Eve
a test dummy?
This
seems to be One of the Latest Theories I have heard recently on the
bible. I use Theory because I hadnt found ANY scripture that backs
it up and the ones saying it hadnt given me any except Adam being present
made Him Guilty.
The
topic is Adam is the blame not Eve for eating the fruit in the Garden
of Eden.
The
reasoning I have been given by a few people is that Adam was there
and didnt stop Eve. Not only that, he used her as a guinee pig to
make sure he wouldnt die if he ate of the fruit. He made her eat first to see the outcome.
I
dont see anything that says Adam used Eve to make sure it was safe
for him to eat.
The
serpent convinced Eve to eat.
Eve
Gave to Adam.
The
Lord said to Eve “what is this that THOU has done?”
God
punished Eve for eating of the fruit and giving it to Adam.
Adam
was punished for listening to the woman and eating of the fruit.
I
know we live in a society that teaches dont accept responsibility for
your own actions and it is others fault but we dont need to apply
that theology to the bible. How people can say it was Adams fault and
not include Eve I just dont see.
If
you do notice Adam blamed eve instead of just accepting he did wrong.
Even blamed the serpent instead of saying she did wrong. How far
have we come from then till now. We still play the blame game. It's
not me. Its them. My kids wouldnt do that? How many times do our
friends and family expect us to take their sides even if they are in
the wrong. We can read when it started but when will it stop.
What
I get from these verses concerning the forbidden fruit is that they
BOTH did wrong. They BOTH knew they did wrong and tried to hide from
God. They BOTH tried to blame others when confronted.
If
the bible verses themselves dont convince you. Men, have your wife
do something she isnt wanting to do and see how it goes. Wives, do
you expect your husband to listen to what you tell him to do? Be
honest?
God
made man the head of the house and the woman a helpmate who we as men
should love and treat with all the respect they deserve. We should
be lifting them up enough so we never look down at them and they
never feel they look up at us in any way except with respect for
treating them with love.
For
bible referenses, I
put the whole chapter IN king james version and the key verses also
in NIV.
Lets
read the chapter it talks about.
Genesis 3King James Version (KJV)
3 Now
the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which
the LordGod had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
3 But
of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
die.
5 For
God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And
when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And
the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
8 And
they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden
in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LordGod amongst the trees of the garden.
10 And
he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And
he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the
tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And
the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And
the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did
eat.
14 And
the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the
days of thy life:
15 And
I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
16 Unto
the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And
unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy
wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;
in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
19 In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto
dust shalt thou return.
22 And
the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,
to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore
the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So
he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
way of the tree of life.
Key
verses in New international version:
6 When
the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and
pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she
took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was
12 The
man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit
from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then
the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have
done?” with her, and he ate it.
17 To
Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from
the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
