Genesis 2

Genesis 2

Recapitulation Great principle of revelation First occurrence in Gen 2 Law of recuuence or recapitulation Elucidate & enlarge on statement

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Recapitulation Deuteronomy recaps Exodus Deuteronomy = 2nd Law Not just repetition of the Law Also interprets the Law

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Recapitulation Four Gospels in NT Not just carbon copies Each supports & supplements

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Day Seven: SabbathGen 2:1-2Thus the heavens and the earth were

completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

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Day Seven: SabbathGen 2:3And God blessed the seventh day

and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Sabbath RestWhat does it mean that God rested

from His work?

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Sabbath Rest He ceased. He stopped. Everything was done. Everything was good.

Sabbath RestHeb 4:9-10There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for

the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.

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Jesus Paid It AllJesus Paid It All.All to Him I owe.Sin had left a crimson stain.He washed it white as snow.

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Recap Days 1-5Gen 2:4-6 This is the account of the heavens and

the earth when they were created.

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Recap Days 1-5Gen 2:4-6 When the LORD God made the earth

and the heavens-and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up,

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Recap Days 1-5Gen 2:4-6 for the LORD God had not sent rain

on the earth and there was no man to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground-

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Day Six: ManGen 2:7 the LORD God formed the man from

the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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Days 1-6 1-5: Earth was prepared for man 6: Man is created

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Day Six: MankindLimited in what God has told us15-16 chemical elements Physical part taken from ground dust Soul and spirit breathed into being Capacity to know God

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Evolution Cannot Explain Human speech Human conscience Human individuality

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Garden of EdenGen 2:8Now the LORD God had planted a

garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

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Where Is Eden? Probably Tigris – Euphrates valley Fertile Crescent, still fertile today Wheat grew by itself then No need to plant seed

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Two TreesGen 2:9And the LORD God made all kinds

of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Two Trees Unusual trees Tree of Life Tree of Knowledge of

Good & Evil Apparently removed from the

scene today

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Two Trees And Others Beautiful Functional Practical Fruitful

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Rivers Gen 2:10-14A river watering the garden flowed

from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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Rivers Gen 2:10-14(The gold of that land is good;

aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

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Rivers Gen 2:10-14The name of the third river is the

Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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Rivers Pishon: unknown Gihon: now called Nile Tigris: in Iraq Euphrates: also in

Iraq

Man Placed in EdenGen 2:15The LORD God took the man and put

him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

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Work Thoroughly enjoyable before the fall Not toilsome at all It will be this way in heaven Forces of nature at man's beck & call

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Condition Placed on ManGen 2:16-17And the LORD God commanded the

man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

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Free Will & ResponsibilityMan has free willAlong with it comes responsibilityTest to see if man will obey God

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Free Choice God gave man free will, free choiceWith this comes moral responsibility

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Tree of Knowledgeof Good & Evil

Was it poison? Or best fruit in the garden?

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Consequence Sin always has consequences Spiritual Death Separation from God Loss of freedom Descent into bondage

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God Saw a NeedGen 2:18The LORD God said, "It is not good

for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

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God Saw a NeedPut man alone in garden for a timeShowed man his needNeed for

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Back to Work!Gen 2:19-20Now the LORD God had formed out of

the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them;

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Back to Work!Gen 2:19-20and whatever the man called each

living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

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There's That Need Again!Gen 2:20bBut for Adam no suitable helper was

found.

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Man and WomanMan is half a man until marriedSomeone to help himWith whom to enjoy life togetherTo seek God togetherWoman is the answer to the man

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ReferencesJ. Vernon McGee Commentary