Where ever does it say they needed to wait until maturity until they could have sex? They were already made full grown adults.
Dondi, everything in God's creation goes through a period of Growth, everything. It is a universal law. No one can excape it.
Our body grows automatically with food, water, sunlight etc...
but Adam & Eve needed to grow and perfect their character, their spirit if you will centered on God. They needed to become one with God of their free will
And to be honest, I do not see how you can exegesis sexual union out of eating the fruit. God created sex, so how can that be sin?
I did not say that sex is a sin. Please read carefully. I said prematured sex was the cause of their fall. God was not part of their union. Their union was centered on the fallen Lucifer. This is why we are from his lineage as Jesus said clearly.
It is hard to accept but it is true. Look at all the evil in the world. Could God's children do such a evil. God has a claim on us so does satan.
What about all the animals that were created? Should they have waited to mate like A&E?
Animals go by and follow their instinct. They do not have a spirit. They are not humans. They were not created to be God's own children
And lastly, you are way off the mark about Jesus. For one, there is nowhere in the bible stating that Jesus planned to get married.
Since Jesus came as the second Adam to restore his failure, the 3 blessings God gave in Genesis 1:28 are still true for the second Adam. God will never change on his desire to be present on earth through God'centered families where he can dwell. Think of it, would there be a second Adam and not a second Eve ?
And you are basically calling Jesus a failure, yet the bible calls the Cross a victory. What kind of bible are YOU reading?
That is absolutly untrue. The people of his time failed to accept and receive Jesus. I did not say that Jesus failed. We did.
The Cross was a victory but it was not God original will for Jesus's coming. This is why Jesus agonised at Gethsemany. Not because he was weak but because he knew God's heart. His own disciples fell asleep. 3 times Jesus woke them up. he was all alone. No one understood his agony of wanting to accomplish his initial purpose.
The cross became plan B if you will.
After that Jesus started to speak about his coming crucifixion, At the beginning of his ministry, he spoke of the kingdom is at hand...let the dead bury the dead... repent.. etc There was clearly a change of direction. The disciples themselves were surprised and did not understand
God prepared a whole nation to receive Jesus. Read the New Testament again. All of what I am saying is right there in the bible. The Messiah cannot succeed alone. God either.
True Love is vulnerable.
I have the highest repect for Jesus. He was the first God true son. ask him directly if what I am saying is true or false.
Even God had to abandon Jesus on the cross at the end. Because Adam abandoned God, Jesus restored Adam fault at the cross. Evne when God abandoned him, he stayed faithful.
Imagine how painful, it was for God to see his beloved son, the one who could finally bring his Godly seed on the earth being crucified.
Jesus could forgive sins even before the cross. He did not need to go to the cross.
Dondi, I am not trying to offend you. This is what I have come to believe because it make much sense.
Jesus has to come back because of the cross.