Welcome back! Today we
are going to talk about Genesis 2. Did you read it? Did you read the first
chapter? If not, go do it! Come on, you know you want to. I think it would be
best if you read it before you read my summary/opinion. That way you are not influenced
by my opinions. Let's get this party started!
Genesis 2
We start with the ending
of the creation of things. The seventh day, which God blessed and made holy.
And He said to rest! Now, here is something I would like for people to think
about. We go to church on Sunday because it is supposedly the day of rest, the
holy day. But, think about it, we start our weeks on Sunday. On the calendars
Sunday is the first day of the week. Saturday is the last day, the seventh day
of the week. So, shouldn't Saturday be the day of rest and church? I just
thought it was something fun to consider.
By verse 4 we meet Adam.
God puts Adam in the Garden of Eden to take care of it. He also told Adam that
he can have anything that is there, EXCEPT he cannot eat from the tree of
knowledge of good and evil. God tells Adam that he will die if he does! Talk
about intense! But really I think all God meant by that is Adams innocence
would die because this tree would give him knowledge of good and evil.
Then in verse 18 God
decides that Adam needs a helper. He says that it is not good for a man to be
alone.
In search for a helper
God brings all the animals to Adam for him to name. (How much fun would it be
to name all the animals!?) But God was not happy with anything he had already
made; well, in the sense that they were not a suitable helper for Adam. So God
put Adam to sleep, took one of his ribs and made a woman.
Verse 14 says "That
is why a man leaves his father and is united to his wife, and they become one
flesh." Because women are a part of man and together they are whole! (My
opinion!) I have to admit, that JUST came to me. lol Now Adam's wife is just
called woman until chapter 3 of Genesis. But we all know her name is
Eve...unless you didn't know, in that case, sorry for the spoiler!
There are other things
that are important in Genesis 2. Like, Adam was made from the dust of the
ground and God breathed life into him. And of course the rivers of Eden. I
think if God took the time to name these rivers we should take the time to
remember them.
There were 4 rivers (it
actually said headwaters.) I will put them in a nice list for you!
1. Pishon- Goes through
the land of Havilah, which is the land of gold. Who doesn't love gold?
2. Gihon- Goes through
the land of Cush.
3. Tigris- Runs along
the east side of Ashur. This is my favorite because of the awesome name!
4. Euphrates- That is
all that is said of this river. Feel free to let me know if more is said about
it later! (That is if you know already)
And that is Chapter 2 of
Genesis. Go read it for yourself! And read Genesis 3 to be prepared for
tomorrow!
