Genesis 2

Recapitulation Great principle of revelation First occurrence in Gen 2 Law of recuuence or recapitulation Elucidate & enlarge on statement

Genesis 2 Recapitulation Deuteronomy recaps Exodus Deuteronomy = 2 nd Law Not just repetition of the Law Also interprets the Law

Genesis 2 Recapitulation Four Gospels in NT Not just carbon copies Each supports & supplements

Genesis 2 Day Seven: Sabbath Gen 2:1-2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Genesis 2 Day Seven: Sabbath Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Sabbath Rest What does it mean that God rested from His work? Genesis 2

Sabbath Rest He ceased. He stopped. Everything was done. Everything was good.

Sabbath Rest Heb 4:9-10 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Genesis 2

Jesus Paid It All Jesus Paid It All. All to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. Genesis 2

Recap Days 1-5 Gen 2:4-6 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created. Genesis 2

Recap Days 1-5 Gen 2:4-6 When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens-and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, Genesis 2

Recap Days 1-5 Gen 2:4-6 for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground- Genesis 2

Day Six: Man Gen 2:7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Genesis 2

Days : Earth was prepared for man 6: Man is created Genesis 2

Day Six: Mankind Limited in what God has told us chemical elements Physical part taken from ground dust Soul and spirit breathed into being Capacity to know God Genesis 2

Evolution Cannot Explain Human speech Human conscience Human individuality Genesis 2

Garden of Eden Gen 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. Genesis 2

Where Is Eden? Probably Tigris – Euphrates valley Fertile Crescent, still fertile today Wheat grew by itself then No need to plant seed Genesis 2

Two Trees Gen 2:9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground— trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2 Two Trees Unusual trees Tree of Life Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil Apparently removed from the scene today

Genesis 2 Two Trees And Others Beautiful Functional Practical Fruitful

Genesis 2 Rivers Gen 2:10-14 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2 Rivers Gen 2:10-14 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.

Genesis 2 Rivers Gen 2:10-14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2 Rivers Pishon: unknown Gihon: now called Nile Tigris: in Iraq Euphrates: also in Iraq

Man Placed in Eden Gen 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Genesis 2

Work Thoroughly enjoyable before the fall Not toilsome at all It will be this way in heaven Forces of nature at man's beck & call Genesis 2

Condition Placed on Man Gen 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." Genesis 2

Free Will & Responsibility Man has free will Along with it comes responsibility Test to see if man will obey God Genesis 2

Free Choice God gave man free will, free choice With this comes moral responsibility Genesis 2

Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil Was it poison? Or best fruit in the garden? Genesis 2

Consequence Sin always has consequences Spiritual Death Separation from God Loss of freedom Descent into bondage Genesis 2

God Saw a Need Gen 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Genesis 2

God Saw a Need Put man alone in garden for a time Showed man his need Need for Genesis 2

Back to Work! Gen 2:19-20 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; Genesis 2

Back to Work! Gen 2:19-20 and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. Genesis 2

There's That Need Again! Gen 2:20b But for Adam no suitable helper was found. Genesis 2

Man and Woman Man is half a man until married Someone to help him With whom to enjoy life together To seek God together Woman is the answer to the man Genesis 2

References J. Vernon McGee Commentary