PAGE 19 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(THEIR PRIESTLY DUTY)

ADAM AND EVE DO NOT HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT LIVING WITHIN THEM BUT THEY ARE PLACED ON EARTH IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN WHERE HEAVEN WAS JOINED TOGETHER WITH EARTH. THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH REPRESENTS YESHUA JESUS WAS IN THE GARDEN AND THE LORD GOD, YAHWEH ELOHIM, WALKED IN THE GARDEN AND MET FACE TO FACE WITH THEM.

THE GARDEN OF EDEN, WHICH IS NOW THE NATION OF ISRAEL PLUS SOME OF THE LAND SURROUNDING IT, WAS DIFFERENT THAN AND WAS PROTECTED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD.  THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS WHERE SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS DWELLED AND WAS INFLUENCED BY THEIR DARKNESS AND WICKEDNESS. THE GARDEN WAS GOD'S THRONE ROOM ON EARTH AND WAS JOINED TOGETHER WITH THE HEAVENLY THRONE ROOM IN THE HEAVENLY EDEN.

ADAM AND HIS BRIDE, EVE HAD EVERY KIND OF BLESSING; THEY HAD DIRECT ACCESS  TO HEAVEN.  KING DAVID SAYS IN PSALM 8:5 THAT GOD "CROWNED" ADAM AND EVE "WITH GLORY AND HONOR."

GOD PLACED THEM IN EDEN TO SERVE HIM AS PRIESTS.  GENESIS 1:15 SAYS:

"THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO CULTIVATE IT AND KEEP IT."

THE HEBREW WORD FOR CULTIVATE IS "ABAD" WHICH MEANS TO WORK AS IN TO SERVE OR TO WORSHIP. THIS SAME WORD IS USED WHEN GOD TELLS MOSES THAT THE HEBREWS HE WILL LEAD OUT OF EGYPT WILL BE A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS AND WILL SERVE HIM ON MOUNT SINAI.  GOD SAYS:

"WHEN YOU HAVE BROUGHT THE PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT YOU SHALL SERVE OR "ABAD" GOD ON THIS MOUNTAIN." EXODUS 3:12

WHEN GOD SPEAKS TO THE LEVITICAL PRIESTS REGARDING THEIR SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE, HE USES THE WORD AGAIN:

"AND THEY SHALL KEEP HIS CHARGE AND THE CHARGE OF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION TO DO THE SERVICE OR THE "ABAD" OF THE TABERNACLE." NUMBERS 3:7

ADAM AND EVE TENDED TO THE SERVICE OF GOD AND LED WORSHIP IN THE GARDEN.

THEY WERE ALSO PLACED IN THE GARDEN  "TO KEEP IT".   THE HEBREW WORD FOR KEEP IS "SHAMAR" WHICH MEANS ATTEND, TO KEEP,  BE A GATEKEEPER, GUARD, OR BE A WATCHMAN.

GOD USES THE WORD "SHAMAR" WHEN SPEAKING TO THE LEVITES WHO WERE THE PRIESTS SERVING IN THE TABERNACLE. GOD SAYS:

"BUT THE LEVITES SHALL PITCH ROUND ABOUT THE TABERNACLE OF TESTIMONY THAT THERE BE NO WRATH UPON THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND THE LEVITES SHALL KEEP OR "SHAMAR" THE CHARGE OF THE TABERNACLE OF TESTIMONY."

JEFF BENNER WHO TEACHES ANCIENT HEBREW SAYS, "THE ORIGINAL PICTURE PAINTED BY THE HEBREW WORD SHAMAR IS A SHEEPFOLD.  WHEN A SHEPHERD WAS OUT IN THE WILDERNESS WITH HIS FLOCK, HE WOULD GATHER THORN BUSHES TO ERECT A CORRAL TO PLACE HIS FLOCK IN AT NIGHT.  THE THORNS WOULD DETER PREDATORS AND THEREBY PROTECT AND GUARD THE SHEEP FROM HARM. THE WORD SHAMIYR DERIVED FROM THIS ROOT MEANS A THORN. THE WORD SHAMIYR MEANS TO GUARD AND PROTECT AND CAN BE SEEN IN THE AARONIC BLESSING, MAY YAHWEH BLESS YOU AND KEEP (GUARD AND PROTECT) YOU. ONE KEEPS THE COMMANDS OF GOD BY GUARDING AND PROTECTING THEM."

GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH ADAM AND EVE TO SERVE AS PRIESTS AND GUARD AND PROTECT THE BORDERS OF THE GARDEN FROM PREDATORS OR ENEMIES OF GOD BY KEEPING THE COVENANT THAT GOD HAD MADE WITH THEM.

THE COVENANT HE MADE WITH THEM WAS A CONDITIONAL COVENANT: IT WOULD BE BROKEN IF THEY ATE FROM ONE TREE IN THE GARDEN CALLED THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.

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