Week 2 & 3: Eden, the Council, and the First Promise
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Contents
- What Eden Is
- Two Families, One Image, Free Will
- The Serpent’s Titles
- The Two Rebellions
- The First Gospel & the First Blood
- Genesis 5 — The Line of Restoring Grace
- The Second Temple Lens: Jubilees & 1 Enoch
- Four Voices on Genesis 2–5
- Discussion
Sources & Further Reading
- Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm and Supernatural — Eden as cosmic mountain and council seat; the nachash and the divine council.
- Joel Muddamalle, The Hidden Peace — freedom inside dependence; humility versus the grasp for autonomy.
- Todd Hampson, The Chronological Guide to Bible Prophecy, ch. 2, “Jam-Packed Genesis” — the protoevangelium; Enoch as a rapture type.
- Second Temple background: The Book of Jubilees and 1 Enoch (non-canonical reference); expository study “Genesis 5 read with the Book of Jubilees” (Pastor Kang Seong-min). Jude 14–15 quotes 1 Enoch 1:9.
- Scripture: Genesis 2–5; Job 1–2; 38:7; Psalm 82; Isaiah 14:12–15; Ezekiel 28:12–17; Matthew 22:30; Luke 10:18; John 1:29; Colossians 2:14–15; Hebrews 9:22; Jude 14–15; Revelation 12; 20–22. (ESV read in class; KJV printed for copyright.)