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January 9, 2012 by Matthew Mason

Protecting the Bride in the Garden

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In Genesis 2, God gave Adam the priestly task of guarding and serving the Garden. By implication, that included guarding and serving everything in the Garden, including his bride. But when the serpent entered the garden and attacked the bride with a food test, Adam stood by, using his wife as a shield to protect his own life by seeing if eating the forbidden fruit really would lead to death.

In John 13:26-28, Judas fails a food test and satan enters him. Then, in John 18, in the person of Judas, satan enters a garden again, this time with an army. Jesus steps forward and identifies himself, commanding the soldiers to let his disciples go. The new Adam protects the bride in the garden, and so goes to his death.

Categories: General | John's Gospel | Matthew Mason
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- Evangelion: Protecting the Bride in the Garden | glory from dust said...
  
  [...] Wonderful reflection on the Eden/Gethsemane difference (via SAET): [...]
  
  01/10/12 9:30 AM | Comment Link
- Abraham said...
  
  If your account is correct, Adam sinned first in his neglect, making the Lord’s judgment on him in Gen 3 inaccurate and Paul’s teaching in 1 Tim 2 incoherent. Therefore, your depiction of Eden must be wrong.
  
  01/29/12 1:18 PM | Comment Link
- Matthew Mason said...
  
  Hi Abraham, thanks for your comments. Obviously I wasn’t trying to present a full-orbed account of what happened in the Garden. I don’t think what I say necessarily contradicts Gen 3 and 1 Tim 2, but perhaps I’m missing something. Help me by joining the dots.
  
  01/30/12 11:07 AM | Comment Link
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Matthew earned an MTh at Oak Hill College, London. He is an Assistant Pastor at Church of the Resurrection, Washington D. C. (Anglican Mission in the Americas), and edits Ecclesia Reformanda, a journal of Reformed theology.

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