Death was not necessarily a visible ter-
minal cessation of life but a gradual deterioration and
erative process which would affect many aspects
of life, For Eve, and all womankind, the change would
ct the bearing of children, which doubtless
God had originally planned to be a totally joyful ex
perience. By Eve's disobedience, her original status as
an equal with her husband would be changed; in general,
women through the succeeding generations have suf-
fered an inferior consideration
somehow af
So God pronounced the penalty coming upon the
first man and woman as an inevitable result which they
had brought upon themselves. The word to punish ¿il
shows that nvo people were involved and that there were
two offenses. The radical for offend +f is doubled ff
in order to show that there were two indicted. 1] isa
knife, suggesting the-serious type of punishment.
FF yl Al
to offend knife de punish
(doubled)
A similar character J£ meaning united, together
and indicating their partnership in rebellion, appears to
have the same origin, Note that the points “7 of
“anointing” in the a for this symbol
2%, represent wo persons 7) who are offenders FF. An-
cient ideograms for to punish fi are similar: 49 , where
pictures a knife !} . One venerable calligrapher
was even more explicit: & , adding dust + , which
portrays the ultimate fate of the offenders as well !
nt writ
The type ofpunishment indicated by ff] is corporal,
and in the case of Adam meant daily hard toil, and for
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2
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God did not mete out justice without merey, for He
looked upon the man and woman whom He had created
and, withgreat love and concern, provided for them new
‘garments, symbolizing the hope of salvation from their
fallen state. “And the Lord God made for Adam and
for his wife garments of skins and clothed them” (Gene-
sis 3 :21). This meant the taking of animals’ tives for the
first time as God made garments of the skins, symbolic
of the future death of His own Son, the Lamb of God,
as the world’s Savior. Their improvised aprons of fig
F2 leaves were replaced, and they had a new appearance or
7 tom A} The offenders (doubled) FF were covered by
mans, woolly (hairy) 4 garments. An ancient sheep radical
also demonstrates this “woolly” appearance %
# 3 #
afenders (mo) air form, apo
The radical for clothing 7% likewise shows that God
provided a covering 2 for the guilty pair (recall the
discussion of garden |} on page. 60, which portrays a
man 4 with a second person < issuing from his side).
This is seen even more clearly in the older calligraphy
as fi), À , or À. The two persons are depicted as ,
M,orne
It was thus that death came into God's perfect crea-
tion-as a result of Adam’s sin. The lesson which God
intended to teach through the sacrificial act was to de-
monstrate that sin is costly, for only by death of the sin-
less Son of God, Jesus, could the full penalty be met.
God Himself provided a way of escape to the repentant
>, ones who had faith in His vicarious sacrifice for man.
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bering beginning
clothing
further demonstrated by the third word for
hich pictures clothing % and a knife 7,
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The Seed of Rebellion
“Cain
n afterward built the world's fist city.
is wife [his sister], and she conceived and bore
noch, and he built a city, and called the name of the
bity after the name of his son, Enoch” (Genesis 4: 17).
in the fifth generation of Cain’s descendants, the Bible
Fecords a man who was not only a polygamist but also
murderer. Thus the earth, very early, became divided
sed descen
into two factions. The wi mts of Cain amo-
pantly despised and rejected God. But the line of Seth
ere God-fearing. Of them it is written,
son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that
ne men began to call upon the name of the Lord”
[Genesis 4:26).
This term, “to call upon the name of the Lord,” is
Lery significant and has been used in a special way
Ihroughout the Bible to indicate those seeking
In the Old Testament it was closely connected with the
sacrificial services initiated at the time when God first
s of skins and expelled Adam and E
odliness.
garden home. Often the supplicant w
ewarded by the manifestation of fire from heaven con-
suming the offering:
The sheep was the first sacrificial animal to be
pecified, and as previously mentioned, represented the
Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, the promised Seed of the
koman, who was to come in the line of the faithful des-
ts of Seth. The Chinese and the Hebrews, who
ere to come years later as the descendants of Abrahat
resented these specific animal offerings to one Supreme
God.* For the Hebrews this God was Elohim, Yahweh,
y Shaddal. His appellation by the Chinese was Shang Ti
+ literally, the emperor # above E.
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Heavenly
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same “sound” as
evolved in the course
rd, AIR, Originally this word must have indi
hospheric gas which one breathes. To air sf
pelody or tune (possibly originally whistled
one can air or publicize an opinion (in the
¡bout to happen, but is not yet
n be up in the air and be unsettled or
or one can walk on air and be happy and
fant, Thus the phonetic sound, AIR, ca
take on
multitude of meani
s. but all can be obviously and
ing fully derived from an original simple word
hssociation.
In like manner, is it not conceivable that the same
al
we =
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2a a
E E
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[A Lil
m BE
i a
ES
Ls] Y ae m
1
m
LEE |
is used in reference to the speaking E as well as deserip-
tive of the devil’s $e activity.
Chapter 7: Dust to Dust
1. 48 is portrayed clearly in ® as a covering ~ of
fruit $ on two pet-sons
Chapter 8: The Seed of Rebellion
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this book may represent one of the most startling theological
discoveries of the ages.”
—Paul Zimmerman, author of many distinguished books
and articles on Creation
The explosive culmination of 40 years of pain-
staking research—The Discovery of Genesis
Fact or astonishing coincidence?—
quickly he wrote down the character for to create X& ‚and
was astonished as he analyzed the components in this figure for the
first time: + is dust or mud; D a mouth > the small
downward stroke to the left of + indicates movement of lif
and i. means able to walk. The text in Genesis 2:7 (italics
supplied) came to mind. ‘Then the Lord God formed man of dust
from the ground, and breathed (with His mouth into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being (not a baby, but an
adult, able to walk)."
“Dissection of this character stimulated . . . a search which has
lasted four decades.”
—trom the Prolog to
The Discovery of Genesis
Now, the explosive question—
Were the ancient Chinese a remnant of the Tower of Babel
Dispersion. . . clinging to their belief in one God . . . forced to seek
refuge and isolation in the East by persecuting nonbelievers?