Difference between revisions of "Eden and Innocence"

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The Bible contains a significant number of covenants.  So how do we view this covenants from a dispensational perspective.
 
The Bible contains a significant number of covenants.  So how do we view this covenants from a dispensational perspective.
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==Eden==
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We are not going to take a stance on whether or not there is an Edenic Covenant or whether there is something like a covenant, say a pseudo-covenant in the garden of Eden.  Instead, let's look at ways in which this looks like a covenant and how that impacts us.
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*What parties are discussed in Genesis 2:28-30?
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**God and humanity.  Adam is representative of the whole human race.  How do we know? Because Eve is also responsible for the conditions although she is not explicitly mentioned.

Revision as of 17:25, 14 February 2019

Objectives

  • Students will interpret the Edenic covenant through the perspective of dispensationalism.

Opening

Main Body

The Bible contains a significant number of covenants. So how do we view this covenants from a dispensational perspective.

Eden

We are not going to take a stance on whether or not there is an Edenic Covenant or whether there is something like a covenant, say a pseudo-covenant in the garden of Eden. Instead, let's look at ways in which this looks like a covenant and how that impacts us.

  • What parties are discussed in Genesis 2:28-30?
    • God and humanity. Adam is representative of the whole human race. How do we know? Because Eve is also responsible for the conditions although she is not explicitly mentioned.