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        -    e-Ministries     -   
      
        -   by Jon Justvig    -   
      
        -  November 23, 2010  -   
      
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        Issue #: 4   
      
      
      
        After God had created the heavens and the Earth, man and all the   
      
        animals.  A river was formed to water the garden of Eden where Adam   
      
        and Eve were created.  Flowing from the garden were four seperate   
      
        rivers; Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and Euphrates.  These rivers were   
      
        clear as crystal, beautiful at the very site.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:10  And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;   
      
                        and from thence it was parted, and became into four   
      
                        heads.   
      
       
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:11  The name of the first is Pison: that is it which   
      
                        compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there   
      
                        is gold;   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:12  And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium   
      
                        and the onyx stone.   
      
       
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:13  And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same   
      
                        is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:14  And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is   
      
                        it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the   
      
                        fourth river is Euphrates.   
      
      
      
        Now we have a wonderful garden and man was put in thereof to take   
      
        care of and nourish it.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:15  And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the   
      
                        garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.   
      
      
      
        God is now about to warn man not to eat of the tree of good and   
      
        evil, although he may eat of any of other tree.  Because we have   
      
        free will we to choose the right things to do.  How easy it is we   
      
        want to do the things we're not suppose to do and not do the things   
      
        we are suppose to.     
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:16  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every   
      
                        tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:    
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:17  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,   
      
                        thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou   
      
                        eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.   
      
      
      
        Here we see that this man, named Adam will not be alone but will   
      
        have a mate to keep him company.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:18  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man   
      
                        should be alone; I will make him an help meet for   
      
                        him.   
      
       
      
        At this time, Adam was the ruler of the earth where he named every   
      
        animal, bird and everything the creepth the earth.  He had dominion   
      
        over the whole Earth.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:19  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every   
      
                        beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and   
      
                        brought them unto Adam to see what he would call   
      
                        them: and whatsoever Adam called every living   
      
                        creature, that was the name thereof.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:20  And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl   
      
                        of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for   
      
                        Adam there was not found an help meet for him.    
      
      
      
        At last, Adam will not be alone.  God will cause him to sleep so   
      
        there will be no pain and from the dust of the ground and the rib   
      
        from his body, God will create his mate.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:21  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon   
      
                        Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs,   
      
                        and closed up the flesh instead thereof;    
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:22  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man,   
      
                        made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.   
      
      
      
        Happy was Adam to have as Eve as a companion so he will not be   
      
        alone; a perfect match for Adam.  Remember, we are as people are   
      
        members of the body of God.  We are made in His image; both man   
      
        and woman alike.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:23  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and   
      
                        flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman,   
      
                        because she was taken out of Man.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his   
      
                        mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they   
      
                        shall be one flesh.   
      
      
      
        The purity of man and woman of how it should be in a perfect   
      
        harmonious world.   
      
      
      
        [KJV] Gen 2:25  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and   
      
                        were not ashamed.   
      
      
      
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