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The shedding of blood in the Genesis 9 verse, is about humans killing people, and how their blood will be shed, for killing others… Adam just had his rib removed to produce Eve; he didn’t have his blood shed i.e. he wasn’t murdered… It’s a completely different parallel……
Originally posted by Joecroft
The shedding of blood in the Genesis 9 verse, is about humans killing people, and how their blood will be shed, for killing others… Adam just had his rib removed to produce Eve; he didn’t have his blood shed i.e. he wasn’t murdered… It’s a completely different parallel……
Originally posted by AlphaBet
In relation to the context of Satan's deception of man, this holds no merit. We cannot disconnect Satan form Yahweh. There was purpose in what he did and that purpose is rather obvious. He used the fruit of knowledge to subvert God's work, then blamed man for eating the apple. Who persuaded Eve, the weaker half of Adam? The Snake, or creation of Yahweh. Why did he send the Snake after the weaker and not the stronger?
On too many levels, this story shouts at us to deny accepted theology. Our presuppositions must match the evidence and not what we are told by the Priests. That day is over.
originally posted by: AlephBet
a reply to: Joecroft
I sent you back to the root cause, which is the first surgery performed by Yahweh, complete with anesthetic. Adam was put to sleep to extract a rib. From this, you can assume the obvious throughout the OT. Yahweh's character is marked by bloodshed using one nation against his enemies, namely, the other Angels from Genesis 6 who were trying to subvert his control over Earth. If you read the book of Jasher, you see that the other Angels were each trying to rule Earth, complete with DNA manipulation.
Jasher 4
18 And their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals.
19 And the Lord said, I will blot out man that I created from the face of the earth, yea from man to the birds of the air, together with cattle and beasts that are in the field for I repent that I made them.
This is not a picture of a sovereign God over his kingdom. This a picture of the same type of Angle trying to proclaim himself God over the other sons of God. Yahweh entered this kingdom and changed Elohim's original work. We do not lack references to this story. Enoch even shows us this information is for distant generation, when these sons of God are removed from power. We wrestle not against ourselves, but against what? You know the rest. Powers and principalities in dark places and heavenly realms.
Aliens to us.
Are you assuming Elohim drew blood when removing Adam's rib, or is that actual biblical fact?
originally posted by: AlephBet
a reply to: IndependentAgent
Are you assuming Elohim drew blood when removing Adam's rib, or is that actual biblical fact?
There are no definitions in the Bible for the symbols it uses. We glean the definitions by examining the context. Presuppositions are based on assumptions from context for the most part. This is true for most everything stated.
Genesis 2
But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
You can argue all you want that opening flesh and removing a rib didn't shed blood.
It's your turn. Let's see how you twist this one. It's your game. Carry on. As you do, I will continue to clarify this down to the single word if you like. This game you play only provides more context to the story for the readers of the thread.
Originally posted by AlphaBet
I sent you back to the root cause, which is the first surgery performed by Yahweh, complete with anesthetic. Adam was put to sleep to extract a rib. From this, you can assume the obvious throughout the OT. Yahweh's character is marked by bloodshed using one nation against his enemies, namely, the other Angels from Genesis 6 who were trying to subvert his control over Earth. If you read the book of Jasher, you see that the other Angels were each trying to rule Earth, complete with DNA manipulation.
But that first surgery is not the same thing as the blood shedding described in Genesis 9, which is what your premise hangs on…
Are you working out your own issues using ATS as a sounding board? It can be very effective even if it's not a conscious decision.
Your OP stated that Yahweh performed the first blood shedding on Adam, which just going by those Genesis 9 verses (which btw - isn’t even the same thing IMO) would mean that according to Elohim, Yahweh is the one who would have to have his own blood shed, and not Adam…
Secondly…
If you’re still adamant that Adams blood shedding is exactly the same thing, as described in those Genesis 9 verses…then you have another problem…namely these points below….
Yahweh shed Adams blood, and according to Genesis 9, and what you laid out in your OP, Yahweh should be the one, who needed to have his blood shed…not Adam…
Plus, Adam hasn’t shed any blood…so just going by those Genesis 9 verses…he shouldn’t have his own blood shed at all…
You can’t have it both ways…
originally posted by: AlephBet
a reply to: Joecroft
the Satan he made
As well, he cannot be in more than one place at a time by many references where he asks characters to meet him in places