The book of Genesis tells us that the Lord appeared and fellow-shipped with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden (ch. when they heard God walking in the garden, they hid from God. Theologians have long wrestled with the very concept of being made in Gods image. And then. We read that God planted a garden and placed Adam there to tend it ( Genesis 2:8, 15 ). What does it mean for God to walk with them? It is true that they had not experienced death yet, they came pre-programmed with an ability to speak and understand things. Song of Solomon 2:17. Before the fall, Adam and Eve were without sin and immortal . (Vs. 14) Did this wind also clothe Adam and Eve with skins from an animal that had to be killed? Ed, How cool would that be! It was always my thought they in fact walked side by side as one would imagine them doing so. If you must doubt something, I think you would have to doubt that. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Adam & Eve hid themselves from God. We can speculate, contemplate, and imagine probable scenarios by referencing other relationships in the Bible, but in this day and time especially, we must be diligent and aware of the texts true contents. Hi Tim, But there is no need to make the text outright say something it does not, in fact, outright say. Adam and Eve Hide From God. To say that life was good in the Garden of Eden would be an understatement. What was their relationship? Also, when Adam and Eve were created, I dont believe they were automatically filled with knowledge as how to take care of themselves, the animals, the garden,etc As I stated in the article and numerous times in the comments section, I have no trouble believing that they walked with God, but it is unwise for Christians to claim that the Bible says they did. However, many scholars believe the best way to explain the image of God is to think of it as a verb. God then created Eve, "a helper comparable to him" (verse 18). That is, Enoch and Noah lived faithful lives. Sam. Why would anyone ask such a silly question? We "Walk With God" in Meditating upon His Word. Thank you for your post and your diligence to pursuing Biblical accuracy! Adam fell because he freely chose to disobey God, but second because he listened to his wife who had also freely chosen to disobey. That would be really cool. But again, that doesnt change my point. Hi Janice, I think it would be odd for God to first come walking in the garden with Adam and Eve only after they had sinned. 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. Therefore God was not always with them in the Garden, not as we know it anyway. It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. This is a different subject. Hi Jeff, Who is this that would kill him? God cannot look upon sin ( Habakkuk 1:13) and that's why He told Moses no one can see His face and live ( Exodus 33:20 ). But this does nothing to prove that they walked with God in the garden. You are essentially appealing to an argument from silence. And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. Your answer leaves many questions for me though Please explain the remaining context of Gen. 3 in Adams walk with God. Yes this is almost like apples and oranges because our parents are here in physical form but just trying to make a point and the Bible clearly says no one knows what God looks like except His Son . Psalm 104:3. "Until the cool of the day. I think there are two reasons why it seems best to conclude that God had walked in the garden before: 1. It also seems to assume that they were in the garden for quite a while when they almost certainly were not there for long at all. 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. One fine, perfect Edenic day Eve was out walking. Adam and Eve got to literally hang out with God all day long, face to face. So, it is not a far stretch to suppose that God and Adam might have walked together in the Garden, if not regularly, else why would God have gone to the trouble to create a garden and put man into it, if not to have a direct relationship. Lets take a teacher in a class room full of students, then have the teacher leave the room, chaos will ensue, amen? God appointed angels to guard the way back (Genesis 3:23-24). There are warnings in Scripture about adding to it. Yes, Adam and Eve were made in His image (as are all of us), but I would argue that angels are probably made in His image as well, and even the holy angels arent in ongoing (i.e. Perhaps you should take a moment to read the blog post before commenting. I have been following the comments on this article for several years, and I want to say how much I appreciate your kind and faithful answers. As you supposed, God did provide water for the animals too. You say that since Gods coming is right after Adam and Eve sin, that His reason for coming is to proclaim judgment. There were two special fruit trees in the garden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. The only possible biblical reference to walking in the Garden of Eden is found after Adam and Eve sinned. Perhaps some people may have this figurative sense in mind when they speak of our first parents walking with God. Also, its hard to know how much preprogramming Adam and Eve may have had when they were created and how much they needed to learn. 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. I love my time with Him and when Im not with Him I want to do the right thing by Him, unlike Adam and Eve! Romans 5:10-12 So it seems there would have been little or no point for God to have EVER been in their presence in the manner that this idea assumes: actually relating to them in the ordinary manner in which one human normally would relate to one or more other humans. God Arraigns Adam and Eve. Thanks for taking the time to read the article and for the comment. But thats not at all what is going on here. 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. I would assume that they drank goats milk during this time as well. I would take them apart and look inside to see how they worked. Instead, He manifested as a violent wind, perhaps not too different than how He spoke to Job out of the whirlwind (Job 38:1). Gen 3:8 - Adam walking with the Lord God in Eden. In all likelihood, it comes from a misunderstanding of or making an inference from Genesis 3:8: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day (NKJV). 2. Hi Tim. So if the strong wind idea is actually being conveyed by the Hebrew, then there is no textual basis for claiming that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden in the cool of the day. Where is the specific support for this argument found anywhere in the scriptures? Thanks for your question. Its about urging people to take a closer look at the text so that they do not make false claims about it. Psalm 29 also uses strong imagery to show how the sound of the Lord acts upon nature like a powerful storm, breaking and bending trees and stripping off their leaves (Psalm 29:59, NET). No one is perfect, but when you are walking with God your desire should be to see your own selfish desires die for the sake of seeing God transform you more and more into the image of His Son: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. the Bible states that the man (species) was driven out of the Garden of Eden. For example, the Passover lamb was to be eaten (Exodus 12:8). Personal fellowship with God is at the very heart of our purpose for being! While its within the realm of possibility that Adam and Eve were 60+ when expelled from the garden, I find it extremely unlikely. "Walked with God" is a favorite expression in Genesis, depicting the righteous conduct of Israel's heroes, including Enoch, Noah, and Abraham. 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. 18? I to am searching regarding worship in OT times and wondered about Adam walking with God. Theres no reason to think that they waited 60+ years to have children when they were already husband and wife and were created by God to fulfill the instructions He had given them, including be fruitful and multiply.. The chronology of the genealogy of the man is followed throughout the Bible. You indicate a possible strong wind; did this wind also speak to the serpent and curse it? 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. Genesis 2:19 It is definitely possible that the person in the Garden was the preincarnate Christ. No sowing or reaping for 3 years! Tim, thank you for your commentary. If I am walkin* with you I would assume you are walking with me? Adam was ashamed to stand before God as he was now a sinner who was about to face his righteous God. The impression people usually get is that Adam and Eve were in the garden for a long time, enjoying daily walks with God. But your claim is based on only such a narrow standard. Can you show me some similar articles? To use your example, it would be like if people repeatedly said, The Bible says Adam watched the stars every night while in the Garden. Even if he did do that, the Bible doesnt say that he did, and it would be worth correcting someone on that point. It says that he went to the land of Nod and then she conceived a son (Enoch). John teaches that Christ the second person of the Godhead is the Creator "All things came into being through Him, and . I would agree with much of what you wrote, and I believe Ive stated as much in the article and follow up comments. And therefore, it seems to me familiarity was brought about by regular communion/ communication/ visits from the Lord. First, we are told that God made man from the dust of the ground, and he didnt become a living being until God breathed the breath of life into him (Genesis 2:7). Far too many people run around claiming, The Bible says Adam and Eve walked with God in the garden, but as Ive pointed out, it doesnt say that. Hi Bob, Have you ever wondered exactly how the conversation between God and Adam went down in the Garden of Eden? Adam and Eve heard the voice of God walking in the cool of the day.Read the KJV plus many other versions point to the fact that they walked with the voice of God. The animals possess none of these characteristics, at least not to the same degree as man, so these seem like strong possibilities for what it means to be made in Gods image. Yet now the man and the woman are hiding from God in fear. I too have always heard that God walked with Adam & Eve in the cool of the day every day. Hi Tim. So if we can claim that they walked with God in perfect communion before sin, then we can stress how bad sin is because we dont get to do that anymore. If youve been impacted by our resources, we invite you to make a year-end gift before December 31. As I mentioned in the conclusion, God could have walked with them, but the Bible does not tell us that He did. This is something I have heard countless times, and based on the number of responses trying to justify such a view, its pretty clear that a lot of others have heard it and/or taught it. But nowhere does it mention or even implies that they "saw" God face to face. The only time we see Eve converse with God in Scripture is after she ate the fruit and hid with Adam among the trees of the garden. So when the text says that Adam heard the sound of the Lord moving in the garden, it doesnt necessarily mean that Adam knew right away that it was God making the noise. The point was to urge Christians to pay closer attention to the text of Scripture. As I mentioned in my post, I have absolutely no problem with the idea that they might have walked with God in the garden. Blessings! 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 . 21 AND IF YOU WALK CONTRARY TO ME AND NOT LISTEN TO ME THEN I WILL ring 7 times more plagues upon you 22 I will also send wild beasts among you 23 and if you will not be reformed by me by these things BUT WILL WALK CONTRARY TO ME 24 THEN I WILL WALK CONTRARY TO YOU and punish you 7 times more for your sins The point of my post was not to condemn anyone who believes that they did. why couldnt it have been Jesus walking in the garden. But even these passages do not necessarily imply that Enoch and Noah physically took walks with God. ? Then ended up here. Adam and Eve's "murder" was considered by Jesus to be at the "beginning," not the end, of geologic time. The natural reading of arithmetic is that according to arithmetic. In fact, earlier this week during a Q&A session, one of the guests asked about Adam walking with God in the garden. Your entire post is irrelevant to the discussion because you are trying to show what it means when it says that someone walked with God. I found it interesting that with all the opinions to the idea of walking with God in the comments section, not too many have thanked you for letting us know that Gods Word does not say that Adam or Eve walked with God in the Garden. Further, although the phrase could be translated as a strong wind, the text would still say that he came walking in a strong wind. 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. The Bible likens our righteousness to filthy rags. This is what most people have in mind when they speak of the Lord walking with Adam and Eve. 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? So comparing Adam and Eve to children who need to learn to talk, eat, etc. Hi Ian, Even if this translation is accurate, which is debatable, it does not say that they walked with God. That would be what we today would consider a lifetime of experiencing Gods faithfulness and guidance, only to throw it away in a single day! One good example is Leviticus 26:12 AND I WILL WALK AMONG YOU AND BE YOUR GOD. They may have walked with Him prior to the Fall, but it just doesnt say that. ILL TAKE YOUR APOLIGE NOW ,,WHERE THEY USE TO WALK WITH GOD ,THEY CHOOSE TO HIDE !! Nothing in that passage says it, and thats the main point of this post. They forgot about God. I dont find your suggestion to be plausible. Both Adam and Eve, and all humans today, were made in God's image (Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1). My main point throughout has been to direct people back to Scripture to see what it really says. But the most beautiful thing of all was that they walked with GOD. Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. All the details of exactly how god walked with them are so plain to see that blind Freddy can see it. For Adam to know that the sound he heard was the sound of God, he must have heard it before. I just want to offer a thought about Cain and Abels ages. God fashioned Eve out of Adam's rib (Genesis 2:22). 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. 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