Sin Of Walking. Notice that I said that I would argue that they are probably made in His image. I didnt claim that there was a clear cut and dry case that is beyond dispute. My argument wouldnt focus on the things you mentioned. Your article keeps us on the ever-important path of faithfulness. Tim> However, that fact has very little to do with whether He walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. Can you show me some similar articles? In my searching I found your website and I am so glad I did. Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden Genesis 3:8. Hi Greg, 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. No the bible didnt directly say they walked with God. This saddens me. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Maybe He was physically there throughout the short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts., By a plain reading, Genesis 2:7 and 2:22c reasonably are inferred to imply that the place where God formed Adam, and then Eve, was a place some way *outside* of the garden (and this place likely being that of the shore of a river or a sea). 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. Thanks for the kind response. 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). I dont believe this is a knock-down, drag-out argument, but given these details and many others described in my book, I believe angelic beings are very likely made in Gods image. Before He came to earth two thousand years ago, Jesus appeared at various times in the Old Testament in a physical form. Say, for example, that they werent expelled from the Garden until they were 60+ or 70+ (or older). He was there, He is everywhere and He was always with them. It also seems to assume that they were in the garden for quite a while when they almost certainly were not there for long at all. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. No? Adam & Eve had been very naughty and they were hiding from the Lord!! If you want to try to build a case for the possibility, thats fine with me too. I would take them apart and look inside to see how they worked. 19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, >>>>>and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. Contemporary English Version Late in the afternoon, when the breeze began to blow, the man and woman heard the LORD God walking in the garden. God, by nature, is Spirit and a spirit does not have a bodily form. Then ended up here. We know that God was with Adam and Eve at all times and wherever they were. Here is a portion of what I wrote on page 72 of my book, Fallen. Yes, I see that there are similarities, and I dont deny the possibility that God was present in the garden in a special way compared to the way that He is omnipresent. . I too feel in my sosirt that God did not walk physically. I have found Bible studies that indicate that God fellowshipped or walked with Adam and Eve, and they refer to Genesis 3:8. Privacy Policy. Although I agree, you simply cannot prove this one way or another, however I believe the scripture gives us enough evidence to assume with confadence, that Jesus did take a physical form and did actually, literally walk through the garden. It is a special, peaceful garden oasis God created as a home for Adam and Eve (and maybe also Lilith) where their two jobs were to give animals names . He could have spoken out of a whirlwind to them and banished them from the Garden in that form. I dont think its a matter of God wanting or not wanting to spend time with His creation, but more of a matter of how much time passed before they rebelled. What if the coats of skin were actually human skin as we have now. It is meant to point out to people that the text doesnt say what so many people have claimed that Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden. God must have schooled him in his new surroundings. 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). 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. Hi Ian, God bless you. Because they nearly always cite the verse about Adam and Eve hearing the sound of the Lord walking in the garden. Maybe their nakedness was not exposed genitalia, but realized they were naked in some other maner. But Im not arguing that this is how He did appear. The Garden of Eden, the terrestrial Paradise known also as the Garden of God, is one of the most famous settings in the Bible. That is why I have a whole series of commonly misused Bible versesnot to condemn but to encourage believers to elevate Scripture above our own ideas that weve unwittingly added to it. I dont know if I will recieve a responce or not, but it does not say that God made them skins from animals. He never showed him self He when He was showing himself to Moses and the others He revealed himself to in some other form. We cant know because the Bible doesnt speak to this at all. Adam and Eve Hide From God. When the Lord made him on the sixth day, He commanded him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 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 (Vs. 14) Did this wind also clothe Adam and Eve with skins from an animal that had to be killed? So there is no need to appeal to some sort of walk in the garden for them to know Gods voice. 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. I have read the account of Creation, Adam and Eve, and the Fall so many times in my lifetime, but I just recently realized that the Bible doesnt say that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. Whats not fine with me is saying that the Bible says something that it doesnt. Hi Tim, Thanks for your focus on this and for sharing the fruits of your consideration of the passage. There isnt a verse like this about Adam and/or Eve. Even if this translation is accurate, which is debatable, it does not say that they walked with God. Dear Tim Chaffey, my nephew and I have read and discussed these verses endlessly. Regardless of whether you translate the disputed phrase as cool of the day or strong wind, the text still says that God was walking in the cool of the day / wind (of the day). However, I also notice in chapter 2 that Adam recognized God speaking (commanding) to him concerning the forbidden tree. Can a whirlwind fulfill those processes? The children of Israel had a great amount of lifestock during the time of their exodus. I am so happy to find your website. God had told them to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28). Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixtybooks and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries. Adam said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself (Genesis 3:10, ESV). Every description used can also be said about the angelic beings. This post isnt about whether they enjoyed fellowship with Him prior to sin and walked with Him in a metaphorical sense. I even pointed out that when the Bible speaks of Enoch and Noah walking with God it should be understood in the figurative sense of them living godly lives (as opposed to taking physical strolls with Him). ~~~~~ There are other passages in Scripture about those who did walk with God. They were to work the land 6 years right? Hi Bob, Awesome, you as a Dad leading his children, as the word instructs. Adam and Eve were happy and satisfied in the beautiful garden. Its sort of like saying, The Bible never says Jesus wasnt married, so He might have been. Its true that Scripture never states this plainly, but there are certain inferences people make from some verses in an effort to support such an idea. Again, nothing in Scripture tells us that they walked with God or carried on a conversation with Him. If you must doubt something, I think you would have to doubt that. Not once. I know when I say that Adam walked with God in the Garden, I mean to say that God spent time with them, not literally walking in the garden, God doesnt walk, He is Spirit! Im not really sure how your comment addresses Eds point at all or anything in the article. "Walked with God" is a favorite expression in Genesis, depicting the righteous conduct of Israel's heroes, including Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. I dont believe I said anywhere in the post or in the comments that the coats of skin were made from animals, although I certainly believe this is easily the most logical conclusion. As my case shows and many of the comments here show, man created truth is powerful over our minds. They were created pre-programmed by God. God told them to be fruitful and multiply. Adam was ashamed to stand before God as he was now a sinner who was about to face his righteous God. This would still fit with the idea of God coming in judgment, which was given as a possibility in the article. I have a problem with Christians continually repeating that the Bible says they walked with God in the garden because it doesnt say that. As God had promised, they became mortal. 2. Therefore God was not always with them in the Garden, not as we know it anyway. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. Regardless, my point is that Adam was familiar enough to recognized it was God. We did not know, nor trained ourselves to do that and now see our own child in the consequences. In fact, earlier this week during a Q&A session, one of the guests asked about Adam walking with God in the garden. Now go to verse 17 Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. There are several possibilities, such as siblings, nephews, and nieces. I believe God appeared to Adam and Eve and Cain and Enoch and Noah and Abraham and Isaac and Jacob (when He wrestled with Him) and the parents of Samson, and even to Balaam and his donkey, the same way He appeared to John. If God was in spirit form hiding would make no sense, how can you hide from someone you cant see? 9 But the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied . Then it says that Adam & Eve hid themselves from God's presence and then they confessed that they "heard" His voice and hid themselves from His voice. When he made Eve, he took a rib, closed up Adams side with flesh and then he brought the woman to Adam. 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. Or perhaps just the knowledge of being disobedient & the result of knowing their nakedness is what caused him to be afraid. God created Adam and Eve to care for His creation, populate the planet, and have a relationship with Him. This just isnt found in the text and seems very unlikely in light of the details given in the post. When God asked them how they knew they were naked, and asked them if they had eaten from the tree they were not to. Sincerely, Psalm 104:3. Required fields are marked *. Yet now the man and the woman are hiding from God in fear. So when I say, The Bible just doesnt say that some people think Im saying that it didnt and couldnt have happened. The Hebrew verb, halak, is translated as "walking" in this passage. Its the generous support of our ministry partners that enables us to continue our eternity-shaping work. GOD'S WORD Translation. It is true that the Bible does not say, Adam and Eve never walked with God in the garden. That isnt the point of my post. Its not even hard to imagine that Adam and Eve did walk with God prior to the fall. I dont think it was a mystery to themat least not completely. Both Adam and Eve, and all humans today, were made in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1). Surely, He wouldve given them the ability to do that right from the start. Walking with god is living with god he makes it very clear how we are to walk with him. Thanks for taking the time to read the article and for the comment. You read that correctly, the Bible never states that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. The impression given is one of God being there in an embodied form, performing surgery on the man, building Eve and then walking her to Adam. The serpent Satan asked her how she was doing. But even if that happens to be the right way to look at it, then it may still be correct to view this as a theophany. Furthermore, nothing in John 1 states that Jesus walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 30? who knows perhaps it was. Hi Janice, The same two words are translated elsewhere . God did really walked with man physically, reasons: then Adam was sinless, only sin can hide God from us, so why should God hide himself from a sinless being? To use your example, it would be like if people repeatedly said, The Bible says Adam watched the stars every night while in the Garden. Even if he did do that, the Bible doesnt say that he did, and it would be worth correcting someone on that point. 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). The imagery in the temple indicates that it was recreating Eden, indicating that God was present in Eden in a special way that he was not present in other places on the earth. Verse Concepts. 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. 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