{"id":2843,"date":"2006-01-11T21:32:26","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T02:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2006-01-13T18:30:16","modified_gmt":"2006-01-13T23:30:16","slug":"jms-sunday-school-lessson-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2006\/01\/jms-sunday-school-lessson-3\/","title":{"rendered":"JMS Sunday School Lesson #3"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1)\tScan Moses 2 and note the familiar 7-day cycle:<\/p>\n

Moses 2\/\/Genesis 1
\n1st\tday\/night
\n2nd firmament
\n3rd land, plants
\n4th sun, moon
\n5th fish, birds
\n6th animals, humans
\n7th (rests)\t<\/em><\/p>\n

(2)\tRead Moses 3:5, v 7, and v 9.
\n(3)\tScan Moses 3, which tells a very different story.<\/p>\n

Moses 3\/\/Genesis 2
\nwater
\nman
\ngarden
\n–tree of life
\n–tree of KG& E
\nrivers
\nanimals
\nwoman\t\t<\/em>\t\t <\/p>\n

(4)\tThe point: ch2 describes a spiritual creation while ch3 describes a physical creation. Note that Genesis 1 and 2 do the same thing, but without the explanation in between.
\n(5)\tNote that neither physical<\/em> nor spiritual<\/em> necessarily means literal<\/em>. Pres. Kimball taught that the rib story is figurative\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot literal (See Spencer W. Kimball, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Blessings and Responsibilities of Womanhood,\u00e2\u20ac? Ensign, Mar. 1976, 70f). So in each case we need to decide whether to read figuratively, literally, or both.<\/p>\n

Differences between Moses 2 and 3<\/strong>
\n(1)\tIn ch2, humans are the culmination of creation but in ch3, man is the precursor. (Or is there another way to explain this?) What might this suggest?
\n(2)\tCf. 2:27 with 3:7: 2:27 emphasizes image of God while 3:7 emphasizes relation to the Earth. Why?
\n(3)\tIf we read 3:7 figuratively, what would we conclude? (We are of the earth and of God\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtension of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcman is nothing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcwork and glory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 again.)
\n(4)\tMale and female: ch 2 has difference without distinction but ch3 has big distinction. What could we learn from this? <\/p>\n

Excursus: definition of ‘help meet’:<\/p>\n

(not helpmate–makes me think of Gilligan)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u02dchelp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Heb. describes an equal or superior
\n\t\t\u00e2\u20ac\u201cusually in OT God is the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchelp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of humans
\n\t\t\u00e2\u20ac\u201c could trans. as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcstrength\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpower\u00e2\u20ac\u2122
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmeet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Heb. only this time in OT
\n\t\t\u00e2\u20ac\u201cin later Heb., used to mean \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcequal to\u00e2\u20ac\u2122
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c possible translation: \u00e2\u20ac\u02dca power equal to\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n

(5)\tSymbolism of the rib? (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I presume another bone could have been used, but the rib, coming as it does from the side, seems to denote partnership. The rib signifies neither dominion nor subservience, but a lateral relationship as partners, to work and to live, side by side.\u00e2\u20ac?\u00e2\u20ac\u201dElder Nelson (See Russell M. Nelson, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Lessons from Eve,\u00e2\u20ac? Ensign, Nov. 1987, 86f.)
\n(6)\tWhy is the physical creation corresponding to days 1, 2, and part of 3 not narrated? (Or, why do we even learn about the spiritual creation of the firmament, etc.?)
\n(7)\tWhat could we learn from the emphasis on rivers in 3:10-14?
\n(8)\tOther differences between ch2 and ch3 to discuss?<\/p>\n

General Questions<\/strong>
\n(1)\tNote that after each phase of the spiritual creation, God notes that it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153was good.\u00e2\u20ac? What do we learn from this? (My thought: By contrast, we are rather stinting of praise for our own or another\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work-in-progress.)
\n(2)\tThe following relationships get attention in the creation accounts: humans and other creatures, humans and God, man and woman, creation and God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan. Thoughts on what the creation accounts teach about these relationships?<\/p>\n

“Our analysis properly begins with the frank recital that our knowledge about the Creation is limited. We do not know the how and why and when of all things. Our finite limitations are such that we could not comprehend them if they were revealed to us in all their glory, fulness, and perfection. What has been revealed to us is that portion of the Lord’s eternal word which we must believe and understand if we are to envision the truth about the Fall and Atonement and thus become heirs of salvation. This is all we are obligated to know in our day.” (Sermons and Writings of Bruce R. McConkie, p179)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-lessons-all"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}