Adam and Eve
Leaving the Garden:
The Sea of Wafer, with its clear and pure characteristics, reminds me of
Purgatory because it cleanses the souls of people before they enter heaven or
hell. In the story, the souls of the dead entered their mortal bodies to cleanse
themselves in the water of the sea. Similar to the cross Jesus died on for the
sins of the world, the sea uses people’s repentance to purify their souls.
While at first God didn’t want Adam and Eve to smell even a
hint of the beautiful sea’s fragrance, he decided to send The Word down to Earth
to comfort the repentant hearts of the first human beings.
Entering the Cave ofTreasures: With any sin, there is a consequence, but there is also grace.
This story shows both of those things when looking at it holistically. Adam and
Eve had to leave the beautiful garden and live in the vastness of rocks and
sand, but God reminded them that he would come save them in five days and a
half (5,000 and 500 years). This is a redemptive story that mirrors the real Christian
gospel.
“Then Adam and Eve entered the cave, and stood praying, in their own tongue, unknown to us.”
This first line of the story
reminds me of two things. First, when the Holy Spirit arrived on Pentecost,
allowing Jesus’ disciples to speak in languages they did not know, but other
people understood them. Secondly, I am taking a Languages Across Cultures class
where we learn the origins of languages. From a scientific perspective, the
first language tuned into about 6,500 to 7,000 languages because people groups
started separating to live elsewhere. After so many years, people start
pronouncing words differently until the original language is no longer mutually
intelligible. I am curious what tongue they are speaking in this text.
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Brooke,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your Reading Diary I kind of wish that I had read this passage. All of these stories seem very interesting to me as well as somewhat familiar. It's interesting to see the contrast between these and the Greek myths because mortals and gods seem to play distinctively different roles. Of course the root of this is that there are so many gods in Greek mythology, but it's also interesting how little of a role mortals seem to play in Greek mythology as opposed to biblical stories.