But what did they actually hear that made them afraid? Another potential source for this idea is found in the statements made about those who did walk with God. Let me shine light on tis section you have written: If you will count the number of people listed as being created, you will find Adam #1, Eve #2 then Cain #3 and Able #4. so thats a total of four people listed as being on the Earth. But what does it really matter, what appears to have happened here (according to some of the responses) is that golden calves have been kicked over and religion has taken a bump on the shins. It doesn't come before, which furthers the notion that God would have been content with them being without clothes, at least provided they didn't eat from the Tree. They were placed in the Garden of Eden and given everything they needed: food, work, companionship, and fellowship with God as they walked with him in the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8). It was always my thought they in fact walked side by side as one would imagine them doing so. I also see or notice (for first time) that the description occurred after the fall & is only described once. It was part of the sad deception that the man and woman who wanted so much to be like God, rather than obtaining the stature of deity, are afraid even to commune with him. How beautifully expressive are these words of the familiar and condescending manner in which He had hitherto held intercourse with the first pair. These include appearances to Abraham, Hagar, Moses, Joshua (Joshua 5:13), Gideon (Judges 5:12), and the wife of Manoah (Judges 13:3). Moses was only granted the backside of Jesus. They got to take walks with him, check out the animals, enjoy the beau The impression people usually get is that Adam and Eve were in the garden for a long time, enjoying daily walks with God. I know this article about Adam and Eve walking with God in the Garden is over 6 years old, but I just now discovered it. I have a problem with telling people that the Bible says they did this. As you know, I couldnt find it. There is a possibility that we should understand that Hebrew text to be speaking about something more like the whirlwind at the end of Jobthat they heard the sound of God moving about (not walking) in the Garden. Surely, He wouldve given them the ability to do that right from the start. God also brought the animals to Adam so he could name them. What do you think?? An additional notable commentary is that God made Adam in His image and likeness, and imbued him with His Spirit the breath of life. It seems likely that many people have just remembered some of the wording in this verse and assumed that it says Adam and Eve walked with God. Here are 6 things that you need to know, insights that will help you in your life today, in helping to refine the way you view God. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This is stated in the incident where Moses disobeyed by striking the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1011). I clarified my statement about strong wind being a better translation to point out that there are scholars who make this claim, like J.J. Niehaus. Im not sure where you got the idea that Im hellbent on trying to make a point of saying that Adam and Eve did not walk with God. I have no problem with the idea that Adam and Eve may have walked with God, which is what I stated in the conclusion of the post and in several follow-up comments. We know that the Israelites did eat some of their animals during the year. So it seems there would have been little or no point for God to have EVER been in their presence in the manner that this idea assumes: actually relating to them in the ordinary manner in which one human normally would relate to one or more other humans. Although Exodus established that God was present everywhere through the judgement on Egypt, it also taught that God would be present in a special way in the tabernacle (later to be replaced by the temple). We know that God is capable of doing this, but my point is that the text never states or implies that He did. That would be really cool. It also seems to assume that they were in the garden for quite a while when they almost certainly were not there for long at all. Easy, no relevance to the story. We "Walk With God" in Meditating upon His Word. The strong wind or breezy alternative is reflected in the notes of many English Bibles, such as the NASB, NET, and ESV, and it is even the translation of the HCSB. The adverbial phrase in the cool of the day (NIV, NASB, NJB) or the breezy time of the day (NJPS, NAB) translates the Hebrew phrase wind [rah] of the day. The NRSVs rendering makes the time more explicit, at the time of the evening breeze (also REB). It saddens me to let go of the notion that God would hang out with them in the cool of the evening. Im sure the water God supplied was for the animals as well as the people. Can a whirlwind fulfill those processes? Have you ever wondered exactly how the conversation between God and Adam went down in the Garden of Eden? Considering that each year subtracted from Cain and Abels ages at the time of Abels murder could be added to Adam and Eves time in the Garden, its quite possible that Adam and Eve spent many years in the Garden, which would make their sin all that more sorrowful. We walk with the voice of God as well. God goes to great lengths to explain how he wants the relationship to be. Gen 3:8 - Adam walking with the Lord God in Eden. Now there is no way to prove that God actually walked with them or actually spent anytime with them, it is just implied from His habitual coming to the garden in the cool of the day. After Adam and Eve sinned, God found them hiding from Him as He was walking in the Garden. (Gen 3:5-8). God did really walked with man physically, reasons: then Adam was sinless, only sin can hide God from us, so why should God hide himself from a sinless being? Did they do this daily, weekly, etc.? Whats different, and merits the commentary, is not that God has for the first time come to walk in the Garden, but that for the first time his walking in the Garden is responded to in fear and hiding, due to sin. There were two special fruit trees in the garden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. Seasoned or mature believers should know the text, the text is the milk, living the text is the meat. Could Adam and Eve have actually taken walks with God in the Garden? 00:00. While its true they could have been over 120 years old when Cain killed Abel, they also could have been any age from very young up to 120+. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of . One of those commandments was as follows: "And the LORD God gave this command to Adam: 'You may freely eat from every tree in the garden, except you must not eat of the tree of the knowledge of . I happened on this post because the thought came to my mind that God only walked with Adam, not EveI do not know why I had the thought, and I had not checked Gods Holy Word on the issue, but I read your article which partly validated my thought in an unexpected way. Thanks! Hi Tom, Adam and Eve's "murder" was considered by Jesus to be at the "beginning," not the end, of geologic time. But Im not arguing that this is how He did appear. He is eternally begotten of the Father, one with the Father, in essence, but he had not yet become flesh. I am simply trying to point people back to Scripture as Ive done in many other posts in my Misused Verses series. But its an irrelevant point. The only time we see Eve converse with God in Scripture is after she ate the fruit and hid with Adam among the trees of the garden. What was their relationship? When they heard the sound of the Lord God walking about in the garden at the breezy time of the day, the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden (Gen. 3:8). Perhaps you should take a moment to read the blog post before commenting. However, that fact has very little to do with whether He walked with Adam and Eve in the garden. Adam and Eve and God literally walking next to each other in perfect harmony. It would be accurate if the point of my article was to claim that Adam and Eve did not walk with God in the Garden prior to sin. Daniel, To your third point (in the next post), I think the temple imagery is overdone a bit in modern times. AMOS 3:3 CAN 2 WALK TOGETHER UNLESS THEY BE AGREED? Adam and Eve's Separation from God . Part of the commission to rule over creation would have included the need to study it and figure things out. What can we honestly infer from the scriptures? In spite of being familiar with scripture, I never noticed that it doesnt exactly say this. Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixtybooks and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries. Maybe He was physically there throughoutthe short time that they were in the Garden, but I have my doubts. . I believe when the Bible states they heard the Lord in the cool of the day I think its a spiritual voice. These factors make Adam, and subsequently Eve who was taken out of the man Adam, uniquely designed to perceive the presence of God, and descern His will. It is very possible that the angelic beings are also made in the image of God. This is a very good example of god walking with his people and his people walking with their god .look at 25:18 where off if you shall do my statutes that is live the way I instruct you to live that is walk in harmony with god then you shall dwell in the land in saftey.pleaseeeeeee this is why your argument is so trivial I have only given one example the whole book is showing how god walks with his people and how he expects them to walk with him read 26:11 and I will set my tabernacle among you 12 AND I WILL WALK AMONG YOU NOW LETS LOOK AT WHAT THE SCENARIO IS WHEN THEY ARE NOT WALING TOGETHER 26:14 but if you will not hearken unto me to not do my commandments( do you know that obeying the commandments is to walk with god)15 if you despise my statues or if your soul abhor my judgements so that you will not do my commandments BUT THAT YOU BREAK MY COVENANT Psalm 104:3. Hi Nucc, #1. I dont think its a matter of God wanting or not wanting to spend time with His creation, but more of a matter of how much time passed before they rebelled. Song of Solomon 4:6. It doesnt say that they were walking with God. It is definitely possible that the person in the Garden was the preincarnate Christ. Well, in Genesis 2, Adam names the animals, and the only words quoted from him in Gen. 2 have to do with what he said when he met Eve: This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh (Genesis 2:23). I think all conservative Christians would agree that this happened. Gen 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. I dont think it was a mystery to themat least not completely. Genesis 3:8, NLT: When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. Of course, Adam and Eve walked with God in the Garden, its written right there in Genesisumahis it 3? This is very important to walk with god on this because if they didnt walk with god by keeping his commandments sabbaths and statutes then there would be no rain. Other Biblical accounts clearly show this - as it is God who speaks with, walks with, and assist humans to discover His nature and His love. Furthermore, nothing in John 1 states that Jesus walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The article is not imposing a narrow standard that makes no room for inference or implication. Do you think the lord actually cares if pastors are saying Adam and Eve did walk with God? Personal fellowship with God is at the very heart of our purpose for being! That God would withhold his presence before they sinned, but then come down among them only after they sinned, seems counter to the biblical teaching of God drawing near to the righteous and drawing back from the unrighteous. Im not sure you have dealt sufficiently with the argument that God must have walked with Adam and Eve in the garden previously for Adam and Eve to know that they sound they heard was God. They probably werent in the garden for very long at allperhaps just a few days to a few weeks. Thanks again for reading! Now at that time there was an evil spirit called Satan. Genesis 2:15-17 doesn't provide many details, 15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. God then created Eve, "a helper comparable to him" (verse 18). But its entirely different to claim that the Bible teaches or implies that they did when there just arent any statements in the text that teach or imply that position. I agree with your conclusion that we should not assume that God was at Adam and Eves beck and call, coming around for a stroll whenever they wanted Him there, or that God spent considerable time fellowshipping with them in physical form as friends do. 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