Creation and Destruction--The Origins of "God with Us" in The Garden of Eden Story

As a whole, The Bible operates in movements of Creation and Destruction, Destruction and Rebirth, ultimately leading us the the stunning conclusion than Heaven and Earth are always desiring to meet and become one spectacular place. In the midst of all of this, a character named "YHWH" or "God" is always trying to bring order to the chaos the created world brings into paradise. In this episode, we look at the origin of Heaven and Earth overlapping and in The Garden of Eden, along with the implications and patterns that follow. Topics Covered: Literary units The importance of a literary frame The literary frames for Gen 2:4-4:2 Biblical Repetition and ordering in Ancient Near-Eastern Literature The Serpent as a Heavenly being The Serpent as a archetype of chaos Adam/Adan as the meeting of Heaven and Earth in a body The Garden of Eden as a realm where Heaven and Earth Meet Temples and Tabernacles and Churches and Christ Water motifs throughout The Bible Story Who is cursed? Eve? Was she a dream of Adam's or was she taken from his rib, literally?