Sun, May 24, 2009
Seeing... The Key to Life
Here is what is amazing about this description from Genesis 2:9. I know what trees look like. But, I have no idea what “life” or “knowledge” look like. Adam and Eve knew. They knew because they saw every day.
The Hebrew word here for “pleasing to the sight” holds an important meaning for us. It does not mean “pretty”. It means “a spiritual appearance”. It is the same word used in Exodus 3:3 when Moses turned to see “the sight” and beheld a bush that burned but was not consumed. It was a visual register of a spiritual reality. Adam and Eve “saw” this way as a regular part of daily life in the Garden. When they left the garden, in many ways the garden also left them.
The Hebrew word here for “pleasing to the sight” holds an important meaning for us. It does not mean “pretty”. It means “a spiritual appearance”. It is the same word used in Exodus 3:3 when Moses turned to see “the sight” and beheld a bush that burned but was not consumed. It was a visual register of a spiritual reality. Adam and Eve “saw” this way as a regular part of daily life in the Garden. When they left the garden, in many ways the garden also left them.
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