Summary of passages: Genesis 1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void but the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
1st Day: God made light and He saw it was good. He separated light from dark. He called light “day” and dark “night.”
2nd Day: God separated the waters to create sky.
3rd Day: He let the dry ground appear, which He named “land” and the gathered waters he called “seas”. Then the land produced vegetation–all of which God saw was good.
4th Day: God made the sun, moon, and stars to be used as signs to mark the seasons, days, and years; to give light on the earth; to govern the day and the night; and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.
5th Day: God created the great creatures of the sea as well as every winged bird. He blessed them to multiply and fill the earth. He saw it was good.
6th Day: God created living creatures on the land and all the wild animals and He saw it was good. He made man in His own image to rule over all the earth and its creatures. God blessed them and told them to be fruitful and rule. He gave man every green plant for food and everything that has the breath of life in it. God saw that it was very good.
Genesis 2: By the seventh day, God had finished his work so he rested and blessed the day as holy.
After God made the heavens and the earth but before plants had sprung and only streams had watered the earth, God made man from the dust of the ground and breathed life into his nostrils and man became living. He put the man in the garden of Eden. He made all kinds of trees for food and in the middle were the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. A river watered this garden.
God put man in charge of the garden to work it and take care of it. He warned the man not to eat from the tree of knowledge or he would die. He brought the animals to Adam to name. When God did so, He noticed no helper was found for man; so He created woman from Adam’s rib while he was sleeping so man would not be alone.
This is why man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife and become one flesh. They were naked and felt no shame.
Genesis 3:1-10: The crafty serpent said to Eve, “Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” Eve said, “We cannot eat from the tree in the middle or we shall die.”
The serpent says they will not die but they will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Desiring wisdom, Eve ate and gave some to Adam so he would eat. Their eyes were opened and they realized they were naked. They covered themselves with fig leaves.
Adam and Eve hid from God when they heard him in the garden. God called to them and Adam said he was afraid because he was naked.
Questions:
12) It addresses before man was made that God had not yet sent rain so streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground (Genesis 2:5-6). Genesis 2:10 does mention a river that waters the garden flowed from Eden after man’s creation.
So we know there was water and the plants grew. I’m imaging at some point the water cycle kicked in but in the beginning the earth was so new the water cycle probably didn’t have time to evaporate and form clouds so God watered where He needed to.
13a) God did it all. He created everything. He created. He said. He blessed. He made. He controls. In Genesis 2, I see God caring for his creation. In Genesis 1, the focus was on making everything. In Genesis 2, God cared for and perfected his creations. He gave man a companion because man needed one. He watered the land so it would grow.
Genesis 1: Created & controlled
Genesis 2: Cared for
b) Personal Question. My answer: I threw in control because I think a lot of us suffer when we try to take control instead of allowing God to be in control. I know I do this often. Praying “God, you take this” is one of my frequent prayers.
Knowing in my heart God cares for me is something also I need to rejuvenate. I know God is in control and he cares about me but having that in the forefront of my mind is hard.
Something I need to pray, “God you created me, you are in control, and you care for me. So please help me sow this into my heart and remember this in my daily walk so you will be in control.”
14a) The definition of ashamed according to Webster’s Dictionary is, “feeling shame, guilt, or disgrace; feeling inferior or unworthy”.
Man did not feel inferior or unworthy before the Fall. Man and God seemed to me to be best friends. God made man in His image and they walked in the Garden together. As equals? Probably not. But as a proper Father/son/daughter relationship should be–full of respect and admiration.
God made man worthy of him. Man then sinned and brought unworthiness into the world. So Jesus had to make it right.
They didn’t know they weren’t supposed to be naked. They didn’t have the knowledge of being naked until they ate from the tree. The first thing God asks them in Genesis 3:11 is “Who told you that you were naked?”
[Makes me wonder if this is why we wear clothes today. Because we are ashamed of our bodies when we shouldn’t be. Especially since originally man wasn’t ashamed. Interesting.]
b) I like this idea of light as clothes (never heard this before). Could I get some of this light? It would probably be much prettier than what I wear!
Seriously, answer is sin. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and partook of the fruit, the knowledge and sin removed the light.
c) Romans 3:23 “for we have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. Not sure what “this” is in this question. Naked? Ashamed? The light being removed? The light being the clothing?
Because of sin we fall short of the glory of God. Since the Fall we all sin so we all fall short. Thus, we are inferior and unworthy of God unless we have Jesus who makes us worthy.
Conclusions: Not sure of 14c. Not sure what the point is that we haven’t already concluded from the Fall.
Great reminder that God is in control and He cares. Even when we don’t want Him to.
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I love how God opens up the heavens, showing his pleasure. God gives us many signs of how to live, as well as signs of reassurance that we are walking with Him. God does so much just for us. Try to digest that thought today. Great stuff!