Topic: The fall

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What did the fig leaves in the garden of Eden represent?

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Man has always wanted to make his own way. In the garden of Eden, God made a man so he didn’t have to shift for nothing. God made him perfect, but man wanted his own way. He wanted to tamper. He wanted to find out. And then as soon as he fell…We’ve went through that this week, in the studies of the...

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What was the Tree of Life, and who guarded it?

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Now, the Tree of Life, I believe, was Jesus Christ. “He that eats My flesh and drinks My Blood has Everlasting Life.” He is the Tree of Life. God was guarding It with a Cherubim, an Angel with a flaming sword.

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden, and what has come of eating from the tree of knowledge?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees: one was Life, one was knowledge. Man left the Tree of Life to eat off the tree of knowledge. And the first bite he took, he separated himself from God. And every time a man bites off of that tree of knowledge, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder, ki...

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What does the word religion mean, and what was the apron Adam made for himself?

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Now, God, in the beginning when Adam and Eve…Man has always tried to prepare himself. Oh, yes, sir, he tries to prepare himself. When he first sinned in the beginning, the first thing you know, he went out and prepared himself an apron: fig leaves, wrapped it around him. He’s making himself…Now, the...

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

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Now, let’s begin with the first two people on earth, and that was Adam and Eve. And when they had sinned; God told them, “All these things you may have, but there’s one thing that you mustn’t touch.” And that was the—the forbidden tree. And of course, everybody has their ideas of what it was, and I...

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What did the tree of death and the Tree of Life in the garden of Eden represent?

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Now, here’s the tree of death. I have my idea of what it was; you can have yours. But anyhow, that whenever they’d taken this tree, they were going to die. But if they ever taken this Tree, they were going to live. So, when they’d taken the tree of death, that separated them from God, and He put an...

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Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said, “Serpent…” Now, he wasn’t a reptile then. He was the most subtle of all the beasts of the field. And He said, “Cursed is you.” And He took his legs from him and upon his belly he’d go all the days of—of his life. Dust should be his meat, and he will be hated. That’s where he is today.

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

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Now when, then, they sinned, he—he made hisself a reli-…A word religion means “covering.” It’s like something covers. This coat is a—is a—a moral religion to me, because it covers my being. And your clothes is the same way. And it’s a…It’s a—a covering.

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Was the serpent a reptile before it was cursed?

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And He said then, “Serpent, because you did this, walked up…” He wasn’t a reptile. He was a beast, walked up, more subtle than all the beasts of the field. Bear me record, that’s Scripture. Walked up, like a man, and he had deceived her. And He said, “And because you did this, off comes your legs, a...

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What does the word 'religion' mean?

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He made a covenant with man, and man always breaks his covenant. But man has always tried to find some way to save hisself, try to make hisself. It comes from a strain: In the garden of Eden, when man realized he had sinned, he tried to make hisself a religion, a covering. The word religion means “c...

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden?

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I said, “In my heart.” That’s right. And I said, “The trouble of it is, doctor, in the garden of Eden, there’s two trees; one was knowledge and one was faith. One was Life. One was death of knowledge, other one was life by faith. And as long as they eat by faith of this tree, all right, they lived....