god walked with adam and eve in the garden

1. This is why Christians generally believe that all human life is precious. Hi Tom, Before He came to earth two thousand years ago, Jesus appeared at various times in the Old Testament in a physical form. God had told them to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28). Thank you and God bless you! In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. In the book of Genesis we read that Adam used to walk with the Lord God in the cool of the day. The same (principle) applies to the natural reading of anything: that according to the thing itself. Song of Solomon 2:17. Other Biblical accounts clearly show this - as it is God who speaks with, walks with, and assist humans to discover His nature and His love. I think it would be odd for God to first come walking in the garden with Adam and Eve only after they had sinned. Thanks for this article, it was an interesting read. As I stated in the article and numerous times in the comments section, I have no trouble believing that they walked with God, but it is unwise for Christians to claim that the Bible says they did. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.". There is no need to attribute the work to me. God appointed angels to guard the way back (Genesis 3:23-24). 1. How do I know? It is possible that God literally walked in the Garden of Eden in the form of a human. They were placed in the Garden of Eden and given everything they needed: food, work, companionship, and fellowship with God as they walked with him in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8). 9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied . He does indeed come down, but this time for confrontation and judgment, whereas before it had been for fellowship. For more on the issue of Cains wife, see this article: https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/cain/cains-wife-who-was-she/. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to read the post. I hear it on a regular basis, and many of my coworkers have said it. There were two special fruit trees in the garden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. I believe the context of the above verse was a time when ADAM was NOT at enmity with God and they conferred with each other. The term used to explain this and other episodes is anthropomorphism (human-forms). With that being said, I agree with you that it is reasonable to infer that He spent time with them, but the Bible does not imply that He did, and that was the point of this post. So it seems as if Abel had just recently passed away. Because Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the Lord sent them out of the Garden of Eden into the world. Lord God (Jesus) walked among Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Noah walked with God Genesis 6:9. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[ a] and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams[ b] came up from the . Read lev 25:20 and if you shall say what shall we eat in the 7th year? Daniel, If He was walking, then this must have been a theophany - a pre-incarnate appearance of the Second Person of the Trinity. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.<<<<. 00:00. "Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle. (Vs. 21) Did the wind drive them out of the garden? Gods presence is also noted by his walking in the camp and sanctuary of Israel. I decided to search the internet to see WHY people believe this. Later after the fall of man, mankind lost the ability to see God physically save through the theophany. 2 keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary.3 IF YOU WALK IN MY STATUTES AND KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND DO THEM 4 then I will give you rain in due season and the land shall give her increase and the trees of the field shall yield there fruit. Just because Adam and Eve had no sin they still were not privileged to seeing God in physical form. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. Canada AKA Commie Da under seditious King/Crime Minister Justin Trudeau!! You could be hiding with the Lord standing (figuratively speaking)right in front of them, and they wouldnt know. We know that God is capable of doing this, but >>my point< OK, so does the Bible state or imply that He didnt walk with Adam & Eve BEFORE they sinned? Thanks for reading. In my searching I found your website and I am so glad I did. "Walked with God" is a favorite expression in Genesis, depicting the righteous conduct of Israel's heroes, including Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. #1 Eve "saw" that the tree was good for food. After all, how old did they have to be to be a keeper of sheep and a tiller of the land? 15? That would be what we today would consider a lifetime of experiencing Gods faithfulness and guidance, only to throw it away in a single day! I hope this helps. And then. 8 Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. Later that day, God was walking in the Garden of Eden. He gives instructions and warnings and they fear Him when they disobey. They may have walked with Him prior to the Fall, but it just doesnt say that. Of course, from this view God was perceiveably with the pre-Fallen Adam and Eve, so that they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. But Adam and Eve were almost certainly not in the Garden very long prior to their Fall. But it would be nice for you or someone else to show me where the Bible ever makes that claim. Maybe He was physically there throughout the short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts., By a plain reading, Genesis 2:7 and 2:22c reasonably are inferred to imply that the place where God formed Adam, and then Eve, was a place some way *outside* of the garden (and this place likely being that of the shore of a river or a sea). I was scanning Gen 2&3 to use the text where God walked with Adam in the garden. Of course, since God is capable of making physical appearances. Thanks! So if this is accurate, then what Adam heard was the sound of the Lord moving in the garden, as indicated in the same translations mentioned above. So Adam hears a sound, which he knows is the sound of God. may I use your illustration in a short story that I will submit for publication on a non-commercial website (perhaps only my own personal website, if I cannot find acceptance at a more widely viewed site)? It doesn't come before, which furthers the notion that God would have been content with them being without clothes, at least provided they didn't eat from the Tree. It does say he was afraid-afraid because they were naked. The idea that one could walk with God, after all, had been a possible reality only once before, in Genesis 3:8, where Adam and Eve hear "the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden." Adam and Eve were called to a radical intimacy with God, one that they forfeited through their sin, which resulted in their expulsion from Eden and . We know that God is Omnipresent. God did really walked with man physically, reasons: then Adam was sinless, only sin can hide God from us, so why should God hide himself from a sinless being? They are not taking a leisurely stroll with God, they are hiding from Him as He comes to announce His judgment. Instead, it encourages people to draw a distinction between what Scripture actually states and the inferences we make based on those statements, even if they are quite reasonable. The point was to urge Christians to pay closer attention to the text of Scripture. You cant see that god desires to walk with his people and expects rhem to walk with him? We did not know, nor trained ourselves to do that and now see our own child in the consequences. Contemporary English Version Late in the afternoon, when the breeze began to blow, the man and woman heard the LORD God walking in the garden. Hi Tim. When the Lord made him on the sixth day, He commanded him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Instead of adding our own ideas to Scripture and stating them dogmatically and demanding apologies from anyone who disagrees, perhaps we should learn to deal carefully with the word of God. All these imply direct personal interaction, probably on more than one occasion. Like your parents can be in the house with you and not in the same room but you can clearly hear them in another part of the house. The untold truth of the Garden of Eden. So what if he didnt say the words in genesis one would think you would be wise enough to figure it out its not hard. So I will get rid of the statement being discussed here. No, I mean that God must have spent time with them in order to teach them, how else would they learn to talk, to till the land, to eat, to basically live their lives in a way that was pleasing to Him! These were things i highly cherished. Here is the verse in its entirety. It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. Our hearts were reformed for this exact purpose. They were created pre-programmed by God. Thanks for your comments. He knew good because he once served God; he then knew evil because he committed evil in his rebellion from the Father. Adam and Eve loved to . That he still comes to them even after theyve sinned emphasizes that they have made the first move away from him, before he moves them away from Himself by putting them out of Eden. When God gave commandments to Adam and Eve, he also granted them the ability to intelligently decide whether to keep that covenant from God, or choose to disobey God. Theres no definitive proof, but the passages implication seems clear to me. Who was his wife? Easy, no relevance to the story. they heard him rebuke them. Adam and Eve. But this goes beyond them, it goes back to Adam and Eve.Adam and Eve had the privilege of being with God, the way that God had intended. ? Tell everyone with small kids! We walk with the voice of God as well. Therefore God was not always with them in the Garden, not as we know it anyway. Genesis 3:1-12; 21-24. In order to answer the question of why God created Adam and Eve naked we first need to look as some Scriptures which show that the Bible uses clothing is a symbol of our character. The Lord can speak out of it and He can perform any other functions, such as making coats of skins, while in that form. The episode of God walking in the Garden of Eden is one of these instances. (NASB) Gen. 3:8. It is also the case that Adam and Eve had been commanded by God to "be fruitful and multiply, and fill the Earth" (Genesis 1:28). You are essentially appealing to an argument from silence. But God knew they had eaten the forbidden fruit. Instead, He manifested as a violent wind, perhaps not too different than how He spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1). God sent Adam and Eve out of the garden where grew the tree of life. No one is perfect, but when you are walking with God your desire should be to see your own selfish desires die for the sake of seeing God transform you more and more into the image of His Son: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Please note that both boys were conceived and born after sin had entered the Earth. Thanks for the kind response. For example, Enoch walked with God (Genesis 5:22, 24) and Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9). Genesis 3:8 KJV. Your entire post is irrelevant to the discussion because you are trying to show what it means when it says that someone walked with God. I know this article about Adam and Eve walking with God in the Garden is over 6 years old, but I just now discovered it. Im pointing out that possible understanding of the text. In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.". Im not really sure how your comment addresses Eds point at all or anything in the article. Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. They got to take walks with him, check out the animals, enjoy the beau Now go to verse 17 Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. He was given power and authority by Father God to create the universe and all life within it. Why werent they mentioned? Satan. I am so happy to find your website. But, like other things, there is truly not a single word to directly support the notion that Adam walked with God in the cool of the day. So if we can claim that they walked with God in perfect communion before sin, then we can stress how bad sin is because we dont get to do that anymore. When God asked them how they knew they were naked, and asked them if they had eaten from the tree they were not to. There may have been thousands of years, who knows? No? The phrase "walked with God" first appears in the Bible in Genesis 5:22 and refers to Enoch after He was "raptured" but I understand what you're asking. In all likelihood, it comes from a misunderstanding of or making an inference from Genesis 3:8: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day (NKJV). There are warnings in Scripture about adding to it. 2. On the sixth day of Creation, God created 'man' in the form of Adam, moulding him from 'the dust of the ground' (Genesis 2:7), breathing the breath of life into Adam's nostrils. Adam and Eve as well as other people born during the no-sin era. My post simply raises the possibility that He may have used something similar to the whirlwind of Job 38:1. Third, Adams response at seeing Eve confirms the point: This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh (Genesis 2:23). Adam was ashamed to stand before God as he was now a sinner who was about to face his righteous God. I would assume that they drank goats milk during this time as well. And in Genesis 3:10 Adam heard that familiar sound (be it foot steps, voice, wind or otherwise) & hid. Yes, Im aware that the KJV translates the term as voice. But look closely, notice that it never says they walked with the voice of God. (Vs. 14) Did this wind also clothe Adam and Eve with skins from an animal that had to be killed? They hear a sound. He saw them sew fig leaves together to cover themselves. I just dont get your argument. "Until the cool of the day. This month we will look at Bible texts from Genesis to Revelation to reflect on what it means to walk with God. http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1349, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_009.png, https://answersingenesis.org/jesus-christ/incarnation/theophanies-in-the-old-testament/, https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/cain/cains-wife-who-was-she/, http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1747. I have read the account of Creation, Adam and Eve, and the Fall so many times in my lifetime, but I just recently realized that the Bible doesnt say that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. He may have seen the trees and the garden as God spoke those words, but he probably hadnt eaten yet. I see familiarity here. IOW, IMV Where Adam FAILED, Christ Jesus PASSED, *Saying all this Tim, I truly respect your thoughts and views as a brother in Christ. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. Not all of the time of course, how else would they have rebelled against Him. Sam. Personal fellowship with God is at the very heart of our purpose for being! The main point of this entire post is to encourage Christians to look closely at Scripture, so that they will stop saying, The Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God or something very similar. Here are 6 things that you need to know, insights that will help you in your life today, in helping to refine the way you view God. Yes this is almost like apples and oranges because our parents are here in physical form but just trying to make a point and the Bible clearly says no one knows what God looks like except His Son . Gen 2:16-17. Hi Ralph, So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. Im not sure that it necessarily follows that there would be ongoing communion and communication between God, Adam, and Eve. Seems to me there was plenty of interaction & communication between Adam (& Perhaps Eve) and God. when they heard God walking in the garden, they hid from God. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. . To add to the post above, another theological consideration is the temple. Anyway, Im very surprised I forgot to include a link to an article on theophanies that I wrote for Answers in Genesis. And I completely agree that where Adam failed, Christ prevailed. If youve been impacted by our resources, we invite you to make a year-end gift before December 31. Simply quoting Genesis 3:8 does not disprove the point of my post since that verse never says that they walked with God. Is it so hard to see that broke the fall in a righteous or right standing with God, the first family would run hard to God. The impression people usually get is that Adam and Eve were in the garden for a long time, enjoying daily walks with God. 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. As my case shows and many of the comments here show, man created truth is powerful over our minds. Thanks for your thoughts. This is stated in the incident where Moses disobeyed by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1011). Here is a portion of what I wrote on page 72 of my book, Fallen. Hi Kevin, He was given the title of the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" because he knew good and evil. This is very important to walk with god on this because if they didnt walk with god by keeping his commandments sabbaths and statutes then there would be no rain. Thanks for caring about biblical accuracy. God fashioned Eve out of Adam's rib (Genesis 2:22). So is this one (post-Fall) verse sufficient to establish that God was in the habit of visiting with Adam and Eve in the Garden? Thank you Michael. Abel may have had plenty of kids who would want revenge against their Uncle Cain for killing their father. It would literally have been paradise just to walk with Jesus in the . I think too many people are confused about what it means that something is directly stated, or implied, or that we might infer, etc. Although Exodus established that God was present everywhere through the judgement on Egypt, it also taught that God would be present in a special way in the tabernacle (later to be replaced by the temple). So, heres one guy that wont repeat this again. Im not sure what this has to do with whether they walked with God in the garden. They forgot about God. 5. Adam & Eve had been very naughty and they were hiding from the Lord!! Theres no reason to think that they waited 60+ years to have children when they were already husband and wife and were created by God to fulfill the instructions He had given them, including be fruitful and multiply.. If he was just manifesting himself in a strong wind, there would be no need to use the word walking. I have a problem with telling people that the Bible says they did this. One of those commandments was as follows: "And the LORD God gave this command to Adam: 'You may freely eat from every tree in the garden, except you must not eat of the tree of the knowledge of . Since they were both born in Genesis 4 (after the expulsion from the Garden), they didnt necessarily have to be 120+ by the year Seth was born. God created Adam and Eve to care for His creation, populate the planet, and have a relationship with Him. This walking refers to living a life that pleases God. It bothers me that I have believed the Bible stated this, and that I have told other people it says this for so long, and I have read the first three chapters of Genesis so many times. To the second point in your conclusion, I think it is quite speculative. Or maybe they read Gods mind. #2 They both "saw" their nakedness. You asked who they were conversing with. We "Walk With God" in Meditating upon His Word. Many people assume that this one verse is symbolic, as . He never showed him self He when He was showing himself to Moses and the others He revealed himself to in some other form. In that claim, I put your OWN verbatim in single quotes. Jack ~'()~ They heard God's approach as a terrible wind that lashed the trees of the garden, and they took cover. Its the generous support of our ministry partners that enables us to continue our eternity-shaping work. After all, they had not experienced or seen death as of yet. Say, for example, that they werent expelled from the Garden until they were 60+ or 70+ (or older). God appeared and revealed Himself in many different ways throughout the Old Testament. I think we both agree that God doesnt need to appear in human form to bring the animals to Adam or to perform surgery on him. You read that correctly, the Bible never states that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. The texts of Genesis 1-3 outright tell us ONLY what is necessary for our understanding of the events from Creation to the Fall, not of side issues that mean nothing for a proper interpretation of these texts. I am simply trying to point people back to Scripture as Ive done in many other posts in my Misused Verses series. they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the gardenThe divine Being appeared in the same manner as formerlyuttering the well-known tones of kindness, walking in some visible form (not running hastily, as one impelled by the influence of angry feelings). You say that since Gods coming is right after Adam and Eve sin, that His reason for coming is to proclaim judgment. Therefore, it is likely that Adam and Eve had been experiencing close fellowship with the Lord God. 30? No human can view the full reality of God and . Due to the craftiness of the serpent, sin found its way into the Garden and everything fell apart. However, were here to serve everyone without cost, so please dont feel obligated to give unless the Lord leads. Thanks for your focus on this and for sharing the fruits of your consideration of the passage. I must stand corrected as I also remembered Adam and Eve walking in the cool of the afternoon with God. However, I also notice in chapter 2 that Adam recognized God speaking (commanding) to him concerning the forbidden tree. Yet now the man and the woman are hiding from God in fear. Adam and Eve enjoyed a relationship with God, and with each other, that was unhindered by the disruptive power of sin. I think too often we read ideas into a passage that might be accurate, but then through the years, our interpretation of the passage is taken as a given that it must be true. September 13, 2019. I completely agree that Adam and Eve had the freedom to obey or disobey regarding the forbidden fruit, but that doesnt really have anything to do with my point in this post. (Meditating upon God's Word makes it a consistent part of our daily . Genesis 3:8-9 . Thanks for your thoughts on this. Ed, They walked and talked with God. Tim- Thank you, as I came searching for information on this before placing and they walked with God in my book I am writing! Now there is no way to prove that God actually walked with them or actually spent anytime with them, it is just implied from His habitual coming to the garden in the cool of the day. On page 57 of Heaven you say Before the Fall, God came to Eden to visit with Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:8). This passage refers to God walking in the Garden after Adam and Eve have fallen, but before God has confronted them. Adam and Eve were happy and satisfied in the beautiful garden. Walking with God means you are in agreement with Him and His ways ( Amos 3:3 ). Have you ever wondered exactly how the conversation between God and Adam went down in the Garden of Eden? We also should not assume that God was at their beck and call so that He would come around for a stroll whenever they wanted Him there. Adam said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself (Genesis 3:10, ESV). They were created with perfect bodies and were husband and wife on the day they were created. Conclusion. You may be reaching for your Bible right now to prove me wrong.

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