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Samaritan Perspectives: Why was Adam asked to till the garden?
Hebrew Scripture states that God’s Law was initially revealed to Moses in the Hebrew tongue.
But Anyone with even a minimal knowledge of the Hebrew language knows that ancient Hebrew was a very
imprecise language, as it contained no vowels, no accents, no periods, no commas, no exclamation signs, no
upper case, no question marks, etc. How could Bible’s message ever be accurately preserved by means of
such an imprecise language?
Can a good sword be made out of bad iron? The answer to this question is that Bible’s true message (a life of
holiness, where we sow the good we wish to eventually reap) is so simple and so self evident that not even a
fool can err from it [so no precise language was ever needed!].
As is written: «… and it shall be called “The way of holiness”; the unclean shall not pass over it… THE
WAYFARING MEN, THOUGH FOOLS, SHALL NOT ERR THEREIN»- Isaiah 35:8.
And also in another place: “Turn from evil, and do good [to your innocent fellow human beings]; so you may
live forever”- Psalm 37:27, Tree Of Life Version.
In fact, Hebrew scripture states that, as soon as God created Adam, He placed him in a garden, so he could
till the land. As is written: “The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it ...”-
Genesis 2:15 (Christian standard Bible). But, why did Adam have to work any land? Didn’t he already have
the world’s food supply at his disposal?
The reason was that, the first thing God wanted Adam to learn was that mankind’s well being would depend
upon it’s recognition of the fact that, the World we humans have been introduced to, works upon the principle
of “sowing and reaping” (cause and effect, action and reaction, what goes around, comes around).
As is written; “… Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands”- Isaiah 65:22; “As you have done, it
will be done to you…“- Obadiah 1:15; And also, “… As I have done, so God has repaid me”- Judges 1:7.
And finally says, “… The Lord rewards each of us according to what we do”- Psalm 62:12 (C.E.V.).
The truth is that ancient men of God (Enoch, Noah, Job, Abraham, Joseph, etc) had no [Sacred] written
scripture available, yet they perfectly knew God’s will for their lives, thereby earning God’s approval.
In other words, God’s will for Abraham was self evident to him (“For I know him [Abraham], that he will
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command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment ...”- Gen. 18:19).
And this will was none but to to fear God, living a life of righteousness in which we sow upon our fellow
human beings the goodness we wish to reap for ourselves.
It was only after mankind had lost it’s capability to understand God’s wisdom imprinted in the divine book of
Nature (the law of “sowing and reaping”) that the Creator had to start giving mankind an endless amount of
written scriptures (Torah, prophets, Psalms, Proverbs, Gospel, Talmud, Quran, Sunnah, etc).
In short, God's creation (nature) is His supreme revelation; God's own unchangeable Word, eternally written
in the Heavens. As it has been said: “Lord, YOUR WORD IS FOREVER; IT IS FIRMLY FIXED IN
HEAVEN”- Psalm 119:89;
and, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and THE EXPANSE PROCLAIMS THE WORK OF HIS
HANDS”- Psalm 19:1; and finally says, “When I observe your Heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon
and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you
look after him?”- Psalm 8:3-4.
This Divine revelation is freely available to anyone who would wish to consider it. And any written scripture
[or doctrine] that confirm the Divine revelation imprinted in Nature (the law of “sowing and reaping”) comes
from God; while any scripture [or doctrine] that denies it does not come from God.
But what about the Jewish redeeming Messiah? Don’t we all have to believe in the true messiah, in order to
be saved?? Well, the answer is “Yes, and No”. You see, Hebrew Bible hints at the idea that repentance itself
is the true redeeming Messiah; so that, as soon as someone turns you away from wickedness, your redeemer
has arrived.
As is written: “And the Redeemer shall come to Zion [to whom will the Redeemer come?]... unto them that
turn [away] from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord”- Isaiah 59:20 (King James version).
In other words, the moment either Moses, Jesus, Muhammad or any other person [or thing] successfully turns
you away from wickedness, in that moment such a person [or thing] becomes your personal Messiah
And how do we know that Sincere repentance is in itself the Redeeming Messiah? We know it because,
without repentance, there is no salvation from death; as Jesus himself confirmed, when he went on to say: “I
tell you, No! But unless you repent, you too will all perish”- Luke 13:3
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