John Worgul

I will put enmity between you [serpent] and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. (Gen.3: 15). When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. (Gen. 5:3). The picture painted in the last post … Read more

Cursed is the ground because of you … thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you. (Gen. 3:14-19) As we have seen, when Adam the priest sinned, the cosmic temple was immediately affected, for there is a necessary link between humanity and creation. In the Bible, there is always a symbiosis between human morality … Read more

Because you have done all this, cursed … Gen. 3:14-19 God is the first blesser. When something is blessed, like the original creation, it is empowered to function as God intended it to function. As surprising as it may seem, God is also the first curser. What we have in Genesis 3: 14-19 is a … Read more

Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew they were naked; and the sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. Gen 3:7 The concept of nakedness is too deep for the human mind to unravel. What it was before the fall can only be guessed at. What it is now, both dark … Read more

Did God say …? You will not die…! Gen 3:1, 4-5 God “spoke” all creation into being through “words.” The snake, who we have previously identified as a “demonophany,” the “dark side” of the Theophany motif in the Garden, attempts to undo creation by deceitful words. Since evil has no necessary existence independent of God’s … Read more

The story of Adam and Eve with the snake is disarmingly simple. We may dismiss it outright as ridiculously unscientific and impossible to believe or to take seriously. However, it refuses to go away. In fact, it demands to be taken at face value. The human race most certainly had an origin, and even though … Read more

Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the Lord God had made.  Gen. 3:1 We have seen that God created His great temple from the very chaotic elements of the watery deep, formless earth, and darkness. The great paradox is that He created something so firm and enduring on something … Read more