There are some who says He came in angelic forms throughout the Bible yes He did but thats through another likeness. 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. They had bone and flesh before they sinned, before they recognized their nakedness. Because we are made in Gods image, we are called to image God. The old has . It is true that they had not experienced death yet, they came pre-programmed with an ability to speak and understand things. Maybe it is implied elsewhere in the Bible? 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 . I would assume that they drank goats milk during this time as well. So I wouldnt personally address this part of Adam walking with God or not unless the message was ill. Hi Bryan, There may have been thousands of years, who knows? It seems from Scripture that they lived on manna exclusively. they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the gardenThe divine Being appeared in the same manner as formerlyuttering the well-known tones of kindness, walking in some visible form (not running hastily, as one impelled by the influence of angry feelings). I think you misunderstand what was meant by the possibility of God coming in the wind. 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. I have been studying this part about god walking with Adam when I came across your post. It doesn't come before, which furthers the notion that God would have been content with them being without clothes, at least provided they didn't eat from the Tree. Where is the specific support for this argument found anywhere in the scriptures? God bless! Maybe this is why pastors and teachers teach it this way (that God regularly walked with Adam and Eve), because they can see from the word study that this was a regular occurrence. 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? Yet now the man and the woman are hiding from God in fear. Who is this that would kill him? 9 GOD made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. Awesome, you as a Dad leading his children, as the word instructs. They are not taking a leisurely stroll with God, they are hiding from Him as He comes to announce His judgment. Of course, from this view God was perceiveably with the pre-Fallen Adam and Eve, so that they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. But Adam and Eve were almost certainly not in the Garden very long prior to their Fall. It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. Gen 3:8 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. Here is a portion of what I wrote on page 72 of my book, Fallen. I was scanning Gen 2&3 to use the text where God walked with Adam in the garden. In fact, earlier this week during a Q&A session, one of the guests asked about Adam walking with God in the garden. I would think that they received one on one instruction from God. No human can view the full reality of God and . GOD'S WORD Translation. Genesis 3:2-5. 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. CLAIM #1: I know you didnt use the word constant but thats sort of the point in my article. But its an irrelevant point. That certainly could have been the case if God made a physical appearance (called a theophany), as He did in other places (e.g., Genesis 12:7; 18:1. He saw them sew fig leaves together to cover themselves. God Was Angry. This just isnt found in the text and seems very unlikely in light of the details given in the post. 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. . But at least enough time passed to provide people who lived in Nod and a wife for Cain. Can a whirlwind fulfill those processes? Hi Nucc, If that suggestion is accurate, then it would have been a physical presence of God coming in judgment, similar to how He spoke from the whirlwind in Job. I think it would be odd for God to first come walking in the garden with Adam and Eve only after they had sinned. If the idea being conveyed by the text is a strong wind then this scene was probably quite similar to the way God spoke to Job, as I mentioned in the article. 21? Then let the land rest on the seventh year right? But what did they actually hear that made them afraid? How many pastors and other teachers have taught that the Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden? Here are 6 things that you need to know, insights that will help you in your life today, in helping to refine the way you view God. 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. The Bible even indicates that God may have taken on a physical form in order to walk with Adam and Eve in the garden (Genesis 3:8). Or perhaps just the knowledge of being disobedient & the result of knowing their nakedness is what caused him to be afraid. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Is it so hard to see that broke the fall in a righteous or right standing with God, the first family would run hard to God. Thanks again for reading! #2 They both "saw" their nakedness. God's presence is also noted by . But again, that doesnt change my point. Now turn to Chapter 4 of Genesis verse 13 Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is more than I can bear. Ive heard pastors, speakers, authors, and many other Christians confidently state that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden of Eden. This walking refers to living a life that pleases God. But, like other things, there is truly not a single word to directly support the notion that Adam walked with God in the cool of the day. With that in mind, I would disagree with you on the reason you give for why God came to the garden that day. ( Genesis 3:13-15) When looking at Genesis 3:13-15, there is no direct indication that the serpent had legs, only that its curse would be "on your belly you shall go.". (Vs. 24 says He drove them out the he place Cherubims). Just a quick note: The verb used here in verse 8 to describe the divine movement of God mihalli (sorry, my keyboard isnt able to type this word out correctly) suggests iterative and habitual aspects. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Gen 3:8 - Adam walking with the Lord God in Eden. Gods presence is also noted by his walking in the camp and sanctuary of Israel. (Meditating upon God's Word makes it a consistent part of our daily . 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! They heard God's approach as a terrible wind that lashed the trees of the garden, and they took cover. I believe when the Bible states they heard the Lord in the cool of the day I think its a spiritual voice. However, the walk in these passages should probably be understood in a figurative sense. Hi David, 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. Hi Nucc, 1 They Could DECIDE Genesis 3:2-3. Is it that they are referred to as sons of God? holy ones? Thats not exactly a clear cut and dry case, beyond dispute, based on those sparse details. 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. 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. You indicate a possible strong wind; did this wind also speak to the serpent and curse it? Moses was only granted the backside of Jesus. Im not sure what that accomplishes other than allowing for the possibility that they might have, which is something I have said from the start. This could be literally translated "the wind of that day." Some think this might refer to a strong wind. I think for me it comes from the song In the Garden, it is a peaceful way to think God is walking with us. 11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Third, Adams response at seeing Eve confirms the point: This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh (Genesis 2:23). The Bible doesnt tell us how old Cain was when he murdered his brother, but it does give us a potential clue. But there is so much more to the story. He could have spoken out of a whirlwind to them and banished them from the Garden in that form. 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. Satan. 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. Just because Adam and Eve had no sin they still were not privileged to seeing God in physical form. You cant see that god desires to walk with his people and expects rhem to walk with him? But, despite the beauty of God's new world, there was one thing missing. In a similar way, we are told in the New Testament to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16). Sorry for the delayed response. I to am searching regarding worship in OT times and wondered about Adam walking with God. 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). Instead, He manifested as a violent wind, perhaps not too different than how He spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1). I do however give a lot of thought when people preach/teach as truth that which is not written but surmised by man/woman to have taken place. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. ~~~~~ There are other passages in Scripture about those who did walk with God. Did they do this daily, weekly, etc.? When the Lord made him on the sixth day, He commanded him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. I too have always heard that God walked with Adam & Eve in the cool of the day every day. Song of Solomon 4:6. It would be far better to use a supporting argument that has a strong biblical basis. My main point is that we dont go around saying that the Bible says that Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden, because that just isnt in there. So it seems as if Abel had just recently passed away. He never showed him self He when He was showing himself to Moses and the others He revealed himself to in some other form. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. We know that God is capable of doing this, but my point is that the text never states or implies that He did. In that claim, I put your OWN verbatim in single quotes. when they heard God they hid from Him. Read lev 25:20 and if you shall say what shall we eat in the 7th year? But this does nothing to prove that they walked with God in the garden. An additional notable commentary is that God made Adam in His image and likeness, and imbued him with His Spirit the breath of life. To be clearagain. But even that would not prove that He took strolls with Adam. The idea that one could walk with God, after all, had been a possible reality only once before, in Genesis 3:8, where Adam and Eve hear "the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden." 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