1. Created to live in a paradise

God creates the physical universe and life on earth; he creates a perfect man and woman, settles them in a beautiful garden, he introduces himself (see blog "what's in a name" at http://project-name.blogspot.com/) and then gives them simple commands to follow.


THEY have been called the most famous opening words ever written. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) With that simple, majestic sentence, the Bible introduces us to the Person who is the central figure throughout the Holy Scriptures—the almighty God, Jehovah. The Bible’s first verse reveals that God is the Creator of the vast physical universe, including the planet we live on. The verses that follow explain that in a series of long periods, figuratively called days, God went on to prepare our earthly home, bringing into existence all the wonders of our natural world.


The greatest of God’s earthly creations was man. Here was a creature made in the image of God—able to reflect Jehovah’s own personal qualities, such as his love and wisdom. God made man out of the dust of the earth. God named him Adam, then placed him in a paradise—the garden of Eden. God himself planted that garden, filling it with beautiful, fruitful trees.


God saw the need for man to have a mate. Using one of Adam’s ribs, God made a woman and brought her to the man as his wife, later named Eve. Elated, Adam burst into poetry, saying: “This is at last bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” God explained: “That is why a man will leave his father and his mother and he must stick to his wife and they must become one flesh.”—Genesis 2:22-24; 3:20.


God gave Adam and Eve two commands. First, he directed them to cultivate and care for their earthly home and eventually fill it with their offspring. Second, he told them not to eat the fruit of just one tree in all that vast garden, “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.” (Genesis 2:17) If they disobeyed, they would die. With those commands, God gave the man and the woman a way to show that they accepted him as their Ruler. Their obedience would also show their love and gratitude. They had every reason to accept his kindly rule. There was no flaw in those perfect humans. The Bible tells us: “God saw everything he had made and, look! it was very good.”—Genesis 1:31.


—Based on Genesis chapters 1 and 2, this blog post addresses these concerns:
▪ How does the Bible describe the creation of humans and their earthly home?
▪ What kind of life did God make possible for man and woman?
▪ What commands did God give the first human pair?

In short, since Jehovah created man to live forever on earth in a paradise setting, if in the final eventuality something else happens, then something in this universe is stronger than God. I don't believe that. I believe if Jehovah purposed man to live in a paradise, then this is what will happen. The question is when? This blog discusses this from start to finish.