The Misconceptions Of Adam And Eve

God created creation to be good. He created man to have dominion over the fish, the birds, and all the creatures that crawls on the ground. He expects us to be stewards of creation. We are to care for and respect our Earth. God created us in his divine image and likeness. God blessed the humans and told them to multiply. “God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.”(Genesis 1:31)(1).

Adam and Eve is a story about human weakness. In the story, the serpent tempts Adam and Eve in the garden with a forbidden fruit, which is usually portrayed as an apple, and they give in. They disobey God and then lie. The serpent gave Adam and Eve a choice, and Adam and Eve chose disobedience. Because of this disobedience, humans are deprived

God gave Noah the task to make a large ark and put many male and female animals on it. God also told Noah to take some of his relatives with him. Noah stayed on the ark for about a year before the rain stopped and the earth dried. God then established a covenant with Noah and his descendents saying that he will never again doom the earth. “As long as the earth lasts, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”(Genesis 8:22) (3).

Abraham was very obedient. He had a lot of faith in God. When the Lord asked Abraham to pack up and leave Abraham left without knowledge of where he was to go. God told him his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. After God told Abraham that he would give his descendants land, Abraham pitched a tent and built an altar to the Lord (4).

Joseph was the favorite son of Jacob. Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors. He was sold into slavery by his brothers because they were jealous of him. Joseph interpreted dreams. Because of this, he was given a high rank of authority. Joseph, like the Messiah, saved his brothers from death in the end. In the Joseph story we learn that what others intend for evil, God can use for good