Genesis 2

Genesis 2:1-25

Contents: God’s Sabbath rest. The creative act of Gen 1:27 explained. The Edenic covenant.

Characters: God, Adam, Eve.

Conclusion: Man is a threefold being, body, soul and spirit. The real man is soul and spirit, conferred directly from God. The body, the outward casing, is dust and to dust it returns.

Key Word: Man, Genesis 2:7.

Strong Verses: Genesis 2:3; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:24.

Striking Facts: Eve, a type of the Church, the Bride of Christ, was not formed of dust, but came from an opened side. The Church is a heavenly Body, born from the opened side of the Second Adam, God’s Son.