01/03/2018 BEGINNING
Genesis 1:29: And GOD said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all of the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed…. [King James Translation]
Genesis 2:15-16 And the LORD GOD took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD GOD commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. [King James Translation]
Definition - “Genesis” – mean “beginnings” “birth” or “origin”; the coming into being of something.
Beginning
The book of Genesis, the first book of the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible is about beginnings---the origin of heaven and earth, the creation of the sun, the moon, the stars, animal life, marine life and plant life. Genesis describes the creation of the first man, first woman, the first sin, the origin of sin and the first homicide. It also describes GOD’s commandment regarding the first meal. Herb bearing seeds and trees yielding seed are mentioned.
Eating Raw
For those who decide to eat raw fruits and raw vegetables on Wednesdays, drink water and tea, meditate on scripture and pray with and for others in “fellowship” it is a beginning too. Often, when someone joins this fellowship and starts to eat raw, one of their first concerns, if they have not eaten raw before is, “What do I eat?”
What to Eat
Actually, there is plenty to eat. Genesis states that there were trees with edible food in the Garden of Eden for the first man and woman. Today, there are still trees from which we can eat. There is not only a great number, but a great variety as well. Some of the trees with edible fruit include:
- Apple
- Apricot
- Avocado
- Banana
- Cherry
- Citrus (Orange, Lemon, Lime, Tangerines, Grapefruit, Kumquat etc.)
- Coconut
- Fig
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Olive
- Pear
- Peach and Nectarine
- Persimmon
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Nut Trees (Chestnut, Pecan, Almonds, Walnut, Cashew, Pine, Hazelnuts etc.)