Plant Life
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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Future project: Classify verses based on type of plant growth being mentioned.
Specific plants mentioned on other pages:
Significant concepts to consider:
Interesting thought...
- In the Bible (originally written in Hebrew and Greek), plants are not described as having "life" (a word which is also translated by the word "soul") or as "dying" (in the sense that an animal "dies")! Though it may be acceptable for us to use those words in the English language, we need to realize that there is a radical distinction between plant "life" and animal "life."
Changes in the nature of plants
At the time of the Fall, plants were affected by the judgment that came. In the future, they will also be affected by restoration that Jesus will bring.
- Changes in the Nature of Plants (includes both past and future changes).
A separate issue: When judgment must come upon peoplebecause of their sins, it will often have a detrimental effect on the environment.
Concerning the identification of plants mentioned in the Bible...
- In some instances, the exact identification of the plant may be unknown.
- When the identity of the plant is known, the exact species may be different from what we are familiar with today. Because of this, the descriptions given may not quite match what we are familiar with today.
- Some plants may have become extinct since the time they were mentioned in the Bible.
Some plant species probably did not survive the Flood. Others have become extinct since that time. (This is happening to this very day.) In many instances, there are fossil remains, from specimens that were entombed in the mud, during the Flood.
Scripture Pages that Link to Here
- v. 11-12 - Created Day 3 (part 2).
- Main category = "grass" (better translated "vegetation") - not found elsewhere in Genesis.
- Subcategory #1 = "herbs yielding seed after their kind" (herbs, plants of the field, sometimes translated "grass" in a general sense of "plants in the field")
- (There is another Hebrew word for "grass" that is closer to what we normally think of.)
- Subcategory #2 = "trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind" (this word focuses on "trees" or "wood")
- v.29-30 - given for food to all air-breathing creatures ... a declaration followed by, "and it was so."
- v. 5-7 - A reference to: "plants of the field" (bush or shrub-like plants, word not commonly used in the Old Testament), and "herbs of the field" (same word as in Genesis 1).
- These were at first not present, because of missing requirements. Then God took care of the requirements.
- Requirement #1 - no rain on the earth... God's provision: a mist went up from the earth (also a river in the garden, v. 10).
- Requirement #2 - no man to till the ground ... God's provision: Yahweh God formed man ...
- v. 8-9 - The garden with...
- Tree that were pleasant to the sight, and good for food. / v. 16 - You may freely eat of these.
- Tree of Life
- Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil / v. 17 - You must not eat of it or you will die.
- v. 1-6 - Supposed "clarification" (with the serpent) about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; Adam and Eve eat from the tree.
- v. 7-8 - Covering themselves with leaves from a fig tree; hiding from God among the trees.
- v. 17-19 - Plants (and the rest) cursed because of man's sin.
- Toil and sweat.
- Thorns and thistles.
- v. 22-24 - Expelled from the garden; kept from the Tree of Life.
- Huge grapes (etc.) in the land of Canaan.
- When at war, don't destroy the fruit trees! But you can use the lumber trees, if necessary.
- Insects, etc., will consume the fruit/produce if you choose disobedience as your way of life.
2 Samuel 5:22-25 & 1 Chronicles 14:13-16
- David was to approach the Philistine army near the "mulberry" or "balsam" trees (translations vary... this word is not found elsewhere).
- God would cause "the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees," which would indicate that he "has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." At that point, David's army was to attack, and victory would be theirs.
- The wicked are like herbaceous plant growth, that is here today and gone tomorrow... even if it looks beautiful (like flowers) right now!
- A variety of plants and animals are mentioned in this chapter.
- Psa 148:9 Praise Yahweh ... fruit trees and all cedars;
- (An example.) Ecc 2:4b-5 - I planted myself vineyards. I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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