The Purpose of Evil.
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Ty for sharing. I read over quickly once and will read over several times along with the scriptures.
I have no criticism to give to your study. I am still pondering it. I see the Word as having many layers and I certainly don't know them all.
May I add a layer for your consideration? This has to do with the camping of the tribes which you alluded to.
The stars in the heavens were for "signs"(oth-things to come) and "seasons".
19 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
The stars tell a story, and the standards of the tribes which were the Zodiac (a way, a step) points to that story (and to other layers of understanding).
There is Biblical astronomy and there is satanic astrology.
The order according to the course of the sun. Think of this as a clock with the precession carrying the signs of the Zodiac westward.
Numbers 2
Camp of- Judah (The lion) was camped on the East along with Zebulon (Virgo), and Issachar (Cancer). (the second row of stones in priest breastplate)
Camp of- Reuben (Aquarius-the man) on the South, along with Simeon (Pisces), and Gad (Aries) (the First row of stones in the priests breastplate)
Camp of- Ephraim and Manasseh (Tarus-two horns of the bull) on the West, along with Benjamin (Gemini). (The Fourth row of stones in the breastplate)
Camp of-On the sides of the North were Dan (Scorpio-the scorpion-serpent-substituted eagle), Asher (Sagitarius), Nephtali (Capricorn). (The third row of stones in the breastplate-which seem to be the ones missing in satin's breastplate-why?)
Levi had no standard for the kept the "balance of the Sanctuary".
12 precious stones (I totally agree. They were placed over the heart).
I am going to do the Cain study in parts. I hope you don't mind that I post it here.
Part I
Thank you for your courteous answers.
I have the Biblical documentation of each tribe and the signs of the Zodiac corresponding to each, also the stones in the breast plate (what we call birthstones nowadays). The Bible truly is written in the stars and the standard of each tribe pointed to that story. A story for the whole world to see.
Now for the story of Cain.
Cain and Able are not in Adam's genealogy, Genesis chapter 5. Able being murdered produced no offspring-the murder of Able also killed his generations-that is why Able's "blood" (denoting posterity) cried out from the ground.
Cain had offspring but neither he, his offspring, or their deaths are mentioned in the genealogy of Adam.
There is a bifurcation in the family "tree".
In the Bible we are told who Cain was and who his father was:
1Jn 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Like any verse in the Bible, you can try to spiritualize this one, and claim that it only means Cain was a follower of Satan.
But the word “of” (i.e., “of that wicked one”) in this verse destroys that premise. It’s not the usual word translated “of” in the New Testament. Instead, it’s translated from the Greek word ek, which is genitive of origin (meaning it relates to the actual physical origin or source of a thing). The word itself means “out from the interior of.” In other words, Cain was “of” (i.e., out from the interior of) that wicked one, who, of course, is the devil.
We know the story of the "shining one" in the garden and how Eve was seduced. At least we thought we did.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Subtil-crafty and cunning.
You’ll note the serpent asks Eve a simplistic question about eating from the trees in the garden. Of course, these would be fruit trees. But are we really talking about trees here?
Remember the various symbolisms in the parable of the tares, for example, how the wheat and the tares represented two different plantings of people?
And do you remember how, in Isaiah 61:3, our heavenly Father called His People “trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord”?
Trees (people/beings)
part 2
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Gen 3:3 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.
As we’ll see, there are going to be two trees “in the midst of the garden”. But one of them produces good fruit, which is to say, Godly doctrine. And the other produces very poisonous fruit, which is to say, ungodly doctrine.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
There’s your two trees, right in the midst of all of the other trees in the Garden of Eden. One is the “tree of life.” And one is the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” Why are these two trees pointed out to us in the Scripture? Because these two trees are not ordinary “trees.” One is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whose “fruit,” or doctrine, is certainly “good for food.” And the other is our adversary, the devil. (Remember how the blind man healed by Christ Jesus saw “trees as men, walking”?)
But did you notice something? In Genesis 3:3 above, Eve stated to the serpent, in regard to the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, “God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.” But that’s not really what God said in Genesis 2:17 above, is it? Eve added the phrase, “…neither shall ye touch it…”
Why do you think she added additional detail to God’s Word regarding this “tree”? It’s interesting that the word “touch,” in the Hebrew language, is naga (see Strong’s 5060). It means to touch, or to lay the hand upon. But more importantly, it’s also a common euphemism in the Hebrew language meaning “to lay with a woman.”
So that old serpent tells Eve, essentially, that God’s been keeping something from her. He tells her that contrary to God’s Word, when she eats of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, rather than die she’ll actually gain insight she’s never had before, and that she and Adam will become like gods, understanding both good and evil.
Gen 3:6 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.
Gen 3:7 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.
Wow. That fast, they lost their innocence. And they hurried to sew fig leaves together, to make aprons. If they had actually eaten an apple off a tree, or any other kind of fruit for that matter, why would they sew fig leaves to make an apron? An apron covers one’s private parts, right? Clearly, they were not in an apple grove, but instead, a fig grove where fig leaves were abundant. But what were they trying to cover up with those aprons of fig leaves?
Could the “fruit” they partook of have been what we would call today forbidden fruit, which is to say, fornication -- the very “fornication” the false Jews who argued with Christ in John chapter 8 claimed they were not born of? Well, let’s see if anything relating to sexual relations gets brought up in the remaining verses of this story