These are the posts for the Facebook group Biblical Citizen, April 2023.

1. It was Adam’s job to govern himself and all the resources God has given Him.

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." - Genesis 2:15-17 NKJV

2. There is only so much one man can govern by himself before needing help.

And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." - Genesis 2:18 NKJV

3. It is never good for man to govern alone.

Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NKJV

4. It is not good for man to be unequally yoked.

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? - 2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV

5. Became on flesh but remain an independent spirit.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24 NKJV

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. - Mark 12:25 NKJV

6. Together Adam & Eve set out to govern the garden of Eden.

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." - Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV

7. Man was given dominion over every creation of God in the Garden except for those made in His image, male and female. Take dominion over beast but govern people.

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." - Genesis 1:26-28 NKJV

8. God gave Adam the law and the responsibility to protect the garden from inside and outside invaders. The law was passed down to Eve.

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?" So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself." And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?" Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate." - Genesis 3:9-12 NKJV

9. God gave Eve the responsibility to care for her husband and her children. A yoke that was to be easy and a burden that was to be light. At least before the fall.

To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you." - Genesis 3:16 NKJV

10. Adam was made in the image of God to be physically strong, logical, to command respect and take responsibility of the final decision and consequences. This is how men govern.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. - 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV

Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband - Ephesians 5:33 NASU

11. Eve was made in the image of God to be weaker in strength, but stronger in heart and emotion governing with affection and correction. This is how women govern.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. - 1 Peter 3:7 NKJV

12. Together Adam & Eve had everything to govern with truth and grace in love. Mutually submitting to one another.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. - John 1:17 NASU

13. God’s first and second government on earth ended with Adam blaming Eve and Eve blaming a talking serpent.

They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." - Genesis 3:8-13 NASU

14. When Adam & Eve do not govern together; someone else outwits them both.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?" - Genesis 3:1 NKJV

15. Jesus, the last Adam, will one day unite with His new bride, the last Eve, if you will.

"Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready." - Revelation 19:7 NASU

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. - Ephesians 5:25-27 NKJV

16. Together Jesus and His bride will govern over the kingdoms of this world from a garden named Jerusalem.

If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. - 2 Timothy 2:12-13 NKJV

17. Jesus will use the sword of his mouth to destroy the works of the devil; evicting all that exalts itself over the eternal word of God.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. - 1 John 3:8 NKJV

18. Together, equally yoked, the new Adam & Eve will be fruitful, multiply, replenish subdue and have dominion to the four corners of the earth.

Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. - Revelation 22:1-4 NASU

19. The governance of the husband and wife is scalable to today’s society of state and church and always has been. Neither dominating one another but walking together in the cool of the evening.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. - Genesis 3:8 NKJV

20. From the beginning God has had three levels of government in mind. The individual govern himself. Husband and wife govern their family. And people to govern themselves in what we call societies.

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." - Genesis 1:26-28 NKJVs