- (Gen 1:28) And God __________ them. And God said to them, “Be __________ and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have __________ over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
- God blessed Adam and Eve
- God’s blessing flows from His goodness
- Not __________ ability to earn it.
- He has already given us every spiritual blessing in __________
- God made 6 covenants with men throughout the Bible
- Adamic – God & Adam >> All of mankind
- Noahic God & Noah
- Abrahamic – God & Abraham
- Mosaic – God & Moses
- Davidic – God & David
- Messianic – God & His Redeemed in Christ
- Adamic Covenant: Man’s Role
- Be fruitful & __________ & fill the earth
- Productive, active
- Procreate – a special blessing to create life as God created life.
- Genesis 16, Genesis 29
- __________ it & have dominion
- How might this have been different before the fall of Adam and Eve?
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- Work the __________ (2:15)
- Given every plan with seed for food
- Do not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil or you will __________. (2:17)
- This is the only one of the terms with a punishment for not following it.
- (Gen 1:29) And God said, “Behold, I have given you every __________ yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its __________. You shall have them for __________.
- Early man was likely a __________
- Post-flood they are told to eat meat in the __________ covenant
- Also known as the Rainbow covenant.
- Genesis 9:1-3
- The Noahic Covenant is a one way covenant that is ____________________.
- (Gen 1:30) And to every __________ of the earth and to every __________ of the heavens and to everything that __________ on the earth, everything that has the __________ of life, I have given every green plant for __________.” And it was so.
- The same diet was true of animals
- And possibly more restricted
- Every green herb: Essentially grass.
- What about carnivores?
- The lion? The cheetah?
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- And what about poisonous plants?
- Poison ivy, Hemlock, Moonflowers, Castor beans: Surely those were not intended for food?
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- And interestingly there are no signs of __________ before the fall and extraordinary lengths of __________ after
- Men living hundreds of __________
- And seemingly vibrant in that.
- Most plants can be consumed without killing the plant, In fact, many plants will put on more when they are __________.
- Animals, however, must __________ to become food.
- But all of that changed at the __________ of Adam and Eve.
- The __________ was broken
- The __________ withheld.
- And we hold the promise of its restoration when Christ __________ all things.
