GENESIS 2:4-25
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s side and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the side he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to is woman, and they become one flesh.

25 The man and his woman were both naked, and they felt no shame.

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Verses 15-17
Vocation
Permission
Prohibition

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Suitable Helper?

Ezer
Psalm 146:5, 121:1-2, Hosea 13:9, Deut 33:29, Exodus 18:4

Kenegdo
- In front of, or before
- Like a mirror in front of him

"It is not good for the human to be solitary. I will make one who can deliver him from his inability to fulfill the divine commission alone, one who mirrors him.” - Tim Mackie

Deep Sleep - Tardemah
- Abraham – Gen 15
- Daniel 8:18, 10:9
- Jonah 1:5-6

Not Ribs but side – Tsela
- 40 times in the Hebrew Bible – not rib – but side
- Took one of his sides and built the woman – cut him in half

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Verse 25 - The man and his woman were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Have you ever thought of the ideal life as to be naked and without shame?

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Jesus as the great same fixer.

Eden > Temple > Jesus

The church is new rivers flowing from Jesus the new Eden into the world.
And these rivers flow to unusual places.