10-29-2019, 11:29 AM
1) This passage tells us about the purpose, place, and role of human beings and relation to God.
2) God is intimately involved in the making of his creatures. And God even puts part of himself into them. God also sees and meets every need of his creatures.
3) Humans are created to live among the trees. Humans are in the image of their parents, soil (mother earth) and spirit (Father God). Humans are created to serve and protect the creation of God. Humans are created for community (of which marriage is paradigmatic). Humans are created to have limits and bounds which are set by the Creator and must not be trespassed. Male and female are two parts or "sides" of the fullness of humanity. Humans were created to be vulnerable ("naked") before each other and the Creator and to be without shame while living in the "light" (openness and honesty) of such vulnerability.
4) Again, similar to the previous passage, it speaks to humanity's integrated role to be within the creation as servant and protector while also accepting limitedness (something humans do NOT do well at all).
2) God is intimately involved in the making of his creatures. And God even puts part of himself into them. God also sees and meets every need of his creatures.
3) Humans are created to live among the trees. Humans are in the image of their parents, soil (mother earth) and spirit (Father God). Humans are created to serve and protect the creation of God. Humans are created for community (of which marriage is paradigmatic). Humans are created to have limits and bounds which are set by the Creator and must not be trespassed. Male and female are two parts or "sides" of the fullness of humanity. Humans were created to be vulnerable ("naked") before each other and the Creator and to be without shame while living in the "light" (openness and honesty) of such vulnerability.
4) Again, similar to the previous passage, it speaks to humanity's integrated role to be within the creation as servant and protector while also accepting limitedness (something humans do NOT do well at all).