joy, the measure of faith, the ability to reason, an intellect far above the animal world, the ability to form things from ideas, yet man would also be limited. Man was given authority to name the animals, but even Adam didn’t have permission to eat them. In the ark of Noah there were loins, lambs, bears and birds, yet none of them attempted to eat each other. At first the animals and man were vegetarian, herb, fruit and grain eaters. Even after the fall it remained, Noah would be the first to be granted permission to eat cooked red meat, yet as we found the meat would also be given permission to eat man.

The creatures coming from the earth obtained their life from the earth, thus they are earth Bound. We also find the “moving creature”, the “living creature”, the “winged fowl” all with a metaphoric meaning as well. The “beast of the earth” comes out of the earth, in this we find the three stages of the enemies of Jesus. Jesus will tell us the “birds” attack the Seed, they rest in the shadow of the tree, yet they are not the tree, nor the Seed, nor the Fruit. Then the “living creature” points to those who enter the Kingdom of heaven, obtain a living soul condition, but reject the Quickening Spirit position. The Moving creature is a type of subject beginning in one area, but moves to another, yet never makes a real change in elevation. Peter said they Riot during the daytime, Jude said they feast with us, yet they despise dominion; Paul said they are formed into vessels of dishonor. They are called to enter the Day, they even enter in the “morning” (Beginning), but they seek power alone, or to feel morally superior over mankind. They are classed as the workers of Iniquity or the Wicked, they are the antichrist ones who came from us, but were not of us (I Jn 2:19). Today we hear much about the “antichrist”, but the title only appears in two letters, both from John. In those letters we find the spirit of this antichrist can only come about after someone enters the Body, yet rejects the Greater He for the he of the world (I Jn 2:18-23, 4:1-4 & II Jn 1:7). The Saving of our souls removes us from the realm by giving us the Greater He as our means of escape (I Jn 4:1-4). The ability to “confess Jesus is come in the flesh” is not the same as saying there was a historical Jesus. The term means we display Jesus as we live by the Spirit in us, thus the Greater He is the means of confession (I Jn 4:1-4).

However, there had to be a male and female to begin this. One of the hardest things in the concept of cross-over evolution is the male, female requirement. Even if a million years goes by then some bird egg gives way to a snake, what sex was it? If a male, what then is the probability of a female coming forth in the life span of the one male? Far too great, far, far, far too great. It would seem the opponents of the Bible in their effort to show their wisdom, have become fools (Isa 19:13 et al).

When it comes to man, why didn’t God just create the entire man, soul and flesh, why Form the flesh out of the dust of the earth? (Gen 2:7). It’s another clue showing the End was in hand, before the Beginning began, as God made room for the Resurrection. The creation need not remain in the same form, it can change, yet last forever. The earth will remain forever, perhaps in a different form, but nonetheless forever. The soul of man will last forever, God intended it so.

We can see God breathed into Adam, but in the New Testament we see the Seed of God bringing a Birth process within. Adam was not “born” as we know it, but his soul came the same way as ours. His “mother” was the earth, the very egg of the flesh, but his soul became the product of God, thus Adam is called a “son of God” because God formed him by the hand of God, but The Son Of God (Jesus) is much different. Jesus who was equal to God, Adam who was never equal to God; Jesus who took on flesh, Adam who was flesh; Jesus who died for us, Adam who caused death by sin.

As we read Genesis we see all these mysteries unfolding, yet we must recall the words were penned by Moses, there is no way Moses had a clue to DNA, or prehistoric elements, or why Adam was told to “replenish” the earth. If the Bible was by the hand of man, the wording would be much different. To Moses the three lights had to seem weird at best, but he wrote what he was told. Moses was raised in the house of Pharaoh, his training regarding how life begun was much different from the words he was writing. Moses was a faithful servant, as he wrote what he is told, even if he didn’t understand it.

The Breath of God imparted something from God connected to Adam making Adam a Living Soul by the Breath of Life, separating Adam from the whales, giving Adam a position above the animals. Position is important, John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost, but he didn’t lay hands on the sick, or raise the dead, or cast out devils. His position and authority were limited to preparing the way by preaching, water baptizing people unto repentance, and washing the Sacrificial Lamb of God. The Holy Ghost will never fill us to go beyond our God granted authority, thus we find Mercy has an authority for the Son of man, Grace for the Son of God.

The word Breath doesn’t mean God gave man Spirit, rather it means the Breath was the method God used in delivering something to man. If someone handed us an egg in a spoon, would we obtain the egg? The spoon? Or their hand? The egg of course, thus the hand and spoon were the methods used to make the delivery, but the egg became the thing delivered. It’s what we find here, God transferred something to man by His breath into the nostrils of Adam, then Adam obtained the ability to breath in and out as a living soul. From then on man lives on the earth by breathing the earth related oxygen in and out through his nose. Man does not breath through his ears, or belly button, it’s the oxygen man must have in order to exist in the flesh. The soul didn’t need oxygen, but it does need the flesh to remain connected to the earth, thus the flesh became connected to the soul, the soul to the flesh, but they are different elements.

There are several Hebrew words for “Breath”, some do mean “Spirit”, but the word used here is not one of them. Genesis 2:7 gives us two words to look at, first we find “God formed man of the dust of the ground and Breathed”, then we read, “the breath of life”. It  would seem the breathing and the breath are one in the same, but they are two different Hebrew words. We went over some of this prior, finding Adam was made a hollow image or Tselem, one lacking the inward Image. The New Birth finishes the process, thus Adam was the beginning of the plan, not the end. However, the first word for Breathed as it relates to God breathing into the nostrils of Adam is the Hebrew Naphach meaning To puff, Kindle, or Scatter, it’s means to breathe out, rather than in and out, but it is not the Hebrew word generally used for “spirit”, rather it means more of the actual breath going out, showing the method of transference was something from the mouth, or lungs if you will, to a source, but nothing taken back in return. God breathed into Adam, He didn’t breathe in and out into Adam. So what? God didn’t take back anything from Adam, the breath transferred something into Adam making him a “living soul”. Adam was not a “living soul” before then, thus it shows the flesh of Adam was not the connection to God, yet modern man still thinks the “image of God” is the flesh of man. Adam’s flesh being formed of the dust could not be the Image of God, since God is Spirit, the beginning of the Image started when God breathed into man, then Adam was elevated to a higher position as a living soul. This shows God’s progressive nature, everything pointed to advancement.

The other word Breath as it relates to the breath of life is the Hebrew NeShamah meaning A puff of air, it was translated twice as “spirit” once in Job 26:4 showing the breath of man is a product of God, and once in Proverbs 20:27 which is a prophetic verse pointing to a time yet to come when man would be able to let his “light” shine. The Hebrew word most often connected to the word “spirit” is the Hebrew Ruach, which we do not see here. The Living Soul aspect is two Hebrew words, the word for Living is the Hebrew Chay meaning alive, or to have a life, the word for Soul is the Hebrew Nephesh translated as soul, meaning a creature having flesh and a soul. No where do we find the Hebrew words showing Adam was flesh, soul and spirit. Is it important? Yes, we saw some reasons why, if a Spirit can die, it means we have no confidence in Eternal Salvation, since it depends on an Eternal Spirit. Adam made one error, causing him to be cast from the Garden, hardly what we who are Born Again experience. To assume Adam killed off his spirit would also mean we can kill the devil, or we can kill God, yet we know it’s never the case. If we already have a spirit brought back to life, then we don’t need our souls saved, we can be rein-soul. If Adam had a spirit, then Paul was in error when he said Adam was a living soul. All this helps us see Adam was Perfect, but Perfect for what?

On the same note, Adam was above the animals and special. If Adam became a Living Soul, then the Life he held must be different from the animals, all humans must have something different from the animals. God is Love, God is Light, unto every man is given the measure of faith. If it’s given, it’s a gift (Rom 12:3). The Wicked and Unreasonable twist their measure of faith into the self, thus Paul says they lack faith, yet they made the choice to become Wicked or Unreasonable, in the beginning they had faith (II Thess 3:2).

Adam fits the grouping of mankind with the ability to reason, form, love, analyze, study, think, or have faith. Adam may have had a type of Life, but why have the Tree of Life? If his life was internal and forever, then he would care less if he was separated from the Tree of Life. Adam’s Life had to be maintained externally, without the New Man we won’t be able to maintain Life either, but for Adam it was external, for us it’s internal.

Adam’s flesh came from the earth, a place with the potential to become dark and void, it had all the elements of any creature who walked on the face of the earth before the face of the waters covered it, thus it was more animal than human. Since the Bible tells us the earth was in darkness and void until the Light came, the flesh from the earth had flaws. The Light wasn’t in the earth, nor the Spirit in the earth, they were over it; clearly without the Light the earth would have remained dark and void. The reproduction of the flesh didn’t get rid of those flaws, they carried on. The evidence is the calling forth of the seeds, if they weren’t there, God would have created new plants, not called them forth. Why? Everything produces after its own kind. However, those same flaws of the flesh became an incentive for us to leave the realm of the flesh by gaining the New Birth. Jesus called it something associated to the flesh is flesh, but when our souls are associated to the Spirit, they become Spiritual.

Laws and Principles are important, when God gives us His Spirit it’s exactly what we get, everything produces after it’s own kind. The same is true with the concept of the Comforter, Jesus said we would have a Comforter, then He talked about Another Comforter. The word Another means like the first, thus we are Born of the Comforter by having Another Comforter. Did Adam possess the Comforter? No, couldn’t be, since the word New used in the New Birth means never before in all the time of man. Also John 7:39 makes it clear, no one had the Spirit, nor were they Born Again until Jesus was glorified by the Resurrection. You can’t be Born Again until death takes place, no one, not Adam, Abraham, David or anyone else before the Cross could impute death by the Cross in order to receive the New Birth. They had no foundation, there was no act on the earth by God in order to grant them the authority to impute death, thus they lacked Position, but we have position, Praise the Lord.

We can determine from the text how much of the “Creation” was calling things forth already created yet dead in the earth. The earth brought forth seed, the earth didn’t hear “grass”, then bring forth an elephant. Everything produced after its own kind, in some cases the kind did change in degree, but it was still in the “kind” group. Today we hear of the ancestors of this animal or the next, thus the grouping was the same Kind, but different for the Season of man. God has set forth the evidence of the Purpose over the years, the clues are there, the Purpose is to have Christ in us as the hope of glory. Let us rejoice and be glad, this is the Day of Salvation.

Let’s get back to understanding the flesh, if we understand the fall, we will understand why the purpose of our faith is the saving of our souls. We receive the type of life Adam had through the Mercy of the Father, as we carry the Mercy with us, but we must move on to Grace for the saving of our souls. Jesus didn’t remain on the Cross, He didn’t remain in the Grave, He moved on in the Process to the Ascension. We are no different, we accept the Cross, death takes place, we bury the old, then receive the power of the Resurrection, wherein we gain confidence in God raising us as Jesus was raised from the Dead, because we have the same Spirit of Holiness (Rom 1:3-4). Then we move unto to the time when we are caught up to meet Jesus in the air. The entire time we are learning, discerning and growing. The Mercy of God grants us the Living Soul condition, Grace grants us the Quickening Spirit position, we need both to fit, “Let us make man in our image”.

If the earth obeyed, then the flesh has the capacity to obey, but it won’t unless it sees a self-benefit of some type. The earth isn’t a human, it’s dirt, chemical and elements; however, the flesh seems to have a voice of its own, here we see the earth heard and obeyed. So, where is the ear? Some hidden mount somewhere? No, we know better. What had to be in place before the “elements” submitted? Light, when our light shines in a dark place we will hear and obey.

God told Adam in the day he did eat of the fruit, in dying he would die, but Adam had no idea what death was, he had not seen death, experienced it, or had any memory of the darkness. Why would God tell him about death? If sin was not an issue before the Fall, why even bring the subject up? Potential, God knew within the forming process there was a potential to sin. From the earth God did form the flesh of man, the earth had the potential to revert to animalist behavior. The second God warned Adam, choice was presented, if choice, there must be elements from which to make the choice, if a consequence was introduced, knowledge of the consequence had to be imparted. To Adam the evidence before him in nature showed nothing had died in the Garden, thus perhaps nothing would, becoming one of the first issues of belief for man. Would man believe what God said? Or the things he sees? Would man obey the Voice of the Lord walking with him in the cool of the Day, or would man obey the voice of a stranger? Adam will test the command by partaking of the fruit, which really removes him from using faith. Did he have faith? Yes, unto Every man is given the measure of faith, the verse doesn’t say unto every man except Adam, neither does it say the measure of faith will work automatically (Rom 12:3). If Adam had exercised his faith, not only would he have rejected the fruit, but he would have intervened to keep Adam female from being enticed.

Adam didn’t believe what God said, thus his faith was inactive. At the Fall Adam believed what he saw, not what God told him. Showing a choice was granted, Adam could believe what the serpent told him, or what God told him. Faith entails a driving desire to please God, we can please God in two ways by obedience, or faith. Adam did neither, yet Jesus was constant in His belief and faith, so much so He is the only one who broke the chains of death. Therefore, when we are Born Again allowing us to follow the Faith of Jesus, thus the New Man uses our measure of faith to guide us on the path the Faith of Jesus. Who then was more the Image of God? Adam or Jesus? The Completed Image of God is then found in Jesus, finished by Christ in us, evidenced by the New Birth (Rom 8:29). As God is Spirit, the completed Image of God in us makes us Spirit with Spiritual abilities, we are no longer carnal or natural. Justification makes us innocent, but the flesh is always guilty, thus the process is the engrafting of our souls to Spirit (Word in us), from natural to spiritual, until the soul and Spirit become One. Being Born Again does not make us robots, it does bring us into perfection. Our personality is a gift, but a healed personality is always a pleasing element, the unsaved personality is always self-based.

As we found the Hebrew word for Image as it’s used in Genesis 1:26, is Tselem meaning an Illusion, or a Vague resemblance, but not an exact likeness. A Tselem would be akin to drawing a car, knowing the Drawing is not the car, one can’t drive it, neither can they sit in it, but it’s nonetheless a likeness of the car. Today the Jew calls the Crucifix a Tselem (image), in part they are right, since Jesus is no longer on the Cross, but their view of the Cross is in error. They consider the Cross an image of a god, rather than the Image holding the true Son of man, who died for us. It’s not the Cross itself, since there were many crosses, it’s Who was on the One Cross bringing importance to the Cross. Worshipping the Cross is a Tselem, worshipping Him who was on the Cross is True and Holy. Wow is a Cross wrong? No, but worshipping it is. The piece of metal, or wood is not God, it’s an object, using it to make a point is one thing, thinking it’s so holy it can grant you right standing with God is another. We Pick up our cross, we don’t worship it.

The mystery of the completed Image was unveiled in the New Testament, Paul tells us the image of God is Jesus (Col 1:15) we are being formed into the Image by the Spirit (Rom 8:29); therefore, God had the plan for Jesus to be in us by the Spirit already complete in His heart before Adam was. The Holy Ghost is not the Gift, the Holy Ghost brings the Gift, the Gift is Grace as the Holy Spirit, thus our sign or token granted us to assures us we are in Grace by the Seal of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit or New Man is forming us into sons of God on a daily basis, there are days we may not think so, but our belief and faith knows so.

We also see Redemption as the heart of the plan, thus there had to be works to begin the process. Judgment would be one of those works, since it remains if Judgment is a fact, then Salvation must also be a fact. Our Hope is knowing if God formed the Judgment, yet Salvation had to come before the Judgment. Salvation after Judgment is useless, thus the Doctrine of Christ helps us keep the division between Day and Night (Heb 6:1-2).

The term Theophany means, the appearance of God in the Old Testament in the form conducive to man’s surroundings; however, even a Theophany couldn’t save man. For the most part we will find these are not appearances of Jesus, but either events wherein God put them in the Plan, or angels speaking on behalf of God. God had a plan so perfect and correct all the elements were accounted for. This is made clearer when we see God brought forth the seeds from the earth, rather than create new ones (Gen 1:11-12). He also brought the birds and fish from the waters (Gen 1:20), He also Formed new animals (Gen 1:25); however, we don’t find where He breathed into them, thus an animal has a type of glory limited to a reasoning far below man; therefore, there is a glory of the fish, one for the birds, one for man (I Cor 15:39-41). Animals live in surroundings conducive to them, or they move to an area which is conducive, but man makes his surroundings conducive to him, thus in the heat man wears different clothing than he would in the cold. Wait, animals grow long hair for winter, true, but it’s still conducive to the surroundings, their flesh changes, but not as a result of their inventive reasoning; animals don’t have a fur store from which they purchase their winter coats.

If a bear could fly, they would go south with the birds, but a bear does by nature what bears do. Man observes animals, then makes determinations, thus instead of man flying south, he killed the bear and made a coat. Man has the capability to Adapt to his surroundings, or make his surroundings adapt to him, animals do not.

We already know God told man to “Replenish the earth”, the word Replenish is a compound word beginning with Re or repeat; therefore, the word Replenish means To fill or Make complete Again, it doesn’t mean to Begin to fill the earth. God did not say, “Fill the earth”, but He did say, “Replenish”, thus the English word Replenish is only found in two places, once in reference to Adam, once in reference to Noah (Gen 1:28 & 9:1). This shows Adam was not the first formed creature who walked on two legs, but he was the first human formed by hand of God to be a living soul, the first to have the gift of the measure of faith, man as also the first to have a choice to remain in the Garden, or sin, the first to have the ability to say Yes to God, or No to God, it makes the difference between a human and prehistoric.

Adam was told to name the animals, man still does, thus man still has authority, if not, man couldn’t name a thing. Man goes so far as to name the planets showing the authority continues on, Adam lost something more precious than the soil, or the ability to name animals, he lost his position and relationship with God as well as his connection to the Tree of Life. It’s important, after the fall he named his wife “Eve”, which means Life, or The mother of all living. Adam wanted to be back with the Tree of Life, but calling Adam female “Life” wasn’t going to produce it. In and of itself shows a difference between the Adam connection to the Tree of Life and ours. With Adam it was through the flesh, with us it’s a new heart. Our Tree of Life is the New Man (metaphorically), our connection is far greater than the one Adam had.

Paul tells us the Spirit bears witness to our Spirit saying we are sons of God, so what kind of communicated or witness did Adam have? None, he was the product of the hand of God, yet he couldn’t “fellowship” or “communicate” with God on God’s level. This is apparent when we view Adam’s search to find a Help Meet (this is correct, it’s help meet, not helpmate), thus Adam was as Paul says, natural. Adam didn’t go to God to help in the search, but God nonetheless provided.

The word Help Meet has various meanings, the Help aspect is found in Psalm 33:20, 70:5 and 115:9, in each case it shows the Lord is our Help, or better without the Lord we have no help. The word Help Meet is the Hebrew Ezer we find the word Help Meet in just two verses, both here in Genesis (Gen 2:18 & 2:20). The meaning is “to help”, which doesn’t tell us much, if we look at what was expected, then we can tell much for the principle. God created “them”, then separated the female from the male, then told them to be One. Why not leave them as One to begin with? Free moral choice, the idea in the Garden was for the two to be one, for some reason we think it means our mate must be one with us, rather than one with each other. Adam fell for the same illusion, ending using “bone of my bone” as an experiment to determine if death was real.

Adam termed her “flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone”, yet she was obviously physically different. God showed why He removed the female from the male, a man shall cleave to his wife and they shall be one flesh. They are designed to unite, thus the principle is to fill the void in each other, thus Adam male never said, “soul of my soul”. Once something was removed, a void was caused, the purpose was to fill the void. The void was already calling out from within, thus God brought forth the desire before the separation. However, Adam male had to see his answer, showing he was incapable of fellowship with God. There was nothing like Adam, thus his communication with God was limited, meaning he was looking for someone he could fellowship with on his own level.

The female with her own soul would fill the short comings of the male, the male the short comings of the female. We hear much today about a “soul mate”, but God never intended for our souls to be mated, it was “one flesh”, the souls were to make the choice to be joined to another, yet each was a separate person.

Before the female came forth the commandment to multiply was impossible, this shows the short time element involved. So, if God told them to multiply, does He condone pre-marital sex? No, right after Adam male said, “bone of my bone”, God said, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Gen 2:23-24). When God said “wife” a marriage took place, the “chain of command” for Adam was not one over the other, but the two shall be one flesh, thus pointing to being Equal, rather than one superior over the other. The Fall produced one being superior over the other, but it’s the result of the Fall. The meaning of Iniquity is “unequal”, or doing one thing we’re suppose to, but refusing to do other things just as important. God is Equal, thus His concept of One is Equal (Ezek 18:25-29).

This chain of command regarding communication was seen in other areas, the animals were lower in position, meaning they were unable to communicate with Adam, although Adam could communicate with the animals. The monkey didn’t say, “Monkey? I don’t like it, how about something else, like rabbit, it’s such a cool name?”. Adam named the animals, he didn’t have conversations with them, neither did the animals name Adam. We don’t read where Adam told God, “guess what the monkey told me this morning?”.

In this we must remember, God allowed for many reasons. There was something in the angel who was the anointed “covering” which needed to surface. Did God make the angel beautiful? Yes, but when the angel was impressed with his own beauty, he forgot who made him. At times we forget who gave us the Anointing, we become so impressed with the Anointing on us, we think it’s a result of our goodness.

The methods of the devil are displayed for us at the Tree, they haven’t changed. Paul called them the Wiles, or the methodology of the devil, thus he was fully aware of the devils devises (II Cor 2:11 & Eph 6:11). The iniquity was not in the creation of the angel, but it was something produced as a result of choice. Angels had choice, if not none of them could make the choice to remain with God, or as some did, make the choice to follow the devil. This angel had a charge, a duty, one he could carry out loyally, or twist it to his own self-purpose. If he twisted it he would be doing one thing, while not doing what he was suppose to, thus the iniquity. The anointed cherub had authority, but was under authority. His job was to communicate to Adam in a suggestive manner, in order to assist Adam in the areas of the knowledge of good and evil, indicating again how Adam lacked a spirit, thus God provided an outside source who was spirit. The devil didn’t use the Tree of Life, since the temptation was not Life, but Knowledge. He didn’t force Adam female to take the fruit, he made a suggestion based on deception, indicating the fruit as the source, rather than God. The cherub lacked authority to make the suggestion, he was also void of any power to grant it, thus he used his position in an evil manner. This suggestive area pointed to something of God, but for a different creation.

Ezekiel 28 says this cherub was the anointed cherub who covered, God set him as such. The word Cover (Covereth in KJV) is the Hebrew Cakak meaning to cover, or better to hedge, or protect, it was used in reference to guard persons and gardens, it was also used in reference to the cherubs over the ark, not saying the devil was one of them, only the word means to guide and protect. Rather than protect his charge, he made the decision to destroy it, rather than guide between good and evil, he portrayed good as evil, and evil as good. As he began the deception his nature changed to slander, as he became the waster, causing his beauty to fade, he became disobedient loosing any spiritual ability, meaning he can only entice by using natural things, since he started by using the natural against the natural.

You have been provided with a list of metaphors, but it may benefit you to start adding to the list now, one never knows, it may come in handy. In word studies, or studies having to do with metaphors, we have to caution ourselves against Imaginations, which includes extended metaphors, or taking the metaphor beyond it’s intended purpose producing fables. Any metaphor is like the definition of a number, it’s defined by either it’s first usage, or later in a clear concise usage. For example we find the phrases “Let there be Light”, then we are told about the Greater Light and the Lesser Light all in Chapter One of Genesis, but it’s not until we read John’s Account in the Gospel where we find The Light is Jesus. To define The Light here as the “sun”, rather than the Son misses the hope. The same is true with the phrase “living soul”, to take the premise to mean some “spirit” is beyond the context. Paul defined the first Adam as, “natural”, earthly” a “living soul” (I Cor 15:47). In addition we find, “was not first which is spiritual, but it was natural; and afterward which is spiritual” (I Cor 15:46). The clarity of the First Adam comes in First Corinthians, thus the First Adam didn’t have a “spirit’, since he was never spiritual. The Genesis Adam is clearly of the earth, he was not heavenly or spiritual. If this first Adam is natural, then he held the wisdom and knowledge of the natural, meaning spiritual matters were foolishness to him. Although the wisdom and knowledge was not corrupt until the fall, it was still earthly in nature, thus it began earthly, remained sensual, or soulish becoming devilish at the tree by the fall (James 3:15).

God’s Knowledge is from above, yet there is a knowledge of the earth. There are four different Greek words used in the New Testament for Knowledge, one is Gnosis meaning To know, but the source of the knowing is more important than the knowing. Then the Greek Epignosis meaning A clarity of what one knows, this type of knowledge is not fogged by self-determinations, or natural reasonings, but made clear by the Light. Then there is the Greek Sunesis (Eph 3:4), meaning To have a Comprehension, or Perception of something, it pertains to understanding concepts. Then there is the Greek Epistemon (James 3:13), meaning To know thoroughly, to be endued with knowledge and expertise from the basis of the Expert in all knowledge. It’s one thing to know about something, another to have the knowledge based in the expertise of how the something operates. In this case we find James explains how there is a Knowledge gained when one experiences the Wisdom of God at work in their lives. This word in James 3:13 is used to define the good conversation as a manner of life displaying the works of our faith with meekness of Wisdom. By now we know Wisdom is not intellectual, it’s the manner in which we deal with events and people.

There is also the heresy called the Gnostic Heresy, from the Greek word Gnosis, meaning knowledge, so is having knowledge a heresy? No, as we found the Gnostic approach used the self in a feeble attempt to save the self. Somewhat like the fable of a glorified Adam, they also taught Jesus was merely a man who obtained His position by the use of His self. Hardly the concept of Grace, or the saving of the soul, but it does show what happened to Adam. The soul of man without the Spirit of Christ uses natural reasoning, “hum she ate and didn’t die, maybe this serpent is right, hey, what can it hurt?”; natural reasoning, always a mistake.

This brings us back to the division to be joined; the them were a One, then God divided them so they could become joined through their own free moral choice. When Adam female was hidden in Adam, there was no choice, but when the separation came,  choice was presented. The same is true with us, we who were separated from God made the choice to be One with God, predicated on having the Spirit, still a choice to seek the Kingdom of God (Spirit within) and His Righteousness.

First there was Adam as a them, but Adam didn’t know it. Then God separated Adam into Adam male, Adam female, with the purpose of them becoming one again, which is termed reconciliation. Eve was not her name until after the fall, they were Adam in the Garden, thus God intended them to be One as He treated them as One. Since Adam male and female were considered One, does it mean we have two masters at work in the Garden, Adam male and Adam female? No, can’t be, since the word Help Meet also shows a joining to become One, or equal standing, it was still “Adam” before the fall. The same is found in the concept of each of us as kings in the kingdom, there is no king higher than another, we are not slaves under a king, but we are responsible to the King of kings.

All this division and choice is before the fall, yet the wife being subject to her husband is a result of the Fall. To make the result of the Fall some type of doctrine for the saved husband and wife is completely void of Mercy, Grace, or Liberty. “Well, Paul said the man is the head of the woman”, true and he also said the “head” of the woman was to have a long hair. Yikes the 60’s! Metaphors, the word “head” means Authority, a study of Paul’s comments shows us he is speaking of the leaders (husbands) and congregation (wives). To presume the “wives” must remain silent, means the widows and single women can run the aisles, yelling and making all sorts of noise. Paul tells us when the leadership places a false covering, or a yoke between them and Christ, the congregation is powerless and must remain silent. Hardly a doctrine on marriage, but a clear warning to leadership. Even if we made it doctrine, it would mean the husband has separated himself from God.

God has a better plan for the union of marriage, one wherein both the husband and wife can become One. Some of us want to remain in our position and have our mate come to our side to become One, but it’s not the premise of the two becoming one. There is a joining, some in the middle, some slightly to one side or the other depending on the event, but each has areas to support the other in joy and peace when each knows the assigned duties God has given. “Oh, then since the Bible says husbands love your wives, but it doesn’t say the wives are to love their husbands; therefore, a wife doesn’t have to. Or since it says wives should submit, the husbands don’t have to”. No, since the same Bible tells us to love one another, as well as submit to one another, therein is the mystery. One knows how to submit, the other to love, put them together, we have love and submission in a Godly sense. The premise reverses the fall, did Adam male love his wife? No, did Adam female submit to her husband? No. Yet if they become one they would both love and submit in a Godly manner.

When the pastor says, “we are to submit to one another, and love one another as Jesus loves us”, we say, “Amen brother, that’s right, praise God”. When the pastor says, “Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for it, and wives submit to your husbands as unto the Lord”, we say, “give me a rock, a stick or a rope, let’s get him”. What happened? It was the same principle, but the anointing on the pastor brought it down to the husband and wife. Could it be we still have some of the old fall nature hanging on? Could be, Paul also told us this Mystery concerned Christ and the Church (Eph 5:32). If we can’t conduct this mystery in the home, how are we’re going to understand the mystery of the Church? The word submit simply means not to provoke, cause an argument, or to hinder, it doesn’t mean “you’re my slave”. The natural definition of submit comes from the Fall, “and he shall rule over you” (Gen 3:16). It was not God’s desire, it was the result of the Fall.

Could Adam male bring forth Adam female? No, but he had to display a desire for the “need”, thus Adam female didn’t come forth until God made the decision, yet it was still based on Adam’s desire. The principle also shows Adam female wasn’t something taken from Adam male as a last minute change in the plan, rather since they were a “them”, while being a “he”, they were both formed and created at the same time. God knew the desire would come, thus He made provision; yet it’s also a lesson, from where does the Bride of Christ come from? The Body of Christ unto the Church to be the Bride, displaying how God was using this experience to show us the Gospel.

When did the desire take place? When Adam male sought out his help meet, yet was unable to find one among the animals. So, the female was in the plan, but did Adam male know it? No, yet God made them a he, yet the he was still a them when God made them Adam. God didn’t look around and say, “Wonder what would happen if I took one of this his ribs?”, or “Mike, I’m not sure what’s going to happen, but why don’t we knock Adam out, if it turns sour, he’ll never know”, or “wonder if he will walk sideways after this?”. It was all accounted for, even the fall and the devil were in the plan. “Oh no, no, no, God would never make evil”. God didn’t make evil, the devil made the choice to be evil, much different. However, we also know God is able to form the vessel into one of honor, or one of dishonor, so does God force them to be dishonorable? No, they refuse to grant Mercy after God grants them Mercy, thus their decision determines the forming, the same was true with the devil. When the devil was still the covering angel, he found something in himself, rather than go to the Lord with it, he made the choice to use it for his benefit to get rid of one of the Adams so he could have the other one all to himself. The devil was the first to violate his position, becoming disobedient, as well as the first to produce iniquity.

All of us at one time or another will fail at doing something we’re suppose to do, but it doesn’t mean we “worked” at it. It was not our “profession”, we didn’t make a choice to use it continually, we didn’t make the choice to completely disrupt God’s will just to see our will complete. No wonder Judas is the son of perdition, yet Peter isn’t. Both men did something, Peter denied the Lord three times, Judas betrayed Him once, Peter was restored, Judas wasn’t. Doesn’t seem fair, but Peter wasn’t attempting to force Jesus to do something, Peter overestimated his abilities, then found he was weak, causing him to become frightened; whereas Judas took money from the enemy to force Jesus into a situation wherein Judas felt he could make a personal financial gain. Much different, yet we find Judas used the same thought process the devil used here in the Garden. In order for the devil to use the three lusts, he had to have them, thus the devil fell before Adam female even entered the conversation. As soon as the devil found the iniquity, he made a plan, the plan produced the lusts. The more the devil put his evil plan of iniquity together, the more his anointing and beauty failed until they soon vanished. The devil thought his best attribute was his beauty, yet it was the result of his anointing, the anointing a result of his position. In his selfish endeavor to protect his beauty, he lost it.

The devil was created “perfect” in his ways, until iniquity was found in him (Ezek 28:15). The word Found in Ezekiel 28:15 is the Hebrew Matsa meaning the devil found the iniquity, which produced the sin. The devil was a very beautiful angel, but when he thought his beauty was by his own hand, iniquity set in, so did his evil plan to takeover the creation of God (Ezek 28:16-18). The first “takeover” of a congregation was done by the devil in the Garden, it has been one of his most used plans ever since. God created the cherub as a beautiful angel, which was “good”, but the devil was so impressed with his beauty he couldn’t see how he could be rejected for “Adam female”, thus he also had choice. The devil felt his position was so powerful he would never lose the title of “the anointed cherub who covers”, he entered iniquity, based on overconfidence in his position, very dangerous.

We found the meaning of cover; although Adam was in charge of the Garden, we find the cherub was a type of “elder”, or one who would give suggestions and guidance; however, being an angel he needed something to help him in the determination of his duty in reference to natural Adam. His beauty couldn’t make those types of determinations, being a spirit he had no knowledge of natural man, thus the something was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of Life belonged to Adam, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to the angel, thus he used the tree as his deception. The fruit of the tree taken by the spiritual to know the natural was the purpose, but if taken by the natural it would become twisted into the self.

The conversation at the tree shows the cherub was in the midst of giving instruction, but in an evil manner. An interesting aspect is how his knowledge changed as well, Paul tells us the spirit of man knows the things of man, but is completely ignorant of the things of God (I Cor 2:11). The devil lost all spiritual awareness, yet the spirit of man was being formed, both man and the devil became natural thinkers, with natural wisdom and abilities, thus losing any insight they had regarding God.

What about Adam? After all it was one time, yet the one incident would be played out again and again for many years. God never introduced repentance in the Garden, since there was no sin to repent from before the Fall. God did not say, “in dying you shall die, unless you repent”. Adam male had the warning, with the power to resist, yet made the decision to abandon his help meet, then watched to see if “in dying” she would die. In essence Adam was in a type of kingdom, yet cast it away for the flesh, much like Esau.

The fall produced many things, but in order for one to Fall, they must be in a High Position. Adam was not in the same position as God at anytime, rather Adam fell into a state of death, which explains why he couldn’t have the Tree of Life. Since his connection to the Tree of Life was through his flesh, but now his flesh was in corruption (death), thus if he had the Tree of Life, his flesh and soul would be connected forever in a state of death and corruption. Although he will attempt other ways to gain back his connection to the Tree of Life, each one will fail.

Adam was a master of his domain, he had not tasted sin, he was in a Mercy state, yet made the willful decision to test God. It’s a far cry from those of us who were under the sin nature, then accepted Jesus. Yes, we’ll still make mistakes, but it’s because of the past corruption. We’re in a Process, the old is being washed away daily. If any of us were to see all the tares, pains, hurts, more importantly all the wiles of darkness we’ve used gone in one second, the result would be Pride. We would begin to think it was by our hand and might, as we would begin to impress ourselves, causing pride to take over our kingdom. The Process is for Purpose, it keeps us humble as we appreciate all God is doing for us.

Adam is a completely different set of events, he had the Garden in hand, but he tossed it away to see if God was really faithful. Therefore, he may have walked with God in the cool of the day, but he didn’t know God. God tests man, man never tests God. Since the fall nature is death, man’s “soul life” nature in the world is a walking death waiting for the result, then it’s true “all souls will die”, but it’s also true the soul being formed by the Spirit shall live. The problem then is what is “death”? Is it a time with a great big nothing? Can’t be, since there is a Second Death, how many times can you kill a dead cow? As we found the first Death is a separation of the soul from the flesh, or the Greek ExPsuche. This is found in the phrase “giving up the ghost”, showing the “ghost” part is the unseen soul. Adam’s flesh was first, then the soul with a living condition making Adam a “living soul”. Adam was not a “living flesh”, yet since his flesh was first, the soul made connection to the earth surroundings through the flesh. Therefore, the flesh of Adam was useless until the breath of God introduced the soul with the measure of faith. Take the breath (soul) away and the flesh reenters the earth, from dust it came, to dust it goes. The soul is without end, thus the first death is not a nothing state. The resurrection unto damnation is having a resurrected body, but having it melt and come back time after time forever. Therein we know there is Eternal (without end) Judgment, a great incentive to seek Eternal Life in Christ. The Second Death is a complete separation from any attribute of God, it’s the void, darkness and uselessness forever without end. Yet, those with the Spirit of Christ are free of the second death (Rev 2:11& 20:6).

However, before the Fall, God was already in the process of division. What premise is found in Genesis chapter one pointing to joining and division? God used a Firmament to Divide the Waters, then the Land divided the Sea into Seas, but the Seas were joined as the Waters in the beginning. There was a division taking place right along, all signs showing two seasons, the Day and Night. The Greater Light was divided from the Lesser Light, yet in the very end they are joined again in heaven. Adam male and Adam female were one, then divided to become one. Purpose is something we tend to overlook, we don’t serve a multiple God, but we do serve a God with multiple things going on.

The division is what could be termed a variable, or something subject to change, but there are also constants, things not subject to change. Jesus is never divided from the Father, neither is Life divided from Jesus, the Two are One, regardless of time. Jesus confessed the Father based on this Oneness of Nature plus the Exactness of Character, yet Jesus as the Son of man was obviously His own Man. Jesus had the authority to say, “Although the Father has told Me what to say, I think I will tell you guys what I think”. He could of, but He didn’t. Do we? Oh man, let’s don’t go there.

We are not being formed into the physical likeness of Jesus, it would be heresy, since anyone could have a physical appearance as Jesus, yet be nothing like Him in nature or character. It’s the Nature and Character of Jesus we seek, not the physical likeness. This formation process is called Justification, the Just still live by faith.

Adam was given authority over the natural elements (earthly), but the spiritual  wasn’t a factor in any regard, nor was Adam given authority over the Lights, heaven, or the stars. Adam was earthly, he remained earth bound (did we mention that?). There is the physical, the natural, and the spiritual; man is physical (earthly) and natural (soul), but he cannot be spiritual without the Spirit, yet one can have the Spirit of God in them, yet not be spiritual (I Cor 3:1-3 & 3:16). The goal is to obtain the Spirit by the New Birth, then enter the process for our souls to become spiritual in nature.

Natural man calls many things spiritual, but the natural mind cannot understand spiritual matters, they have no idea what spiritual means. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians prove having the Spirit does not make one automatically spiritual, it takes a process and growth. They also prove natural man has no idea what spiritual means, but the Holy Ghost teaches us by comparing spiritual to spiritual (I Cor 2:13).

We know the devil is a spirit, but he lost his heavenly ability, now he uses those things common (natural) to man as his tools (works) against man; therefore, we find the devil is a spirit, but not spiritual. This also helps in understanding the word “spiritual”, which means one who has the mindset, nature and clarity of heaven by walking in the Spirit of Christ.

Since the devil is spirit, yet not spiritual we find the demonic forces use what is common to man, which is earthly in nature (I Cor 10:13). Paul told us the spirit of man is ignorant of the things of God, thus the devils are also ignorant of the things of God (I Cor 2:11-12). This concept is found in the phrases, “the prince of the power of the air”, as well as the “spirit of disobedience”. If we are carnal we hear the voices in the natural air, if we are spiritual we hear the Spirit (wind) of Christ. Physical sounds and natural sounds are different, we can’t confuse them, just as natural sounds and spiritual sounds are different. Man presumes many things, one is assuming he can define something according to his reasoning. Not so, all things are created by God, it takes God’s definition of things to discern the purpose, not the spirit of man.

Two things are evident and important; some tend to elevate the devil to some super state, as if he can go about doing whatever he desires. The Scriptures tell us not to give place to the devil (Eph 4:27); therefore, if we have the power to give place, we also have the power not to; it also means we have the power to cast out devils. Elevating anything above measure is dangerous; some tend to elevate Adam to a higher plateau than God ever did, some even elevate him higher than Jesus, but why? One thing is obvious, although Adam walked with God, Adam never had Christ in him. The natural mind desires to be Adam like, but it also desires to elevate Adam to some great state, thus they think by being Adam like they are like the Most High without the Spirit of Christ. Very, very dangerous. We never exalt anyone or anything above measure; the anointing is great, we must have it, but we don’t worship it.

The tree was the platform, the fruit the bait, the enticing the weapon. The devil began to elevate the position of Adam higher than God had, which began the enticing. The devil couldn’t force Adam female to take the fruit, rather he had to promise her something, although the something was beyond his control to give. This is the same method he uses today, the devil promises something he is unable to deliver, but the suggestion must contact to a lust in the person to be effective. The fall shows one thing above all, the devil had to promise, or trick Adam female by allowing her to think like him, which introduced a lustful nature called the spirit of man; yet, he couldn’t force her to partake.

The devil’s suggestion was for her to violate the Commandment by promising her something she assumed would gain her a greater benefit than the Commandment. Again, this is true today, the devil goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, thus he cannot devour at will, he cannot read minds, but he looks for something showing him the person is either impressed by the roar, or frightened of it (I Pet 5:8). The devil is not a roaring lion, he goes about “as” one, there is a difference. One can make the sounds of a lion, but it doesn’t mean they are one.

This brings us to the concept of “Counterfeit”, generally when we see phrases like, “as”, or “such as”, they refer to something like something, but not the something. Whether it’s a counterfeit or not depends on intent, if we keep the “as is” in order, without attempting to project it as the original, then it’s not a counterfeit, but a copy. However, if we take the “as is” then attempt to convince people it’s the original, it would be a counterfeit. We see phrase, “the devil goes about as a roaring lion”, it doesn’t mean he is a lion, only he wants others to think he is. The point being we can’t lock onto the phase, presuming it’s a counterfeit, we must discern the intent. The New Man is Christ in us, so is He a counterfeit? No, the New Man is a reproduction after the true holiness and righteousness of God. A counterfeit is by an unauthorized source produced to trick people into thinking it’s an original, when it is not. A counterfeit fifty dollar bill is a close likeness to the real thing, but it was made by those who lack the given Authority to make fifty dollar bills, thus the counterfeit is designed to trick people through deception. Therein lays the difference, the counterfeit may look better than the original, but the maker lacks the authority to make it. The devil made promises he never had the authority to grant, yet there was a wisdom and knowledge granted in the fall, Adam’s eyes were open, but since it was a counterfeit it was backward from what was promised.

The devil could care less if the principle is Godly, as long as we use his ways to accomplish what we think is a Godly act. The reason would be using the suggestion of the devil without the authority, making our actions rebellion. It doesn’t take long in reading the three temptations he used against Jesus to see this is true, the same temptations used at the tree were used against Jesus, with much different results. God shall meet your need, so why not fudge a little by turning the stones into bread. God desires for us to know about Him, so why not show off our ability a little by making the angels dance. God desires all to come to the saving knowledge, so none will be lost, so why not lie, cheat, or use fear to capture the lost. The principles are all Godly, the methods are demonic, we war against the wiles (methods) of the devil, by using God’s methods. Using a Godly element in an evil manner, still makes the endeavor evil.

In reference to the devil going about As a roaring lion we find the word “roaring” gives us another clue to the deception of the enemy. The word “roaring” is the Greek Oruomai meaning the sound made as the lion goes after its prey. Oruomai is connected to the Greek Echeo meaning to respond as the brass, yet brass is a metaphor for Judgment, thus the devil goes about attempting to place judgment on us, often by accusing us to the brethren, or to ourselves, or causing us to accuse the brethren, or ourselves. We don’t ignore our behavior when it’s wrong, but neither do we go around for days beating ourselves up. We repent, learn the lesson, allow the Spirit to correct the source of the problem, then move on with the knowledge gained. The devil can only give what he has, corruption, slander, death, destruction, iniquity and sin.

When we were in the world we were sinners, some of us sinners supreme, but Jesus forgave us, granting us a position and condition so New it was never before, but the New is a Process, something most of us forget. Jesus has the authority to grant anything, His Name (Authority) is above all names (authorities). So, will Jesus grant us a devil? No, it would go against the promises He made to us, He is still Truth, the devil is still the father of all lies.

We are in a Process, it doesn’t remain in the same place, we advance by making gains. God didn’t stop with the Light, thus the use of “days” has to tell us there was a Process in effect. Yet, the enemy doesn’t want us to believe we’re making gains, so the flesh reminds us of who we were. The New Man keeps telling us of who we are in Christ, while showing us we can be more then conquers in Christ. Which voice we listen to determines our attitude in the process.

The devil is looking for factual evidence upon which to accuse, but facts and truth are different. It’s a fact, we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. However the truth tells us there is Now no condemnation to those who in Christ Jesus who walk after the Spirit, and not after the flesh. The Truth tells us the Blood of Jesus is cleansing us from all unrighteousness, thus the Cleaning is a Process. We are not what we used to be, but we are not what we are going to be either. It’s for this very reason we never compare ourselves to others; we can’t tell where we are in the Process by looking at someone else. The enemy uses deception in his comparison, he has us look at someone who appears much further along, then tells us, “see, you will never make it”, at the same time showing us someone who appears further behind than us, telling us, “see how wonderful you are? You’re not like them”; therefore, Jesus told us, “what do you care what I do with them, you follow Me”. We keep our eyes on Jesus, as we allow the New Man to guide us on the footsteps of the Faith of Jesus.

The evidence is found at the tree, showing Adam female wasn’t forced to take of the fruit, the devil didn’t say, “I command you to take it”, rather the devil used something God said, but used it in an evil manner. The devil does the same when God grants us Mercy, “Has God really forgiven you?”, or “What about the unpardonable sin, surely you have committed it more than once?”. We will learn about the unpardonable sin, but for here we must know the unpardonable sin is unpardonable because the person doesn’t seek change, rather than think their ability to slander, waste and destroy is based in some sort of God granted gift. The Pharisees felt their ability to attack by using Scripture was not only something God wanted, they felt it was the anointing at work. Would Christ destroy Christ? Not hardly, so why do those of Christ go about as a roaring lion seeking to devour others in Christ?

Before we venture into the Fall, let us determine the purpose of the creation. Is the purpose to save us? Or is it to set the foundation from which we are to be saved? Genesis 2:1 tells us the heavens and the earth “were finished”, but what does it mean? If they were finished what about all things yet to come? What about Salvation? What about Grace? What about rain? The wording “were finished” is the Hebrew word Kalah meaning Ready to be destroyed, thus the first creation was Good for its purpose, which shows Adam was prefect, but far from perfection. Now we can see how the fall is in the plan, thus we can move on to the first step leading to Redemption, which is man bringing destruction to his own realm.

When Jesus was on the Cross He said, “It is Finished”, He didn’t say, “It is Done”, there is a difference between the two. God Finished the works of the Night, the Cross provided the Day as a way to escape the Night, but it was Finished, not Done. Finished means something in the overall plan is complete, Done means the plan is complete. When we build a house and finish the roof, it doesn’t mean we’re done, but it does mean the roof is finished (Jn 19:30 & Rev 21:6).

Like the children in the wilderness we can Escape the world, yet think God brought us here so we can exalt ourselves, or for God to kill us, both thoughts are unbelief. Any belief not in God, or in line with the Process becomes unbelief. You can believe the devil has power over you, but it’s unbelief according to the Process of Justification. Simply because someone believes in something, doesn’t define it as Belief, one can believe in unbelief, it doesn’t make them a believer.

So far we have established a few things, Adam was really the caretaker of the Garden, what he allowed in, came in. God didn’t come down and stop the devil from tempting Adam, since Adam had the power to allow whoever he desired into the Garden (kingdom). We as kings have the same power over our kingdom, if we say no to violent anger, then anger cannot enter our kingdom. If we say no to Mercy, we banish Mercy as well. God will not force us to grant Mercy to others, it’s something we’re suppose to do, but as kings we also have the keys. Of course we will face the King of kings in the end to give an account of our kingly efforts.

This of course only pertains to the kingdom of heaven, not the Kingdom of God. The kingdom of heaven is a place for the citizens of heaven, but the Kingdom of God is within. God rules in the Kingdom of God by the Spirit, we rule in the kingdom of heaven (soul). The kingdom of heaven is a place, the Kingdom of God is where God dwells by the New Man, thus we are in the kingdom of heaven, but the Kingdom of God is within us.

In the case of Adam we find an allegory, we can allow old familiar things into our kingdom, but it doesn’t mean they are conducive to the Kingdom order. Manipulation was familiar, so we granted it stay in our kingdom, we found our flesh was comfortable, but the Kingdom was not. We have engaged in a war (James 4:1-4) by allowing something not compatible to the purpose of the King of kings to remain in our kingdom.

The devil as the angel had a position at the tree, but he didn’t have a right to twist the purpose of the tree. Once he violated his position, he would lose his covering, the same happened to Judas. Adam had the opportunity and authority to remove the devil from the Garden the second the violation of authority took place. However, we know it didn’t happen, we also know Adam male and Adam female submitted themselves to the temptation of the devil, obtaining a nature not conducive to the Garden.

Before we can determine why we should be redeemed, we must determine how all mankind fell because of what one couple did. If we assume it was all Adam, or we had no part in it, we will fail to see the importance of the fall. The same is true with the Cross, if we haven’t accepted it, we caused it. Each and everyone of us have followed this same path of the flesh, all have taken of the fruit. We entered this world by the flesh under the sin nature, as babies we did neither right or wrong, good or evil, but the day came when we did take of the fruit of the wrong tree becoming sinners. Our souls made the choice to use the flesh to satisfy the flesh, when we found it worked we liked the feeling, then used more ways to gain what we wanted as we entered the darkness of the self nature.

The potential to sin was before Adam when God warned him not to eat of the fruit of the tree, the potential for us to sin is based on the same premise. One day we found if we acted a certain way, people moved, and we got what we wanted. It produced a self-centered effect, the effect moved to an action, the action became a sin. Is it fair? Define fair, we have no idea what goes on in the soul at an early age, but we also find the time we took of the fruit was not at one week old, it was much later, in fact it was after a time when we knew what “yes” and ‘no” stood for. The warning was there for all of us, but we wanted to test the “no”, we wanted what we wanted, we did partake of the fruit. We tested the commandment, whether the commandment came from our parents, or God, in the testing we enjoyed the feeling, producing a nature not conducive to the things of God. The evidence of the fall shows any of us could have, or did have the same beginning as Adam, yet without the Spirit of Christ we all did the same, we did partake of the fruit. The desire to be Adam Like is a deception in it’s darkest form, the delusion is to presume since Adam fell, we won’t, yet all of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God proving we did partake of the forbidden fruit.

Adam had access to the Tree of Life, thus the “dying he would die” not only caused a separation from the Garden, but it also caused a separation from the Tree of Life which kept the life of the soul of Adam intact (Gen 3:22). Once Adam was removed from the Tree of Life, he was also removed from Life, then the process of death began. Therefore, it’s obvious the life was in the tree, not in the flesh. God didn’t say, “We have to rip his soul out of him, or he will live forever”. God said, “take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”, thus the tree was Adam’s connection to life, not his soul (Gen 3:22). The word for Life in this verse is the Hebrew Chayay, it not only means to Live, it means To revive, which shows the Life of Adam had to be regenerated continually from an outside source. We are Born Again, our life is internal, we are being renewed day by day.

It’s obvious Adam lived after the fall, but it was a matter of the flesh existing in death as a timed process of dying, a span natural man mistakes for “life”. In order for it to be Life Eternal man must be free of the bondage accompanying death; thus Death is a result of sin, meaning sin is corruption.

Adam never had Grace, the New Testament concept of Grace can be a confusing issue, especially when we see the word “Grace” appearing in the Old Testament. Any of us can construe the English word Grace as being just as much Old Testament as it is New, since the English word appears in both, but they are miles apart in the original languages and meanings. John 1:17 tells us Grace and Truth came by Jesus, thus there is a division between the Grace found in the Old and Grace in the New. Simply, Grace in the Old Testament is different word, from a different language with a different meaning than the word Grace in the New. In the Old it refers to mercy extended to someone, but in the New it means a change in position, condition, nature by having the Spirit of Christ as the Word in us, which is far outside the ability of natural man, yet granted by God based on God’s love, not our goodness, or lack thereof.

Grace is Spiritual in nature, but man cannot be Spiritual in the true sense of the word without the Spirit of Christ. In order to do the things of Grace, one must have Grace, but as natural humans Grace is far out of our reach. What to do? Jesus; He is Grace, having Jesus in us is the same as Grace in us, the same as the Spirit in us, the same as Christ in us the hope of Glory, the same as being Born Again.

This will be important since one might think Adam had Grace before Jesus went to the Cross, if it were the case, the Cross was a vain act on God’s part. Not so, when Jesus was on the Cross He said, “Father forgive them”, thus when we came to the Cross it’s the Father who forgives us through His Mercy, granting us Life. From there we receive the Spirit then enter the Process of Justification which includes the washing of the water by the Word, coupled with the Blood of Jesus cleaning us from all unrighteousness, which is Life more abundantly as Grace. The washing of the Water by the Word is how the Word (Rhema or working aspect of the Logos [Jesus] in us) uses Mercy (water) to wash us, but the Blood of Jesus is Grace, thus the New Covenant is found in the Blood, not the Body. “Huh?, What? Wait a minute”. Jesus gave us the Bread, then He took the cup and saying, His Blood was the New Covenant (Matt 26:28 et al). The Bread, or Body is the point between places, it’s not the Church, yet is it not the world, it’s the Rock from which Jesus builds the Church. Unless one is in the Body (Rock) they cannot be of the Church, Jesus builds the Church from the Rock, not the world. Peter was a piece of the Rock, not the entire Rock, which becomes clear by the words used by Jesus. Jesus said Upon this rock (massive Rock, present tense) I will build My Church (future tense at the time), but the name Peter means a Piece of the Rock, not the entire Rock. The Rock was in place, the Church was yet to be birthed on Pentecost (Matt 16:18). Jude says we build the Rock (Jude 22-23), thus those of the Rock build the Rock, but only Jesus builds the Church.

Adam was not subject to the Law of Moses, yet he and those after him gave sacrifices after the fall, but not before. A sacrifice at the hand of man means atoning (making amends) for his sin. There was no need for a Sacrifice before the Fall, but it may surprise us who gave the first Sacrifice after the fall.

According to the Torah if we caused someone else to hold unforgiveness against us, their unforgiveness sat on us like a mountain. We had to beg them to forgive us, which means the power of forgiveness rested with them, not us. Jesus as the Truth, brought the Truth, showing if we hold unforgiveness, it sits on us like a mountain, not the other person. Why did this change? Was the Law of Moses in error? Not at all, A change in Season brought a New Law with a new ability, yet it didn’t do away with the Old. The person changed realms, there is a realm for the Law of Moses, one for the Law of the Spirit, but one cannot mix one into the other, the Day and Night are separated, just as Light and Darkness are forever separated.

When we accept the Cross we complete the purpose of the Law of Moses, then we move on to another Law for those who have the Spirit. The Law of Moses presented a way of life, it didn’t present Life. The Law of Moses defined sin, it didn’t do away with it. The Law of Moses was sent to those who had more of a potential to sin, than they did to do good. The Law of the Spirit is sent to those who have more of a potential to do good, than to sin. Since the Old is completed for those in the New, the deeds under the Old are no longer required by those in the New. The Old was a means to avoid physical death for a period of time, yet it also defined sin, found the doer guilty, then pronounced death as the punishment. It was designed to; yet we find a New Priesthood for those in the New with duties separating them from the Old.

Isn’t it interesting how God formed, called forth, then created all these elements, then on the Sixth day formed and created Adam. However, Adam wasn’t the only element God brought forth on the sixth day. Genesis 1:24 explains God said, Let the earth bring forth the “living creature” after his kind, cattle, creeping things and beast of the earth after his kind. Then in Genesis 1:25 God made (formed) the beast of the earth, how many beasts of the earth are there? In verse 24 it was the earth bringing forth the beast of the earth, then in verse 25 God formed the beast of the earth, could this be another prophetic message? In Revelation 13:11 John sees “the beast of the earth” who uses the power (authority) of the beast of the sea. Are we looking at some space monster, or metaphors? Metaphors of course, the beast of the earth will also be connected to the devil in Genesis 3:1, thus we find the Wicked are alluded to by prophecy in the very beginning.

Since this “beast of the earth” came on the same day as Adam we find another allegory, the Tares and Wheat in the same field. Jesus didn’t call the Wheat “sons of God”, neither did He call them “children of God”, rather they are “children of the kingdom”, which shows a potential invested in the Wheat to become sons of God, not saying they are. Therefore, the Wheat are those with Life, but have yet to obtain Life More Abundantly, thus they would equate to the “little children” John talks about. It’s the little children who battle the “he in the world”, the youngmen have overcome the Wicked (I Jn 4:1-4 & 2:12-14). The tares on the other hand were planted in the same field by the enemy, a tare has the appearance of wheat, yet lacks the internal “seed”. The Sixth day produced many things, brining to a conclusion the elements to bring about the Judgment, yet they were Good.

The devil could care less about us as people, we’re toys, things to be used to attack God with. The devil is not dumb, crazy as a loon, but not dumb. The devil’s motivation is envy, anger, strife and pride; the mixed seed behind the spirit of man. On the other hand (thank God), we have something far better, the Spirit of Christ, purposed for Salvation as Spirit in us, the New Man, the product of Grace, designed to save our souls so we can walk with Jesus. The New Man cannot do evil, expose it, but not do it. The goodness of God is imbedded in the character of the New Man, thus the Waster knows nothing but to destroy, the New Man knows nothing but to Save.

Another question, If God finished all the work on the sixth day, the same day Adam was formed and created, how then can God judge the Fall? The works of Judgment in the final day are done, not all the works. It’s the point, the creation didn’t mean all things were complete, it means they were finished. Judgment would then play out in the fall nature, it would move through time until it reaches the Judgment seat of Christ. In the Process of time the same Lamb slain from the foundation of the world would take on flesh, go to the Cross, be Resurrected on the Third day, present the Eternal Sacrifice, becoming the Bishop and Shepherd of our souls, the Captain and Author of Salvation, our High Priest, the Prince of Peace, the King of kings, whether those kings are kings in the Kingdom, or kings of the earth, providing us a means to have the Power of the Resurrection now.

What happened after the fall is the evidence of all things of the Night being finished. There is much for us in the Beginning, all these concepts will become clearer as we move along. One aspect separating the Day from the Night is the Name of the Lord. The Name of the Lord is really a division between Day and Night, Jesus said He came to bring division, but this type of Division is very good for us. The Greek word is Dia-Merismos or a Division which causes a Separation as we leave the world to enter the kingdom. The devil’s division is to divide us from God, then to divide us from the things of God. We find a Godly division to help us, then an ungodly division to destroy us, yet both are divisions.

There is another Godly division going on in us by the Word, but it’s not Dia-Merismos, but Merismos. The Greek word Dia-Merismos means to completely remove one part from another, whereas Merismos means to open up for examination, or clarity, without removing one part from the other (Heb 4:12). The Word in us separates, and divides, it is not a Sword, but sharper than one, meaning the Word can divide or separate without causing one part to be removed from the other, the Word in us will define the soul and Spirit, but it will not remove the soul from the Spirit. Adam was Merismos from the Tree of Life before the Fall, but the Fall made him Dia-Merismos from the Garden and the Tree of Life.

The Garden was a place of Preparation, not completion, if we miss it, we will assume the Garden is heaven, not so, it was on the earth. If we are earth minded, we will assume the Garden is heaven, when in truth it’s the place of preparation. When we come to the Cross we enter the kingdom of heaven, a place like unto the Garden as it relates to preparation. There were still elements outside the Garden, but the Garden was like a hedge around Adam and the animals. The Prophets tell us the Night (1,000 years) will be like the “garden of God” (Joel 2:3 et al), which means many things will appear on the surface as peace and safety, but sudden destruction will still come based on the wickedness of the Wicked (I Thess 5:3). The Prophets have much to say in this area, by the time we finish the Old Testament we will have a firm grasp on the End Times. However, we must see where the Fall took place and by whom. The Fall was in the Garden, by members entrusted with the Garden. Judas was a member of the ministry, he was not a Roman, or a Pharisee, he was a hand picked apostle, anointed and ordained, with a special position in the ministry granted by Jesus. The devil sinned against heaven, but it was not in heaven. Judas left the table of the Lord to betray the Lord. The “table” was only for those within the ministry of Jesus, a man’s foes (enemies) are of his own house (Matt 10:36).

By this time we have to pose the question, How did the devil get into the garden? The devil was not equal to man, yet he had a position and place. In order to find what the devil had in this, we have to jump forward to the Prophets. We looked at Ezekiel 28 prior, but for here we want to gain a better understanding. Ezekiel was a prophet and a priest (Ezek 1:3), the Lord also called him “son of man” (Ezek 28:12). Wasn’t Jesus termed “The Son of man”? Yes, the phrase means to Stand for man, in the case of Jesus it was to stand for man by the Mercy of the Father, nonetheless a priest stood for the people before the Law of Moses, thus giving Ezekiel the title, “son of man”.

Although Ezekiel was a prophet, and we have his prophetic writings, God still viewed his position as a priest more important than his position as a prophet. What man sees as a position of honor and glory, doesn’t mean God sees the position as such. Some of us think we have the lowest position in the Body of Christ one can have, yet it isn’t how God views it. In Ezekiel we find the “prince of Tyrus”, as a Prince is not a king, a prince has a territory called a Principality. The word Tyrus means Rock, thus this is metaphorically directed to the princes of the rock, not kings in the kingdom. Here in Ezekiel we find someone who is associated to the Rock, but not a king (got it?). The metaphor Prince means One who begins something, or represents a segment within a kingdom known as a Principality, it’s not representative of the entire kingdom, but part of it. Jesus as the Prince of Peace, thus He began the ability for us to have Peace with God, yet Peace is not all the Kingdom is made of, but clearly an important segment. A prince is also identified by the location from which they hold title, an example is Jesus the “Prince of Peace”, showing the location is Peace. We also know of the prince of the power (authority) of the air, this prince is not the prince of the air, rather it’s the authority in the natural air, giving us the realm.

The prince of Tyrus could translate as, “one who has begun in the Rock”, yet his  heart was lifted up, showing he lacked a New heart. From his pride he says, “I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the Seas” (Ezek 28:2). The metaphor Seas means the Gentile world, thus this prince is not a Jew, but a Gentile who has entered the Rock. It’s one thing to have a humble heart as the Spirit bears witness to our Spirit, another to take our position as a means to brag proud fully in: knowledge without love still puffs up. Take this same thought to Isaiah 14 where we find Lucifer, the son of the morning. Morning? A Clue! In Isaiah 14:16 we find Lucifer is a “man”, he also says in his heart, “I will ascend unto heaven”, which shows a self-righteous attitude, based on his illusion of his own goodness, then he says in his heart, “I will exalt my throne above the stars of God”, clearly the heart is not changed, it’s based on the spirit of the world. Lucifer says he will exalt his throne as the Head of the Body, again it’s based on his illusions of his self-importance. Then he says in his heart, “I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north”, meaning Mount Zion, again showing he thinks he is better than any member of the congregation. Then he says in his heart, “I will ascend about the heights of the clouds”, clouds is a metaphor for witnesses, here Lucifer says he is greater than the witnesses, thus his illusion is based in an overconfidence of his importance, he has no fear of God. Then he adds, “I will be like the Most High” (Isa 14:12-14). Lucifer doesn’t say he will be the Most High, rather he will claim to be God like, to have as much power as God, indicating he presumes he is the special of the special, or there wouldn’t be a Body of Christ if it weren’t for him, the illusion of the cultist. We have the Spirit which is of God, God has the Spirit of God. Satan is defined by the Jewish mindset as the character of the devil posed against mankind, as the devil is posed against God. Not three separate devils, but the devil, as the devil, the character of the devil as Satan, then Lucifer as the sons of perdition. They are the he in the world, who are run by the spirit of the world, who are set against the Spirit which is of God (I Jn 4:1-4 & I Cor 2:11-13). Rather than walk in the Righteousness of God, they use self-righteousness by the spirit of fear, producing their own error.

Lucifer is classed as “son of the morning”, but the name means “light-bearer”, yet he still relates to the Morning, yet the Morning is the beginning of the Day. Paul used the same definitive statement of this prince by saying, “who opposes and exalts himself above all called God, or is worshipped; so he as God sits in the Temple (holy of holies) of God, showing himself as God” (II Thess 2:4). Paul titled this subject as the “son of perdition” (II Thess 2:3). However, Jesus said, He lost none but the son of perdition (Jn 17:12). The “son of perdition” was also identified as Judas (Jn 18:5-9). If it was Judas, who is Paul talking about? A position, Judas began in the Morning, he was a man, he felt in his heart he could control and dominate the Lord to get what he wanted, the same mindset as Lucifer. Those with the “Lucifer mindset” are the Wicked, the Beasts of the Field, the workers of iniquity, those who are the unjust who fail to believe unto the saving of the soul (Heb 10:38-39). Are they known prophetically in Genesis? Yes, the beasts of the field will be identified as Subtle, the same definition given to the serpent.

In Ezekiel we are told this Prince of Tyrus doesn’t say he will obtain Through God, or Through the Spirit, rather he is saying in his heart he will advance through his own self-efforts. This prince, like Lucifer says in the heart, yet the mouth is saying something different, yet from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Wait, does it mean words? Or intent? Intent, the Pharisees said one thing, Jesus answered their intent, thus Jesus was able to see the abundance of the heart by the manner in which the words were used. Two people can say, “I’m a child of God”, one says it with humbleness and faith, thus we know they are. The other says it with pride, a puffed out chest full of arrogance, we know they are not, yet both said the same thing.

Jezebel came from Tyrus, yet she married a king in the nation of God becoming the queen. In the Book of Revelation we find at least one of the seven churches allowed the self-appointed Jezebels to teach. The prince has a king over him, the king of Tyrus who assumes he is master of all, yet he is nothing, thus this Rock is the counterfeit, it’s termed by Jesus as the “synagogue (gathering) of Satan”. This king was in the Garden of Eden, everything he needed was given to him, he was the “anointed cherub who covers” (Ezek 28:14). We know the word Covers means to protect or guide, defining the position of the cherub. This Cherub was not only in the Garden, he was Anointed for the purpose of Protecting something, the Cherub was created Perfect, until Iniquity was found in him (Ezek 28:13-15). This can’t be Adam, since Adam wasn’t a Cherub, it only leaves one other. This Cherub had the equipment to make the “stones into jewels”, later he will tempt Jesus by saying, “turn these stones into bread”. Stones can become jewels, if they are polished and cared for, but stones are not bread. Everything this Cherub needed to complete his task in a Godly manner was in hand, yet he found a way to twist it into destruction to get his own way. When he tempted the woman what did he use? Knowledge, where was he? In the tree, so what was his iniquity? He was teaching, but teaching evil as good, and good as evil, meaning his teaching was now unequal.

The word for Beauty in Ezekiel 28:17 is the Hebrew Yophiy  meaning Splendor, or Brightness, it was used some 19 times, but it only refers to the outward covering. We know God made the angel beautiful, but what was the beauty attached to? The anointing, when the angel operated in the anointing he was Beauty, when he moved against his position, he became the “serpent”. Was he a “snake”? No, look at his attributes before he fell, he was an angel, not effected by gravity, he was anointed, able to cover. Then he found he could twist his position, then he lost all his attributes, he was given the dust (flesh) as his food, he was bound the earth, under darkness, limited to the natural things of man, losing all spiritual ability, his anointing was gone, so was his beauty. His own self-based evil became his covering: whatsoever he sowed, he reaped.

This Cherub is not Lucifer, since Isaiah says Lucifer is a “man”, yet the Cherub is seen as the king of Tyrus, but Lucifer as the “prince” (Isa 14:16). The “prince of Tyrus” was yet future tense to the prophet, but the “king of Tyrus” was past tense, with a future tense endeavor. The prophet shows how the devil was once a Cherub, anointed to protect, guide and instruct man in the Garden. This Cherub was a spirit, so how would he know how to instruct natural man? What could God give him to assist him in this “knowledge”? This Cherub needed a knowledge from his spirit position to determine what was good and evil in the natural so he could guide man, thus God gave him a tree, a tree off-limits to man. The tree was designed for a spirit to view the natural, it was never designed for the natural to view the natural. The natural viewing the natural from the prospective of the fruit of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil would perverted the knowledge, causing it to be self-based and self-centered.

Since it was “knowledge” it was designed to open eyes, but if one was natural and took of the fruit the process of eye opening would reverse, thus their eyes would be open, but open to their own self desires, producing the spirit of man. The self nature is just the opposite of the God nature, thus the self nature thinks of “me”, the God nature thinks of “thee”.

Some of us think the devil can read minds, not so, he is a master of detecting the nature of natural man. He was able to learn by the tree, so what about the angels of God? Do they need a tree? No, it was not the “tree of messages”, the tree was used in teaching a human the differences between good and evil. Even today the devil goes about seeking whom he may devour, he is attracted to those who like the same things he does. What would prevent him? The Mind of Christ, he has no idea how the Mind Of Christ or the New Nature operates, or responds. The devil is forever limited in scope to the common things of man, the devil doesn’t have a clue to the spiritual things (I Cor 2:11 & 10:13). Natural man is still under the authority of the prince of the power (authority) of the air, but there is an escape for all mankind if they want it.

God gave the man the Tree of Life, yet this tree was off-limits to the Cherub. Did the Cherub take of the Tree of Life? No, it would be a “transgression”, not an “iniquity”. Did the devil use the Tree of Life in the temptation? No, it was knowledge, not Life. So, if we are destroyed for a lack of knowledge, it would seem the devil doing a good deed by giving the fruit to Adam female? Nay, knowledge from the wrong source is deadly.

Since we are spiritual, don’t you think we should have the tree as well? No, strong meat belongs to those who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil, without taking of the fruit (Heb 5:13-14).  Those who are Full Age hear the Word in them, they don’t need the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The angels of God follow the instructions from on High, they don’t need the tree either.

There comes a time when we know dogs bite and fire burns, we don’t have to stick our hand in the mouth of a mad dog to discover teeth are sharp, nor do we hold our hand in a fire to know a raging fire burns. Just as we don’t have to taste of the wrong fruit to know what we’re not suppose to. Both the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil were in the Midst of the Garden. The word Midst is the Hebrew Tevek meaning Middle, it was used to show a place of separation, or a line of separation. These two trees became the dividing point, take the fruit of one, you can’t have the other, thus when Adam took of the wrong tree, he really separated himself from the Tree of Life. After the fall God put an angel at the opening to make sure the separation was complete.  The shadow shows the Old and New are different, the Cross is the dividing line.

When Adam was looking for a Help Meet all the creatures of the Garden were brought to him, yet he found none. God then gave him something he desired, by bringing forth Adam female from the “middle” or side of Adam male. When the devil saw Adam female the iniquity within him began to take hold, he saw a “beauty” more desirable than the beauty in his cherub position. Envy became the drive, the spirit of disobedience became the motive behind the fall nature. The “spirit of man” or nature was being formed  in man each second the devil was hatching his plan. Paul said the spirit of man knows the things of man, but is ignorant of the things of God, we find the fruit caused a separation between man and God (1 Cor 2:11-12). The phrase “spirit lusting to envy” is not the Spirit of Christ, the word envy used by James means the inability to do good. James doesn’t use the complete title “spirit of man”, he simply says “spirit lusting to envy”, but when we add the context of envy we find this can only be the spirit of man. Putting James 4:5 with, “if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not” (James 3:14), and “for where envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work” (James 3:16), with “even of your lusts warring in your members?” (James 4:1), and “you lust and have not” (James 4:2), with, “you may consume it upon your lusts” (James 4:4), adding, “you adulterers and adulteresses”, we get a good idea of what this lusting to envy spirit is about. Then we have to add the escape, Submit, Resist the devil, draw near to God, cleanse your hands you sinners, be afflicted, mourn, weep, humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord (James 4:6-10). All areas pointing to repenting from using the deeds of the spirit lusting to envy, then receiving with Meekness the Engrafted Word which is able to save our souls (James 1:21).

The devil placed himself at his own tree, then used it to come against the Help Meet, thus instead of using the Tree to assist the natural creation, he used it against the natural creation, twisting the purpose. What did he promise? Ability, yet knowledge is not ability, it’s awareness. Why did Adam female listen to him anyway? As the prophet shows, the devil was a “covering”, or instructor, thus to her, he was merely instructing, but she knew something was wrong. The words of the Lord were still ringing in the Garden, the devil not only questioned the words, he was attempting to get Adam female to question them as well. The introduction of doubt and unbelief became the seeds of rebellion.

The tree was under his authority, it was created good, but he was using it an evil way. Jude tells us there are some who Grace into lasciviousness (Jude 4). An example of misusing a position or gift of God is found here in the Garden, the devil was misusing his position. Adam female was being mentality seduced; Adam male was watching this whole thing, doing nothing, yet God said, A man shall leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife, but this man was watching his wife slowly drown in the sea of iniquity. We can’t put all the blame on Adam male either, since both were “equals”, everyone is still drawn away by their own lust. What lust? The lust they birthed when they started to test the Commandment. They were still “one”, only now they were one in rebellion, which caused them to be divided even the more.

The serpent was entrusted with the “gifts and calling” of God, but he used them for his own self-based interest in a manner not conducive to the Will of God, really not conducive to the gift and calling either. The misuse of the fruit of the tree is a perfect example, the fruit was good, the tree was good, the misuse didn’t make the fruit evil, or the tree evil, the “act of misuse” was the evil, which turned the fruit from good to evil. It’s not the credit card, it’s the misuse, the card, book, day or whatever are “things”, what we do with them determines whether they are good or evil. We are not drawn away by the credit card, we are drawn away by our own lust to use it wrongly. The Process of the New Birth is changing us from the wiles of the spirit of man, which we find was introduced in the Fall.

Genesis 3:1 shows the “serpent” was more Subtle than any “beast of the field”; therefore, the beasts of the field were Subtle, if not, how could the serpent be more so? Wow, not just one beast, it’s “any beast of the field”. If there was no sin until the fruit was taken, and no iniquity until it was found by the devil in himself, how then can these beasts be Subtle? These are the “formed” beasts, the prophetic word pointing to the vessels of dishonor. The word Subtle is the Hebrew Arum meaning cunning, it comes from the Hebrew Aram meaning crafty, defining witchcraft, or the use of one thing to bring about something hidden from the eye. Here we find the prophetic connection to Ezekiel, the king was in the tree, his “beasts of the field” took their prince positions when Judas opened the position for them, thus bringing about the spirit of the world, producing the he of the world. This one verse shows God has it all in hand, He knew about the fall, He knew about Judas, He also knows we will win if we continue to believe. This has to be prophetic in nature as well as factual; since the word Serpent means Malicious; we know what Subtle means, thus Subtle is a Wile of the devil. Malicious is connected to Slander, which is based on the intent to cause harm to a person or their reputation. Slander doesn’t need to be a lie, Libel is based on lies. Something can be factual, but if we use it to harm someone, we are a “slandering serpent”.

The devil didn’t become a snake, neither does this mean all snakes are devils. It does show not all snakes are reptiles, metaphorically some are human reptiles, however, it shows the restriction of the devil from the Fall on. We have been given power over the serpents, in fact we can “tread on them”, it has nothing to do with reptiles, it has to do with being able to resist the cunning ways of slander. In Mark we are told we can take up serpents, it has nothing to do with playing with reptiles either, it means the Gospel is able to save even the serpents, turning them into doves, with Paul being the example.

Some think the “beasts of the field” are fallen angels, but prophetically we find some real interesting facets; angels are created, these beasts were formed back in Genesis 1:25. The “beasts of the earth” are earth related, yet identified by John in the Book of Revelation as the Wicked, or false prophets who were run by the spirit of antichrist in our season (Rev 13:11-14). After the beasts were formed we find God then created and formed the man, then gave the man dominion over the earth. If the beasts of the earth were angels, then Adam had power over them, meaning they had fallen before the Fall, which can’t be. It has to be prophetic in nature, like their father the devil, they are cunning and Subtle.

Although God created the angels, we know some of them made the choice to fall, God neither formed them to fall, nor created them to fall, they made the choice to follow the Serpent. When did they make the choice? After the Fall, since Choice became a factor when God presented it in reference to the Tree.

Going to Ezekiel 34:8 we find God Himself defining the “the beast of the field” as the Wicked, those who go about in sheep’s clothing, but are wolves inside. This shows the prophetic message is also a warning, the “beasts of the field” are the “tares”, they are like their father the devil, they hold serpent’s lips. They are “fallen” but not angels, they fit the warning in Hebrews chapter 6, they tasted of the good things of God, but still liked the feeling they obtained from using the he of the world, but in the Night they attempt to crucify the Son of God, yet it was the Son of man who went to the Cross. How can this be? The Son of God was declared by the Spirit of Holiness by the Resurrection, to attempt to put Jesus back on the Cross would be attempting to crucify the Son of God, an impossible act.

The Fall shows how the devil wanted to remove the competition, he changed from protector, to forming a competition. Since the devil is spirit, it shows taking of his fruit does put a spirit over man, the spirit of man also know as the spirit of disobedience. Does it mean man is possessed? No, it means the spirit of disobedience is the nature of the man as a result of the Fall. Paul shows we all were subject to the spirit of man as the children of disobedience (Eph 2:2 & Col 3:6). However, God removed us from there, placing us into the Kingdom of His Son (Eph 5:5).

The word Subtle becomes important, there are times when things, or events seem petty in nature, but there is something going on behind the scenes. The evidence is here at the tree, what was the big deal? One little bite, just one piece of fruit from a tree loaded with fruit. After all, it probably lost some fruit through growth, so who would miss one? Subtle is the use of tricky words, or hidden agendas to trap someone. Paul connected this to the slight of men who lie in wait to deceive (Eph 4:14). Subtle is best defined as someone using words with a hidden motive, one not clear at the moment. The Subtle words are difficult to analyze, they are elusive, devious and tricky. After someone uses those Subtle words we walk away wondering what was really said, or the next day we see through the deception and remark, “Wait a minute!”.

The conversation at the tree only took a minute or two, just a few words spoken among the many words spoken in all of time, yet the repercussions were great. By their words they were condemned, yet if they would have made the right choice, then by their words they would have been justified. The Fall was an action, but the action came as a result of words, the words as a result of slandering the repetition of God.

The choice was there, God allowed knowing the result. Isn’t it strange how we never see where Adam prayed, yet he walked with God in the cool of the day, but the first words we find Adam saying are “This is now bone of my bones…”, but those words were directed toward the woman, in reference to words directed to God his first were, “I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Gen 3:10). The spirit of man defined his sin as being naked, yet he was naked before, yet he didn’t have any trouble walking with God, now things have changed. Adam not is making his own determination regarding sin, he is determining how to correct it. After the fall his knowledge of good and evil was corrupted, making his concepts faulty. The evidence is found in his determination of being naked as the fault, but it does show the flesh is not his concern, indicating the spirit of man had taken root. Why couldn’t God see Adam after the Fall (Gen 3:9)? The Adam God knew was dead, thus God is the God of the Living. God was showing Adam how the Fall separated Adam from God, no more cool of the Day.

There was a competition going on, who was right? Did God say? Or didn’t He? Competition need not have two parties involved, it can have two involved, but it’s not necessary for the attitude of competition to take hold. We can be in competition with someone who is not in competition with us. Competition is the means one uses to show their self superior over another. It takes two to make war, but only one to make peace. This thing could have ended faster than it began if Adam female, or Adam male would have said, “Let’s ask God”.

The devil used something God said; he not only used it out of context, but his intent was to cause harm, thus the first “slander” was spoken by the devil in Genesis 3:1. The devil didn’t say, “God has lied to you”, but he did began with, “Yea”, or as the Hebrew shows, “Yea because”, then he added, “has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” (Gen 3:1). How many debates, or self-justifications begin with “yeah, because”? God said, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it…” (Gen 2:16-17). The devil began with bits of what God said, then made it appear as if God said “shall not” regarding every tree, which would include the Tree of Life. He began the first theological debate, his intent was to discredit God, yet trap another individual, causing them to fall. The Subtle aspect is the devil making his words sound superior to the Words of God, the devil desires for any of us to use a Godly principle, but in an ungodly manner. The female added to the premise, instead of the “shall not” for the entire Garden, she narrowed it down to the one tree; however, she took it one step further by adding a restriction (touch not). When she added to the premise the devil knew the race was on, she had taken the bait of competition, she was now going beyond what God said in order to win the debate. She was now becoming cunning, she was using the same technique against the devil, he was using against her.

The devil could care less if we yell at him all the time, as long as we use his ways. Michael the Archangel knew better than to get into a match of wits with the devil, rather he said, “The Lord rebuke you” (Zech 3:2 & Jude 9). Michael didn’t attempt a knowledge debate, nor did he say, “I come against you”, or “I rebuke you”, he knew the rebuke of the Lord was more than sufficient. David also knew this principle, even though he knew he was king, Saul was still on the throne. David respected the anointing on the position, even if Saul didn’t.

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not evil, the fruit was not evil, or deadly. The act of disobedience produced the death, not the fruit. Like the food items in the Law of Moses, the purpose was not to make one food better than another, or to say God created “unclean” foods, rather the purpose was to gain “obedience” (Jere 7:22-23). God lays these matters before us for the purpose of obedience, the item is merely a tool. What God has cleaned, let no man call “common” (Acts 10:15).

Adam was given one commandment to do, and one not to do, his obedience was before him. The evidence shows he lacked faith in God, he didn’t even believe God. Let’s face it, he didn’t do the Do, yet did the Do Not. Two commandments, he broke them both. So, was Adam in the Garden for 8,000 years? More like eight seconds. If taking of the fruit was a violation of the commandment, so was not multiplying, the evidence shows Adam didn’t know his wife until they left the Garden (Gen 4:1). As soon as they were banished Adam begins his acts of “restoration”, but they are all self-based as he used the spirit of man to accomplish his personal agenda.

The devil sinned against the woman, the woman caused the man to sin, but we can’t blame the woman alone, the man also had choice, he was there with her, yet he engaged in partaking of the fruit willingly. Every person is drawn away by their own lusts, the male was not drawn away by the lust of the female, the female was not drawn away by the lust of the devil, each was separately responsible for their own actions. Where did the lust come from? The second they rejected the word of the Lord, their flesh started to take on the role of master, it’s evident in Adam’s conclusion regarding his nakedness being his sin: he was now Flesh minded.

The male sinned against himself, producing a situation where he couldn’t redeem himself, or his wife, yet they were One. Since everything produces after its own kind, we were all born with the same potential to partake of the wrong fruit, and we did. “Wow, I thought man could lift himself up by his own bootstraps”. Try it, you will end upside down.

Adam still kept the “two” principles as he remained married to the one woman even after the Fall. So, why not restore him? We could say, “it’s not fair”, but in essence it is fair,  really a blessing. Adam proved all mankind will come short, all need a Savior, One who is Greater and Mightier than we, even mightier than those with a Living Soul. We needed a Savior, one who can defeat death, then bring us to a place where sin becomes a moot subject. God provided us with our Victory, we have more than enough to win this. So, is Adam in hell forever? Jesus preached to those in Paradise and hell, those who wanted to leave became the captivity, He took captive (Ps 22:10-31).

We know the devil was never God, or a brother of Jesus, but he did have a position as a protector or covering in the Garden. The devil was also appointed by God, thus one could term him a “god” (Ezek 28:14). Jesus is not a product of Creation, rather He took on the form of man, as a type and shadow of each of us being Formed into the Image of God’s Son, as sons of God. The devil was clearly Created as the prophet notes (Ezek 28:15), yet Jesus was not created, thus any thought of Jesus and the devil being brothers is heresy. The concept of good against evil is not the issue, rather it’s how evil attempts to corrupt good.

All this is happening at a time when there were two humans and the angel called to protect, there were no idols in the Garden. There were no “gods of stone or wood” in the Garden, so even if the devil say, “you shall be as gods”, so what? What are “gods”? Wait, the word means representatives of God, there was an appointed anointed representative in the Garden. The Cherub was given a tree so he could guide and protect the creation of God, but he made it appear as if the fruit of the tree made him an angel. The devil had taken of the tree, so did the tree cause him to be wise? Did the tree give him power to fly? Did the tree make him beautiful? Was the tree the means giving him the anointing? The devil was the anointed cherub who covered, but was it God who made him so, or was it the fruit of the tree? There were two ways to find out, obey God by believing what God said, or take of the fruit. Wonder which they did?

Adam female was beginning to wonder, if this angel became wise by the fruit; maybe he is right, God just doesn’t want us to fly around, or figure things out for ourselves. We can see how the devil twisted knowledge into ability, then promised natural man a power, by a fruit which could only give knowledge. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not two trees, it was one tree with one type of fruit, but the fruit had two characteristics. This tree was not the tree of good and evil, but of the Knowledge of good and evil. The fruit allowed a division for clarification, but it was never designed for the natural mind. The fall produced a “knowledge”, or “mindset” which was corrupt, the corrupt mind then became the basis from which man would judge his standards of what is good, or what is bad. The violation set up an order of disobedience introducing man to a nature we se today; one says it’s right, another says it is not, man making his own determinations.

Did Adam actually see God? After all he walked with God in the cool of the day. What about John 1:18, or First John 4:12 where we find no man has seen God at any time. John used two different Greek words for “seen” in the verses, meaning to Perceive, Understand, but it still stands no man has seen God. So what was Adam looking at? Or was he? One can walk in the cool of day with God and never see God with the physical eye; we do it all the time. In Genesis 3:10 Adam said, “I heard Thy voice in the Garden”, in Genesis 3:8 we find the “voice of the Lord God” walking in the Garden. The Voice of the Lord God? Who has heard a voice walk? John was right, Adam walked with God, but he never “saw” God, it was the Voice of God Adam heard. Adam never understood God, if he did he would never have allowed the Fall to take place.

One might think the devil was saying they could be as God and finally see God with their naked eyes. Perhaps, since the Hebrew Elohiym, was used for both God and gods in Genesis 3:5, except the latter use points to the plural. The enticing was to be as the angels of God, to be as wise as the protecting angel. In all this we want to make sure we don’t miss what “god” resulted in the fall, the flesh of Adam became his god, thus his nakedness was at issue, but his flesh wasn’t the problem, his soul was. Prior the flesh was subject to the living soul, now the flesh was master over the soul, placing the created soul in bondage to the formation. The same carries on today, the drive to make the flesh safe and comfortable is the driving force of the spirit of man. The Cross however is the place to impute the flesh dead; Grace is the place to see the soul saved by the Spirit.

We also find the devil wasn’t real bright to begin with, he limited himself to three areas, he is still limited to those three. Although the three may wear different clothes, they all have the same hats. The devil discovered how a creation of God can say No to God, and Yes to evil, but the devil always comes up short, or goes too far. The fall also shows how the devil can’t see two seconds into the future, he limited himself for all time by using the three temptations. The devil used the same three against Jesus, he still uses them against all mankind. The three elements? The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life, they are also seen as the power, authority and seat of Satan, or as the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust for other things; they are also known as natural, sensual (soulish) and devilish. All three are “common”: right about now you are wondering about the term “spiritual wickedness”. The word Wickedness means Iniquity, thus it’s not a wicked action by spiritual means, but the failure to be spiritual after one gains the Spirit (Eph 6:12). Therefore, remaining natural when we have the Spirit is spiritual wickedness, the only place spiritual wickedness can happen is in high places, or better by those who enter the high places by the Mercies of God.

When the woman took of the fruit, the character of the devil took seed and root in her heart (spirit of man) and soul (spirit lusting to envy), her offspring had the same seed of the spirit of man in their hearts ready to spring forth. The very first child was a murderer, who killed over a sacrifice to God. At the same time there was the “measure of faith” working in man; Hebrews chapter 11 has a list of many who held to the measure of faith in the face of adversity, yet even the measure of faith was not enough to gain “the Promise” (Heb 11:39). Were there people who were not driven by evil? Yes, Abel was one, but man was still bound by the spirit of man. David was a man after God’s own heart, but he took Bathsheba, then had her husband killed. Even if someone does something “good”, the good gift came from God, yet the flesh of man seeks the glory, the iniquity would be failing to give God the glory. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

The fall was a transfer of wills, desires and agendas by gaining a corrupt thought process, in no stretch of the imagination was there any sexual contact between the devil and the woman, it was a mental seduction. Adam didn’t “know” Eve until after the fall, thus Eve was still a virgin at the tree. We know Jesus had to come from a virgin, in so doing He was able to immediately bring us to a Garden of God position as living souls, then by His Resurrection we were granted the opportunity to become sons of God.

The mental seduction of the devil is played out daily in the mind games of man. Mind games hold hidden agendas, or deceptive plans to get people to do something for us, without directly asking them. A mind game is to cause something to happen, while at the same time not letting the other party know our intent. We speak of one thing, in order to manipulate the person to do something else, it’s the something else we really want. We don’t want to “owe” anyone, so we make suggestions knowing the person can hear, but do we owe them? No, we didn’t tell them to do it, they Just did it. “Oh my back, I wish I had some help around here”, “Ah gee I can help, where do you want it?” “Over there is fine”. “There, oh I wonder if you can help me with this paperwork”. “No, I’m sorry I don’t have time”. “Wait, I helped you”. “I didn’t ask”. Mind games are deceptive, manipulative and demonic; being Honest is straight forward and open. The devil played a mind game at the tree, Eve started to use the same wiles, playing her own mind game, yet her own trap slammed shut on her. Adam male played a silent mind game, but the wheels were turning. Adam male’s mind game also trapped him, all three were caught in their own traps. We presume our mind games have trapped others, but in truth they trap us by our self-deception. Therefore, deception holds its own hidden agenda, when we use deception it weaves a web around us. Paul shows those who teach deception become deceived. The same is true with mind games, our own mind games trap us, we become our own victim.

When God judged, He was merely informing Adam male, Adam female and the serpent the result of their actions. True Judgment is the division between the Precious and the Vile, with the information of the consequences of ones actions. Adam had free moral choice, the reward would have been long life, the consequence was death. God merely granted unto man the product of man’s doing, God didn’t curse Adam or Eve to fall, but  was there a curse connected to the fall? It’s important, since some think God brought judgment on Adam, but God was merely showing them the results of their actions. The ground was cursed, not because God said so, but because Adam made it so. In Genesis 3:13 God said, “What is this you have done?”, then in Genesis 3:14 God told the serpent, “because you have done this”, then again in Genesis 3:17 He says, “Because you have hearkened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree”. All of these show God was explaining the consequences, or showing them the wages of sin are death. God merely made a statement of fact by informing them the result of their folly. This would be the first time death came as the result of sin, yet it came based on being enticed to test God through misused knowledge.

When Adam male and Adam female left the Garden, they took the Fall nature with them: the same nature is around today, it’s the controlling element in the world, the fear behind the spirit of man dominates the world. The evidence is obvious, not only do we find some saying something is “good” while another says it’s “evil”, they advance the premise to what they call a “right”. One says they have a “right”, the other says they don’t. Most of us took of the fruit from the hand of another person, someone enticed us, we did partake, we then made our own self-determinations on what is “good” or what is “evil”.

Now we know the reason for the Ten Commandments, should a Christian be told to honor God? Should we be told not to steal? The nature of fallen man is revealed in the Ten Commandments, proven by the Law of Moses. Natural man hates to be confronted with the truth regarding his fallen nature, thus natural man hates the Ten Commandments. They are not only afraid of them, they hate the exposure of the self-nature. The Ten Commandments are good, they are the basis for man’s Law. Where did man obtain the punishment for stealing? How about murder? How does man know murder is wrong to begin with? Not from the fallen nature, rather because God said it was wrong.

Other things came with the fall, we know the fall lacked faith, since it produced fear, becoming the main element in the spirit of man. The first time we find the concept of Fear is after the fall, just as the first time we find the concepts of Shame and Self-awareness are after the Fall. God was no longer the center point of man’s attention, rather man became the focus of man’s attention. Religious carnal thinking is no different, “what can God do for me?”, rather than, “what can I do for God?”. Carnal religious thinking wants to be entertained, they want God to serve them, to perform for them, when He doesn’t they get mad.

The word Knowledge means An awareness, thus the purpose of the tree was for the devil to have an awareness of man, in order to protect man, but the tree taken by man, produced a view of man from man’s prospective, which caused man to be “self-protective”, or “self-aware”. The paradox is how the devil ended introducing the spirit of man, knowing the things of man, but completely ignorant of the things of God. To the spirit of man the Spiritual things of God are still foolishness.

Adam’s action came as a result of his reasoning, his reasoning as a result of his thinking, his thinking as a result of his intent; his intent was formed as he watched to see what would happen to “bone of my bone”. Jesus told us from the heart comes no good thing, yet Paul said we must believe from our heart. We must have a new heart, but how? By the Holy Ghost bringing a circumcision of our heart not made with hands, giving us the New Man as our New heart (Prov 16:1, Mark 7:20-23 & Rom 10:6-10). If God creates a “Clean heart” in us, then the old one wasn’t a creation to begin with, thus the old man is not the soul, since the soul is a creation. The old man, is the hidden nature derived from the fall, a spirit not embedded, but nonetheless an element guiding the flesh, as the flesh guides the soul, explaining “that born of the flesh is flesh”. We asked God to give us the Spirit, we gained a new heart where the intent is pure, so we could truly believe Jesus was raised from the dead. The New Man believes in the Resurrection of Jesus without fault, because he is a product of the same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. The New Man (Spirit in us) calls out ABBA Father; without the New Man we don’t have the basis to Believe in our heart; of course anyone can have an intellectual view, but it will fail in the face of adversity. The Bible points out Belief is more than a mental view, it’s a way of life. In order for us to walk in the Spirit, we must have the Spirit. In order to believe the Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, we need the same Spirit of Holiness.

The soul of man studying the soul of man is the blind leading the blind. The New Man allows us to view the natural through the spiritual, but natural man is not spiritual in nature, thus the natural attempting to view the natural from the natural produced confusion, then fear causing a self-determined drive for self-preservation. There is a vast difference between man studying a bone, and the bone studying man.

The fruit gave man a self-based knowledge, causing self determinations based in the knowledge of self-awareness. It’s for this reason the concept of the “saving of the soul” could not come until the New Birth was granted. The Spirit in us by the New Birth is saving our soul by a forming process, the cleaning away all those traits, tares and evil concepts planted while we under the spirit of man. God’s people are still destroyed (cut off) because of a lack of knowledge, God didn’t keep the knowledge from man, rather man rejected the knowledge of God for the corrupt knowledge of the self (Hosea 4:6).

It’s a true saying; if we really want to see our enemy, just look in the bathroom mirror. Prior to Pentecost the disciples wanted to “know” God, but there was something hindering them, even Philip asked, “Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us”, but Jesus said, “Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not Known Me Philip? he who has Seen Me has Seen the Father” (Jn 14:8-9). Couldn’t Philip see it? No, none of the disciples were Born Again until Pentecost. All this brings us an interesting question, what do the words Show and Seen mean? They are the same Greek word, meaning To Perceive, or Understand, yet this same Philip walked with Jesus in the cool of the day, sat with Him at the table, saw the Lord do many things, even saw the Lord apply the doctrine of the Father, but his Understanding was still natural, he was still using the old man to discern. Peter was like Philip, it took a horrid experience of exposure for Peter to change from “not so Lord”, to “You know all things Lord”. Peter felt his walk with the Lord had come to an end, but in truth his walk was just beginning, it would be greater than he ever thought possible. John chapter 21 is recovery of Peter, thus the Lord doesn’t case us off because of a mistake, rather this is the Season of reconciliation (II Cor 5:19).

The Old Testament saint attempted to get a right spirit (attitude) toward God, we in the New get Right with God by the Spirit. We find the Old Testament has references to many types of spirits, both good and evil: spirit of jealousy (Numb 5:14), another spirit (Numb 14:24), a sorrowful spirit (I Sam 1:15), an evil spirit from the Lord (I Sam 16:14), a sad spirit (I Kings 21:5), a lying spirit (I Kings 22:22), the spirit of king Cyrus (II Chron 36:22), and so on, all showing natures. In the case of Saul we read where God put an evil spirit on the man, so does God have an evil spirit? Hardly, God removes the covering, allowing the evil in man to come forth, in most cases it’s the attitude of the old nature. Isn’t it what happened to the Cherub? Yes, he moved outside of his position and anointing, causing his iniquity to become his covering.

When God took His hand off Saul, the real Saul surfaced, causing him to run after witches for his knowledge. There are demons who possess and oppress people, there are Tares planted by the enemy, there is the spirit of man as the old nature, all of which have the same source, they know nothing but to destroy.

The anointing is a protection and ability, it can be on us, or in us, or both on and in. In Saul’s case his anointing was based on his position, not on the man, when the anointing of the position changed from Saul to David, the real Saul surfaced. There is a difference between Position and Office, Saul was given a Position, the Office was promised after the test, but he never got past the test. The self-based, self-centered heart of Saul sought after things his lust desired, Saul then is a type and shadow of the Wicked. There is an anointing on the Body of Christ, anyone who enters is covered by the anointing (Unction). A point in case is Judas, he was accepted into a position, thus the position carried an anointing, but the man remained the same. The anointing is the ability granted by God to perform some task, yet there are various types of anointing. The priests under the Old Covenant had an anointing specific in nature for the task of carrying out the duties of their position. Jesus is The Christ, meaning all anointed One, or the One from whom all anointing comes. John says we have a Unction (covering) to guide us, then he talks about the anti-anointed ones, also know as “antichrist”, or opposed to the anointing (I Jn 2:19-20). The New Man carries an anointing unto Salvation, a powerful and dynamic anointing, thus we have the Unction on us, with an Anointing in us by the New Birth (I Jn 2:20 & 2:27).

The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil taken by man started a entire era wherein man equated everything, including God, to man’s natural thinking. “God must have a beginning”, why? Because man has one. “God must be out to hurt us”, why? Because man is out to hurt himself. “God must be limited”, why? Man is limited. Even heaven had to equate to man, streets of gold, houses and the such were all equated to earthly things so natural man could gain a grasp of heaven. God does speak to us in relationship to earthly things, but we can see why. Paul said the things of Paradise cannot be uttered with a human language without discrediting, or blaspheming them (II Cor 12:2-4). The things of God in heaven are so far above the natural state of man, even the best of intentions to describe them in a natural language ends in blasphemy, since no natural language can render heavenly things due respect. What above John with his Book of Revelation? It’s a vision, plus he was told to write what he saw, Paul was not.

Before the fall Adam male and Adam female were naked and not ashamed, this doesn’t mean they enjoyed their nakedness, it means it wasn’t a factor (Gen 2:25). They were not concerned with their appearance, self-awareness had not entered, rather they were concerned with the things around them. Until the time when they were no longer pleased, then the door was open for the devil to insert his plan. In essence they gave the devil place, and he took it.

Adam’s choice involved pleasure in God, or pleasure in his surroundings, he picked the surroundings, the wrong choice always falls short of the expectation. Adam had something in him created by God, but Adam’s flesh was a reproduction of the earth, being Formed from the elements of the earth, thus Adam picked the reproduction over the creation. God gave Adam the Garden, failure comes when we honor the gift, more than the Giver. This was termed by Paul as loving pleasure more than God, they do love God, it’s what we find at the fall (II Tim 3:1-4).

Adam is known as a “son of God”, later Seth will also be termed a “son of God”, but it’s not the same as being the Son of God, or a son of God by the Spirit. Adam begins all this, Seth begins the line to Jesus, but neither could save man from himself. God looked at Purpose, then spoke as if the Plan was complete. The term “son of God” as it relates to these people means one who worships God. Adam still worshiped God, he even gave sacrifices after the Fall. How do we think Cain and Abel learned how to sacrifice?

Would they multiply? Yes, the command is still being carried out. However, isn’t it interesting how Adam female was not told to leave her mother and father? Females have the mother instinct, they are ready to begin a family, but males tend to hang onto home, or use their family as a basis from which to judge their wife. Not wise, but done. Adam is being told the animals, the Garden, even the angel protecting them is not as important as his wife. However, at the tree his wife became an experiment to determine if one would die from eating the fruit.

The devil’s position at the time was to protect Adam, but the devil wanted to be Adam’s companion, friend and provider. The devil was not “bone of my bone”, but he desired to have the position (Gen 2:23). The desire to obtain a position not granted, then control the position is the evil motivation behind the fall. The tree was suppose to be used to assist the devil, not to control Adam. Adam female heard “gods” then thought she could be as the angels, thus she sought a position not granted to her. The devil wanted the woman’s position, the woman wanted to be like the angels (gods), the man wanted to be a part of what was going on. The fall nature begins when we desire something not afforded to us to by God. The New Birth brings a New Creature so we can be spiritual in nature, thus we don’t seek something not afforded, but seek to be complete in something granted by God. Adam was a living soul, he was not promised or given a spirit, thus his desire to have a spiritual position was his rebellion.

Now we can answer the question, ”were there other beasts of the field?”. When Adam male said, “it was the woman you gave me”, when Adam female said, “it was the serpent”, they were being tricky, or subtle. Rather than Adam of the Garden, they became “beasts of the field”; therefore showing us the dual usage of Adam. In some cases we’re looking at “Adam of the Garden”, but we also see “Adam of the field, the subtle beast”.  Who else does it sound like? Judas? Yes, Judas the preacher who cast out devils, then there was Judas the thief and betrayer.

After the fall God merely moved Adam male and female to the locale they had joined to, like some people once they find the folly of their sin, they want to force change, without wanting to be changed. The beast of the field hasn’t changed, they still desire to make the world the kingdom by forcing “life principles” on those who have no life. Same old thing, “it was the world you gave me”, but it still doesn’t move God.

The devil wasn’t happy with the manner in which God operated, he then moved against the Will of God, twisting his position of protection to one of destruction. Once the devil allowed envy to rule his mind, the fall was established. The acts merely brought the thoughts into a place of action, the action brought the result. James tells us the thought is only a thought until we make it an action, but Jesus said if we think it, we did it, go figure? The context Jesus uses is not a the thought alone, but a constant thought forming plans, or attempting to live the thought making it come to pass. Therefore, Jesus was explaining the fall nature as the motivation of the natural unsaved soul of man. Man not only had to be told “thou shall not commit adultery”, but the mind of man proved how man “thought” on the act, thus the Commandment only exposed the act as sin. Jesus pointed out the source of the act, He was showing there is an escape. Walk in the Father’s Mercy, it will transform the mind of man.

The devil made his plan, put it into action, but why didn’t he use the “multiply” issue? No violation, the only premise he had was “knowledge”, Adam female was making her plan as she went, but she nonetheless had a plan. Adam male had his plan in the works as well, “if she drops down dead, then I’m not about to touch the fruit, but if the serpent is right, or if she becomes a god, then count me in”. The deception of the devil was obvious to the spiritually minded, he felt God wouldn’t know what he was doing until it was done, he assumed his plan and thoughts were hidden from God, even if they were discovered, he was the anointed cherub, the protection of creation was in his hands, under his power, who would dare challenge him, yet prior this same creation stood before the very throne of God, for who knows how long. One form of self-deception is using the things of God in a wrongful manner, then presuming they have done God a service. The misuse of the position changed the Cherub into the devil, thus Judas was called a “devil” since he was misusing his God given position (Jn 6:70).

The devil had a plan, on the surface it looked like it would work, but the result shows it went awry. The evidence? Losing his position for one, yet we must remember Adam named all the animals, yet the Woman was his Help Meet, thus we are not talking about a couple of idiots, they had intellect before the fall, but the mind they used was not the Mind of Christ, rather their mind was still natural in nature. Paul tells us without the Spirit there is no way to know the ways of God, for they are spiritually discerned (I Cor 2:9-10 & 13-14). Any natural person will lack the ability to handle the spiritual things of God, thus we must be Born Again in order to enter the realm of the Spiritual.

The devil’s plan had to center on something of the earth, but heaven related. There must have been something in the Garden to make Eve think by taking of the fruit she would become “a god”. Ezekiel 28:17 tells us this anointed cherub who covers was “beautiful”, but the beauty also caused him to be “lifted up”, rather than give God the glory for the beauty, he became self-impressed. We found the angels are known as “gods”, the same Hebrew word was used to describe the people of God as extensions of God (Job 1:6 & Ps 82:1-8). The enticing factor? To be like this beautiful cherub. Angels are sent as ministers to those who shall be heirs of salvation, not those who are heirs (Heb 1:14). What was the lust in the devil? To be the help meet, thus the lust of one was drawing on the lust of the other, but the desires were different. The devil is the “tempter” because he is all lust, yet he entices by seeking a lust in his victims.

At the tree we find the first evil prophecy going forth, we also find it was received then acted upon. The devil made a prophecy, if Adam female believes by acting upon it, then she will make it happen. Yet we will find the devil used wording suggesting one thing, but produced another, which is the basis of a “lie”. The devil said their eyes would be open, were their eyes opened? Yes, read Genesis 3:5 then 3:7; in 3:5 the devil said, “then your eyes shall be opened”, in 3:7 after they took of the fruit we read, “the eyes of them both were opened”. Did the devil tell the truth? No, on the surface it would seem their eyes would be open to the things of God, but their eyes were closed to the things of God, yet opened to self-awareness. Something the devil left out, making his statement a lie. It was once said a half truth suggesting one thing, but produces another is still a lie. At times it’s not what a person says, but what they fail to say. We must discern, we could hear fifty minutes of Truth, five minutes of personal agenda, yet toss out the Baby Jesus with the dirty bath water. We discern, we keep the fifty minutes of truth, toss out the personal agenda. Here the devil made a suggestion containing “facts”, but his intent was to deceive, meaning he left out the important areas, thus it was the first wind of doctrine; or something connected to the doctrine as a fringe area, which fails to have the heart of the doctrine.

In the Hebrew the word Knew means self-aware, the self nature became the works of the devil, known as the spirit of man. Eve felt she would have the same clarity as God, to be wise; she was willing to violate the Commandment to get it, or was she? She was enticed, thus she didn’t think she was violating the Commandment, she thought she had passed the test, but what she thought, and what was happening were completely different. Look at the event, she stood firm, added to the Commandment yes, but still she was firm, until she “saw”; then her flesh became the prominent factor in her life, she then interpreted what she Saw, making each of the three lusts as her guides. Food for her flesh, something to make her feel good, something to make her think she was wise. Those three elements are the pillars to the old nature (spirit of man).

It’s all here at the tree, the serpent’s Method of Operation (wiles), are the methods his workers use as well. So, do we fight the workers? Or the methods? The methods of course, we don’t use the same methods then claim victory over the devil. Don’t forget God placed the serpent with the beasts of the field in the realm of the Subtil. Why is this so important? The Book of Hebrews tells us we can Fall (or fail at) from Grace, allowing the Root of Bitterness to spring up (Heb 12:15). What runs hand in hand with Bitterness? Unbelief, murmuring and complaining, then comes slander, jealousy, envy, then attacking the members of the Body of Christ, which is antichrist in nature. If the devil is bound to his Wiles, then it behooves us to find out what those Wiles are. If we are given Weapons through God, it behooves us to find out what those Weapons are, so we don’t mix one into the other. Paul told us to preach the truth in love, the devil wants us to preach fear by deception.

Adam female and Adam male were in a state of exposure, God gave them more than their “need”, but they weren’t satisfied, greed took over, they sought things outside those God granted. There are only three subjects here, yet none of them said, “Hold it, wait, this is wrong”. They were “gathered” together, but not to edify. Now wait, if the Garden of God was protected, how could the serpent cause the fall? He was granted a position within, just like Judas. What motivated Judas? The bag, more money, he sought things outside those God granted.

Was Eve confused? No, she admits she was tricked, not confused. Three people can hear the same message, one hears Truth, then receives it, another is offended, the third is confused, yet all three heard the same words. If we have Truth, then we won’t be confused, or offended at the Truth, but if we have a Stronghold the Truth will expose the Stronghold, thus the Stronghold will cause the confusion, or offense. The enemy attempts to tell us the Confusion is the Truth, or the Truth is the Confusion. “Well I wasn’t confused until they showed up”. Ahh, it’s the clue, we held a stronghold, Truth came as a hammer to the stronghold, we became confused. Paul was not fooled by the false apostles, but the Corinthians were. What made the difference? Being Spiritual in nature, the Corinthians were carnal, thus they were easily impressed by personality and natural intellect. Paul was Spiritual, he was not moved by natural things.

Adam female didn’t run to the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil to take of the fruit immediately, rather she engaged in a theological debate. She then added to the Commandment, causing her to become enticed. She began to use the same means as those being used against her, which is the trick of the enemy. “Tell me, what do you think about all the terrible things going on in the world?”. The trap is open, if we say, “God is in control”, we are open for a retort, “do you mean God is killing all these babies?”. Ouch, we had the right answer, but lacked Wisdom. If we say, “Oh, it’s terrible, isn’t it, it really scares me?”, our words show we have taken the cares of this world, making us open for the insertion of more fear. Of course the world is corrupt, it’s suppose to be. Questions leading us into debates are demonic in nature, the devil used a question to draw the debate into the specific area where his plan waits. The conversation at the tree is an example of lying in wait to deceive. The devil didn’t ask Adam female, “Is the Tree of Life really in the midst of the Garden?”. Why? He wanted to focus the conversation in one area, the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil. Once Eve entered the debate it was only a matter of time before she would fall.

The devil challenges the Word, ignores the Word, or denies the Word, but his weapons are still the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life. The devil can quote Scripture with the best of them, it’s the interpretation and wisdom he can’t get right. Simply quoting Scripture isn’t a sign of holiness, the Pharisees quoted Scripture, but Jesus interpreted it.

Adam felt he could violate the Commandment, yet still remain in the Garden with his the Tree of Life, thus he lacked a fear of God, as well as an awareness of God’s integrity, he found what God says, He means. Therefore, Adam assumed God would not punish him, he became overconfident in his position, just as Judas. “After all I’m Adam, I walk in the cool of the day with God, don’t you know”, “after all I’m Judas, Jesus told me to do this quickly”, both lacked a fear of God. While we are on this earth this lesson of Adam proves one thing, faith is a confidence in God to bring us through this, but we can become so overconfident in our position thinking we can’t fall regardless of what we do. The latter is why the Wicked do fall, faith in God will please God.

The paradox is seeing the Day of Rest had passed, here God was “working” on the result of the Fall. Adding we find the formation of the woman had to be after the Seventh day, since Adam named the animals and searched for his help meet. God’s work regarding the Judgment was done, but now it’s Day, the time of Redemption.

The devil also assumed the Woman would fall, be cast from the Garden, leaving the devil and Adam male as help meets; however, like all the plans of the devil, it soon turned to testify against him. From this we gain four elements, first and foremost the devil can’t see two seconds into the future. Second the moment we use slander against another, it testifies against us, not them. They may suffer as a result of our words, we may take pride in our efforts, we may even assume we got away with it, but in the end, if we fail to repent, we will pay. Thirdly we find the concept of a “point of view”, the devil’s point of view saw Adam female intruding into his space, but in God’s point of view Adam male and Adam female were to be One, the entire Garden was theirs. Fourth is how the devil knows the nature of natural man, so much so he doesn’t have to read mankind’s mind.

The devil began by questioning God’s command, when Adam female attempted to defend God, she introduced the first heresy, yet the male was the leader of the congregation, but sat idle. The role of a Pastor is to protect the flock in a Godly manner, here the leader watched as his flock was on the road of destruction.

The attempt of Adam female to go beyond the words to the introduce her opinion regarding what God said opened the door for the devil to insert his opinion. She attempted to “out God” the devil; we’ve all seen it, “God is so good, I needed five dollars and He delivered”, “Oh yes I know, I needed fifty, but He gave me a hundred”, “Oh I prayed and God healed my sore finger”, “Oh yes I know, I prayed and God healed my entire leg, and my neighbor’s sore corns”. Competition, even in the things of God relate to the fall nature entering competition. The devil’s presentations often seem “good to the eyes”, or able to “make one wise”, it can even “seem right” to the natural mind of man, but there is a way unto man which seems right, yet leads to death (Prov 14:12).

The devil hasn’t changed since the tree, the proof of his limitation is seen in Scripture:

Gen 3:6 – Saw the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eyes; one to make one wise

Mark 4:19 – Cares of this world, deceitfulness of riches, lusts for other things

James 3:15 – Earthly, sensual, devilish

1 John 2:16 – Lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, pride of life

Correlation indeed, the three elements of the spirit of man, are the same as the power, authority and seat of Satan, all of which are a product of the fall, all found in the prince of the power of the air, the same elements motivating the spirit of disobedience, as the spirit lusting to envy. No wonder Jesus told us to seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.

When Adam female took the Commandment out of context, the devil then gave his false teaching on the subject, introducing the first false prophecy. The false prophecy was “You shall not surely die”, which is a future tense statement, making it a prophetic, but it was based on false information, making it false. Adam male followed suit by making his own conclusion regarding the Commandment, but he also failed to protect his “help meet”. When God said, “cleave unto her”, it’s what He meant, allowing her to fall into the hands of the serpent, was hardly Cleaving. All three introduced the various false elements of wicked ministry, they brought about false teaching, false prophecy, carnal views regarding the Word of the Lord, with a failure to watch over the flock of God, then rebellion regarding the things of God. All these things happened in just a few moments in a conversation carrying repercussions Adam couldn’t even begin to conceive.

Prior God told Adam, “for in the day you eat thereof you shall surely die” (Gen 2:17). In the Hebrew the phrase reads, “In dying you shall die”, showing a progression of death, or a declining of life. The commandment was “not to eat thereof”, Adam could touch it, water it, look at it, wonder about it, make a painting of it, or ignore it, but he could not eat thereof. Adam female transgressed, or ventured into a place she should not be, Adam male failed to protect bone of my bone, thus both failed at their God given positions, both would reap what they sowed.

It’s clear the fall came because they failed to Obey the Commandment, but is there only one form of Obedience? No, one can obey out of fear, or obey out of love, or one can even obey reluctantly. If someone told us to hand them a glass of water, we could obey the command, but be nasty in the doing. We can hand them the glass, but in our minds we could be saying, “I always have to do this, I don’t like this guy anyway, but I’ll do it, bless God, I’ll do it because God told me to, but I hate it”. It’s not the type of obedience God is looking for. In the Greek there are several words for Obey, one is Hupakouo meaning To hear or hearken with the idea of listening to something with attention; it was used in Ephesians 6:1 in reference to Children Obey your parents. There is the Greek Hupakoe which was used in reference to a slave hearing their master, then obeying with joy and gladness. This word shows Faith must entail a willingness to obey, based in respect and honor for the Master’s desires. The point being, there are different ways to do something, then claim we Obeyed, when in fact, we did an act, but were we really obeying? Simply doing the act isn’t necessarily Godly obedience, we must obey in joy. Doing what God wants while being nasty about it, is hardly Godly Obedience.

Did Adam or Eve repent? Not hardly, Adam blamed God and the woman, Eve blamed God and the devil. The devil had two workers speaking for him, it would seem as if the devil won, but God is the real winner in this, the evidence is Jesus. All this was in the Plan, God didn’t design it, His design included it. However, on the surface it would appear as if the devil’s plan worked, after all, there were only two humans, both followed the dictates of the devil, thus one would think the devil was able to win 100 percent of the subjects, but the beginning is not the end, the end shows there are a people of God, a people who refuse to use the works of darkness, a people who love the Lord with all their heart, who are willing to pay the price. God knew the potential was there, Adam was created in the Garden to be tempted of the devil. Much later Jesus would be taken into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil. The results between the First Adam and the Second Adam are much different, Amen?

At first we find Adam female wasn’t enticed, but she started to debate the issue, through debating she went beyond the truth to make her point, by making it sound greater than it was, therein she became bewitched. It sounded like she was defending the faith, but she was using the same means as the serpent. The second she crossed over the line she gave birth to the Pride of life causing her to receive a new mindset. All this is taking place before she took of the fruit, thus the taking of the fruit was the result of the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life, not the cause, making the fruit a victim. The evidence? Genesis 3:6 shows she Saw the tree before she took of the fruit, thus she was drawn away by her lust, then she did partake. Where did this lust come from? The debate, it was birthed from the flesh, the reproduction of the darkness. Once the exposure came it was time to deal with it, not play with it, but rather than deal with it, she used it.

When she “saw” the tree her eyes were being opened to self-awareness, the very things she saw as Good were about to turn into Evil. She became the center of attention, the devil made a promise to her, she was being entertained by the devil as he exalted her, yet she was being separated from God. The devil planted his tare through suggestions, then promising a condition and position he wasn’t able to provide, yet there was a transfer of attitudes, natures and characters taking place. The more the devil deceived, the more he became deceived. The Woman received a different thinking process, she began to see things as the devil saw them. Her mind turned to flesh centered, as her soul began to concern itself with the flesh. Was she demon possessed? No, she took of the works of the devil, she didn’t take the devil, he remained at the tree. By taking the byproduct of the devil, she also took of his mindset, nature, better the spirit of man.

The devil became the devil (deceiver) by his own words, he was created perfect, but when he used iniquity, he became the first worker of iniquity, the other beasts of the field follow his course. The devil used slander and accusation to promote his self-pleasure, but who was the first one the devil accused? God, he attacked the words spoken by God, thus the attack was against the Word of God. The same attitude was transferred to the soul of the woman, she became a byproduct of the works of the devil. She then gave the fruit to her husband who was with her, the two became one in death. The first product after the fall was Cain, the one who killed his brother over a sacrifice to God.

Jesus told us, “deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow Me”, at the tree we see the devil’s intent was “enhance your self nature, deny the commandment and be like me”. The three elements Jesus gave us will overcome the enticing ways of the enemy, the Water, Blood and Spirit are still the Witness. Without Jesus we haven’t a chance, we can pray fifty times a day, yet go to hell in a hand basket. However, with Jesus we’re in win, win situation, thus Jesus has won, we enjoy the victory.

As far as partaking of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it’s still a sin, but it became iniquity for the devil to fail at his position of protecting by presenting it to natural man. When God appoints Pastors or Leaders, their job is to Feed the flock of God among them, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint (compulsion), but willingly; not for filthy lucre (selling the dove), but of a ready (willing) mind; neither being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples (examples) to the flock (I Pet 5:2-3). The word “oversight” doesn’t mean to guard, or keep in one place, rather it’s the Greek Episkopeo meaning To look upon, or Observe, as in examining the state of affairs in order to provide what is needed. The devil could have said it was exactly what he was doing, he needed the woman out of there, but he used a twisted concept of “covering”.

When Adam was caught he defined his sin as being naked, then he used a Fig Leaf as his covering. The act would produce another metaphor, the Fig Tree, which became a metaphor for the religious order of Israel, thus the religious order of Israel could not do away with sin, it would only cover it for the moment. The Law of Moses proves this concept, since it had two products, blessing (good) and cursing (evil), it still became a way to balance the scale for taking of the fruit, not a way to return man back to innocence. The Law of the Spirit is a changing of the heart, nature, condition and position unto the saving of the soul, justifying us so we will be innocent before God; much different.

The woman was in transgression, but it was based on being deceived; however, she became deceived based on two elements (I Tim 2:11-14). She wanted what the devil promised, then she entered a debate over theology. What theology? “Did God say”, discussions pertaining to what God has said become points of theology. The man was not deceived, he knew what was going on, but failed to intervene, thus his action was more iniquity, causing him to sin when he took the fruit. The wife became a symbol of the congregation in the Body of Christ, the husband a symbol of the leaders of the Body. This exact premise would be used by Paul to explain the danger of entering an ineffective condition by placing some veil or yoke between us and Christ (Anointing of the Body – I Cor 11:1-11). Look at what Adam male did as a leader, he gave his podium to the devil, then allowed the devil to preach to his congregation (Adam female), the result was his congregation becoming deceived, then falling into the snare of the devil, yet Adam male followed right behind.

Adam was now “afraid”, a trait of the spirit of man, causing him to run to the Fig Tree for his covering. His fear of God came after the fact, if he had obtained a fear of God before the fact, the fall would never have happened; however, God knew Adam didn’t fear Him, He also knew the fall would happen, it had a purpose. It’s for this reason we don’t find Adam connected to the word Faith. A Godly fear of God is connected to real faith, if someone has no fear of God, they are not using faith, they are using mind power.

How do we know there was a mind changing? The word Wise is the Hebrew Sakal meaning Intelligent, or Intellect, all Intellect relates to knowledge. Paul said there was a knowledge of man, and a knowledge from heaven. The knowledge they gained at the tree was destructive in nature, it was based on the Waster who knows nothing else but to destroy.

The result of the fall changed “bone of my bone” to “the woman you gave me” (Gen 3:12). Excuses with accusations became the result of “your eyes shall be opened”. Eve found both she and her husband ended as “gods”, but those “gods” were self-idols formed in their own minds. The first excuse out of the mouth of man after the fall was self-justification. “Well, I wouldn’t have done it if old so and so hadn’t made me”. No, every one is drawn away by their own lust, true the other did entice, but we our own lust did accept the enticement.

The first line of excuses came from man, Adam blamed Eve and God; whereas, Eve blamed the devil and God. Neither Adam or Eve took the responsibly for their iniquity or transgression, meaning the devil didn’t have to say a word (Gen 3:12-13). This becomes our first premise of Warfare. They used the wrong weapons by attempting to place the blame on others, rather than repentance. The heart of Repentance is taking responsibility for our failures, then seeking God’s restoration.

The devil was the first in line for judgment, really the only one of the three to be cursed (Gen 3:14). The ground was cursed because of Adam man, the Woman would suffer in childbirth, but the text shows out of the three only the devil is cursed. The first time we find the word Cursed, or Curse it relates to the Serpent (Gen 3:14).

Within all this we find a Prophecy which goes directly to the Seed of the Woman, not the Seeds of Abraham, there is a difference. The Woman will bring the Man Child, the Remnant are noted as the Remnant of her seed (Rev 12:17). The Remnant are never seen as the “Seed of God”, the word Remnant means The remaining area, thus the Remnant are the Lesser Light of the Seed of the Woman to complete the judgment, or as Jesus called them, the little flock. How will they bring Judgment? They die at the hands of the wicked, when all the “righteous” are gone, then comes the prophecy, “it’s appointed unto all men once to die, then comes the judgment”. God will not destroy the righteous with the wicked, but He will wait until the Wicked have destroyed everyone, including themselves.

We are the Greater Light who have the Seed of God, purposed for Salvation. There is a difference between “seed of the woman”, and “seed of God”. Jesus came as the Seed of the Woman, but who is the Woman? The Church? No, the Church was birthed on Pentecost, Jesus said He would build His Church, thus the Church didn’t give birth to Jesus, Jesus gave birth to the Church. The Woman is seen in prophecy as “a city”, not any city, but a special city, thus Jesus wept over the city, not the nation.

The language of Genesis 3:15 is strange at best, if we forget about the rest of the Bible. Verse 14 clearly shows the serpent is cursed, yet one can only give what they have, thus the only thing the serpent can bring is cursing. Did God curse the serpent? No, the serpent cursed himself, God merely made the obvious more obvious. From this we find the Law of Moses is a two-way street, if a one under the Law failed at the Law then the Law would cause the curse to take effect. Therefore, we are told to bless and curse not, we are under a different Law.

In verse 15 we find Jesus isn’t going to bruise the serpent, rather the serpent will bruise the heel of Jesus; however, we also find an “it” will bruise the serpent. There is only one group who can fit an “it”, the Body of Christ, who are neither male or female, but an “it”. The Remnant are a people, as a them. Another division between Day and Night, in the Night the Father will make the enemies of Jesus His footstool, thus the enemies will bruise the heel of Jesus when He sets His foot on the earth. One would think Jesus would gain the bruise by slamming His heel down, but it’s not the case. The Footstool of the Lord is the earth (Isa 66:1), yet God so loved the world, thus the bruise is one of pain and sorrow. What is a bruise made of? The bruise is just under the flesh caused by blood gathering, but not leaving the Body. In the Day the Wicked are seen as “antichrist”, in the Night they are the Beast of the Earth, but it’s in the Night where they end as the enemies of Jesus, becoming His footstool. Since they entered, yet denied the purpose for entering, they cause a deep pain in the Body of Jesus, something none of us want to do.

This prophecy in Genesis 3:15 comes as a result of the fall, not as a result of faith, we don’t want to forget all this is relative to the Night. We worship at the footstool of Jesus since His Footstool is the earth, yet there will come a time when the beast of the “earth” will bruise the heel of Jesus. Division of Seasons makes it easier to understand the difference between the Day and Night.

If the violation was based on a Commandment, why not give Adam a “law”? Why not the “Law of Adam”? Why wait for Moses? There was a Law, when God spoke of the consequences of the Fall it became a Law, called the law of sin and death.

Eve became a slave to her husband, she lost her Help Meet position, Adam lost the relationship with God, yet he would continue with a type of life, since he lived past the fall, but his life was a flesh based leading to death (Gen 3:16-19). The more we learn of the differences between a soul life based in the flesh, and a Living Soul, as well as between a Living Soul and a Quickening Spirit the more we can appreciate Jesus.

It’s very important to see how the “slave” issue came as result of the Fall, rather than of Grace. Before the Fall she was a “help meet”, not a slave. Holding the slavery mentality is still holding to the fall nature. Why was the ground cursed? Adam was formed of the ground, his flesh was a byproduct of the earth, he was called to be a caretaker of the Garden, thus the makings of his flesh were now his enemy. His soul made the decision, his flesh consumed the fruit. From this we find Adam was not from the monkeys, or God would have said “cursed are the monkeys for your sake”.

Adam male said, “it was the woman you gave me”, Adam female said, “it was the serpent”, but the serpent said nothing, why not? (we’re not going to say he didn’t have a leg to stand on, oops, just said it). The serpent heard his advocates speaking for him. Did the devil care if Eve said, “the serpent beguiled me”? Not at all, he enjoyed it. Why? She was saying the devil won, she became the first to give the devil credit. Whenever we give the devil credit we are saying he has won, yet the death of Jesus on the Cross made the devil ineffective, how than can he win?

God separated the Tree of Life from Adam, since the twisted knowledge of good and evil is completely opposed to the purpose of the Tree of Life. Adam became flesh minded and self-based, now his concern was to keep his corrupt flesh in existence for as long as he could. His soul then became servant to the flesh, he would use intellect to keep the flesh happy and safe, in return the soul would have pleasure in the things of the flesh. The fruit of the fall was in full force. Is there Hope? We will have to move in the Process to conclude some of the elements leading up to the first sacrifice. Would Adam be the first to give a sacrifice? One would think so. Let’s go on to the next lesson and see.

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By Rev. G. E. Newmyer – s.b.i.les1rev9/© 2003