Patriarchs and Prophets -- Study Guide

Chapter 2: The Creation

1. What is the significance of Eve’s being created from a rib taken from Adam’s side? Read Ephesians 5:29. What is to be the relationship between husband and wife? PP-SG 4.1

2. Marriage “was one of the first gifts of God to man, and it is one of the two institutions that, after the Fall, Adam brought with him beyond the gates of Paradise.” What was the other institution? PP-SG 4.2

3. Even in Paradise, the Sabbath was essential for man. What purposes does the Sabbath serve? How should we observe this holy day? PP-SG 4.3

4. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 12. Those who regard work as a curse are cherishing an error. What should be our attitude toward work? PP-SG 4.4