I can see that they heard either a sound or a voice. Easy, no relevance to the story. But Im not arguing that this is how He did appear. As I mentioned in the conclusion of the article, it is certainly possible that the Lord walked with Adam and Eve, and if He did, then it may well have been the preincarnate Christ who walked with them. Genesis 2:19 God also provided quail for a whole month (Numbers 11:1920). In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. (Meditating upon God's Word makes it a consistent part of our daily . Yes, they could have done this if God made a physical appearance (called a theophany), as He did in other places (e.g., Genesis 12:7; 18:1). Following Gods words to the T is one of the reasons why the law was fulfilled by Jesus and not by man. The unborn child, the mentally handicapped, the elderly, and even our worst enemiesall are made in the image of God. (Vs. 21) Did the wind drive them out of the garden? Second, Eve was made from Adams rib (or more accurately side), indicating that they both had physical bodies (Genesis 2:21). IOW, IMV Where Adam FAILED, Christ Jesus PASSED, *Saying all this Tim, I truly respect your thoughts and views as a brother in Christ. Hi Robert, And I completely agree that where Adam failed, Christ prevailed. With that in mind, I would disagree with you on the reason you give for why God came to the garden that day. This could be literally translated "the wind of that day." Some think this might refer to a strong wind. Was it God walking or was it something different? To be clearagain. If I am walkin* with you I would assume you are walking with me? Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. Well, in Genesis 2, Adam names the animals, and the only words quoted from him in Gen. 2 have to do with what he said when he met Eve: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh (Genesis 2:23). I was scanning Gen 2&3 to use the text where God walked with Adam in the garden. So Adam could eat of every tree except for the . Its not like Genesis 5:24 (Enoch walked with God) or Genesis 6:9 (Noah walked with God). He claims that seeing Him is seeing the Father.. then I see no problem with Jesus being the physical manifestation of God walking in . 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. This is a very good example of god walking with his people and his people walking with their god .look at 25:18 where off if you shall do my statutes that is live the way I instruct you to live that is walk in harmony with god then you shall dwell in the land in saftey.pleaseeeeeee this is why your argument is so trivial I have only given one example the whole book is showing how god walks with his people and how he expects them to walk with him read 26:11 and I will set my tabernacle among you 12 AND I WILL WALK AMONG YOU NOW LETS LOOK AT WHAT THE SCENARIO IS WHEN THEY ARE NOT WALING TOGETHER 26:14 but if you will not hearken unto me to not do my commandments( do you know that obeying the commandments is to walk with god)15 if you despise my statues or if your soul abhor my judgements so that you will not do my commandments BUT THAT YOU BREAK MY COVENANT God told them to be fruitful and multiply. * In The Garden * And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden. GOD'S WORD Translation. Sincerely, ILL TAKE YOUR APOLIGE NOW ,,WHERE THEY USE TO WALK WITH GOD ,THEY CHOOSE TO HIDE !! "And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden.". Remember that the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost with a rushing mighty wind (Acts 2:2). Once God addresses him, then Adam could say, I heard the sound of You in the garden (Gen. 2:10, ESV). They will live forever, and as well see in the coming chapters, some of them have been given dominion over certain things. There may have been thousands of years, who knows? 21 AND IF YOU WALK CONTRARY TO ME AND NOT LISTEN TO ME THEN I WILL ring 7 times more plagues upon you 22 I will also send wild beasts among you 23 and if you will not be reformed by me by these things BUT WILL WALK CONTRARY TO ME 24 THEN I WILL WALK CONTRARY TO YOU and punish you 7 times more for your sins Thanks for taking the time to comment. Adam and Eve got to literally hang out with God all day long, face to face. If strong wind is a better translation, then it would not be saying that God was walking in the garden, but instated that He was moving in the garden. 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 everything fell apart, so did the people. Thanks for your comments. In the later OT the Temple was the place of God's special presence where he made himself known and felt to Israel. It bothered me for the day into right now where I went on the internet to find something credible and I landed here. In the book of Genesis we read that Adam used to walk with the Lord God in the cool of the day. But again, that doesnt change my point. Adam blamed the woman, the . The episode of God walking in the Garden of Eden is one of these instances. And then. The Lord God Walking in the Garden. When Eve gave birth to Seth (at age 130) she viewed him as a replacement for Abel. IMV they were walking in the IMAGE for which God created them with the FREE WILL to CHOOSE. He put the Man he had just made in it. God, by nature, is Spirit and a spirit does not have a bodily form. My post simply raises the possibility that He may have used something similar to the whirlwind of Job 38:1. Its about urging people to take a closer look at the text so that they do not make false claims about it. 11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. there are many who use the idea of Adam and Eve actually walking with God to stress the theological point of mans closeness to God prior to sin in order to contrast that with mans lost condition after sin. All the details of exactly how god walked with them are so plain to see that blind Freddy can see it. He was given power and authority by Father God to create the universe and all life within it. 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. The anthropomorphic description of God walking (mithallek) in the garden suggests the enjoyment of fellowship between him and our first parents. But your claim is based on only such a narrow standard. Instead, He manifested as a violent wind, perhaps not too different than how He spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1). After Adam and Eve sinned, God found them hiding from Him as He was walking in the Garden. John teaches that Christ the second person of the Godhead is the Creator "All things came into being through Him, and . There were two special fruit trees in the garden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. Now we do not see You any more. For more on the issue of Cains wife, see this article: https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/cain/cains-wife-who-was-she/. The Bible doesnt say that Cains wife was from Nod. by Erik Jones. #1 Eve "saw" that the tree was good for food. But what did they actually hear that made them afraid? Upon marrying, Moses recounts God's command for husband and wife: "a man shallbe joined to . What if the coats of skin were actually human skin as we have now. Interesting post. Its not that the inferences are necessarily wrong, its that they should not be mistaken for the Word of God. God had told them to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28). If how we are not that naive to believe that this is a new thing with Him, no we can reasonably infer that God spent time with Adam and Eve. I am searching for ideas about the absence of God in the Garden. God told them, "You may eat fruit from any tree, except one. Thanks for taking the time to read and leave a comment. This is why Christians generally believe that all human life is precious. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. I guess its just hard to let go of certain ideas, but we must always allow our thinking to be challenged by what Scripture actually says rather than what we want it to say. Im not sure you have dealt sufficiently with the argument that God must have walked with Adam and Eve in the garden previously for Adam and Eve to know that they sound they heard was God. But there is no need to make the text outright say something it does not, in fact, outright say. This concept is very helpful and it incorporates all of the othersintelligence, communication, worship, dominion, an eternal soul. Please do look it up, and if you find it, let me know, so I can apologize and correct this post. They hid when they heard God; however it was that they heard Him. But as seasoned believers we need to understand it is better to use our hearts to hear the sermons the pastors preach rather than the details of the text. As I mentioned near the end of the post, I have no problem with the idea that Adam and Eve may have walked with 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. 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). There are warnings in Scripture about adding to it. Do you think the lord actually cares if pastors are saying Adam and Eve did walk with God? You cant see that Leviticus expounds on how to walk with god? It was idyllic. They may have done that, and I wouldnt have any problem with it. Beyond that, the Bible does not tell us about any communication between our first parents and God until after the fall. We know that God is Omnipresent. If you had bothered to read the post, you would have read these words: He was there, He is everywhere and He was always with them. As you know, I couldnt find it. It was always my thought they in fact walked side by side as one would imagine them doing so. And to the hill of frankincense. If I give full and clear credit to you with a link to your illustration Adam-Eve-Shame as follows: http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?attachment_id=1350. 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). But thats not at all what is going on here. Adam and Eve are walking around in the Garden of Eden, and they meet up with this serpent who asks them an interesting question: "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the . Who is this that would kill him? I never really gave it much thought that Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden.God can and does whatever He wants to do. The Bible doesnt say that, and that is the point of the article. This month we will look at Bible texts from Genesis to Revelation to reflect on what it means to walk with God. Hi Tim. Tell everyone with small kids! Its not even hard to imagine that Adam and Eve did walk with God prior to the fall. But then you had already stated this was possible. We do see God speaking to both of them in Genesis 1:2830 when He blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply and told them to eat vegetation. In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. 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). "Until the cool of the day. 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? In other words, man had a physical body made from the ground. Do you think that statement is a stepping stone for misleading Gods people? Then ended up here. Hi Kevin, It says that he went to the land of Nod and then she conceived a son (Enoch). If you want to believe they did, thats totally fine with me. I think too many people are confused about what it means that something is directly stated, or implied, or that we might infer, etc. The problem with this claim is that youll never find a Bible verse that teaches it. It was the sound of God that Adam heard. Lets consider this for a moment? The only time we see Eve converse with God in Scripture is after she ate the fruit and hid with Adam among the trees of the garden. 18? Privacy Policy. And maybe that is it, people just want to believe they they did as that is such a powerful feeling knowing God is walking with you. They forgot about God. 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 conclusion, the whole of chapter 2 & 3 causes me to conclude that Adam regularly communed with God somehow; and to me probably daily (or at least almost) since we know we are the apple of His eye. Gen 18 - Abraham's discussion and bargaining with the LORD (YHWH) Ex 3 - Moses at the burning bush. If this is the correct way to understand the wording in Genesis 3, then I think it would be something similar. Maybe it is implied elsewhere in the Bible? Not all of the time of course, how else would they have rebelled against Him. Genesis 3:8, CSB: Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God . This is what most people have in mind when they speak of the Lord walking with Adam and Eve. (Posted on October 30, 2014, http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1349). Thats right, you are right there with them from birth, not that they were made a baby first of course, as that would take other humans to raise them as we know it! Adam (perhaps Eve too) was familiar with Gods presence. Some scholars, such as J.J. Niehaus, have argued that the phrase translated as the cool of the day is better understood as referring a strong wind. Here is just one example about working the land 26:1 make no idols. Tim- Thank you, as I came searching for information on this before placing and they walked with God in my book I am writing! The problem with this scenario is that Adam and Eve were almost certainly not in the Garden very long. 16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and . 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. But it would be nice for you or someone else to show me where the Bible ever makes that claim. Gen 3:8 - Adam walking with the Lord God in Eden. 4. We can speculate, contemplate, and imagine probable scenarios by referencing other relationships in the Bible, but in this day and time especially, we must be diligent and aware of the texts true contents. This is stated in the incident where Moses disobeyed by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1011). I would argue that angels are probably made in His image as well,. This saddens me. So if the strong wind idea is actually being conveyed by the Hebrew, then there is no textual basis for claiming that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden in the cool of the day. He was their friend. Daniel, Seems to me there was plenty of interaction & communication between Adam (& Perhaps Eve) and God. After creating Adam, God "put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it" (Genesis 2:15). 00:00. At the same time, Adam understood what God meant when He spoke to him, so there clearly was some preprogramming that occurred when God created him. The adverbial phrase in the cool of the day (NIV, NASB, NJB) or the breezy time of the day (NJPS, NAB) translates the Hebrew phrase wind [rah] of the day. The NRSVs rendering makes the time more explicit, at the time of the evening breeze (also REB). When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh. Genesis 2 describes Adam and Eve's first homethe Garden of Eden. You indicate a possible strong wind; did this wind also speak to the serpent and curse it? Lets take a teacher in a class room full of students, then have the teacher leave the room, chaos will ensue, amen? But its entirely different to claim that the Bible teaches or implies that they did when there just arent any statements in the text that teach or imply that position. Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.". Far too many people run around claiming, The Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden, but as Ive pointed out, it doesnt say that. The answer is that it was the Word, who later became Jesus Christ, that walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. In fact, they didn't even know what want and longing were! You can see from the above that God decreed several things for Adam to honour and obey. Maybe it is written somewhere else in other ancient writings? But what comes to my mind is why would you choose this debated part to address the concern. I had always taken it for granted too that God walked with Adam in the cool of the day which He very well might haveand Id like to use my imagination and believe that He did but the Bible definitely doesnt say that He did. Thank you for reaffirming to me that we can say anything about God and find some reason for or against our reasoning, and that is why we have to be very careful to know what Gods Word says! They were created with perfect bodies and were husband and wife on the day they were created. However, many scholars believe the best way to explain the image of God is to think of it as a verb. Granted, Adam and Eve walking with God poses no theological problems, but my point here is that the strength (or better, weakness) of that particular argument is roughly the same. For the record, I strongly reject such a notion. Therefore God was not always with them in the Garden, not as we know it anyway. Not once. I found it interesting that with all the opinions to the idea of walking with God in the comments section, not too many have thanked you for letting us know that Gods Word does not say that Adam or Eve walked with God in the Garden. !NOW YOU CAN TAKE THIS LIE DOWN FOR GOOD ,,,THANK YOU !!!!STEVI. Adam heard God making a sound (aside from speaking) that God had made before and which enabled Adam to recognise that it was the sound of God. Hi Sam, 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. Then God gave Adam a rule for living in the garden: And 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 from it you will certainly die.". I decided to search the internet to see WHY people believe this. I would take them apart and look inside to see how they worked. They turned to their own ways, sinful ways. Tim, thank you for your commentary. It says, coats of skin. Hello! Did you notice something else about the way people typically define the image of God? WHY? 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. However, most people inevitably mention them walking in the cool of the day, so they arent thinking of it in the figurative sense. We walk with the voice of God as well. The same (principle) applies to the natural reading of anything: that according to the thing itself. 21? Theologians have long wrestled with the very concept of being made in Gods image. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. 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.". Im not a Greek or Hebrew expert, or even a student. I depend on what I can find on sites (currently I use biblehub.com). 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. He may have seen the trees and the garden as God spoke those words, but he probably hadnt eaten yet. They are not taking a leisurely stroll with God, they are hiding from Him as He comes to announce His judgment. And therefore, it seems to me familiarity was brought about by regular communion/ communication/ visits from the Lord. " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word . 8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. The goal of this post is to encourage people to take a closer look at the Bible instead of repeating what theyve heard. As God had promised, they became mortal. why couldnt it have been Jesus walking in the garden. Genesis 3:8. But that isnt the point of what I wrote. But we need to be careful not to assert that the Bible directly teaches this. Therefore, We also should not assume that God was at their beck and call so that He would come around for a stroll with them whenever they wanted Him there. Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by fruit trees and beautiful things. 9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied . I appreciate your effort Tim, thank you. Behold we shall not sow,nor gather in our increase: now look at 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year and it shall bring forth fruit for 3 years 22 and you shall sow the 8th year and eat of the old fruit until the 9th year until the fruits come in. Keep up the good work. And 2 kids who wont hear it that way from Dad. Hi David, Genesis 2:8 (NKJV). Required fields are marked *. I think for me it comes from the song In the Garden, it is a peaceful way to think God is walking with us. And a good place to start is The Garden of Eden. Yet now the man and the woman are hiding from God in fear. 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. What is the one thing that He values the most, as we know it? Adam understood what God meant when he was given instructions because God made him with the ability to understand those things. Lastly, as scripture verifies scripture, we see the second Adam, known as Jesus Christ in regular and perpetual contact with the same God and Father. We'll come across one more tree towards the end of the chapter. If youre interested, heres the link: https://answersingenesis.org/jesus-christ/incarnation/theophanies-in-the-old-testament/ He does indeed come down, but this time for confrontation and judgment, whereas before it had been for fellowship. Adam and Eve loved to . If youve been impacted by our resources, we invite you to make a year-end gift before December 31. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.<<<<. God's presence is also noted by . Why would anyone ask such a silly question? But what does it really matter, what appears to have happened here (according to some of the responses) is that golden calves have been kicked over and religion has taken a bump on the shins. They heard God's approach as a terrible wind that lashed the trees of the garden, and they took cover. They hide among the trees. After all, how old did they have to be to be a keeper of sheep and a tiller of the land? 15? Adam did hear Gods voice at another time. If God was in spirit form hiding would make no sense, how can you hide from someone you cant see? As I mentioned in my conclusion, God certainly could have taken taken strolls with Adam and Eve, but the Bible does not directly teach this, and I have my doubts about it. I have no problem with the concept of Adam and Eve walking with God and seeing Him. 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