PAGE 20 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST(THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD)

IT IS AMAZING TO CONSIDER THAT GOD, YAHWEH ELOHIM, THAT CANNOT DWELL WITH DARKNESS, WOULD GIVE MAN, WHO WAS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, THE AUTHORITY TO BE THE WATCHMAN OVER THE BORDERS OF HIS DWELLING PLACE ON EARTH.  KING DAVID REFLECTS THIS SENTIMENT IN PSALM 8: 4-5 :

"WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM? YOU MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR."

BUT EVEN THE MORE ASTONISHING, GOD'S COVENANT WITH MAN WENT EVEN FURTHER. HE COMMISSIONED MAN TO ENLARGE THE BORDERS OF EDEN, THIS HAVEN OF LIGHT THAT KNEW NO DEATH,  UNTIL IT ENCOMPASSED THE ENTIRE EARTH.

IN GENESIS 1:28, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:

"GOD BLESSED THEM AND SAID TO THEM, 'BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE IN NUMBER; FILL THE EARTH AND SUBDUE IT."

SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS, WHO WERE DWELLING OUTSIDE OF THE GARDEN, HAD NO FUTURE IN THE EARTH AND WOULD BE POWERLESS AGAINST MAN WHO HAD THE POWER OF YAHWEH ELOHIM WITH HIM.

KING DAVID GOES ON TO SAY IN PSALM 8:

"YOU MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU PUT EVERYTHING UNDER HIS FEET; ALL FLOCKS AND HERDS AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND THE FISH OF THE SEA,  ALL THAT SWIM THE PATHS OF THE SEAS. " PSALM 8: 6-8

GOD MADE ADAM KING OVER THE EARTH.  HE DELEGATED THE RIGHTS OF DIRECT RULE OR DOMINION OF THE EARTH AND IT'S LIVING CREATURES, INCLUDING SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS.

THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, WHO REPRESENTS SATAN, IS DESCRIBED AS A BEAST OF THE FIELD. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS:

"NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD WHICH THE LORD GOD HAD MADE."

THE HEBREW WORD FOR RULE IN PSALM 8 IS "MASHAL".  IT MEANS HAVE DOMINION, REIGN, GAIN CONTROL OR HAVE AUTHORITY.

YAHWEH ELOHIM PUT EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH UNDER MAN'S FEET. THIS REPRESENTS THE AUTHORITATIVE ORDER OF THINGS:

THE ORDER OF THINGS RIGHT AT THE CREATION OF MAN WAS:

GOD - FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT
ANGELS
MAN
ANIMALS

WHEN GOD PLACED MAN IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THE ORDER WAS CHANGED TO:

GOD - FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT
MAN
ANGELS ON THE EARTH
ANIMALS

IN A CONDITIONAL COVENANT WITH MAN, GOD, YAHWEH ELOHIM,  GAVE ALL OF THE EARTH,  DOMINION AND OWNERSHIP, TO HIM AND HIS BRIDE EVE.