tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085826525086205605.post6479863082949027368..comments2023-07-13T08:18:22.638-07:00Comments on Jenneology~ I am Doing it!: Eve's transgressionDescenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07332889769426579665noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085826525086205605.post-40210828689611396802010-09-30T21:50:47.775-07:002010-09-30T21:50:47.775-07:00Something I've always noted is that the script...Something I've always noted is that the scriptures say that the land is cursed "for your sake." Several church articles and talks bring up this point - "sake" means "cause, account, interest, or benefit." The curses were not punishment; they were part of Eve's desire to have trials and grow, and subsequently Adam's choice to join her in that endeavor. <br /><br />Genesis Ch 3<br />16 Unto the awoman he said, I will greatly bmultiply thy csorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth dchildren; and thy desire shall be to thy ehusband, and he shall rule over thee. <br /> 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy awife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: bcursed is the ground for thy sake; in csorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; <br /> 18 aThorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; <br /> 19 In the asweat of thy face shalt thou eat bbread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for cdust thou art, and unto ddust shalt thou return. <br /><br />Nowhere does he imply these are punishments. They are the listed consequences of choosing to eat the fruit and gain knowledge. "Okay, because you, Eve, chose this, and you, Adam, followed Eve, this is what life is going to be like on the outside."Blasphemous Homemakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716335760006869010noreply@blogger.com