Friday, January 18, 2008

Summary of Genesis and Enoch

God had been bored; he had no satisfaction in his being. In order to find this self-fulfillment he went up his creation. He created the heavens and the earth and all that these bodies are made of. He created light and day to distinguish time and place. He created living beast to inhabit and roam the earth he created. He distinguished the earth between wet and dry or basically sea and land. As his prize possession he created man, a reflection of himself to rule over the wonderful creation he made. God did not want man to be lonely and out of man forged woman a companion that heed and accompany man for all of time. He named man Adam. He created Eden a paradise on earth that Adam and his woman could roam and rule. With Eden he allowed Adam to enjoy all the fruits of the earth and lived as he pleased. However God gave Adam one restriction; not to eat from the tree of knowledge. Tempted by a serpent Adam’s companion ate from the tree of knowledge and indulged Adam to do so as well. God found out, deeply hurt he banished Adam and his companion (who Adam named Eve) from Eden and forced them to live with tribulations. They would now have to survive and struggle in order to live on the earth from now on.

            Enoch was a good man chosen by God to come up and see the heavens. Angels took him through the heavens and he saw the goodness of them as well as the badness. Eventually he came to talk to God who explained to him the creation of these heavens and the earth he inhabited. He commanded Enoch to go down on earth and spread the knowledge he had been granted.

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