Eden and Innocence
From 2Timothy2.org
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 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.