Shamar
In an excellent sermon [Real Audio or MP3], Brian McLaren points out that the Hebrew word shamar is found in both the following passages, and translated ‘keep’. I would say that this is significant. Our relationship with creation is analagous to God’s with us.
Numbers 6 –
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Genesis 2 –
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
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As faithful stewards we are to “Keep” as the creator would, how scarey is that?
big mistake
What’s the mistake?