Cheryl Schatz

Ahhhhh, Mark, you dragged me back. My floor needs washing! But I only came back to look….

Here goes, and after this I really am leaving and turning off my computer so I don’t get tempted to look. 😉

1. Moses was the human author, but GOD Almighty wrote Genesis. It is not only inspired, but no one could know of the details of creation without a direct revelation of God. Just as God gave Moses the inspired order of creation and all the things that happened before Adam was on the earth, so He too gave him the inspired conversation with God’s direct quote given by Eve.

I guess you must be more on the liberal side, because I believe Genesis literally and I have seen the complete harmonization of Genesis creation account without contradiction and without error. I believe it and I believe God.

As far as Yahweh God, the serpent nor Eve could have used the term or else God was a liar. He said:

Exo 6:3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.

No one knew the name YAHWEH until much later when God revealed it. If the serpent and Eve had quoted that Divine name then the worldly would have known him and the patriarchs would have known Him by this name. And then God would have been a liar. But the truth of the matter is that God didn’t reveal His name and if it was in the early part of Genesis it would have been an inaccurate addition.

2. She also adds “and you must not touch it”. Another subtle hint that Eve is further leaning toward the serpent rather than God.

There is not one piece of evidence that Eve added these words to what God said. How could she have been “leaning toward the serpent” since the serpent didn’t ask her if she was not allowed to touch the fruit?

3. The serpent tells her she will not surely die, and so then she eats and then becomes sinful, despite being decieved by the serpent.

Not only did Eve not add to God’s words, but God would have sinned if He had not disciplined her. He says that those who add to His words will be found a liar. Eve was not found a liar and those who say that she added to God’s words have not a single piece of evidence to prove this fact. If we charged people with sin with no evidence how can they be found guilty? It is a sin to add to God’s words so either Eve was guilty before she ate the fruit or she did not add to His words. Which will it be? There was no temptation to add to God’s words. She quoted Him and God did not call her to task for this serious “sin”.

Lastly you once again say that the serpent “dropped” God’s name of YHWH. This is simply not true. God had not given His name out so the talking serpent did not know it. Eve did not know it. It was God’s later revelation and so we cannot charge Eve with dropping the name “YHWH” when she clearly had never, ever heard that name before.

I hope that you will continue to listen to the end and take the challenge that I give. I am praying that God will do a work in your heart that I cannot do. His spirit can cause you to think about the inspired Scriptures and turn aside from faulty tradition that has no witness for the prosecution.

Okay, with that I am (really, really this time), over and out.

Warmly and with God’s great grace,
Cheryl