A paradise lost, with more tragedy to come, all of God's prophecies proved true ... including the Evangelium
‘Ezer Kenegdo: Eve, Part One
Her story reveals Godโs great love and joy as the Lord anticipated the climax of Godโs creative undertaking.
Women from the Dawn of Time
Each podcast is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.ย
Life and Death
God would not leave Adam and Eve destitute. The promise God made in this chapter is called the proto-evangel, the first prophecy of the Messiah. Understanding Who the Messiah would be, and what He would do, was going to slowly unfold throughout the Old Testament. Then, throughout the New Testament, Who Jesus is and what He has done is revealed.
Why Did God Plant the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
The woman must have felt both the strong pull of the Tree itself, and her own fascination with the secret promises it seemed to hold. Temptation had found a hook in her heart, and the pull was strong. To combat its magnetic draw, the woman drew from Godโs words for help. But the words she held onto were not simply Godโs words, but an added word. To Godโs Law had been added something a little extra. Oral Law.
Paradise
Eden was luscious because God had carefully designed and planted it Himself. Now God gave adam, the human being, this exquisite Garden, along with a purpose and responsibility: adam was to continue in the work God had started, cultivating and sustaining the beauty of Eden.

