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In the last article<\/strong><\/a> we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food.\u00a0 In another post we will talk more about Eve\u2019s words to the serpent and what happened that caused her to change her method of testing fruit.<\/p>\n

In this article we will be discussing God\u2019s requirements for Adam as watchman and the reason why God held Adam accountable for bringing sin and decay into the world. In Genesis 2:15 God sets up Adam as the very first watchman of the garden of Eve. God said:<\/p>\n

Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hebrew word translated as \u201ckeep\u201d is \u201cshamar\u201d which means guard or protect as a watchman or doorkeeper.<\/p>\n

Darby\u2019s translation renders Genesis 2:15 this way:<\/p>\n

(Darby) Genesis 2:15\u00a0 And Jehovah Elohim took Man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to till it and to guard it<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The exact same word is used in Genesis 3:24 as God sets up the second watchman<\/span> in the garden of Eden after the sin of the first watchman.<\/p>\n

Genesis 3:24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard<\/strong> the way to the tree of life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The word translated \u201cguard\u201d is once again the Hebrew word \u201cshamar\u201d. Whenever God appoints someone as a guard, that one is held responsible for guarding and sounding the warning.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 3:17 \u201cSon of man, I have appointed you a watchman<\/span> to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.<\/span>
\nEzekiel 3:18 \u201cWhen I say to the wicked, \u2018You will surely die,\u2019 and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God required Adam to be loyal to him and to be a faithful watchman. In Hosea 6:6, 7 God speaks about a level of unfaithfulness that God calls treacherous.<\/p>\n

Hosea 6:6 For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
\nHosea 6:7 But like Adam<\/strong> they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God specifically identifies Adam was the one who dealt treacherously against God. Adam was the one who was found unfaithful. Here God likens the treacherous actions of those who knew the truth but who did not act on the truth to the action of Adam in the garden. Adam knew the truth about God but he did nothing with the knowledge that he had.<\/p>\n

Instead of guarding the garden against the enemy, Adam was silent. Remember Paul identifies Adam as the one who was not deceived in 1 Timothy 2:14. Adam knew the truth but he kept silent. Is a watchman supposed to keep silent?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read again from Ezekiel 3:17 and 18 to see that a watchman is required<\/strong> to warn of danger. Adam was required by God to warn of danger and guard the garden against danger. Adam failed God and his failure was a spiritual abandoning of his wife. Adam failed to defend God and he failed to defend his wife.<\/p>\n

Adam\u2019s covenant relationship with his wife started when God created a special mate for him from his very own body and personally brought her to the man. Adam accepted her as his mate and as one who was flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone. God then sets the parameters of this one flesh union.<\/p>\n

Genesis 2:24 For this reason<\/strong> a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God says \u201cFor this reason\u201d the man is to be joined to, cleave to or \u201cbe glued to\u201d his wife. The reason is found in the previous verse, that the man accepted her as his wife and this acceptance brought a marriage covenant relationship. This means that he is to treat her with love and respect as his very own body. Adam failed to love and respect his wife as he allowed her to be led astray.\u00a0 In essence Adam not only sinned against God by eating the fruit but he sinned against his wife by spiritually abandoning her with no intervention at all, into the \u201chands\u201d of the serpent.<\/p>\n

God especially holds Adam accountable for his failure as watchman.<\/p>\n

Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam He said, \u201cBecause<\/strong> you have listened to the voice of your wife<\/strong>, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, \u2018You shall not eat from it\u2019; Cursed is the ground because of you<\/span><\/strong>; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God identifies the sins that results in a curse on the earth.\u00a0 God said that because Adam listened to the voice of his wife, and because Adam deliberately ate the fruit, God curses the ground that Adam was taken from.\u00a0 Adam was an unfaithful watchman. God held Adam accountable for the blood of his wife and God identifies his listening (but without actions as a faithful watchman) as treacherous.<\/p>\n

Next post we will continue with the words of Eve to the serpent and God\u2019s words to her after the fall.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the last article we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food.\u00a0 In another post we will talk more about Eve\u2019s words to the serpent and what happened that caused her to change her method of testing fruit. In this article we will be discussing God\u2019s requirements…<\/p>\n

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