God Didn't Give Away Ownership of the Earth; Prayer Note # 6

     “Psalm 115:16 also confirms this: ‘The heaven…the Eternal holds himself, the earth He has assigned to men.’. (Moffatt Translation, italics added). This translation communicates with greater accuracy the meaning of the word Nathan otherwise frequently translated ‘given.’ God didn’t give away ownership of the earth, but He did assign the responsibility of governing it to humanity.

     Adam was comparable to or similar to God—so much like God that it was illusionary. God was recognized in Adam, which meant that Adam ‘carried the weight’ here on earth. Adam represented God, presenting again His will on the earth. Adam was God’s governor or manager here. The earth was Adam’s assignment—it was under Adam’s charge or care. Adam was the watchman or guardian. How things went on planet Earth, for better or worse, depended on Adam and his offspring.

     Granted, this is the Sheet’s paraphrase, but it doesn’t really change the Scriptures—it is leading us to a conclusion about the necessity of prayer.”

“Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.”  Gen. 2:15

Prayer Note # 6- God Didn’t Give Away Ownership of the Earth - Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer for 1/19/12,  from pgs 25-27  

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