Difference between revisions of "Eden and Innocence"
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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. | 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 | + | *What parties are discussed in Genesis 1:28-30? |
**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. | **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. | ||
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| + | *What requirements are set forth in Genesis 1:28-30? | ||
| + | **Dominion, man is to subdue and fill the earth. | ||
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| + | *What promises are made in Genesis 1:28-30? | ||
| + | **God promises to provide food. | ||
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| + | *Are the promises in Genesis 1:28-30 conditional or unconditional? | ||
| + | **The promises made in Genesis 1:28-30 are unconditional promises. | ||
Revision as of 19:03, 14 February 2019
Contents
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 1:28-30?
- 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.
- What requirements are set forth in Genesis 1:28-30?
- Dominion, man is to subdue and fill the earth.
- What promises are made in Genesis 1:28-30?
- God promises to provide food.
- Are the promises in Genesis 1:28-30 conditional or unconditional?
- The promises made in Genesis 1:28-30 are unconditional promises.
