Genesis 3:21 -- the rest of the story?
- Thread starter posthuman
- Start date
-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
I was pondering that very thing, among others, in my first CC post
four-and-a-half years ago, and was welcomed as an heretic and nutjob.
four-and-a-half years ago, and was welcomed as an heretic and nutjob.
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen 2:7
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Gen 7:21-22
"...and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;" Job 27:3
For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Ps 119:89
The moment that Adam and Eve disobeyed, they came under the curse of sin and death. But they dragged every creature (and all of future mankind) down so that the whole creation was cursed by God. All creatures (including mankind) were originally herbivores. But from that point, the carnivores came into existence. Reptiles experienced the greaterst curse, since a serpent had been used by Satan to bring humanity and all creation down. The extinction of dinosaurs could well be related to this curse.
As to the nakedness of Adam and Eve, as soon as they realized that they were naked, they sought to do something about it, but that was totally inadequate. "Aprons of fig leaves" could not possibly see them through hot summers and cold winters. So God presumably took lambs or sheep, sacrificed them, took their skins and then clothed these sinning creatures who had been driven out of Eden.
As to the whole of creation, the physical Law of Entropy went into effect, and so did death, decay and corruption. Nature became "red in tooth and claw" as animals became predators and prey. And so everything was disrupted because two foolish humans could not mind their own business, and tell Satan to get lost.
As to the nakedness of Adam and Eve, as soon as they realized that they were naked, they sought to do something about it, but that was totally inadequate. "Aprons of fig leaves" could not possibly see them through hot summers and cold winters. So God presumably took lambs or sheep, sacrificed them, took their skins and then clothed these sinning creatures who had been driven out of Eden.
As to the whole of creation, the physical Law of Entropy went into effect, and so did death, decay and corruption. Nature became "red in tooth and claw" as animals became predators and prey. And so everything was disrupted because two foolish humans could not mind their own business, and tell Satan to get lost.
