Edenic Covenant
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EDENIC COVENANT
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SECTION 1: TERMS OF EDENIC COVENANT
1. Replenish (Refill) The Earth
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
*. Replenish the earth (that means there were other people before Adam)
* Adam is replacing them and is to replenish the earth with humans [see Job 38:4-7]
a. Who Was Living On Earth Before Adam? Heavenly Beings (The Morning Stars & The Sons Of God) Were Living On Earth During The Laying Of The Foundations Of The Earth
Job 38:4-7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
* Way back before Adam, during the time when God laid the foundations of the earth, heavenly beings (the morning stars and the sons of God) were populating the earth
* But now in the Edenic Covenant, Adam is replacing them and is to replenish the earth with humans
* That’s why it makes sense why Satan and his demonic beings hates us so much because this was supposed to be their planet
2. Subdue The Earth (Control The Earth For Human Uses)
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
* Problem with environmentalist today talks about preserving the world (eg. don’t cut down the trees we got to save the earth. The earth is going to die etc.)
* We don’t worry about that. Why? Because of premillennialism
* Jesus Christ is going to physically return to earth (the Second coming) and set up His Kingdom
* That’s why this doctrine is important it answers a lot of wrong teachings
* This earth is not ours. It belongs to God. God knows what to do with His planet
* God knows that we got to take care of our own life and our family and loved ones so put the earth to good use.
* We don’t have to worry about saving mother earth. God knows how to take care of them. God will take care of the earth when He returns in His 1000 year earthly reign on earth
3. Have Dominion Over The Animal Creation
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
4. Eat Herbs & Fruits As Meat
Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
* some will ask why not we do this today?
* we’re going to find out later on. This is why dispensationalism is important. When there are terms of another covenant that shows why things have changed
5. Forbidden To Eat The Tree Of Knowledge Of Good & Evil Or Will Die
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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.
SECTION 2: EDENIC THEME = INNOCENCE
1. They Were At A Stage Of Innocence (No Knowledge)
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
2. They Lost Their Innocence When They Sinned. Their Eyes Were Opened And Knowledge Matured
Genesis 3:5-7 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Note:
* There are people who will argue and say that eating the fruit is a good thing as they gain more knowledge as a result
* What happens is this, one gains more knowledge but they loose their innocence
* It was better back then where they were innocent rather than getting the knowledge and they have to bear the responsibility and concequences of their sin
SECTION 3: EDENIC SALVATION = WORKS
1. Works Is Required: Don’t Eat The Fruit
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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.
2. Faith Is Not Required: Because They Could See God
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
3. Salvation Can Be Lost: Adam & Eve Ate The Fruit And They Lost Their Salvation
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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.
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
* Adam and Eve lost their salvation and they died spiritually and eventually they died physically.
Note:
* Many people teach that salvation has been the same from back then till now. That’s not true
* They were not saved by believing in the death, buriel and ressurection of Jesus Christ (His blood atonement for our sins)
* They were by obeying God’s commandment: “don’t eat the fruit”.
* Their’s is based on works setup while our’s is based on faith alone (without works) setup
SECTION 4: IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS
1. God Created Man With Body, Soul & Spirit
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
* Body = formed man of the dust of the ground,
* Spirit = breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. (Spirit means wind, breath, air)
* Soul = man became a living soul
* Adam has an uncontaminated body, soul and spirit during this time
2. Adam & Eve Ate The Fruit And Sinned And They Died
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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.
* there are a lot of people even scholars said they did not die
* the problem is these people do not understand dispensationalism.
* What was Adam created with? Its body, soul and spirit.
* His spirit died and eventually his body died anyway
* that’s why this doctrine is important. Many people find so many problems with the bible is because they don’t study the covenants and dispensationalism
3. What Happened After That? Adam’s Death Passed On To Every One Of Us
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
* All throughout these generations. We carry his death
* Adam ate the fruit and something died
4. Adam’s Sin Caused Death & Sin To Passed To Us
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
* God said if they eat the tree, they will die.
* Did they die? Yes. They did die and it carried on to all of us
5. What Died? Its A Spiritual Death: Adam’s Spirit Died And All Of Us Are Born With A Dead Spirit
a. This Verse Shows That We Were Dead And We Had To Be Quicken (Made Alive) By God
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
* quicken = made alive
b. We Were Once Dead And Now Made Alive Because Of The Spirit. We Now Have The Newness Of Spirit
Romans 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
* oldness of the letter refers to our dead state
c. Because Of Adam, We All Die. In Christ, We Shall All Be Made Alive
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
* When Adam sinned, his spirit was dead, but now because of what Jesus did, we are now made alive. Our spirit is now alive
6. What Else Died? Its Also A Physical Death: God Told Them That They Will Die Physically
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
* eventually they did die physically
Note:
* Because man's spirit was dead, God's spiritual dealings are very rare and we will hardly find anything about God's spiritual dealings in the entire old testament. Its all physical
* Why? Because man’s spirit is dead and God can’t spiritually deal with them.
* Because of this, God did mostly physical dealings in the old testament
* This study is important because it already answers so many confusion already and it lays the foundation on how to understand the bible more clearly and helps us to answer a lot of wrong teachings
* Salvation is not the same from the beginning to the end