Genesis 2:7-8 KJVS
“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.[8] And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
This man was Adam (‘eth ‘Ha adam in the Hebrew) who was formed by God after He rested on the seventh day, and who was also different from man (without the ‘eth which is the article) that was created back in Genesis chapter 1 v: 26. (See Our Likeness, His Image study).
This man Adam (‘eth Ha ‘adam) was formed here in Genesis chapter 2 to be a tiller of the ground which means a farmer and was created for a much different purpose in spiritual sense than the hunters and fishers that were created in Genesis chapter 1verse 26. The ‘eth in Adam specifies and emphatically points to a certain man who would be used as a vessel to ultimately bring forth the seed of eternal life who is Jesus Christ, Emanuel that is to say God with us.
Adam was the furthest ancestor of the espoused virgin Mary in which Christ, the eternal seed from our Heavenly Father would be born through. Adam was a tiller of the ground, which has not only a physical meaning behind it, but also contains spiritual meaning, and in 1st Corinthians Chapter 15 we see this first Adam was created a living soul to be used for a specific purpose to bring forth the last Adam (who is Christ) who was made a quickening Spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:45-50 KJVS
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. [46] Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. [47] The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. |48] As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. [49] And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. |50] Now this Isay, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.”
For this specific reason is to why a tiller of the ground had to be created to eventually bring forth the eternal Seed who is Jesus Christ, The Man, the Son of God; so, we all may have an opportunity to inherit the kingdom of God.
From John Chapter 1 verse 14 we see the Word who was God and was there from the beginning was made flesh and dwelt among many.
John 1:14 KJVS
[14] “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Continuing in Genesis chapter 2.
Genesis 2:9 KJVS
“And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.”
There were two trees in the Garden of Eden. The Tree of Life who is Jesus Christ, and there was the tree of knowledge of good and evil who is Satan.
Indeed, Jesus who is the Word, was there in the Garden of Eden for He is the Word of God who is God and was here since the beginning (John Chapter 1 verses 1 through 5). Also, in the Garden was Satan, the subtle deceiver.
Genesis 2:10-17 KJVS
“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted and became into four heads. [11] The name of the first is Pison: that is, it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; [12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. [13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. [14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is, it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. [15] And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. [16] And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
What we partake of and receive into our bodies spiritually can either be good or bad. Satan was the tree of knowledge of good and evil (not a tree in a literal sense but more in a metaphoric sense) in the Garden of Eden that God instructed Adam not to partake of. Satan is a being that can subtilty deceive one into forfeiting their spiritual life, or even stopping anyone from receiving such gift. He is the subtle serpent, not a literal serpent but a word that best describes him. However, in Jesus Christ is eternal life and is a Tree (so to speak) that we should partake of.
To be continued.
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