God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. We read that God planted a garden and placed Adam there to tend it ( Genesis 2:8, 15 ). Was it God walking or was it something different? Could Adam and Eve have actually taken walks with God in the Garden? Say, for example, that they werent expelled from the Garden until they were 60+ or 70+ (or older). For Adam to know that the sound he heard was the sound of God, he must have heard it before. 8 In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. Thanks for taking the time to read and leave a comment. Because we are made in Gods image, we are called to image God. Thank you for reaffirming to me that we can say anything about God and find some reason for or against our reasoning, and that is why we have to be very careful to know what Gods Word says! The problem with this claim is that youll never find a Bible verse that teaches it. How beautifully expressive are these words of the familiar and condescending manner in which He had hitherto held intercourse with the first pair. At the same time, Adam understood what God meant when He spoke to him, so there clearly was some preprogramming that occurred when God created him. The NRSV's rendering makes the time more explicit, "at the time of the evening breeze" (also REB). In order to answer the question of why God created Adam and Eve naked we first need to look as some Scriptures which show that the Bible uses clothing is a symbol of our character. The only possible biblical reference to walking in the Garden of Eden is found after Adam and Eve sinned. And then. Tim> However, that fact has very little to do with whether He walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. Beyond that, the Bible does not tell us about any communication between our first parents and God until after the fall. Like I mentioned before, I dont have a problem with the idea that they may have walked with God in the garden. I dont believe I said anywhere in the post or in the comments that the coats of skin were made from animals, although I certainly believe this is easily the most logical conclusion. Ok, we have God as a highly elevated being that perhaps didnt want to spend timewith all of this. Lastly, as scripture verifies scripture, we see the second Adam, known as Jesus Christ in regular and perpetual contact with the same God and Father. I think you misunderstand what was meant by the possibility of God coming in the wind. From this view, Adam and Eve were with God in the Garden for a whileand they had the privilege of regularly hanging out with Him. The only time it mentions the voice and walking (if those are the right translations) is when Adam and Eve were hiding from God. These factors make Adam, and subsequently Eve who was taken out of the man Adam, uniquely designed to perceive the presence of God, and descern His will. And to the hill of frankincense. The complete bible account of the story of Adam and Eve can be found in Genesis 1:26 to Genesis 5:5. In other words, he wasn't Jesus of Nazareth walking . After all, how old did they have to be to be a keeper of sheep and a tiller of the land? 15? Thanks for taking the time to comment. The parts of the claim that are not in quotes are my reasonable inferences of your intent, given what you do *say verbatim*. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. They turned to their own ways, sinful ways. Your desire to keep us focused on what the Word actually says is to be commended. This is why Christians generally believe that all human life is precious. I dont know if I will recieve a responce or not, but it does not say that God made them skins from animals. So if the strong wind idea is actually being conveyed by the Hebrew, then there is no textual basis for claiming that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden in the cool of the day. The idea that one could walk with God, after all, had been a possible reality only once before, in Genesis 3:8, where Adam and Eve hear "the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden." Adam and Eve were called to a radical intimacy with God, one that they forfeited through their sin, which resulted in their expulsion from Eden and . The impression given is one of God being there in an embodied form, performing surgery on the man, building Eve and then walking her to Adam. Psalm 104:3. Sin Of Walking. To spend time with Him. When God gave commandments to Adam and Eve, he also granted them the ability to intelligently decide whether to keep that covenant from God, or choose to disobey God. Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. Of course, since God is capable of making physical appearances. But there is no need to make the text outright say something it does not, in fact, outright say. Hi Sam, God appointed angels to guard the way back (Genesis 3:23-24). I am not disagreeing and saying that Gods reason for coming was not to proclaim judgment, I am disagreeing by saying that we can not say for sure what Gods reason was for coming, Scripture doesnt clarify. Adam doesnt need to know instantly that it is God moving about, but once God speaks to Him (whether out of a whirlwind or appearing in human form or any other form) then Adam recognizes who is addressing Him. Theres no definitive proof, but the passages implication seems clear to me. It means closeness, intimacy, communion. Thank you for helpful writing. The term used to explain this and other episodes is anthropomorphism (human-forms). Its sort of like saying, The Bible never says Jesus wasnt married, so He might have been. Its true that Scripture never states this plainly, but there are certain inferences people make from some verses in an effort to support such an idea. When the Lord made him on the sixth day, He commanded him not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. So there minds were NOT YET CORRUPTED until God ALLOWED there FREE WILL to be tested, just as the Father through the Holy Spirit ALLOWED Christ Jesus to be tested in the wilderness. God appeared and revealed Himself in many different ways throughout the Old Testament. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 00:00. The idea of God openly talking and physically walking with Adam and Eve is that God is interested in humans and want to develop a close friendship with them. I think too often we read ideas into a passage that might be accurate, but then through the years, our interpretation of the passage is taken as a given that it must be true. In God's sight they are like filthy rags. This is stated in the incident where Moses disobeyed by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1011). . god wanted to walk (live) with them in an ongoing and fruitful relationship and the whole book of Leviticus shows them how to correctly walk with god. I have a problem with telling people that the Bible says they did this. Yes, Jesus is God and was in the beginning with God, but the part about the Word becoming flesh and dwelling among us (John 1:14) is a reference to the Incarnation that began when He was conceived in Marys womb. After all, they had not experienced or seen death as of yet. He never showed him self He when He was showing himself to Moses and the others He revealed himself to in some other form. Then it says that Adam & Eve hid themselves from God's presence and then they confessed that they "heard" His voice and hid themselves from His voice. He was their friend. And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. But its entirely different to claim that the Bible teaches or implies that they did when there just arent any statements in the text that teach or imply that position. The point of my post was not to condemn anyone who believes that they did. If this is how the phrase should be translated, then God was not simply walking through the Garden. Much of the talk of the Adam & Eve story revolves around how they ate the . God told them, "You may eat fruit from any tree, except one. If strong wind is a better translation, then it would not be saying that God was walking in the garden, but instated that He was moving in the garden. I can see that they heard either a sound or a voice. He was there, He is everywhere and He was always with them. The texts of Genesis 1-3 outright tell us ONLY what is necessary for our understanding of the events from Creation to the Fall, not of side issues that mean nothing for a proper interpretation of these texts. Thanks for reading and taking the time to share your thoughts. I have read the account of Creation, Adam and Eve, and the Fall so many times in my lifetime, but I just recently realized that the Bible doesnt say that Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden. No human can view the full reality of God and . They were placed in the Garden of Eden and given everything they needed: food, work, companionship, and fellowship with God as they walked with him in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8). So is this one (post-Fall) verse sufficient to establish that God was in the habit of visiting with Adam and Eve in the Garden? The chronology of the genealogy of the man is followed throughout the Bible. All of the things you mentioned are plausible, but they do not build a watertight argument. In spite of being familiar with scripture, I never noticed that it doesnt exactly say this. . may I use your illustration in a short story that I will submit for publication on a non-commercial website (perhaps only my own personal website, if I cannot find acceptance at a more widely viewed site)? What if they were some sort of Spiritual Being as God and his Son were at the time. ~~~~~ There are other passages in Scripture about those who did walk with God. And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. That is exactly how his walking with Adam and Eve in the Garden is depicted. Nothing in that passage says it, and thats the main point of this post. It doesn't say they viewed God with their eyes. When I was young I remember the most favorites of things I would get for Christmas. God fashioned Eve out of Adam's rib (Genesis 2:22). Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Some people have inferred from this statement that they must have known what it sounded like to hear God walk in the Garden so they must have walked with Him before. September 13, 2019. Dear Tim Chaffey, my nephew and I have read and discussed these verses endlessly. So Adam hears a sound, which he knows is the sound of God. Genesis 2:8 (NKJV). What does it even mean? In all likelihood, it comes from a misunderstanding of or making an inference from Genesis 3:8: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day (NKJV). Hi Warren, Would that seem that they must have heard His voice at some other time. Hi Jeff, So what if he didnt say the words in genesis one would think you would be wise enough to figure it out its not hard. Adam and Eve were happy and satisfied in the beautiful garden. So if they were in the garden for a month, how many times (if ever) did they walk with God? I would be with this item all day and be close to me at nite. Whats different, and merits the commentary, is not that God has for the first time come to walk in the Garden, but that for the first time his walking in the Garden is responded to in fear and hiding, due to sin. It is not an issue of molester in the same room with a kid. The first words recorded from Eve are from her encounter with the serpent. why couldnt it have been Jesus walking in the garden. Another potential source for this idea is found in the statements made about those who did walk with God. If so, that means Cain and Abel could have been over 120 years old when Cain killed Abel. Adam and Eve said, 'Lord, when we were in the garden, You walked with us every day. God sent Adam and Eve out of the garden where grew the tree of life. But why wouldnt the Israelites use the animals for sustenance-milk,meat,skins, etc. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.". The Hebrew verb, halak, is translated as "walking" in this passage. AMOS 3:3 CAN 2 WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY BE AGREED? Hi Ian, However, many scholars believe the best way to explain the image of God is to think of it as a verb. One has still Yes, Adam and Eve were sinless, but this doesnt mean that Gods physical presence needed to be right where they were. God bless you. Gen 18 - Abraham's discussion and bargaining with the LORD (YHWH) Ex 3 - Moses at the burning bush. But even if that happens to be the right way to look at it, then it may still be correct to view this as a theophany. But what does it really matter, what appears to have happened here (according to some of the responses) is that golden calves have been kicked over and religion has taken a bump on the shins. I even pointed out that when the Bible speaks of Enoch and Noah walking with God it should be understood in the figurative sense of them living godly lives (as opposed to taking physical strolls with Him). The old has . Now at that time there was an evil spirit called Satan. Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, surrounded by fruit trees and beautiful things. One of my Bible study ladies commented about the command to not eat of the fruit lest they die as possibly being a mystery to Adam and his wife. constant) communication with God (e.g., the angel in Daniel 10:13 who was withstood by the prince of Persian for 21 days until Michael came to help him). It seems so trivial. Genesis 3:8 ? (Meditating upon God's Word makes it a consistent part of our daily . Genesis 2:19 This month we will look at Bible texts from Genesis to Revelation to reflect on what it means to walk with God. Your email address will not be published. Furthermore, nothing in John 1 states that Jesus walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. I completely agree that Adam and Eve had the freedom to obey or disobey regarding the forbidden fruit, but that doesnt really have anything to do with my point in this post. Hi Tim. thank you so much. He could have spoken out of a whirlwind to them and banished them from the Garden in that form. I plan to search through it much more. Noah walked with God Genesis 6:9. Adam's spiritual life, through fellowship with God, depended on Adam's respect for God's laws. Not all of the time of course, how else would they have rebelled against Him. And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden Genesis 3:8. But thats not at all what is going on here. Genesis 3:8 Can you imagine what it must have been like in the garden of Eden, before sin entered the world? Thank you and God bless you! When He asked them why they hid they answered Him. The same two words are translated elsewhere . I appreciate your effort Tim, thank you. God communicated many things to Adam. I think that would be fantastic. 3. I do however give a lot of thought when people preach/teach as truth that which is not written but surmised by man/woman to have taken place. But thats not at all what is going on here. 10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Your entire post is irrelevant to the discussion because you are trying to show what it means when it says that someone walked with God. To use your example, it would be like if people repeatedly said, The Bible says Adam watched the stars every night while in the Garden. Even if he did do that, the Bible doesnt say that he did, and it would be worth correcting someone on that point. Then brought Eve to him. And it was a good animal and God was pleased. Since they were both born in Genesis 4 (after the expulsion from the Garden), they didnt necessarily have to be 120+ by the year Seth was born. Adam and Eve's Separation from God . I suppose so, but seems illogical, Hi Daniel, 2. 21 AND IF YOU WALK CONTRARY TO ME AND NOT LISTEN TO ME THEN I WILL ring 7 times more plagues upon you 22 I will also send wild beasts among you 23 and if you will not be reformed by me by these things BUT WILL WALK CONTRARY TO ME 24 THEN I WILL WALK CONTRARY TO YOU and punish you 7 times more for your sins Weve arrived at a very similar conclusion very recently that Adam and his wife or help-meat very possibly disobeyed their creators command not to eat of the fruit of tree in the midst of the garden the first day they were placed there. Your email address will not be published. Thanks for the comment and for taking the time to read the post. Interesting post. I dont recall a specific instance of this, but since the promised land was repeatedly spoken of as a land flowing with milk and honey, I take that to mean that their flocks would thrive and they would have an abundance of milk (in addition to honey and more). God cannot look upon sin ( Habakkuk 1:13) and that's why He told Moses no one can see His face and live ( Exodus 33:20 ). My main point throughout has been to direct people back to Scripture to see what it really says. Many people assume that this one verse is symbolic, as . As I mentioned in the conclusion of the article, it is certainly possible that the Lord walked with Adam and Eve, and if He did, then it may well have been the preincarnate Christ who walked with them. Adam and Eve and God literally walking next to each other in perfect harmony. The phrase "walked with God" first appears in the Bible in Genesis 5:22 and refers to Enoch after He was "raptured" but I understand what you're asking. I am searching for ideas about the absence of God in the Garden. God's presence is also noted by . Instead of adding our own ideas to Scripture and stating them dogmatically and demanding apologies from anyone who disagrees, perhaps we should learn to deal carefully with the word of God. They probably werent in the garden for very long at allperhaps just a few days to a few weeks. 8 Then GOD planted a garden in Eden, in the east. Its beautiful imagery but youre right, the bible doesnt say this. He claims that seeing Him is seeing the Father.. then I see no problem with Jesus being the physical manifestation of God walking in . I believe when the Bible states they heard the Lord in the cool of the day I think its a spiritual voice. He created a vast array of angels prior to the creation of man, so theres no guarantee that God spent a bunch of time with Adam and Eve. Im not making an accusation here, but I do want to help people avoid making this mistake. I clarified my statement about strong wind being a better translation to point out that there are scholars who make this claim, like J.J. Niehaus. He is eternally begotten of the Father, one with the Father, in essence, but he had not yet become flesh. Is it that they are referred to as sons of God? holy ones? Thats not exactly a clear cut and dry case, beyond dispute, based on those sparse details. But at least enough time passed to provide people who lived in Nod and a wife for Cain. In a similar way, we are told in the New Testament to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16). Thanks for your thoughts. who knows perhaps it was. 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. So there is no need to appeal to some sort of walk in the garden for them to know Gods voice. It was the sound of God that Adam heard. We do see God speaking to both of them in Genesis 1:2830 when He blessed them and told them to be fruitful and multiply and told them to eat vegetation. I would argue that angels are probably made in His image as well,. Verse Concepts. never seen what GOD actually looks like. Could Adam and Eve have actually taken walks with God in the Garden? They forgot about God. But your claim is based on only such a narrow standard. In this environment, Adam and Eve had safety, abundant food, meaningful work and fellowship with God. My post is not arguing against the idea that Adam and Eve had some sort of relationship with the Lord prior to the Fall. He may have seen the trees and the garden as God spoke those words, but he probably hadnt eaten yet. Abel may have had plenty of kids who would want revenge against their Uncle Cain for killing their father. The Man came alivea living soul! Of course, the eternal Son, the Word by whom the Father made all things has always been present at the Father's right hand. Again, nothing in Scripture tells us that they walked with God or carried on a conversation with Him. This would have been after God made Eve and Adam awoke and uttered the words in Genesis 2:23. IMV they were walking in the IMAGE for which God created them with the FREE WILL to CHOOSE. Regarding your logic in your blog post here, titled, Did Adam and Eve Walk with God in the Garden? God formed Adam from the dust and breathed His own life into the man (Genesis 2:7). But that is not what it says, so Im trying to help people avoid teaching false ideas about Scripture. But then you had already stated this was possible. No, I mean that God must have spent time with them in order to teach them, how else would they learn to talk, to till the land, to eat, to basically live their lives in a way that was pleasing to Him! well, they say that Jesuss life was that of God or perhaps he was God. Sam. When God asked them how they knew they were naked, and asked them if they had eaten from the tree they were not to. #1. Adam & Eve hid themselves from God. 6398. Although I agree, you simply cannot prove this one way or another, however I believe the scripture gives us enough evidence to assume with confadence, that Jesus did take a physical form and did actually, literally walk through the garden. No one is perfect, but when you are walking with God your desire should be to see your own selfish desires die for the sake of seeing God transform you more and more into the image of His Son: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. So if this is accurate, then what Adam heard was the sound of the Lord moving in the garden, as indicated in the same translations mentioned above. However, God could have manifested himself as a human being, but this would not be the glorious spirit being that he actually is. The same (principle) applies to the natural reading of anything: that according to the thing itself. I looked in Genesis, Psalms and even searched for New Testament references. The only time we see Eve converse with God in Scripture is after she ate the fruit and hid with Adam among the trees of the garden. If youre interested, heres the link: https://answersingenesis.org/jesus-christ/incarnation/theophanies-in-the-old-testament/ Thanks for taking the time to read the article and for the comment. If we were to narrowly abide only what the text OUTRIGHT affirms of given things, then this inference would be patently erroneous or, at least, unreasonable. Daniel, Haha very eye opening. If God was in spirit form hiding would make no sense, how can you hide from someone you cant see? When he made Eve, he took a rib, closed up Adams side with flesh and then he brought the woman to Adam. If He did or didnt is still and can always be up for discussion , its a gut instinct in me that says no but at the end of the day Im just glad Im saved and can sort it out when I get to Heaven! First, we are told that God made man from the dust of the ground, and he didnt become a living being until God breathed the breath of life into him (Genesis 2:7). So it seems as if Abel had just recently passed away. Hi Tom, Here are 6 things that you need to know, insights that will help you in your life today, in helping to refine the way you view God. Im not saying this is true, Im just pointing out that scripture does not say skins of animals or that God killed animals to clothe them. The only mention of walking in that part of Scripture is while Adam and Eve are hiding from God in the garden. I think for me it comes from the song In the Garden, it is a peaceful way to think God is walking with us. Hebrews 13:8 God is the same yesterday, and to day and forever more. You havent dealt with this in your explanation. Bible Answer: They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. John teaches that Christ the second person of the Godhead is the Creator "All things came into being through Him, and . Or maybe they read Gods mind. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. That God would withhold his presence before they sinned, but then come down among them only after they sinned, seems counter to the biblical teaching of God drawing near to the righteous and drawing back from the unrighteous. Why? Dont you think that Adam and Eve being new and first created that God would have been extremely close to them ? We know that the Israelites did eat some of their animals during the year. Your answer leaves many questions for me though Please explain the remaining context of Gen. 3 in Adams walk with God. And I completely agree that where Adam failed, Christ prevailed. It bothered me for the day into right now where I went on the internet to find something credible and I landed here. God bless you. This is a different subject. The Tree of Life was in the Garden was it not? Well, in Genesis 2, Adam names the animals, and the only words quoted from him in Gen. 2 have to do with what he said when he met Eve: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh (Genesis 2:23). Thanks for the kind response. IOW, IMV Where Adam FAILED, Christ Jesus PASSED, *Saying all this Tim, I truly respect your thoughts and views as a brother in Christ. He gives them clothes in Verse 21 because the evil deed, of eating from . But there is so much more to the story. Im glad to know that what you are able to recognize what I hope to accomplish whenever I respond to people. I think this point has to be acknowledged regardless of whether you think the sound is God walking in the cool of day or God manifesting himself in a strong wind. What does it mean for God to walk with them? In the later OT the Temple was the place of God's special presence where he made himself known and felt to Israel. 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