The responses in this thread are so disappointing, yet typical. Folks think they know everything about the Bible and then forbid anyone from discussing it. Unbelievable. So, because YOU don't have the answers, why should anyone else? Such narcissism and paranoia will destroy the Church. This is why Christianity is dying. People need answers and yet you hinder people from finding said answers.
| Luke 11:52 - Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. |
Moreover...
The Genesis creation account is not some 'nursery rhyme' to be interpreted through the lens of a
"babies come from storks" mindset. Are there any adults here? So far, all I see are 'milk drinkers'. We have the entire Bible at our disposal to help us unravel whether the man and woman had intercourse. It's not rocket science.
*WARNING* Those of you who despise logic and common sense, please stop reading before you short circuit.
Anyhow...
The Tree of Life and sex are not compatible. You people should know this. Angels in Heaven are not "having sex and eating from the Tree of Life". Think about what you are teaching. Don't be so paranoid about this topic that you become irresponsible. Atheists pick up on this and will mock you to your face for being so ignorant.
But whatever, let's pretend that such blasphemy is occurring. So now you have two people, WHO ARE IMMORTAL, who never age, somehow making babies. How does that work exactly? Does Adam have immortal sperm? How does the zygote age if it is immortal? Come on people... use some common sense here.
Scripture teaches that there was no death before the Fall:
| Romans 5:12 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: |
What happens to all of the sperm inside the woman when the man plants his seed in her? Does the sperm live forever?
No death means no death. You folks have no idea what Genesis teaches. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
Again, was there death and sin before the Fall?
| James 1:15 - Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. |
| Psalms 51:5 - Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. |
I will try to help...
The man and woman did not have a physical body before they partook of the Forbidden Fruit. Do you understand?
NAKED MEANS NO PHYSICAL BODY!!!
Use your Bible to unpack the story:
| 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. |
So obviously the man and woman could not procreate without a body. Again, this is common sense and logic which seems to be forbidden around here for some reason. There is a Spirit at work for sure.
Pay attention. This is when God gave them a body:
| Genesis 3:21 - Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. |
Those of you sucking on the baby bottle were told that 'God killed an animal and dressed them'. That is more nursery rhyme nonsense.
Let Scripture interpret Scripture:
| Job 10:11 - Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
Now do you understand what 'coats of skins' means?
Again:
being clothed we shall not be found naked
Being clothed with what?
A body.
As I mentioned earlier, 'no shame' means they had no reproductive organs:
| Genesis 2:25 - And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. |
God did not originally create them with shame. Eden was a Heavenly place before the Fall. There is no sex in Heaven. So why do you teach that? You people are making rookie mistakes. Just stop already.
| Revelation 16:15 - Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. |
It was the Fall that caused the man and woman to be corrupted with the shame we have now. They made a covenant with death and God gave them what they wanted. God clothed them with an earthly tabernacle, complete with all the bells and whistles to make babies through sin and death. The man and woman tried to cover their shame, i.e., cover their new body parts.
The more you know.
