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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 And  on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested  on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And  God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he  had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created,  in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

5 And  every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of  the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain  upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 And  out of the ground made the LORD God 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 knowledge of good and evil.

10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 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.

18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And  Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every  beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for  him.

21 And  the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and  he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Here in this Bible text we are reading how God created woman from man. God saw that it is not good for Adam to be alone, so He gave him a helper.  Continuing to read this text we can see that here is already established a ‘marriage’. Or to say it more precisely, here it is already said that it is natural for a man to leave his parents and choose his wife and be with her to become one flesh.

We can come to conclusion that man is not meant to be alone. God saw that man is lonely and that he is missing something, so He created a woman. He didn’t created another man for him but rather, he created a woman, a completely different being than him. A soft, gentle woman. That was all that Adam needed.

Does this means that woman was not a part of God’s plan but only later did He realized that it is not good for Adam to be alone and then He decided to create a woman?

No, I don’t think that is the case. Woman was in a plan from very beginning. God is perfect as a designer, engineer and a creator. His plan was from beginning to create a woman, but I think that this text is written this way in order to present one of the great mysteries of life. Man without a woman is not complete. Every man needs a woman (of course, there are some people who were created to live a celibate life), but when talking about an average human, we all need a woman. And of course, women need men as well. This text is trying to say that man cannot be alone. Sure, modern philosophy is different. Men are trying to be independent, they chase careers and success in this world. They do achieve some sort of strength and they become self-made, independent creatures. But something is missing in them. What is missing is a woman. And we are not talking about sex. Rich and successful men have a bunch of women around themselves. But these women are nothing else than cheap pleasure. Real need for intimacy is not present there. It is possible that God first created Adam and Eve only later just so that Adam can experience what is like to not have a woman and what it means to do have a woman next to you.

This text also reveals the perfect qualities of a woman. Woman was created as a helper. Adam didn’t really need so much a help from woman. He needed a companion, he needed a loyal friend. He needed someone to talk with, someone to laugh with, someone to be intimate with. And that should be a godly marriage. Man and woman are helping each other. They are raising family together, they are taking care of garden (in this example), it can be a land, house, apartment. But they are taking care of someone or somebody. They are one flesh with one goal and that goal is love and taking care of the world that God gave to us.

God didn’t created Eve with big butt and fake tits. He didn’t created her so that Adam can have sex with her. And God didn’t create for him Eve, Maria, Anne, Marine, Jasmine and etc. No, He created only Eve for him. One woman for him. And together they make one flesh. As we can read, men needs to leave their parents and they need to be with their women. So, once when Adam and Eve will have their children, those children will not stay forever with them, they need to find their own wife or husband.

Life in Eden was perfect. Adam and Eve were in nature taking care of garden, animals and plants. And that is a perfect life. You have a garden, you are surrounded with animals and plants and you have your wife or your husband. That is perfect life. No selfishness. You are one with the nature.

Adam didn’t have desires to be a world champion, to have big muscles, to build a big luxurious house. No, those desires were not needed in Eden. They were living completely natural life.

But lets go back to the part where we are reading that it was not good for man to be alone so God created a woman for him. That is one of biggest truths of this life. How many men were living selfish lives until they got married and they get their kids. Women and kids change men. Men start to live and care for somebody else instead of just his pleasures. Most men are lost and they don’t know what to do until they meet a good woman. They are just aimlessly wandering around, not creating anything in their lives until they meet a good woman. A good woman subconsciously forces them to change and to make something out of life. They force men to grow up and to take responsibility in life. We have also heard those stories that when wife passes away, very soon the husband will pass away because he is just lost without her.

I am not trying to make this sounds too pathethic where men are begging and crying for women, no. Not every woman is good woman. There are evil women. They will cheat on you, they will take all your money, they won’t be good mothers and they will eventually destroy you. But when you meet a good godly woman that is completely different story. And what is a good godly woman? As we have said before,…..

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Hi, my name is Dario! I am from Croatia and here I am writing about faith, Bible, Christianity and similar topics. I am not an expert and my words and my ideas are not authority. It is possible that accidentally without bad intentions I say something which is not true. Forgive me for my mistakes and errors if they do occur. However, I like to write about these topics and I hope that my blog posts will be of value to you. Nice to see you here!!!

Hi, my name is Dario! I am from Croatia and here I am writing about faith, Bible, Christianity and similar topics. I am not an expert and my words and my ideas are not authority. It is possible that accidently without bad intentions I say something which is not true. Forgive me for my mistakes and errors if they do occur. However, I like to write about these topics and I hope that my blog posts will be of value to you. Nice to see you here!!!

The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah

1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,

Isaac the father of Jacob,

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,

Perez the father of Hezron,

Hezron the father of Ram,

4 Ram the father of Amminadab,

Amminadab the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,

Obed the father of Jesse,

6 and Jesse the father of King David.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asa,

8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,

Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,

Manasseh the father of Amon,

Amon the father of Josiah,

11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

12 After the exile to Babylon:

Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,

Abihud the father of Eliakim,

Eliakim the father of Azor,

14 Azor the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Akim,

Akim the father of Elihud,

15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,

Eleazar the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.

Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[f] because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[g] (which means “God with us”).

24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Here in Matthew 1, at the very beginning we are reading about Jesus family tree. The point of that text is to explain and show the symbolism behind this whole story. At the beginning of the Bible, we are reading about Abraham. Already there we can see how God gave Abraham a promise that He will make big heritage out of Him. Then later we are reading about King David who was very devoted to God. God promised to King David that from his offspring will come the greatest King.

We can read that from Abraham to David there were fourteen generation, from David to exile to Babylon were also fourteen generations, and from exile to Jesus Christ were also fourteen generations. We can see that Jesus is descendant from David and from Abraham. Although Joseph, Jesus father is descendant of David and Mary is of course but still, Jesus is the son of Joseph, regardless of the fact that he was not his physical father.

So here we are reading that Mary and Joseph were getting married. Before their marriage, Mary was a pregnant. First Joseph didn’t know that she is carrying a baby that is conceived by Holy Ghost. By being a true gentleman and by having a pure heart, he didn’t wanted to divorce her publicaly but he decided to do it quietly. Can you imagine those times? If your woman was pregnant and you know that it is not your child, 99% of people would gave that woman a horrible beating. They would drag that woman to the main square and in front of everybody that woman would be stoned to death. Her own father would reject her. But Joseph was a different. He didn’t wanted to hurt Mary in any way. He was not jealous, he was not screaming, not yelling, not calling her names. Imagine a modern couple if a man finds out that his woman is cheathing him. He is yelling at her, screaming, pulling her hair, slapping her… Joseph was a man of God. He had mercy towards that lady. He decided to divorce her quietly.

But in his dreams, angel appeared to him and angel explained to him that this baby is conceived by Holy Ghost and that this baby is the Messiah, a one who will save the world. Joseph made a decision to take Mary home and to take care of her and that baby.

This should be a great lesson to all of us. By accepting Mary and her child, Joseph was in danger of being mocked by others. Do we today also have this fear of being mocked? How many people are quiet about their religion and their faith? How many people are protecting the faith the way that Joseph protected Mary and Jesus? It was not easy for him.

Imagine a level of faith that Joseph had to have in order to take care of pregnant Mary. When we read Bible, usually we are reading it from sentence to sentence without thinking about it. We read that Joseph decided to take Mary. But we are not thinking about his struggles. It was probably not that easy to take care of pregnant woman and to prepare himself for raising a child and being a father. But we can assume that God chose him for reason. He knew that Joseph had pure and devouted heart. God is not going to choose a criminal to raise a little Jesus. God was looking for a man that is quiet, hard-working, pure in heart and thoughts, a man that has no ego and is not selfish about his own needs and desires.

The same thing is true for today. God is looking for good-hearted people. We need to have pure hearts in order to serve God and in order to do big things for God. We need to watch our actions and we should take care of the fact that we don’t want to hurt people but rather we want to care about other people. Joseph was not screaming at Mary, he wanted to divorce her quietly. He didn’t wanted to hurt her or to gave her public embarrassment. At the end of the day, he cared about her to not hurt her heart. That is Godly man. He didn’t had ego to scream; ‘HOW COULD YOU CHEAT ON ME???’ When you watch mafia movies, you know how these men behave. If you are not loyal to him, he puts bullet in your head. Joseph is not that type. He is not seeking revenge, but rather he is seeking forgiveness and peace.

My point is, God choose him for a reason.

In this chapter we cannot read a lot about Mary, but we can make a one conclusion. She was of pure heart as well. Otherwise God wouldn’t choose her to carry the Messiah, His own Son. Imagine if God decided to choose some drunk prostitute? Drunk prostitute and a criminal? What a great couple to raise a Son of God. Mary must have been extraordinarily pure woman. I hope that all of you are having a warm feelings when you are thinking about your mom. I am sorry if your experience is otherwise. But mom, mother is the greatest source…

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Hi, my name is Dario! I am from Croatia and here I am writing about faith, Bible, Christianity and similar topics. I am not an expert and my words and my ideas are not authority. It is possible that accidentally without bad intentions I say something which is not true. Forgive me for my mistakes and errors if they do occur. However, I like to write about these topics and I hope that my blog posts will be of value to you. Nice to see you here!!!

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

11 And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

19 And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

29 And God said, 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; to you it shall be for food:

30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Here we are reading about how God created Earth, heavens, stars, plants, animals and in the end how He created humans in His own image. From reading this text we can see that Bible claims that whole Earth with all its wonders and creatures was created in 6 days. Many people find this hard to believe. For me personally, I don’t find it impossible. If God is almighty, He could have created all that just in a matter of one second. He doesn’t need 6 days. One second for Him is enough. But problem is something else. Science is disapproving the theory that whole Earth in its finished form was created in just six days. Science claims that since the formation of Earth, millions and millions of years have passed before first humans were created. There are some scientists and archeologists who are claiming that they have found proofs that Biblical creation of world is for real. I am not an expert on this topic and I would like to skip discussing this part. What is the truth, I don’t know. We need to listen to science and if we have proof for something, we need to accept it, regardless of how we feel about it. Only problem with science is the fact that we cannot believe it based on just one article that we have read or we heard somewhere. There are also some theories that are circling around Christian communities about some ‘time gap’ and… I mean, there are lots of theories. One day if I catch time for that, I will do my own research based on creation and evolution. Maybe then I will know more.

Some people don’t see Bible as an authority because how the creation of world is described here. I think that Bible is written by humans but it is inspired by God. This is written few thousands years ago. Of course people from that time were much more primitive than they are today. They were not intellectuals. People from that time were living based on intuition and their instincts. In order to survive, they had to kill, hunt and work hard manual labor. Of course that sometimes Bible sounds like a primitive book, because it is. People who were writing this texts, they didn’t go to schools and universities. Genesis is believed to be written by Moses. Moses was not an academic. He grow up in very tough conditions. This is primitive book written by primitive people. We need to accept that. This is why it is very important to try to look for a deeper meaning behind the things and stories that we will cover as we will go through Bible.

One thing that is for sure true from this text is the fact that God created everything. A lots of atheists are claiming that there in no Creator and that this whole life is just a cosmic accident. But what are odds for that? Lets be real. If you look at our universe and you look at our planet, things are just too perfect to be an accident. Stars, planets, nature… everything is in harmony. Each living organism is designed to be functional and each living organism has an intelligence and it has its own consciousness. It is impossible that just by accident all the atoms come…

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