It’s right there in the midst of the ten words from Mount Sinai: “I the LORD thy God am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:5) What a horrible idea, we might think, a jealous God!? What kind of a God gets jealous? Well Mount Sinai is no unguarded moment of candour. The LORD is very open […]
Even the phrase “garden of Eden” should make us home-sick. “Eden” is taken from the word “delight”. And “garden” when translated to Greek is “paradise”. The highest plane humanity has reached thus far was at the outset. In fact Genesis 2 means to communicate this truth, even topologically! The four rivers flow down from this […]