Arcturus wrote:
I think Adam was quite a man actually. Like Christ, he laid down his life for his bride. Adam too the bite out of that fruit just like Jesus took the bite of death on His cross at Calvary for his Bride too. Of course Adam sinned and Jesus was sinless and that is the enormous difference. Jesus did the will of God and Adam did not but God knew he wouldn’t anyway! That was all in the plan of God!
Actually, Adam was anything but like Christ whom willingly laid his life down for his bride. Adam; however, did no such thing:)
The Scriptures explain what happened in the garden quite clearly. Many incorrectly assume that the Satan tempted Eve on her own, but this is no the case. Adam was with her and heard every untrue word that was spoken.
Gen 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: Gen 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Once again, these are only words; Eve could have ignored them off as could of Adam. For that manner Adam could have subdued the snake just as they were told to do.
Gen 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: Why did Adam not protect his wife from this liar and banish the snake? Because Adam was eating it all up just as much if not more so than Eve.
How do we know this, because he was with her.
Gen 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Seems to me, Adam was NOT prepared to die for his wife, for his focus was becoming "As Gods" For he clearly heard the serpent say:
Gen 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Notice the plural "as Gods" the serpent was talking to more than one person.
Adam took it, hook line an sinker, just as God knew he and Eve would. I'm surprised that he even let Eve take the first bite, in his rush to become more than he was, to be God like. We must assume this, because he did not resist the sepernt.
Adam was not a righteous man, nor was he prepared to take responsibility for his actions. Rather, Adam was a coward. He did not stand in front of his wife and accept responsibility for not subduing the serpent. Neither did he say: "Lord, punish me, for it is I who should have protected Eve; I committed the greatest sin, so please with all mercy, spare the one you gave to me, for she knew not what she was doing"
Adam said no such thing; rather, he wanted nothing more than to fool God and place the blame onto Eve. Eve, the one person that he loved as himself. NOT. He loved her so much that he was willing to let he die, if he could somehow escape.
Is it any wonder a lot of women do not trust their men? I mean this quite sincerely.
Arcturus, Adam did not as you say "took the bite out of that fruit just like Jesus took the bite of death." Even if he had, it would have been for selfish reasons; more so out of his fear of being alone than his love for God. Rather Adam, gladly and willingly took a bite of the piece of fruit along with the promise that he would be greater than he was. Christ however, died so that all the little Adams and Eves ever after (that is "us") could have one day, what Adam and Eve had in the beginning.
Please show me one or two Scriptures that give witness to fact that Adam did indeed "lay down his life for his bride"
For I have provided several (as did others) that give wittness that he did not.
Please do not take offense, as this is written with Love my dear sister,
Your brother in Christ,
Darren