- I received the following email: I was curious how one could get ahold of the article entitled “Contra Atheism: Don’t Coddle The Elephant” by Jeff Durbin published by American Vision on Nov 8, 2013. It seems to have vanished entirely from the inte...

Adam was tasked with "keeping" the garden; this guarding was for the tree of life, which is the way of life; Adam's failure meant the deadly mediation of angels

Adam's task of work appears throughout Scripture both physically and spiritualyl. Christ fulfills it, and his body's does in him as well. This culminates in the work to be done for the kingdom of the New garden of Eden pictured in Revelation 22.

Discussing Adam and Eden as recapitulations of the creation of the world, types of the temple of God, and their theological significance.

The creations of both Adam and the New Adam focus on the dual aspects of earth and the breath of life, in unique ways.

Several passages enlighten us as to the biblical theology of the Messiah in relationship to the sabbath. We see several of them here, in prophecy, in the Gospels, and in the book of Hebrews.

God's sabbath, mankind's spiritual rest, relates to psychology, mental health, guilt, anxiety, ancestor "worship," human progress and tyranny, and more. . . .

The work and sabbath of God is the basis for the sabbath and work of man, but the pattern for man is reversed: rest in God must come first. . . .

The dominion mandate is inseparable from the Image of God. Scripture shows both are fully restored and recapitulated in Christ Jesus.

There is indeed a biblical theology of dominion, but many, both pro and con, have developed mistaken ideas about it. . . .