God is a God of relationships. He created Adam and Eva with the intention of building up a relationship with the, with the expectation that they would also live in a relationship with Him. A break and a barrier between God and man came about in the relationship through Adam and Eve’s disobedience. Jesus obtained […]

The consequences of the fall were explained in the study ‘Broken relationships’. Sin and death entered the world as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience. God did not leave His creation in the lurch however. God searched for Adam and Eve. Because the spiritual relationship between God and man was broken, God now also […]

The worldview changed drastically when Adam and Eve became disobedient to God. There came a break in the relationship between God and man. Satan received dominion over the world, which God had given to Adam, from Adam’s hand. This is discussed in detail in the studies ‘The first sin – disobedience’  and ‘Broken relationships’. God […]

The previous study ‘The first sin – disobedience’  was concluded with the text: … she (Eve) took some (of the fruit) and ate it. She also gave some to her husband (Adam), who was with her, and he ate it. (Genesis 3:6) Eve was tempted by Satan, the father of lies (John 8:44) and she […]

In the previous study we considered the rebellion in heaven. The Bible does not reveal when that rebellion took place, but it did have an influence on the life of Adam and Eve in paradise, which is what this study will explain further. The rebellious angel was banned from heaven, together with the angels who […]

In the study ‘The origin of the world’ we explained that man was created as spirit, soul and body. We also explained that the soul is our personality, who we are, that we have a body so that we are able to express ourselves in the visible world, and a spirit so that we are […]

To understand the power of trinity it is good to look first at how God reveals Himself. God is a Trinity. God reveals Himself in Himself, in Jesus and in the Holy Spirit. In the introduction to the ten commandments God says: Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.   (Deuteronomy 6:4) […]

Solomon writes in the Book of Ecclesiastes: I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All […]

In this study, which is a sequel to ‘Adam and Eve in paradise’, we shall look at an important event in the third heaven, God’s dwelling place. An important angel rebelled against God. When that happened is not revealed in the Bible. Angels were not only created to serve God. In the Epistle to the […]

Science says that the world came into existence through evolution. It is necessary to describe what science is in order to be able to judge whether this is true. What is science? What a university says about science: The goal of science is: To search for general truth. Expressed differently: To search for what is […]