DIE DIE!


Genesis 2:16-17 (KJV) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 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.


Adam was given the first commandment of God.  God created a perfect garden for mankind, but it was not a walled prison.  Within it was a doorway of escape.  A forbidding, which Adam could choose of his own free will.  


Adam certainly did not understand the consequences of his choosing this path. . . None of us ever do see the paths that sin will lead us on, but God tried to warn Adam.


The passage closes with a repetition of the Hebrew word ‘mooth’ Strong's H4191, which means death.  This is a common Hebrew construct to repeat a word for emphasis.  The English translators have chosen across many translations, as ‘thou shalt SURELY die.’


. . . but, what if God was speaking literally?  What if God meant that there would be a double death involved in breaking His commandment?. . . ‘thou shalt surely DIE DIE’, for by the breaking of this commandment both physical death, and spiritual death for the first time entered the world.


A few verses later, Eve converses with the devil, and the devil contradicts what God has said:


Genesis 3:4 (KJV) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:


Again the same Hebrew construct, ‘Ye shall not DIE DIE.’  God spoke of the eternal consequences.  The devil desires to distract us from the eternal, and turn our attention to the immediate fulfillment of pleasure, and consequences.  The devil was correct, Adam and Eve would not/did not immediately physically die.  They were not struck dead when they took their bite of the forbidden fruit, but both physical and spiritual death was the consequence of their following the devil's word, rather than God.


Eve made a fundamental mistake.  She talked with the devil.  He always lays out a path that your flesh desires to follow.  He seduces your flesh with his words.  He frames his lies in ways that sound reasonable.  A lesson for us, when the devil begins speaking to you, shut your ears, and walk. . . no. . . RUN away!  



 Jesus speaking of the devil:


John 8:44 (KJV) . . .He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.


Our God speaks truth.  His word. . . His words can eternally be depended upon. The world has been misled by their father.  We must cling fast to our Father which art in Heaven. . . Hallowed by thy Name. . . 


I love You my God. . .





Dave

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