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LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 63
EDENIC COVENANT
Various Pertinent Scripture References
Okay, we’re going to be taking a little different approach today, as we’ve gone through the Scriptures from Genesis through Revelation and have just finished the Book of Isaiah, pretty much chapter and verse. We’re going to do a series of studies on the Covenants.
I’ll never forget the first time I ever heard about them. There are seven distinct Covenants that God makes - first, of course, with the whole human race. Then with Abraham and then the rest of the Covenants deal primarily with the Nation of Israel and the eighth one afterwards.
It’s the same way in this numbering of the Covenants.
The first four Covenants have seven parts, then the Mosaic Covenant drops down to three, which, of course, is another prominent number throughout Scripture. Now, just as soon as I use the word Palestine, people get all shook up. Again, in Joel chapter 3 verse 4 you have the term Palestine. Now, just remember, that Palestine, as such, was never a national entity. It never had a flag. It never had a constitution. Sahara has never been a nation. Well, anyway, to continue on, after the seven parts of the Palestinian Covenant, we come to the Davidic Covenant; the covenant made starting with King David. All right, now we’re going to start with the first of the Covenants; the covenant made concerning the Garden of Eden. We’ll start in Genesis chapter 1 verse 28. Now, you want to remember, in verses 26 and 27 God has just created Adam, with Eve within him. In chapter 1 verse 26 we have the creation of Adam and Eve - a male and female. All right, here begins the beginning of the Covenant concerning the operations in the Garden of Eden in verse 28.
"And God blessed them, (That is Adam and Eve.) and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish (or fill up) the earth,…" Now, that’s the first part of the seven parts in this covenant.
It’s part of the Edenic Covenant, but, on the other hand, Adam is now given dominion over the whole planet.
In verse 30:
Then you come across to chapter 2, and we’ll find that we’ve got the fifth part in verse 8, where God now plants the Garden, a specialized place within the dominion of the whole planet.
We have the sixth and seventh part of this covenant; it delegates what God was now forbidding.
Genesis 2:16-17
"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (That was the sixth part of the covenant.) Now, that’s all part of God’s agreement with setting Adam and Eve in the Garden.
In our normal functioning of life we think of a covenant as an agreement, like a lease agreement or a contract or something, but a covenant, Scripturally speaking, is totally different. It should not even be compared to what we would call a human contract, because a covenant in Scripture originates and ends with God. Man has nothing to do with the operation of these covenants. God can break it when He wants to. God said it. God put it in motion. God will end it when He sees fit.
All right, now we’re going to jump over to chapter 3, and we’re going to start at verse 14. Now, you’ve got to remember that Adam has now eaten of the forbidden tree. How much time elapsed from Creation to the Fall? Genesis 3:14a
"And the LORD God said unto the serpent,…" Now, right there I think this calls for some digging deeper into the Scriptures. All right, we can pretty much follow up this concept of Satan being the serpent, and the power that he has as a result of picking up Adam’s dominion. All right, in Matthew chapter verse 3, the Lord is just beginning His earthly ministry. Matthew 4:3a
Then, again in verse 8, he’s referred to again as the devil.
Satan:…" So now, in just this little short period of Scripture, you’ve got him called the tempter, the devil, and Satan. Come up with me to I Corinthians chapter 5. I Corinthians 5:5
II Corinthians 4:3
Well goodness sakes, who’s the god of this world? Well, the same one – Satan, the devil, the tempter, the fallen angel. If you don’t, you only get part of the points. God is absolute. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) All right, let’s start in chapter 12 verse 3. Revelation 12:3-4a
Revelation 12:4b
How did Satan attempt to do it? Well, that was Satan’s way of devouring the man-child as soon as it was born, so he could interrupt God’s plan of salvation for the human race.
Revelation 12:9a
"And the great dragon (that you saw up there in verse 3) was cast out, that old serpent, (Now, that’s the language of Genesis 3.) called the Devil, and Satan,…" Revelation 12:9
Consequently, what’s God going to do? Revelation 21:1a
This, I don’t like to call him a person, but a personality, called the tempter, the Devil, Satan, the dragon, the serpent, whatever the case may be, it all refers to the very same personality.
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