My Friend, N had a baby yesterday (Actually today ! since it was around 1 AM). It was so nice to see a new born baby. Makes one wonder and appreciate God's miracle in the world.
Genesis 2
The second chapter tells 2 things
a. God took rest on the 7th day
b. God made man from dust and woman from his rib.
The second creation account can be viewed independently or as a detail of God's creation of Man. Here Man is the focus.
We have the famous quote that we see in Marriage invitations here
" That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one. " Gen 2:24
God formed Man from dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils and he became a living being. God put him in the Garden of Eden. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The river from Eden separated into 4 rivers - Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates.
God tells Man,
"You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." - Gen 2 : 17
Then God decides to make a companion for Man and creates Woman.
Why God created the Tree of knowledge if he knew that Man and Woman would eat it ? He knew that they would eat and be banished to suffering. May be it reminds us that all our suffering is due to a cause. For every suffering, may be we will ask ourselves the question, "what did I do ?". What if we didn't do anything ? God has a reason, better things are yet to come.
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