RE: [asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones? (Adam & Eve)

RE:
" "...but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

Maybe Adam didn't die the same day he sinned because God changed his
mind. The Scripture doesn't say. Let's be creative here! ;-)

Also, if Adam would have died that day, it doesn't follow it would be a
short story. It could be a longer story, with more people made, until
someone makes the "right" choices in obeying God. If 1 in a thousand
will make the right choice, then there would be a 1,000 creation events.

What if Eve ate it but not Adam? Would God take another rib from Adam
and start over with a new Eve?

...Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Bethany Sollereder
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 7:12 AM
To: Mountainwoman
Cc: Bill Hamilton; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones?

No, the day doesn't extend 930 years. Remember that neither the
psalms nor Paul were around when Genesis was written. The author is
trying to figure out where humans came from, so if Adam dies before he
has kids.. well, it makes for a short narrative, and doesn't answer
his question. Just allow the story to stand and be a little confusing
instead of trying to harmonize it with poetic phrases, or even worse,
with what Paul says about it. He means nothing like this when he uses
the phrase.

Please don't sacrifice your hermeneutics for concordism, it is just
not worth it.

Bethany

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Mountainwoman <hrc54@alltel.net> wrote:
> Bill Hamilton wrote:
>
>
> But this introduces a problem for the YEC's: In Gen 2:17 God says
> "...but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not
eat,
> for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."
> The YEC's are the folks who say that "day" means 24 hours. But Adam
lived
> 930 years. So either "die" refers to spiritual death, or "day" extends
until
> the end of Adam's life -- up to 930 years.
>
> Paul writes: Or "a thousand years in your sight are like a day that
has
> just gone by" (Psalm 90:4a)
>
> Paul Bruggink (ASA Member)

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