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Sorry, you must have Windows Media Player 9 or higher. This is a large file which may take a few seconds to start Windows Media Real Audio MP3 Commentary: this Earth is a temporary physical world existing between two eternal spiritual worlds called Heaven and Hell. Like the principle of the magnetic attraction of the north and south poles, some of us are drawn off to Heaven, and some of us are drawn off to Hell. (Gen 2:8,9) And the LORD God planted [implicit connotations of purpose and “order”] a garden eastward [from God] in Eden [delight]; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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 [Jesus Christ] also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good [Lucifer] and evil [Satan]. 1. eastward = Heb: the front of, of place or time: eternal, X everlasting. 2. garden = Heb: a garden (as fenced) /// to hedge about, i.e. (gen.) protect:--defend. [PICTURE] 3. Commentary: The Garden of Eden is an archetype that is typified in the Tabernacle of Moses, wherein God is facing eastward, the Tabernacle is fenced, and other interesting similarities. [FORMS] 4. archetype = Dict: a model or first form; the original pattern or model after which a thing is made. 5. (Ezek 28:13a) Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God…. (Ezek 28:14,15) Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect [good] in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity [evil] was found in thee. 6. Commentary: What was the garden protecting? What was the garden protecting from? (Gen 1:1-4) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void [an undistinguishable ruin]; and darkness was upon the face of the deep [an abyss (as a surging mass of water)] [A TYPE OF HELL]. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light [A TYPE OF HEAVEN]. And God saw the light, that it was good [but it was still mingled with the darkness]: and God divided [separated] the light from the darkness. 1. without form = Heb: to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; fig. a worthless thing; adv. in vain: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness. 2. (1 Cor 14:33) For God is not the author of confusion [instability, i.e. disorder: commotion, confusion, tumult /// inconstant: unstable], but of peace [“and order” Amplified], as in all churches of the saints. 3. confuse = Dict: 1. to combine without order or clearness; jumble; render indistinct. 2. to throw into disorder. 3. to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound. 4. to perplex or bewilder. 4. form = Dict: 1. definite shape; external shape of appearance considered apart from color or material; configuration. 2. the shape of a thing or person. 3. a body, esp. that of a human being. 9. due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order. 13. a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document. [41 definitions] 5. (Prov 22:6) Train up [to narrow; fig. to initiate or discipline: dedicate] a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 6. darkness = Heb: darkness; fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness:--night [i.e. evil]. 7. abyss = Dict: 1. a bottomless gulf; any deep, immeasurable space. 2. anything profound and unfathomable. 3. the bottomless pit; hell. [“bottomless pit” 7x Rev 9-20] 8. light = Heb: illumination (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):--bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. [i.e. good] Commentary: God is separating, dividing out Heaven from Hell, good from evil, order from chaos, through the separation (sanctification) for Himself of His saints. God is separating us from Satan and his fallen angels, demons, unclean spirits, and the unclean men in whom they reside. (Mat 25:41) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand [the goats], Depart [separate] from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Amen Previous Chapter Table Of Contents Next Chapter Click here to download a printable version of this message Click here to download a DOC version of this message
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Commentary: this Earth is a temporary physical world existing between two eternal spiritual worlds called Heaven and Hell. Like the principle of the magnetic attraction of the north and south poles, some of us are drawn off to Heaven, and some of us are drawn off to Hell.
(Gen 2:8,9) And the LORD God planted [implicit connotations of purpose and “order”] a garden eastward [from God] in Eden [delight]; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 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 [Jesus Christ] also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good [Lucifer] and evil [Satan].
1. eastward = Heb: the front of, of place or time: eternal, X everlasting.
2. garden = Heb: a garden (as fenced) /// to hedge about, i.e. (gen.) protect:--defend. [PICTURE]
3. Commentary: The Garden of Eden is an archetype that is typified in the Tabernacle of Moses, wherein God is facing eastward, the Tabernacle is fenced, and other interesting similarities. [FORMS]
4. archetype = Dict: a model or first form; the original pattern or model after which a thing is made.
5. (Ezek 28:13a) Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God…. (Ezek 28:14,15) Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect [good] in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity [evil] was found in thee.
6. Commentary: What was the garden protecting? What was the garden protecting from?
(Gen 1:1-4) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void [an undistinguishable ruin]; and darkness was upon the face of the deep [an abyss (as a surging mass of water)] [A TYPE OF HELL]. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light [A TYPE OF HEAVEN]. And God saw the light, that it was good [but it was still mingled with the darkness]: and God divided [separated] the light from the darkness.
1. without form = Heb: to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; fig. a worthless thing; adv. in vain: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
2. (1 Cor 14:33) For God is not the author of confusion [instability, i.e. disorder: commotion, confusion, tumult /// inconstant: unstable], but of peace [“and order” Amplified], as in all churches of the saints.
3. confuse = Dict: 1. to combine without order or clearness; jumble; render indistinct. 2. to throw into disorder. 3. to fail to distinguish between; associate by mistake; confound. 4. to perplex or bewilder.
4. form = Dict: 1. definite shape; external shape of appearance considered apart from color or material; configuration. 2. the shape of a thing or person. 3. a body, esp. that of a human being. 9. due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts; good order. 13. a set order of words, as for use in religious ritual or in a legal document. [41 definitions]
5. (Prov 22:6) Train up [to narrow; fig. to initiate or discipline: dedicate] a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
6. darkness = Heb: darkness; fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness:--night [i.e. evil].
7. abyss = Dict: 1. a bottomless gulf; any deep, immeasurable space. 2. anything profound and unfathomable. 3. the bottomless pit; hell. [“bottomless pit” 7x Rev 9-20]
8. light = Heb: illumination (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.):--bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. [i.e. good]
Commentary: God is separating, dividing out Heaven from Hell, good from evil, order from chaos, through the separation (sanctification) for Himself of His saints. God is separating us from Satan and his fallen angels, demons, unclean spirits, and the unclean men in whom they reside.
(Mat 25:41) Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand [the goats], Depart [separate] from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Amen
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