Here is a link to the Wikicommons page showing that this illustration is in the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_009.png. I agree that youre right to the extent that believers should be mindful to validate sermons, statements or stories from pastors. Thank you for your thoughts I do understand the whirlwind , but Gen says God made them clothes from an animal to replace mans attempt of covering his nakedness. God told them to be fruitful and multiply. 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. Thanks again for reading! Part of the commission to rule over creation would have included the need to study it and figure things out. Privacy Policy. I think for me it comes from the song In the Garden, it is a peaceful way to think God is walking with us. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. You cant see that god desires to walk with his people and expects rhem to walk with him? 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. If the voice of God walking in the garden caused them to run and hide because of disobedience, sin, judgement. ? John teaches that Christ the second person of the Godhead is the Creator "All things came into being through Him, and . There may have been thousands of years, who knows? Could Adam and Eve have actually taken walks with God in the Garden? Suggestions include that it means we are made as rational creatures that can communicate with and worship God, or that we have been given dominion, or that we will live forever. I am simply trying to point people back to Scripture as Ive done in many other posts in my Misused Verses series. the Bible states that the man (species) was driven out of the Garden of Eden. With this particular issue, the reason I addressed it is because I hear it so frequently. http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1349, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schnorr_von_Carolsfeld_Bibel_in_Bildern_1860_009.png, https://answersingenesis.org/jesus-christ/incarnation/theophanies-in-the-old-testament/, https://answersingenesis.org/bible-characters/cain/cains-wife-who-was-she/, http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1747. when they heard God walking in the garden, they hid from God. I think your comments are valid additional arguments that could be used by those who favor that view, but as you seem to recognize (it seems to follow), the arguments are not watertight. In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. 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 . The first consequence of Adam and Eve's momentous decision to reject God's revelation was a . Its the generous support of our ministry partners that enables us to continue our eternity-shaping work. If I am walkin* with you I would assume you are walking with me? Thanks! However, God could have manifested himself as a human being, but this would not be the glorious spirit being that he actually is. ( 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.". Thanks for your question. When everything fell apart, so did the people. From this view, Adam and Eve were with God in the Garden for a whileand they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. Ive heard far too many people claim, The Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the cool of the day. Thats simply false. 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. Tell everyone with small kids! Sincerely, You are essentially appealing to an argument from silence. 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. Looking at that from an opposite perspective; Is it not also true that it is not stated they werent walking with God? Who were they conversing with? Finally, 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. God created human beings to have fellowship with him. This is why Christians generally believe that all human life is precious. Here is the verse in its entirety. Once God addresses him, then Adam could say, I heard the sound of You in the garden (Gen. 2:10, ESV). What can we honestly infer from the scriptures? Hi Sam, Maybe it is implied elsewhere in the Bible? God bless! Like a child jumping in his fathers arm as he comes home from work. Remember that the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost with a rushing mighty wind (Acts 2:2). Just because Adam and Eve had no sin they still were not privileged to seeing God in physical form. may I use your illustration in a short story that I will submit for publication on a non-commercial website (perhaps only my own personal website, if I cannot find acceptance at a more widely viewed site)? Adam and Eve were the first human beings, from whom every other human being descends. Hi Bob, It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. God called (using a Hebrew word that also means "to summon") Adam to face . Therefore while at yet there was no temptation, walking with God was natural. It seems likely that many people have just remembered some of the wording in this verse and assumed that it says Adam and Eve walked with God. God Was Angry. Your desire to keep us focused on what the Word actually says is to be commended. Adam fell because he freely chose to disobey God, but second because he listened to his wife who had also freely chosen to disobey. They had all they could ever want. Tim, thank you for your commentary. 2. 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). I would think that they received one on one instruction from God. 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. Hi Ed, I see familiarity here. You claim the following, which I label as CLAIM #1. 1. 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. No human can view the full reality of God and . However, that fact has very little to do with whether He walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. Regardless, my point is that Adam was familiar enough to recognized it was God. Picture this. 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 forgot about God. Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to read the post. Why dont Adam and Eve know that God is with them at all times? He put the Man he had just made in it. I dont recall what prompted it, but I do remember searching for the phrase, God walked with Adam in the cool of the day. 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." Adam and Eve were called to a radical intimacy with God, one that they forfeited through their sin, which resulted in their expulsion from Eden and . 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). 10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! But why wouldnt the Israelites use the animals for sustenance-milk,meat,skins, etc. Due to the craftiness of the serpent, sin found its way into the Garden and everything fell apart. I dont have a problem with people thinking that Adam and Eve walked with God (as I stated, they may have), but I want people to realize that the Bible doesnt say that they did. Was it God walking or was it something different? He gives instructions and warnings and they fear Him when they disobey. Regarding your logic in your blog post here, titled, Did Adam and Eve Walk with God in the Garden? Perhaps you should take a moment to read the blog post before commenting. All the details of exactly how god walked with them are so plain to see that blind Freddy can see it. The only time it mentions the voice and walking (if those are the right translations) is when Adam and Eve were hiding from God. Or perhaps just the knowledge of being disobedient & the result of knowing their nakedness is what caused him to be afraid. So I wouldnt personally address this part of Adam walking with God or not unless the message was ill. Hi Bryan, This just goes on and on and on all the way through this book about how god expects his people to walk with him please read the book of Leviticus slowly it gives all the details that genesis doesnt. Here is the verse in its entirety. You may be reaching for your Bible right now to prove me wrong. So if your standard were correct, then that same standard would itself have to be outright affirmed in the Bible. I think too often we read ideas into a passage that might be accurate, but then through the years, our interpretation of the passage is taken as a given that it must be true. Hi Robert, Just like when we will be fully glorified in the new age, we shall see God, because we shall be sinless then; Adam couldnt have hid himself from wind alone, there must be an accompanied physical presence that he knew about; When you follow the account of Genesis at that material time, its hard to think that God was just coming through the medium of wind, then why did he create man in the first place, if at all he didnt want the man to see him? I can see that cool of the day can be also be breath, spirit, or wind. You asked who they were conversing with. Of course, since God is capable of making physical appearances, but we need to be careful not to assert that the Bible directly teaches this. Hi Greg, I know its there somewhere, isnt it? Would that seem that they must have heard His voice at some other time. The sound of God that Adam heard was not the sound of God speaking, because God speaks after Adam has hidden himself, which Adam only does after he hears the sound.. The article is not imposing a narrow standard that makes no room for inference or implication. Adam and Eve's "murder" was considered by Jesus to be at the "beginning," not the end, of geologic time. IOW, IMV Where Adam FAILED, Christ Jesus PASSED, *Saying all this Tim, I truly respect your thoughts and views as a brother in Christ. I just dont get your argument. Genesis 3:8 Can you imagine what it must have been like in the garden of Eden, before sin entered the world? Simply quoting Genesis 3:8 does not disprove the point of my post since that verse never says that they walked with God. . The episode of God walking in the Garden of Eden is one of these instances. Your article keeps us on the ever-important path of faithfulness. Who is this that would kill him? Interesting post. Im sure the water God supplied was for the animals as well as the people. Of course, the eternal Son, the Word by whom the Father made all things has always been present at the Father's right hand. Genesis 3:8, NLT: When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. Can a whirlwind fulfill those processes? Seems to me there was plenty of interaction & communication between Adam (& Perhaps Eve) and God. As you supposed, God did provide water for the animals too. Lord God (Jesus) walked among Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Tim. Song of Solomon 4:6. 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. I dont recall a specific instance of this, but since the promised land was repeatedly spoken of as a land flowing with milk and honey, I take that to mean that their flocks would thrive and they would have an abundance of milk (in addition to honey and more). (Posted on October 30, 2014, http://midwestapologetics.org/blog/?p=1349). Another potential source for this idea is found in the statements made about those who did walk 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). But, despite the beauty of God's new world, there was one thing missing. Therefore, it is likely that Adam and Eve had been experiencing close fellowship with the Lord God. God goes to great lengths to explain how he wants the relationship to be. I hope this helps. Do you think that statement is a stepping stone for misleading Gods people? God created Adam and Eve to care for His creation, populate the planet, and have a relationship with Him. 1991 - 2023 Eternal Perspective MinistriesAll Rights Reserved. The Hebrew verb, halak, is translated as "walking" in this passage. the Word of God walked in Eden. Adam & Eve hid themselves from God. Thank you Michael. So again, lets not be naive to think that God didnt spend time with them! The old has . So I will get rid of the statement being discussed here. The Bible doesnt say that Cains wife was from Nod. If they dont walk with him no blessing no rain no food and punishment 7 times more. Ive heard so many people claim that the Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden (and some even add these words, in the cool of the day). In each case, they are basing their ideas on something that isnt stated in Scripture. Ed, The only mention of walking in that part of Scripture is while Adam and Eve are hiding from God in the garden. While its true they could have been over 120 years old when Cain killed Abel, they also could have been any age from very young up to 120+. 9 GOD made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. AMOS 3:3 CAN 2 WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY BE AGREED? 8 Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. The ESV accurately captures Adams response in verse 10. Yes, Im aware that the KJV translates the term as voice. 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