Newton's Third Law And The Creation Account In Gen

1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4: And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5: And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6: And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7: And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8: And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10: And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11: And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12: And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13: And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17: And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18: And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19: And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20: And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21: And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23: And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24: And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25: And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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.
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.
30: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

It is only recently that we (Humanity in general) are just discovering how scientifically accurate the Bible is. Only recently too, scientists, especially Physicists just discovered the concepts of Dark Energy and Dark Matter. This is matter in the Universe that seems to be there, but is hardly visible. We have said in the last essay (The Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil), that God does not want good to mix with evil in the same “fruit,” or should I say, that we should have the knowledge of good and evil mixed together in the same “fruit.”

So the very first “Day,” in the Creation of God, God separated the light from the darkness. On the fourth day of Creation, God created the two lights (described by the word of God as great), to divide the day from the night (Genesis 1 :14).

The Hebrew word for light in this first verse of Genesis chapter one is slightly different from the word for light for these two great lights. The word for these two great lights, starts rather with the Hebrew letter Mem. I do not know how to explain the way the letter Mem works in practice, but let me use an example. Take for example that you dig for water and that is represented by an Hebrew word. With the addition of the letter Mem to this word that represents the action of digging water, the letter Mem would change the word to the actual place where water is is dug, that is a verb or even a noun, now being represented by its “actual place.”

So the two great lights are such that they are the places where light is, such that they are dividing between the original light and the original darkness. And you can look at the Sun and the stars as concentrations of radiation, actually. That is, they are the doors, If I might call them that, between light and darkness. So to pass from Matter to Dark Matter you better just fly straight through the Sun. I hope you will not be thoroughly burnt however, while doing so. That was just a joke. Actually, the lights in the Universe divide between Matter and Dark Matter. Perhaps when we have the knowledge of Matter and Dark Matter together as it were in the "same soup ("fruit"), the Human race would die, and would only be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ who died four sins and our justification.

GENESIS CHAPTER 2.

1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4: These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6: But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
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.
8: And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9: And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10: And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11: The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12: And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13: And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
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.
15: And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
22: And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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.
24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25: And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

It is instructive to note in this passage that the Bible says the Tree of life was in the midst of the Garden. I want to look at it this way, were we to represent the garden of Eden by a house, the Tree of life would be in the Parlour, for that is where all, or everybody who comes to our house would be entertained, and which is "open to all." Though, I do not think the Bible also says here that the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil was also in the "midst" of the garden, being linked directly with the Tree of life in Genesis 2:9, it surely has something to do with the "midst" of the garden. The Tree of life and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil are directly linked.

You can see that God said in Genesis 3; 22-23,

22: And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So you can see having reached forth to the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, it was easily very simple, if I can put it that way for Adam (the Bible did not say Eve), to have reached and taken from the Tree of life. However, so they would never do this in their sinful state, God had to drive them out of their "Eden."

Now what can we infer from the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil from these verses, or what is the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil? From these verses, it is that thing that makes us wise, is pleasant to the eyes, and much desirable for food. It is only wisdom that is in the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil that is not in included in the Tree of life. Wisdom, apart from God,our wisdom. I n the Book of I John, we see perhaps the same things again, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. So the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil could be summarized this way - Pride and Lust. Also, it is taken by departing from God and going our way, after listening to the serpent, here symbolic of the Devil and the Satan. So could we say the Tree of life and the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil are one and the same, only the Tree of life is that part in which we follow God, and the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil is that part of it where we follow Satan and our lusts and pride.

Let us look at it this way. Sex is good and God has ordained it for marriage, between two partners, male and Female, the marriage bed being undefiled. So we can term sex here "the Tree of life." I am not saying sex is the "Tree of life," I am just using it as an example here, but actually sex is a tree of life, because it gives birth to life. This same sex is evil outside the context of marriage and could (would) actually lead to one's death spiritually. The Bible says the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil, not the Tree of the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil. So, in this thing which we would think is good for us, it also contains much evil along with the good. For example God might say marry this girl, but someone would say, Oh, I prefer that finer girl. You think she is good, but after some time you would find she contains much evil ALSO.This is knowledge ! This is the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil.God created good and has allowed evil, he allowed evil or perhaps even created evil. So evil might be good also when we look at it from another perspective. But God does not want good ever to be mixed with evil. God created good and has allowed evil, he allowed evil or perhaps even created evil. So evil might be good also when we look at it from another perspective. But God does not want good ever to be mixed with evil or should I say he does not want us to have the knowledge of good mixed with evil at the same, that is good and evil mixed together in a "fruit.". They should be forever separate just as he separated light from darkness the first day, the very first action God did, we are told in Genesis, apart from Him speaking. The word of God separates good from evil. They should be forever separate just as he separated light from darkness the first day, the very first action God did, we are told in Genesis, apart from Him speaking.So though sex is good in itself, perhaps that girl you slept with is the one that has brought you into this problem, or perhaps the guy. You being good and the other being bad. You can see why God also destroyed the Earth in those days when the Sons of God went to the daughters of men in the days of Noah. Children of God with the children of the devil. The two can just not mix.

The word of God separates good from evil. So though good is good in itself and evil is also good in itself, when they are together, mixed, this is very terrible, a very terrible situation that leads to death.

The word of God is the Tree of life. Jesus Christ, the WORD OF GOD, actually came in the flesh, so that we might have life and actually return to God and our Eden again.

ISAIAH 53,

1: Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2: For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8: He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9: And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10: Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11: He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12: Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Verse 5 of the passage says ‘But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE WAS UPON HIM; and with HIS STRIPES we were healed.

The word stripes in the Hebrew is the word Habburah or Haburah, stripe, blow, stroke. Habber, another Hebrew word means associate, partner. Hobereth means things that joins or is joined, only of the curtain pieces of the tabernacle, as joined together. Hebron, the name of a city in Isreal In the Bible means association or league. Hebereth in the Hebrew is a word for a wife in the Bible, Malachi 2:14.

Heber, means company, association, society, house of association as the case shared with a contentions woman (house in common) in proverbs 21:9

The Bible says by his stripes, we were healed. The blow of Jesus to the enemy destroys all our sicknesses and diseases, through the blows he, himself, received from the enemy. Friends, our peace or should I say lack of peace is usually because of the enemies in our lives, who have determined that the light of God will not shine forth in our lives.

COLOSSIANS 1: 9-22,

9: For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10: That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11: Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18: And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19: For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
20: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21: And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22: In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Through belief in his blood, shed for us, Jesus Christ make us a sort of “mistress” of us, we having been born of God also. Therefore, he restores our health by dealing a deadly blow to the enemy, making an open show of them and leading them in captivity.

COLOSSIANS 2; 2-23, says,

2: That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3: In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4: And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5: For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6: As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9: For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10: And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
13: And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14: Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15: And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18: Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19: And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20: Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21: (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22: Which all are to perish with the using after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Jesus Christ is our savior from sin. Belief in the Jesus, that he died, and he rose again, that his body was bruised for my sake, and his blood shed for my sins forever makes me totally whole. By his stripes I am healed! Jesus has delivered a wondrous blow to the enemy. Another word in the Hebrew, Heberburah, stripe, mark, is used for the stripes of a tiger or panther in Jeremiah 13:22. I was not the one that was healed.

It was Jesus that was healed. I only have to crucify myself to him, by dying to sin, to be raised up with him, healed and delivered from the power of the enemy by his blow, his stripe on the enemy.

The Bible in Luke 1:67-80 says,

67: And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69: And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70: As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72: To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73: The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74: That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75: In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76: And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77: To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78: Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79: To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80: And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

One reason Christ died is that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us. Even from these, that hate us for no apparent reason.

Proverbs 9:6, Forsake the foolish, and live, and go in the way of understanding.

‘Osheru Bedereke Binah, in the Hebrew.

This word go straight on is derived from the word ‘Ashar in the Hebrew, which means go straight, go on, advance. It also means in Isaiah 1:17, set right, righten. Another meaning is to pronounce happy, call blessed, in Psalm 41:3 and Proverbs 3:18 . It is usually translated in the sense of to be made happy, blessed.

PSALM 41
1: Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2: The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3: The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4: I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5: Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6: And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7: All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
8: An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9: Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10: But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11: By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12: And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13: Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

The Bible in King James of this verse 3 says, “The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing; thou will make all his bed in his sickness.” Actually, this is the literal transliteration of this verse, “Jehovah will protect him and He will preserve has life, and he is blessed.

‘Osher another Hebrew words means happiness. A name in the Bible ‘Asher the son of Jacob and Zilpah (Genesis 30:13), means the happy one.

Another Hebrew word, 'Asher, is part of relation, which means where, as, to which ,where, to which.

Also in Job 31:7, 7-8, Ashur, a very similar word means step, going, “If my step turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

Then let me sow, and let another eat. Yea, let my offspring be rooted out. Job 31:78

So you see, your predisposition to things and situations around you will usually determine your happiness in life. There are the righteous in this life, and there are the wicked. There is nothing we can do about that. I do not know why it is that way, or why it has to be that way, but what I do know is that there are the wicked people. ‘Abraham approached and said to the angels as they were going to destroy Sodom,

Wayiqash ‘Avraham Wayyo’mar Ha’aph tispeh tsadiq iim rasha’

Them Abraham approached him and said, will you sweep away the righteous (one) (Tsadiq) with the wicked(one) (Rasha)

There are people you do good to, and they do evil to you in return. There are some people even, you continually do good to them, yet they continually reward and you with evil.

What should be your attitude? Always maintain a path of good and a path of righteousness.It will led you to a life of happiness. Never repay evil with evil, but always repay evil with good, as the Bible advices. My brother, there is great advantage for you in doing so, and also a blessing. That is why also the word ‘Asher’ is part of relation, which means for example, “to which.” If you go in the path of righteousness and good as a Christian who believes in good works after salvation, you will be blessed. Proverbs 3:13-18 says,

13: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14: For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15: She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16: Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18: She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

In verse 18 the word "happy" here, is, derived from ‘Asher’ to go straight on, advance, to be blessed.

JOB CHAPTER 5,

1: Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2: For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3: I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5: Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6: Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7: Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8: I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
10: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11: To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
12: He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13: He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14: They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15: But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16: So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17: Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19: He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20: In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21: Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22: At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23: For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24: And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25: Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26: Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27: Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

JOB 14:1,

1: Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

JOB 15:14,

14: What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

JOB 25 :4-6,

4: How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5: Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6: How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

MATTHEW 11:1-11,

1: And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2: Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3: And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4: Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
5: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6: And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7: And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
8: But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9: But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10: For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11: Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

JOB 25,

1: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2: Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3: Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4: How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5: Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6: How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

GENESIS 1 ; 14-19,

14: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17: And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18: And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19: And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

GENESIS 1 :27-28,

27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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.

From this verse we can infer the image of God is male and female. Jesus Christ is said to be the image of God, and also he is the light of the world. So what does the moon represent, or should I say the light of the moon. The light of the moon represents that one born into the kingdom of God, but one who does not believe his or her sins have been completely washed for ever by the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord. This is my opinion on this. The Bible compares the moon to slavery and a word for the moon in the Hebrew is very similar to the one for the word for brick, brick very much symbolic of slavery in the Bible.It is very dangerous to have one leg in, and one leg out in Christ. Jesus says in Revelation, that he would prefer we were hot or cold, and never lukewarm. Those that are not Christians in Church might prosper, but those who say they are Christians and are not, hmmm. Most people are just caught in a snare because of their bad hearts, and good for them, because when Christ says they should forsake the world and riches, that he would give them his own kind, they are busy everyday talking about prosperity , money and measuring how high up spiritually they are by the number of Jeeps they own. Pity!

So shall a man leave his “father” and his “mother” and be joined to his wife. You must first come to Christ, he having taken all your sins, and then you can leave him, I do not say forsake him, to go on and be joined to your wife as an ‘Adam. John did not fully believe in Jesus, so he had to die young. He sent his disciples to Jesus, asking, are you the one who is to come or should we look for another? He was the greatest among those “born of women.”

REVELATION CHAPTER 19,

1: And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
2: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3: And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
4: And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5: And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6: And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8: And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9: And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16: And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17: And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18: That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21: And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

REVELATION 1:1-17,

1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
4: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6: And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7: Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8: I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9: I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10: I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11: Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12: And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13: And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14: His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15: And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16: And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

REVELATION 2 : 12-17,

12: And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
13: I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14: But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
15: So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16: Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

The Bible in the book of Revelation says a sharp, double edged sword came forth from the mouth of the son of man, when John saw a revelation of Jesus Christ.

The sword is symbolic of combat. The Hebrew word for sword is Herev. There are many words or should I say some words quite similar to the Hebrew word Herev, in the Hebrew Bible. Harav means waste, desolation, Horev means desolation. Other similar words mean dryness, drought, heat. Mount Horeb (Horev) where God met with Moses and later gave him His commandments means waste, desert. It is sometimes synonymous with mount Sinai in the Bible. Mount Sinai is said to come from either a word describing the plant that used to grow around the region, or the word for the moon god in that region, Sin.

Another word is Harav, which means to attack, smite down. The word of God can make desolate or it can save. In revelation, the sharp two edged sword is Rhomphaia distomos Okheia, long sword, doubled edged, sharp. However in EPHESIANS 6 : 10-20

HEBREWS 6:10-20,
10: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13: Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14: Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15: And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16: Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
19: And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20: For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

In verse 16 of this passage, the Bible says, above all, take the " shield of faith." The word for shield here is the Greek word "Thureos, 'like a door' " a big shield, different from other shields in the Bible for which we have such words as the Hebrew word Maghen, small shield. So our faith in Jesus and the faith in the fact that he has washed our sins completely and for ever, opening a door into the holy of holies is the most important aspect of our weapons when we fight the wicked ones.

The sword the believer is supposed to take here in Ephesians 6 : 17 is Macharia, short sword, dagger, called here "sword of the spirit.

The Bible says in Ephesians 6:14, we should gird our loins with truth, "Aletheia." The girdle was usually where the sword hung from in ancient times among warriors, so it highly connected and linked with the word of God.

If you do not apply the word of God, you can only do so at your peril. The Bible says we wrestle not with "flesh' and "blood," but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. The Ephesians were wrestling against those in high places in authority at the time, those in power, people who had given themselves completely to the Devil, to worship, and to serve him. The Ephesians thought they were wrestling with "flesh" and " blood", family relations, etc. This passage has the other side to it , the one people usually interprete with this, I also think.

So, this is like an advice to America, and also to people here in Nigeria. In America, the people have just voted in Barack Obama, an Afro-Caucasian, but he is being called "black." I see this as an insult, also an insult to the word of God., May America never suffer for it. Also, here in Nigeria, we need to take the truth and gird ourselves with the truth. Enough of the lies and falsehood on the part of our leaders, just because they want to serve their bellies. The word of God and Eternity is far more important than temporaral material gain. Material gain that would eventually vanish. Otherwise we would never get out of our economic quagmire, and we might eventually perish.

I Peter 3: 13-22,

13: And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14: But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17: For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21: The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

This passage has always been one of the most difficult for me to understand in the Bible. This stems from the fact that though it seems the flood of Noah is a very recent significant event or ocurrence, yet the books of first and second Peter seem to put them very long ago in the past, even in one place in 2 Peter 2:5, calling that world the "old world."

However, the Bible makes one thing clear, there are many similarities between that old world and this one. Jesus says in the Bible, that as in those days of Noah, people were eating and drinking and giving in marriage, until the end came upon them, so also will it be in this world at the end, at his coming. In my last essay I spoke about the concept of the world in the Bible. The Bible calls Jesus Christ, the saviour of the world. Let me be fully honest here, I do not fully comprehend this concept of the world in the Bible. However, the Bible clearly makes it clear ( John 3:16), that Jesus Christ is the saviour of the world.

Hebrew 9 says, noting verses 14, 17, 26, 27 and 28.

1: Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2: For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3: And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4: Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5: And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6: Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7: But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
10: Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
11: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12: Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15: And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16: For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17: For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Otherwise it is no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18: Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
19: For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20: Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21: Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24: For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26: For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Brothers and sisters, as Christians we must all die. If not, the death of Christ cannot avail for us. We must all die spiritually, at least. In Hebrews 9:17, the Bible says, " For a testament is of force after men are dead : otherwise it is no strength at all while the testator liveth. In verse 26 of this same Hebrews 9, the Bible says in the latter part: but now once in the end of the world, hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. So if you as a Christian or a believer in Christ, still have sin, you really have to consider yourself, or if I might put it this way, "whether you are in the faith, and not a reprobate."

So the Bible says in I Peter 3:19-20, " By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the Ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. Though Christ died once at the end of the world, he was slain before the foundation of the world as a lamb, the lamb of God, did he go back in time to the days of Noah to also preach the Gospel to those who the Bible calls disobedient in the days of Noah, whose spirits were in bondage at the time, who would not listen to the Son of God, even as we have it now? What is the Bible saying here? Someone once said, a very knowledgeable pastor here in Nigeria, that Jesus did not have to spend three days in the grave, God could have raised him up in only one day, so why did Christ have to spend three days in the grave? Those three days he spent in the grave, were they another thirty or so years he had to go back to the days of Noah and "preach" the gospel also unto them? I would really never know except God reveals it to me. However, the Bible does say Christ rose up from the dead, literally, rose up from among the dead ones (neckroi).

However just as we have the grace of God today through our Lord Jesus Christ, they also had it in those days in the days of Noah. Noah having "found" the grace of God, moved with fear, the Bible says, constructed an ark for the salvation of his family.

In verse 21 of this I Peter 3, the Bible says, "the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us ( not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), by the resurrection of Christ;
who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Galatians 2: 20 says, " I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live: yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not have to die physically through sickness or disease, I have been redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ, and obtained eternal life by his life.
Eternity in the Bible is the Hebrew word 'Olam or 'Ad 'Olam. A similar word is used to describe a circle or going around in a circle. There are are many words translated world in the Bible, one is Aion, or Greek word meaning ages or length or periods of time. Eternity has no end, however as one can always keep on going on in circles without end. However, ages, Aion, and world would have an end. The Bible either calls God or Jesus the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last, in the book of Revelation 22 :13. Incidentally the symbol for Alpha is like that of a fish, drawn as a line that is a circle crossing itself in Greek cursive letters, and the symbol for Omega is a circle
with the bottom open in Uncial or Greek capital letters.

Hebrews 1,

1: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2: Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4: Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
5: For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
6: And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
7: And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
8: But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
9: Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10: And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12: And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
13: But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14: Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
John 3 : 16-21,

16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

I Corinthians 15,

1: Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2: By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3: For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4: And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7: After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8: And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
9: For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11: Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12: Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13: But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15: Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16: For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18: Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19: If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20: But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21: For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23: But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
24: Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25: For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26: The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
27: For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
28: And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29: Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
30: And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
31: I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32: If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
33: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
34: Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35: But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36: Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
39: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
40: There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
41: There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42: So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45: And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46: Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47: The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48: As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49: And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56: The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57: But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

John 1 :29,

29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

II Peter 3,

1: This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2: That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3: Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4: And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5: For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13: Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14: Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
15: And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16: As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
17: Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
18: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

I Peter 3,

1: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2: While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3: Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4: But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5: For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7: Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
8: Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
9: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
10: For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
13: And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
14: But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
16: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17: For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
18: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
19: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
20: Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
21: The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

John 4:42,

42: And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

The Bible talks of the Kingdoms of this world (Matthew 4:8), the cares of this world, the children of this word, the judgment of this world (John 8:31).

John 8:31 "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."

Jesus says in the world we would have tribulation, he says he prays not for the world (John 17:9), he says his disciples are not of the world (John 17:9)

Now my question is this, to which I have no full answer. Is the world only the world of this world? if I can ask such a question in such a way. Was the first 'Adam of another world? The world that perished by water in the account in Genesis chapters 6-9, is it the same as this world? I would be encouraged by a lively debate on this topic by those who read this blog. What do you think? Note however, in II Peter 3:6-7, the Bible makes a distinction between the world, and the earth, and the earth is sometimes used to represent the people of this world in the Bible. Jesus Christ came into the world to take away the sin of the world. Sin is singular here, and not plural. Later on, the Bible says Jesus would save us from our sins, plural.

How many times has Jesus Christ come into the world? Was he the Ark by which Noah was saved in the old world, to which we have a representation of sorts by the Ark in the Tabernacle in the wilderness, though the Ark here is Aron, whereas the Ark by which Noah and his family were saved is Tevah, the same one in which Moses was saved from the river.

The Bible however says he came once, this last, at the end of the world to take away sin, and that we look forward to a world and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

JOHN 8:12-59,

12: Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13: The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
14: Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15: Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
16: And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
17: It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
18: I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
19: Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
20: These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
21: Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22: Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23: And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24: I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25: Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26: I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
27: They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
28: Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
29: And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
30: As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31: Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33: They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35: And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
36: If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37: I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38: I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39: They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40: But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41: Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42: Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43: Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45: And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46: Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47: He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48: Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49: Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50: And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51: Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52: Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53: Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54: Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56: Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57: Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58: Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
59: Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

In John 8:19, the Bible says the Pharisees at the time of Jesus told him " where is thy Father? In the same verse Jesus replied them " Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.

The problem these people had was that they did not know Jesus. So had they known Jesus, they would have known God also. Jesus called himself the way, the truth, and the life in John 14:6, when he was speaking to Thomas, but here in John 8:12, he told the Pharisees "I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." Perhaps Jesus had told them that he is the way, and it is not recorded here, but what should have been the pertinent question here is "who is your father? and not where is your father?

So also many of us usually have the wrong attitude toward Jesus. What is Jesus telling us and how are we reacting? Are we reacting so we could know him more and more and therefore know God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ also.

We should want to know more of Jesus and more about God rather than where He is. Also in John 7: 45-53, when the officers came back and confessed they believed Jesus, the Pharisees responded negatively, and finally in verse 53, the Bible says "And every man went unto his own house." I sometimes wonder, why didn't the Bible say something else, like every man left Jesus, or that every man went away. Perhaps, again, this was the way they best said something in those days like this. But the LORD is trying to tell us something here. We should not try to build our own houses. God is the our builder.

The basic sin of humanity, usually is going the wrong way, though this is not usually the only sin of humanity. Look at "the sons of God' marrying "the daughters of men" because they were fair in Genesis chapter 6. I think the personalty of Jesus is unique. Just as he is able to make us sons of God now, those who "take" him the way he is, he was able to do so also in the days of Noah. As I said before, the children of men moved east toward the land of Shinar and they made slime for mortar and brick for stone. The word brick can be broken down into "son of a woman" and the word stone can be broken down into "son of a father". We are all made to be sons of God by Jesus, those who receive him, but that does not mean we should take the grace of God in vain. Or if I might ask, having found the grace of God like Noah, should we take it in vain?

Other people might choose according to their eyes, but should we as sons of God choose or do things as others do. The only thing that can result from such situations is death or perhaps eternal damnation. The "daughters of men" were those women that were hardly spiritual in their outlook, sinners by nature. So what could the "sons of God" have to do with the "daughters of men" ?

It should now be clear, when we accept Jesus Christ into our lives, we should continually have the right attitude. Never go by your own way or your own thoughts. You now belong to Jesus, and therefore to God through him.

I pray those who read this essay would always have the courage and fortitude to believe and accept Jesus Christ as the Son of God always. As many as took him, he gave them power to be the sons of God, even unto those that believed on his name.. The Bible says the whole Creation waiteth and groaneth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Briefly, another way of looking at "Adam and 'Ishah, and then later Eve is this. The woman 'Ishah, was the wife of another man, to whom belonged to the spiritual house of 'Adam, so both the woman and her husband were "the bones" of 'Adam and also his "flesh." So God told 'Adam, do not take of the doctrine of both this couples, which represented fornication with the devil, rather he was to live by the word of God, which was symbolized by the tree of life. 'Adam partook of their doctrine, the doctrine of demons and dies spiritually, committing thereby fornication with the devil. Later God made Adam to marry another 'Ishah, that is another woman who was a representation of "Eve," Jesus Christ, the "mother of all living." The whole Bible is really about Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5; 20-33,

20: Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21: Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27: That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32: This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

When we look at these verse at first it would seem that when the Bible is talking about marriage here, the Bible is really talking about Christ. Actually, the Bible is talking about the believer, and so in this case also, of Christ, for Christ is the head of the Church.

Genesis 2:21-24,

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;
22: And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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.
24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25: And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

In the story of Adam in Genesis 2:21-24, we see how God built a woman for Adam. In this same story in Genesis 2: 21-24, there are two words used there for man, 'Adam and 'Ish, whereas one word is used for the woman, 'Ishah. As I said in the previous essays (see the the essay, the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh, and also Newton's third law, laws, and the creation account recorded in Genesis), the word bones can be broken down into the words 'ets, the Hebrew word for tree and the word 'em, the word for mother. The word is also used for the division of a road or partition of a road into two in the book of Ezekiel 21:21, when the king of Babylon was divining which road he ought to take among two. So basically the word represents two options that can be taken, from which we must choose. Like the king of Babylon we can walk by our own thoughts and devices, especially when choosing a wife, or we can allow God to guide us. Another form of the word 'em is the English word if.

So if we choose the plan of God for us it would really, really be very good for us, even if we meet with obstacles on the way. As I said in the essay the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh, there are two families which are members of, the physical family which we are born into on the earth, and we also have a spiritual family. I do not mean spiritual family in he sense of the whole church, but a family among the Church of Christ, with a very few members, just as we have families in the physical, composed of the members of Christ.

God chooses a wife, or brings a wife to every 'Adam from this two families, but essentially from the physical family, physical in the sense hat it has something to do with one's physical mother. Hence the Bible says a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh . Also when we declare the good news, Israel, the people of God, one day will accept Christ. Another word for the English word flesh, which is the Hebrew word Basar, is the word to declare good news, in the Hebrew. So a man leaves his "spiritual family," composed of God, the Father, and Jesus Christ, a symbolic mother, to go on to his physical family, and be joined to his wife, just as Christ came to world to be joined to the Church.

Among the children of men in those days, God made a woman for Adam, for she was taken from from 'Adam. This realization as just dawned on me. Adam, being the image of God, God takes his counterpart among mankind, having built her to his standard, and brings her to him. 'Adam is the image of God "Tselem." Meanwhile, the word translated "rib" is actually the Hebrew word "tsela' ," very similar to the word Tselem. She is his counterpart among mankind. Most likely 'Adam was not the first human being. Very much likely he was not. As I said in the essay Newton's third law, laws, and the creation account recorded in Genesis, he probably was not the first human being, but he was one in the image of God.The Bible says before sin entered the world through 'Adam, sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed if there is no law. So there was a world at the time of Adam, and there was probably a world before he came on into the scene. Definitely, 'Adam was not the first human person. Since 'Adam said, or since it is said in the Bible so shall a man leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, this could infer he had a physical father and mother also.

Now Proverbs 5 :15-23 says,
15: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
16: Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
18: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19: Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20: And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23: He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Jesus turned water into wine in his first sign at a marriage at Cana of Galilee.The Bible says in Ephesians 5:17-18, wine is symbolic of drunkenness in the flesh, but symbolic of the leading of the Holy Spirit spiritually, while water is symbolic of the word of God, that flows by the spirit of God. In John 17:37-39 we understand when Jesus said out of the belly shall flow rivers of living water, he was talking of the Holy Spirit, which believers should receive(those who believe their sins have been been forgiven).

In proverbs 5;15, the word used for cistern is the Hebrew word Bor, the one used for well is the Hebrew word Be'er, and the one used for fountain is the is 'ayin. The word translated fountain in verse 18 is the Hebrew word Meqor. While all these words used in this passage are sources of water,or have something to do with water, perhaps the relation is not a direct relationship with a wife in the context of the passage, but definitely, they have something to do with one's wife.

Let us look at the words briefly.
(1) Bor: It basically means pits, cistern, well. It is the word for the pit into which Joseph was thrown by his brothers. A word Bur, in Hebrew means to make clear, clear up, explain. Another Hebrew word Bar(an adjective),means pure, clean. Bar Levav, pure in heart is in psalm 24:4. It means to kiss purely in sincere homage, psalm 2:12.

Be'er: It basically means a well or a pit. A similar word is used in Jeremiah 2;13, where the Bible says me have they forsaken, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water. It is related to the word B'R, to make distinct, to make plain.

(3) 'Ayin: translated here fountain, basically spring of water. The same word in the Hebrew, also is the word for eye.. Used with the word for Bow in the Hebrew it translated eyebrow in Leviticus 14:9, just as we would have in English. It is symbolic of mental qualities and enlightenment. The word "apple of the eye"is used in the Hebrew.

(4) Meqor: derived from the Hebrew word Qur which means to bore, to dig. It is figurative of purification(Zachariah 13:1). Also figurative of source of life and vigour (Hoshea 13:15). It basically means spring or fountain. It is used in the sense of menstrous blood(Leviticus 20:1). It is also used as source of flow of blood after childbirth. It somehow reminds me of the female birth canal.

You have a cistern and you have a well. You have a well in Christ and you have a well in Christ, where Christ wants you to "drink" from. This in my opinion is your sort of 'Eden, garden of delight, Gan'Eden. It is your sort of east. From this place, God wants you to pick a wife. As 'Adam, made in the image of of God, this wife is pure, derived from the word Bar, not necessarily Tam, perfect or complete. You still have work on your bride. Rather than look for someone perfect, look for someone with a pure heart, like the women of old described in the Bible who were not only pure in heart, but were also pure in body.

So you have an option. Would you allow God to choose for you and build a woman for you, or you would allow yourself to go your own way by choosing for yourself as they were doing before the flood as is described in the book of Genesis. Would you allow the eye of God to guide you or will you guide yourself. I can assure you also that God is good, your wife will be physically appealing to you in form and beauty, except you just want to deceive yourself, or really, you do not yet know what you really like in women.

You and your wife share of the same tree of life in your Gan "Eden.Also you and your wife must not take from the same "tree" of the knowledge of good and evil. There is something both of you must not touch, as a test from God for your benefit. It may be that both of you share the same sickness and must not take something in particular, such as may be for example, alcohol. This would be your Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Therefore, she is the bone of your bones and the flesh of your flesh. The word translated bones is the Hebrew word 'Etsem, which can be broken into the word 'ets, tree and the word 'em, mother, or also the word' em, patriarchal family relations, this one starting with the word 'ayin, while the previous one for mother starts with the letter aleph.

Just to reiterate here about the sin of 'Adam and Eve, though Eve was 'Ishah, when she committed the sin. I think the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents the people he should not associate with, he and his wife, among the people of his nation, by his own knowledge of good and evil. 'Adam was probably the ruler of a nation, and interacting with these people was just like committing adultery and fornication (as can also be extended to the Devil, thereby committing fornication with the Devil). See other essays also, such as the one on the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

That they hid among the trees of the garden, probably implied that they hid among the tribes of 'Adam, in their sort of nakedness. They should have lived by the word of God,symbolized by the tree of Life in his 'Eden. Hence Adam was chased out of his 'Eden both physically and spiritually, and eventually died physically, or in fact in both ways.

The word to eat is used in the sense of committing adultery in Proverbs 30:20, for those who think because they "ate" from the tree, it must mean a physical tree only. I am not doubting also, that they might have eaten from a "spiritual tree" of the knowledge of good and evil in the literal sense. In fact they must have done this also

There have been various suggestions as to who or what the Shulamite represents in the Bible. The words "the Shulamite" and "Shulamite" are mentioned in the Bible only once and in the same place in the Songs of Solomon chapter 6 verse 13, but actually occurs in the Hebrew Bible in Chapter 7 verse 1. Verse 13 of chapter 6 is the last verse of that chapter in the English Bible.

Song of Songs chapter 6:13,

13: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

Another similar word to the word Shulamite ,is the word Shunammite in the Bible. The word Shunammite is used to describe two people in the Bible. This is what the Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary has to say on the two words.

(1) Shulamite; a title applied to a young woman in the Song of Solomon 6: 13. There is some difference of opinion as to the origin of this term. It is not unlikely that it is a feminine form of Solomon. Both the RV and RSV have more correctly spelled the word Shulamite. If this word is the same origin as "Shunammite" as the LXX rendering would imply, then it could be derived from the town of Shunem.

* Note the LXX is the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, an ancient translation of the original Hebrew version.

(2) Shunammite (1) An unnamed woman whose son Elisha raised from the dead (II Kings 4:12). This woman had made her home available to the prophet when in this area. Later on, God used Elisha to save her from impending death (II Kings 8:1-6).

(2)Abishag, the Shunammite whose name is mentioned in the Bible deserves a bit of mention here. She was a beautiful girl who nursed David in his old age ( I Kings 1: 13, 15). Adonijah's request to marry her after David's death caused Solomon to put him to death ( I Kings 2 :27ff). Abishag means "my father is a wanderer," or "my father wanders, or errs."

Also, this is what the Zondervan Bible dictionary has to say about the town Shunem.

Shunem; a place belonging to the tribe of Issacher (Josh 19:18). Here the Philistines encamped before they fought at Gilboa (1 Sam 28: 4). Here lived David's nurse, Abishag (1 Kings 1 :3). Shunem was also the home of the woman who befriended Elisha, whose son he restored (II Kings 4: 8-37). It lies in a very rich section of Palestine a short distance N of Jezreel at the fort of "little Hermon." A valuable spring of water doubtlessly attracted the Philistines to choose it as a camp site.

There are many opinions as to who or what the Shulamite is. These are just three of the so many opinions, taken from the Anchor Bible Commentary on the Song of Songs.

(1) The first relates to the name of Solomon. That is, it is a feminine form of the word Solomon. Therefore, in this context and extrapolation, one may ascribe the meanings "peaceful" and "perfect" to this word.

(2) The second is that the word Shulamite is a variant of the word Shunammite, the letter N being replaced by the letter L.

(3) The third interpretation is that the Canticle is a collection of paschal songs of Canaanitish origin describing the love of the Sun god Tammuz, called Dod or Shelem, and the the moon goddess Ishtar, under the feminine form of the name Shelem. There are other variations of this third interpretation. I would not like to go unto this third interpretation further, but only to mention that the reader of this essay can find these on pages 594- 614 of the Anchor Bible Commentary on the Songs of Songs.

However, in my opinion there is some truth in all these three interpretations of the Shulamite. As I said the third interpretation is a bit controversial, but when you consider this fact that the Bible calls us "gods," and Jesus is also the Son of God, and we are married to him, then you can can see that this Canaanite cult interpretation only points to a larger "Christian interpretation."

In my view the Shulamite and the Shunammite represent the same person. The Shulamite is one who has been converted from being a "Shunammite," has been given a new birth, by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ by the shedding of his blood and has become his bride. The Hebrew word Calah meaning bride as a very similar word meaning "longing." A bride of Jesus, washed from his or her sin has a "longing" for Christ and a desire to serve him.

The Shunammite woman in II Kings 4: 12 had her son raised to life again. We must all die and be resurrected again in Christ. We must all bring forth "a new man" born in the image of Christ. Hence, the Shunammite woman also almost died (II Kings 8:1-6). So as to bring again the Son of God to birth in her life. So we can also bring up the image of the Son of God in our lives. The Bible says "put on the Lord Jesus." Elisha who saved this woman from the danger of death was a great prophet in Israel whose name means God is salvation. Jesus' name means saviour, because he has saved us from our sins. Bible scholars tell us that when the name of Jesus is turned backward, it means creator.

The Shunammite woman was a woman that had "died to self." We can see this in the way she aided Elisha. Also Abishag the nurse of David. She completely devoted her time to serving the king. Abishag as we have said means " the father errs" or "the father wanders." In the previous essay ( The bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh), I talked of Abimelech in respect of Abraham and Isaac. In both cases Abimelech erred by wanting to take another man's wife.

So also we have all erred by eating from the the forbidden fruit and departing from God, going on to marry the adversary, but God in his mercy has redeemed us. The major word for redeem or a redeemer is the Hebrew word Ga'al which is also the same word as another word for husband in the Hebrew Bible. Like Abimelech who was compared to a bramble by his half brother Jotham under the inspiration of God and who received the fire of God(Judges 9), we also have to receive the fire of God. The Hebrew word for bramble is 'Adat, which is also another word for "To be made strong." When we receive the fire of God, we are consumed and we die like Abimelech, only this time to die to the "flesh." Incidentaly, another Ga'al tried to take the kingdom from Abimilech in Judges 9, but the Ga'al, meaning loathsome, has the letter ayin (') instead of the letter aleph for the one for husband and redeemer. Abimelech was saved by Gebul (dwelling). Maybe we need to quote all of Judges 9 here, this time.

1: And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
2: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
3: And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
4: And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
5: And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
6: And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
7: And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
8: The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9: But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
10: And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
11: But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
12: Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
13: And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
14: Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
15: And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
16: Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;
17: (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
18: And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother
19: If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
20: But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
21: And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22: When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
23: Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
24: That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.
25: And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
26: And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
27: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
28: And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?
29: And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.
30: And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
31: And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
32: Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
33: And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
34: And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
35: And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait.
36: And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
37: And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
38: Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
39: And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
40: And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
41: And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
42: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
43: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
44: And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.
45: And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
46: And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
47: And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
48: And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
49: And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
50: Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
51: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
52: And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
53: And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
54: Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
55: And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place.
56: Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
57: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

So the Shunammite representing one who has died to the flesh and redeemed from his or her sin, is the one that becomes the "Shulamite." The letter N, Nun in the Hebrew is replaced by the letter L, letter Lamed in the Hebrew. Lamed is descriptive of one taught, for the word to teach in the Hebrew is Lamad. Lamed has the value 30. Thirty pieces of silver was the price paid on the Lord Jesus Christ, so that he would die in my place and deliver me from my sin.

Incidentally Barrabas, a murderer was released, and Jesus was crucified instead. Barrabas means son of a father. The son of the Father was delivered for the son of a father.

The word Shulamite could also be derived from the Hebrew word "Shul" which means skirt. This is the word used when Isaiah saw the glory of the LORD fill the temple, " as his train filled the temple." The word "train" is also derived from the Hebrew word Shul. John in the book of revelation saw Jesus in his glorified state with a garment down to the foot, "girt about the paps with a golden girdle." I also believe the Shulamite is descriptive of the representation of our Lord Jesus Christ himself. Jesus Christ is actually the Bride of God and we are all bride of Jesus himself and of God through him.

Finally, the dance "of two camps" (Mahanaim, plural of mahaneh, camp), just as Jacob said in Genesis when he divided his family into two camps, so that in case Esau destroyed one, the other would be saved. In the same way when this tabernacle or house of flesh is destroyed the soul will be saved. The Shulamite is also referred to as the daughter of "Aminadab," daughter of my princely/noble people, someone who has been born into nobility and a royal family, though she is probably not from a noble family.