As it was from the beginning…. Part Two

Moving on from Part One…(Click Here to read Part One!)

In Genesis chapter 2 we see that God records there is no man to till the ground….so

Genesis 2:7: 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.

Genesis 2:8: And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:9 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.

Genesis 2:15: And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

So this man, formed from the dust of the ground, after God said there was no man to till the ground was put in the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it.  It was to this man taken from the dust of the ground…. that would later be told something once again very profound…..

Genesis 2:16: And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Genesis 2:17: 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.

Now before we go on to see that it was God that seen that it was not good for this man to be alone…. let’s recap once again what we’ve seen thus far…

1.  This man was taken from the dust of the ground.

2.  This man was formed after God said there was no man to till the ground.

3.  This man was spoken to by God himself.

4.  God provided for this man what it was that this man would have need of, put him in the garden Himself.

5.  God gave this man the instructions of what he was to do and what he was NOT to do as well.

Notice what the man was instructed by God NOT to do was what?? Notice what God also told him would result?

Look carefully …. “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.”

This is the first “thou shalt not” in the bible… it is given to the man taken from the dust of the ground… and this is before God determined for this man that it was not good for him to be alone as well….