Sabbath as Eden

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (KJV)

Took the man, put him into the garden, to dress it, to keep it. Notice that God created Adam outside the garden. He took the man from somewhere not great, and placed the man in a special place with instructions to “dress” the garden (care for it) and to “keep” the garden (guard it).

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Mankind is Secondary

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (KJV)

Dress – Did you know this is just a repeat of  verse 8? In between these two very same verses, there’s a detour about geography. He names a few rivers and gives their direction of flow. Why? Continue reading “Mankind is Secondary”