Day 1
Sign in to track your reading and join the conversation.
Reflections
Finished this day:
View all 270 days
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
Dot indicates days with reflections.
I’d really like to read a translation without the words added for Grammar purposes.
I found it interesting that the Lord God banished man from the garden of Eden so he wouldn’t eat from the Tree of Life and “become like one of us.” This suggests to me that the two trees had real power and not just the prohibition of one and reward of the other. Had man NOT been banished from the garden, what would he have become?
Also what is meant when the Lord God talks about “one of us knowing good and evil?”
Who does the “us” refer to? The Trinity? The angels? Other gods?
All in all a good reading; I haven’t read it in a while.
@johannes - Thank you for your thoughts. For translations, in your Profile (top nav), you can select your preferred version, if you're reading on a device. No translation is perfect, but the most literal are the LSB and the NASB. I've read the former, and am currently reading (again) the latter.
@johannes - These are great questions! "what would we have become?" - Yes, I believe the trees did have real power. By eating of the forbidden tree we came to know good and evil, but in a fallen state, like Satan, but unlike him, mortal. If we had taken of the tree of life, then we would have become immortal in that fallen state, like Satan, a truly terrible outcome. God in His mercy prevented that, and had a plan in place for our ultimate redemption!
Yes I believe the "us" refers to the eternal fellowship of the Triune Godhead, likewise in Genesis 11.
The thing that jumped out at me was the women mentioned in Christ’s genealogy; none of them were “socially upright.”
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba (not mentioned by name) and Mary.
Nothing included is without significance. It is notable that these women were included.
@johannes - This is such a good point! Even though Matthew was writing mainly to Jews to show them that Jesus is their Messiah and King, from the very beginning he shows that the Messiah is not just for an elite group of Abraham's physical descendants, but for all people, the poor, the needy, the outcast, just as God promised Abraham, "in you and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed." Matthew is intentionally rocking their boat -- Ruth wasn't even a Jew, but a despised Moabite! Jesus came to seek and save all who are lost. Thanks for this key insight -- you're right, it is very significant.
I find that Psalm 1 is particularly relevant to things in my life right now. When we walk in the ways of the Lord and follow after Him, He causes us to prosper in the things that He has prepared for us and wholeheartedly follow Him in every circumstance you are dealing with. Delighting in the Lord produces Good Fruit that benefits yourself as well as other people.
@anya thanks for the good and encouraging word!