{"id":11462,"date":"2018-12-30T19:54:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T13:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:43:20","slug":"a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=11462","title":{"rendered":"A Monotonous Cycle Revisited, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don\u2019t understand these things? <\/em>Jesus said to Nicodemus. \u00a0<em>I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. \u00a0If I have told you people about earthly things and you don\u2019t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/05\/17\/a-monotonous-cycle-part-5\/#_rude\">hinted<\/a> at how Jesus\u2019 teaching informs my understanding of the Old Testament.\u00a0 Here I intend to get explicit about these <em>earthly things<\/em>.\u00a0 Though I will do my best to make these essays interesting, the very repetitiveness of the subject matter may seem like <em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/05\/13\/a-monotonous-cycle-part-1\/\">A Monotonous Cycle<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the general introduction (Genesis 1:26-30 Tanakh):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym\">\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd<\/a>)<\/em> said: &#8216;Let us make man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m\">\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd<\/a>)<\/em> in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth&#8217;. \u00a0And G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> created man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> in His own image, in the image of G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> created He him; male and female created He them. \u00a0And G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> blessed them; and G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> said unto them: &#8216;Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth&#8217; <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/10\/davids-forgiveness-part-5\/#_Table23\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> said: &#8216;Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed&#8211;to you it shall be for food; and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, I have given every green herb for food&#8217; And it was so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is a more detailed account of the involvement of\u00a0<em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h\u00a0\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/em>, corresponding to the <em>Word <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-concordance\/#_\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2\">\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opening chapter<\/a> of John\u2019s Gospel narrative (Genesis 2:4-9 Tanakh):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_yeh\u00f4v\u00e2h\">\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4<\/a>)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> made earth and heaven. \u00a0No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> to till the ground; but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.\u00a0 Then HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> formed man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> became a living soul.<\/p>\n<p>And HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> whom He had formed. \u00a0And out of the ground made HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hebrew word translated <em>good <\/em>was <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_\u1e6d\u00f4b\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>light <\/em>was <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>dry land<\/em> amidst the <em>gathering together of the waters<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>grass <\/em>the<em> earth brought forth<\/em>\u2026<em> herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 The <em>beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).\u00a0 In fact, <em>every thing that He<\/em> [<em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd] <em>had made<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+1:31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/a> (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The Hebrew word translated <em>evil<\/em> was <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_ra\u02bd\">\u05d5\u05e8\u05e2<\/a> (<em>r\u00e2\u02bd\u00e2h<\/em>) and this is its first occurrence.\u00a0 In other words, \u05d5\u05e8\u05e2 (<em>r\u00e2\u02bd\u00e2h<\/em>) is as yet unknown.\u00a0 The story continued (Genesis 2:15-17 Tanakh):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> took the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em>, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. \u00a0And HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> commanded the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em>, saying: &#8216;Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/02\/romans-part-6\/#_Table17\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die&#8217; <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/02\/romans-part-6\/#_Table19\">Table<\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thus the one and only law was given.\u00a0 Paul, after he was <em><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+3:3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">born from above<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Romans+8:14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led<\/a> <\/em>by the Holy Spirit, wrote to others <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Romans+1:7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like<\/a> him in Rome: <em>For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin<\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn7\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 As David had prayed: <em>Hear my prayer, O LORD <\/em>(<em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<em>, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/30\/romans-part-15\/#_Table1\">Table<\/a>]<em>. \u00a0And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified <\/em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2021\/04\/18\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-6\/#_Table1\">Table<\/a>].<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn8\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The story continued (Genesis 2:18-3:5 Tanakh):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> said: &#8216;It is not good <em>(<\/em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<em>, \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1)<\/em> that the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.&#8217; \u00a0And out of the ground HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof. \u00a0And the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> there was not found a help meet for him.<\/p>\n<p>And HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em>, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof. \u00a0And the rib, which HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> had taken from the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em>, made He a woman, and brought her unto the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em>.\u00a0 And the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> said: &#8216;This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/07\/31\/romans-part-4\/#_Table11\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>.\u00a0 And they were both naked, the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> and his wife, and were not ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> had made.\u00a0 And he said unto the woman: &#8216;Yea, hath G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And the woman said unto the serpent: &#8216;Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And the serpent said unto the woman: &#8216;Ye shall not surely die <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/02\/romans-part-6\/#_Table1\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>; for G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05db\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em>, knowing good and evil&#8217; <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/02\/romans-part-6\/#_Table3\">Table<\/a>].<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eve, in fact, knew nothing but good (<em>\u1e6d\u00f4b<\/em>, \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1).\u00a0 But though she was visited <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+3:8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">routinely<\/a> by <em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h \u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<\/em>, who spoke with her face to face, she did not <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+17:3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">know<\/a> Him.\u00a0 The story continues (Genesis 3:6-8 Tanakh):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. \u00a0And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles <em>[<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/02\/romans-part-6\/#_Table5\">Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u00a0And they heard the voice of HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u00e2d\u00e2m<em>, \u05d4\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd)<\/em> and his wife hid themselves from the presence of HaShem <em>(<\/em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4)<\/em> G-d <em>(<\/em>\u02bc\u0115l\u00f4h\u0131\u0302ym<em>, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd)<\/em> amongst the trees of the garden.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So they learned the meaning of \u05d5\u05e8\u05e2 (<em>r\u00e2\u02bd\u00e2h<\/em>): to mistrust <em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h <\/em>so as to disregard his word.\u00a0 <em>And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger<\/em>, Moses told Israel, <em>and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of HaShem<\/em> (<em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) <em>doth man live<\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn9\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <em>So then, just as sin entered the world through one man<\/em>\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn10\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a> Paul wrote.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude with the moral of this story, I\u2019ve made a table interspersing Jesus\u2019 teaching to Nicodemus with Paul\u2019s teaching on the first and last Adam.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"638\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2017\/10\/09\/fear-deuteronomy-part-9\/#_ftn7\">Jesus<\/a> answered, \u201cI tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 3:5 (NET) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/05\/14\/a-monotonous-cycle-part-2\/#_Table2\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">So also it is written, \u201c<strong><em>The first man, Adam, became a living person<\/em><\/strong>\u201d;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">1 Corinthians 15:45a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">What is born of the flesh is flesh,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 3:6a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">the last Adam [e.g., Jesus] became a life-giving spirit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">1 Corinthians 15:45b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 3:6b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. \u00a0The first man is from the earth, made of <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/Genesis+3:19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dust<\/a>; the second man is<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn11\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a> from heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">1 Corinthians 15:46, 47 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">Do not be amazed that I said to you, \u2018You must all be born from above.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 3:7 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">1 Corinthians 15:48 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going.\u00a0 So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 3:8 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"638\">And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn12\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a> the image of the man of heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">1 Corinthians 15:49 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/09\/13\/atonement-part-6\/#_ftn34\">cannot<\/a> inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable<\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_ftn13\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tables comparing <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_Table1\">1 Corinthians 15:47<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/12\/30\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-1\/#_Table2\">15:49<\/a> in the NET and KJV follow.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"319\"><a id=\"_Table1\"><\/a>1 Corinthians 15:47 (NET)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"319\">1 Corinthians 15:47 (KJV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is <strong>the Lord <\/strong>from heaven.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Corinthians+15:47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET Parallel Greek<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">\u1f41 \u03c0\u03c1\u1ff6\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03ba \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c7\u03bf\u03ca\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2, \u1f41 \u03b4\u03b5\u03cd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03be \u03bf\u1f50\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u1fe6<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba \u03b3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf \u03b4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 <strong>\u03bf \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u03b5\u03be \u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b5\u03ba \u03b3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf \u03b4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 <strong>\u03bf \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u03b5\u03be \u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"319\"><a id=\"_Table2\"><\/a>1 Corinthians 15:49 (NET)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"319\">1 Corinthians 15:49 (KJV)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"319\">And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.<\/td>\n<td width=\"319\">And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Corinthians+15:49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET Parallel Greek<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1f7c\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c7\u03bf\u03ca\u03ba\u03bf\u1fe6, |<a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fo.html#forew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a>| \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fo.html#forew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03c9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2019\/03\/18\/a-monotonous-cycle-revisited-part-2\/\"><em>A Monotonous Cycle Revisited, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2022\/06\/23\/father-son-and-holy-spirit-part-5\/\">Back to <em>Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Part 5<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2026\/02\/25\/justice-and-mercy-revisited-part-3\/\">Back to <em>Justice and Mercy Revisited, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><sup>[1]<\/sup> John 3:10-12 (NET) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/05\/17\/a-monotonous-cycle-part-5\/#_Table1\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><sup>[2]<\/sup> Genesis 1:12 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn3\"><\/a><sup>[3]<\/sup> Genesis 1:14 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn4\"><\/a><sup>[4]<\/sup> Genesis 1:21 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn5\"><\/a><sup>[5]<\/sup> Genesis 1:25 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn6\"><\/a><sup>[6]<\/sup> Genesis 1:31a (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn7\"><\/a><sup>[7]<\/sup> Romans 3:20 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn8\"><\/a><sup>[8]<\/sup> Psalm 143:1, 2 (Tanakh)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn9\"><\/a><sup>[9]<\/sup> Deuteronomy 8:3 (Tanakh) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#_Table35\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn10\"><\/a><sup>[10]<\/sup> Romans 5:12 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn11\"><\/a><sup>[11]<\/sup> The <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03bf \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 (KJV: <em>the Lord<\/em>) here.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Corinthians+15:47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nestle-aland.com\/en\/read-na28-online\/text\/bibeltext\/lesen\/stelle\/56\/150001\/159999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn12\"><\/a><sup>[12]<\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/1+Corinthians+15:49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fo.html#forew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03ad\u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#SUBJUNCTIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subjunctive mood<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/46\/15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nestle-aland.com\/en\/read-na28-online\/text\/bibeltext\/lesen\/stelle\/56\/150001\/159999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"https:\/\/greekdoc.github.io\/lexicon\/fo.html#forew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntgreek.org\/learn_nt_greek\/verbs1.htm#INDICATIVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicative mood<\/a> (KJV: <em>we shall<\/em>\u2026<em>bear<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn13\"><\/a><sup>[13]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 15:50 (NET) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2018\/09\/13\/atonement-part-6\/#_Table7\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don\u2019t understand these things? 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