1 ADAM+EVE 16

{The First Book of Adam and Eve 16}

THEME:

THE FIRST SUNRISE. ADAM AND EVE THINK IT IS A FIRE COMING TO BURN THEM.

№ *¹· AFTER this Adam and Eve ceased not to stand in the cave, praying and weeping, until the morning dawned upon them.

№ *²· And when they saw the light returned to them, they restrained from fear, and strengthened their hearts.

№ *³· Then Adam began to come out of the cave. And when he came to the mouth of it, and stood and turned his face towards the east, and saw the sun rise in glowing rays, and felt the heat thereof on his body, he was afraid of it, and thought in his heart that this flame came forth to plague him.

№ *⁴· He wept then, and smote upon his breast, and fell upon the earth on his face, and made his request, saying:--

№ *⁵· "O Lord, plague me not, neither consume me, nor yet take away my life from the earth."

№ *⁶· For he thought the sun was God.

№ *⁷· Inasmuch as while he was in the garden and heard the voice of God and the sound He made in the garden, and feared Him, Adam never saw the brilliant light of the sun, neither did the flaming heat thereof touch his body.

№ *⁸· Therefore was he afraid of the sun when flaming rays of it reached him. He thought God meant to plague him therewith all the days He had decreed for him.

№ *⁹· For Adam also said in his thoughts, as God did not plague us with darkness, behold, He has caused this sun to rise and to plague us with burning heat.

№ *¹⁰· But while he was thus thinking in his heart, the Word of God came unto him and said:--

№ *¹¹· "O Adam, arise and stand up. This sun is not God; but it has been created to give light by day, of which I spake unto thee in the cave saying, 'that the dawn would break forth, and there would be light by day.'

№ *¹²· "But I am God who comforted thee in the night."

№ *¹³· And God ceased to commune with Adam.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:1] —AFTER this Adam and Eve ceased not to stand in the cave, praying and weeping, until the morning dawned upon them.

Adam and Eve did not sleep after mourning for Jesus Christ (the Lord who must suffer for the Salvation of mankind). Infact, Adam and Eve did not have resting sleep in the very first night (darkness) they ever experienced, though they fainted as dead therein for fear of unknown darkness. Behold, the first morning dawn met Adam and Eve praying and weeping. They stood, prayed and wept, until the first sunrise. They neither sat after sharing the passion of Christ, nor slept that night.

Behold a group of men who had similar sorrow that Adam and Eve had, but unlike Adam and Eve here those men slept that night despite the sorrow and darkness due to the Sufferings of God as Jesus Christ. Written,

[Luke 22:45-46] — "When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. “Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”"

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:2] —And when they saw the light returned to them, they restrained from fear, and strengthened their hearts.

Seeing the light restored to them brought courage and renewal of strength to our first parents.

Their fears faded with the fading darkness, and their refreshing grew with the growing light of the day. Indeed, joy comes in the morning after weeping tarried for the night.

[Psalms 30:5] — "For His anger endures but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:3] —Then Adam began to come out of the cave. And when he came to the mouth of it, and stood and turned his face towards the east, and saw the sun rise in glowing rays, and felt the heat thereof on his body, he was afraid of it, and thought in his heart that this flame came forth to plague him.

It was the first time a man looked at and saw the sun rise, the eastern sun, and he became afraid of the sun for its heat, and his fear opened him up to distorted view of fears and insecurities that the sun was sent to plague him with flames or fire. This was similar to how he was afraid of the coming presence of God walking in the Garden in the cool of the day (without heat). So in the cool of the day without heat, Adam feared the Voice of God walking towards him "yesterday" (previous day); and "today," in the heating of the day with sun heat, Adam still feared the rising sun.

Thus Adam began developing unnecessary "Conspiracy Theories" and preemptively thinking evil about new innovations or inventions he had no clue about, because there was insecurity in his heart. Even the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ had such fears that made them refer to Him as a Ghost coming to destroy them in the ship, when they saw Him walking on the waters of the sea during the storm walking towards them.

Let us neither be insecure in heart nor admit conspiracy theories in our thoughts, but grow in both grace and knowledge. The Sun is not a conspiracy, but a gift. As it is written,

[Ecclesiastes 11:7] — "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:"

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:4] —He wept then, and smote upon his breast, and fell upon the earth on his face, and made his request, saying:--

Excuse Adam, for by then man was like a baby in experience of earthly things without the garden of Eden. I have seen where a baby was afraid of its own shadow following it under the sun, and the baby wept and fell for fear of its own shadow.

Adam too wept, smote himself and fell on earth on his face, for fear of the Sun and its heat. Fear could make people do or act like babies, especially when the fear fills the void of ignorance (lack of knowledge) with distorted images, imaginations or theories, of fear as if they are factual or real. Fears that are not of God are rooted in deception/misinterpretation.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:5] —"O Lord, plague me not, neither consume me, nor yet take away my life from the earth."

There are Prayer Requests that were inspired by Fears or Doubts, and this particular prayer Petition of Adam is an example of such prayer. Such prayers are not inspired by the Spirit of God but by fears. It's like the Disciples of the Lord woke Him from sleep in the Boat, with a prayer for salvation inspired by fearfulness or little faith. But He arose and calmed things down, before He rebuked the fears or little faith that inspired them to come to Him with such prayer in the midst of the storm. Written,

[Matthew 8:25-26] — "The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” “You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm."

Even so, some prayers for deliverance or salvation are inspired by fearfulness of little faith in God. Have faith in God, and let not your prayers contain fears, doubts or double-mindedness of insecurities in your heart.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:6] —For he thought the sun was God.

Adam thought the sun was God, and that was error in perception. It was the deception in which the insecurity he had about the sunrise rooted the distortion of the truth in.

• * God is Sun, but Sun is not God: the Lord God is the Sun that comes with a Shield. As it is written,
  

[Psalms 84:11] — "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

• * God is Light, but Light is not God.
  
• * God is Love, but Love is not God.
  
• * God is all things, but all things are not God.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:7] —Inasmuch as while he was in the garden and heard the voice of God and the sound He made in the garden, and feared Him, Adam never saw the brilliant light of the sun, neither did the flaming heat thereof touch his body.

If Adam had not spent that time hiding from God among the trees of the garden, and if he had looked and seen the Voice of God walking in the Garden in the cool of the day, Adam would have seen the Sun besides seeing the Lord. Then Adam wouldn't have had this false perception, insecurity or conspiracy theory, about the sun.

That instance was the first opportunity for him to have been introduced to both the light and heat of the sun, in the cool of the day. But Adam was hiding, and was not at his duty post at the time of the visitation.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:8] —Therefore was he afraid of the sun when flaming rays of it reached him. He thought God meant to plague him therewith all the days He had decreed for him.

Resulting in Adam being afraid of the sun when he later felt its flaming rays, and Adam concocting misguided conspiracy theory about the sun and God's intention of it against mankind and his days.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:9] —For Adam also said in his thoughts, as God did not plague us with darkness, behold, He has caused this sun to rise and to plague us with burning heat.

Adam also saw the rising sun as substitute for darkness for plaguing mankind. That's false. The Sun was not substitute but separation to darkness. It's abusive to think God abuses or will abuse His creations just to plague or punish mankind.

The Lord is God of Purpose, and not God of Abuse. He does not abuse mankind nor abuse creations for man's sake.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:10] —But while he was thus thinking in his heart, the Word of God came unto him and said:

Adam had rare privilege of still receiving/hearing the Word of God even while Adam was thinking false thoughts and meditating on error in his heart. God would speak to him or correct him while he was meditating and presuming erroneous thoughts. His eating of the forbidden Tree of Knowledge of good and evil cost him almost all things but not at the cost of hearing from God and speaking to Him.

Blessed are you if you can still hear the Voice and Word of God clearly in the midst of the clamors and confusions of darkness and deceptions that wrap people's minds in this world.

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:11] —"O Adam, arise and stand up. This sun is not God; but it has been created to give light by day, of which I spake unto thee in the cave saying, 'that the dawn would break forth, and there would be light by day.'

Those false thoughts and distorted perceptions in Adam's mind show there were things he needed to arise from and he should be upstanding. Figuratively, when we rise and stand up, we lift up our minds (heads) above the level of foolish thoughts.

The Sun is not God, but was created to give light by day: the Sun came to fulfill the gospel of light spoken to Adam in the dark cave. Again, God is Sun, but Sun is not God. This sun gives light by day when it rises. Hear this gospel of the Sun of Righteousness that gives both light and healing when He rises. As it is written,

[Malachi 4:2] — "But to you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall."

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:12] —"But I am God who comforted thee in the night."

The Sun is not God, but the Lord is God who abides with us both day and night when the sun is gone. Therefore, the Lord God never leaves us, even when the sun forsake us by night in darkness.

Job 35:10-11 — "But none said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night; Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?"

[Psalms 23:4] — "Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me."

[1 ADAM+EVE 16:13] —And God ceased to commune with Adam.

God ended that conversation with Adam, and so Adam could continue living and working with that on other things.