Thought Experiment II

A couple of weeks ago I proposed a "thought experiment".  The purpose of which was to offer a proof that: "Adam was restricted to a 3 dimensional reality".  Although it was one of my more commented on posts, nobody took much of a shoot at doing a proof.  C'est la vie. 

I realize that by definition that the only people who know for sure what happened are those that either observed or experienced the event of the fall.  None the less its an interesting topic to speculate on.

• God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Gen 1:31
• The Universe appears to operate biased on physically knowable laws
• Man is able to search out these laws and explore them theoretically as well as experimentally
• Scripture records events that transcend normal rules of physics
• The law of non contradiction requires a method to enact actions that are unexplainable in three dimensional time space
• Quantum physics provides explanations for phenomena outside of normal time space
• These explanations are not hostile to a literal understanding of scripture    
• Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness Gen 1:26
• The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Gen 2:25
• After they eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they realize they are naked
• It seems odd that they would be "ashamed" of being how they had always been
• Modern readers bring a cultural prejudice concerning clothing and sexuality to the interpretation of the text, that isn't required by the text itself
• Exodus 34:29-35 Gives an account of Moses radiantly glowing from being in the presence of the LORD.  Click here for a more scholarly explanation of "shekinah".  I believe that higher beings (humans and above) can reflect shekinah glory and that this is done by emanating light wave lengths that are visible to the human eye.
• I believe what Adam and Eve called "nakedness" was that after sinning, they lost the radiant emanation of light 
• "clothing" was a way to cover up that which had always been less noticeable due to God's Glory 
• The laws of physics have no explanation for:
• shekinah glowing
• paranormal observations/experiences, spooky stuff, etc
• For some reason there is nothing in scripture to indicate that Eve thought it odd that she was speaking to another non-human creature.
• Angels are identified as:
• "higher" than us, although this was apparently not a permanent condition
• ministering servants Heb 1:14
• creatures we will sit in judgment of 1Cor 6:3
• God emits light Is 60:19, Da 2:22, I Tim 6:16

I submit to you that in their original sinless state, Adam and Eve had access to some things we do not have today.

• Perfect bodies
• perfect design
• perfect health
• perfect function and use
• no death
• Perfect mental abilities
• perfect use of language
• perfect use of intellect
• perfect reasoning skills
• Perfect spiritual abilities
• no sin
• no shame
• perfect access to God
• they could be 100% in the presence of God
• they had regular conversations with God
• access to other extra-caporal beings

It seems to me based on the information we have about Moses, and other references to God as the source of literal light that Adam and Eve likely reflected or shone with God's light since they were in daily contact with Him physically.  The issue of the shekinah glory raises more questions than it answers.  No doubt Adam and Eve regarded their "glowing" as normal.  They became ashamed when they no longer had that covering.

I suspect that there was something physically different about their pre-sin bodies that being perfect allowed them unfettered access to the "spiritual" realm.  I suspect that the pre-sin human body was like the resurrection body of Christ.  Which is the same form of body that we are told we will have after this life is over.  That body will allow us to access the dwelling place of God.  I think that's what Adam and Eve had in the first place.

Angelic beings are designed to fulfill a number of purposes.  One of those purposes is to "minster" to righteous men.  In post sin circumstances angels are regarded with fear.  In a pre-sin situation Adam would not have feared anything on the earth as it was all given to him to "rule over".  Is it possible that angles (or some sub group) actually "ministered" at Adam's request or maybe even at his command?  If that was the case, then he'd have to have a way to interact with them.

This is of course all speculation; reasoned speculation, but still just speculation.  Just as you can't prove Adam and Eve were constrained to 4 time space dimensions, you can't prove they were not.  Interestingly there are reasons to speculate that mankind was never meant to only dwell on earth, or be limited by our current physical bodies.  After all God made sure we could never eat of the tree of life in a post sin body.  Maybe that's because only death will free us to take on a new form, or at least go back to the one we were intended to enjoy all along.  You can call it spiritual, or extra dimensional, in the end it may amount to the same thing.