In the beginning, God spoke face-to-face with Man. God stood in the presence of Adam and had conversations with him. I believe that the Bible gives us enough information for us to believe that God continued speaking face-to-face with Man, even Cain and Abel, Seth, and others, as well as Enoch, until “he was not, for God took him” (Gen 5:24).  

Since the days of Adam, God has continued to speak face-to-face with certain individuals—those who found favor with Him, like Enoch and Noah. Scripture says they ‘walked with God’ (Genesis 5:24; 6:9).

In fact, Adam and Eve notwithstanding, according to the Bible, Enoch and Noah were the only men of Creation who “walked with God.” And we will not see this term used again throughout the Bible, not even in the New Testament. But wait. God also spoke with Moses face-to-face (Exodus 33:11). God called Moses His servant (Num. 12:7; 2 Kings 21:8).

Before we move on, there is one thing in particular I haven’t mentioned yet, and that is that in the days from Adam to Moses, those who met God face-to-face lived to tell the story.   

In Genesis 15:1, we do see a shift in how God communicated with humanity. No longer walking among people or speaking face-to-face, God began revealing Himself through visions and other indirect means. From the time of With the passing of Moses onward, this became His primary way of speaking to His people.

God continued to speak to humanity, now through prophets. People and prophets often received God’s message through dreams, as seen in Genesis 20:6: “Then God said to him in the dream…” Although Abram is introduced in Genesis 11, it’s not until Genesis 20:7 that he is identified as a prophet. Yet, many commonly view Moses as the first prophet.

This verse, v.7, in Genesis 20 is important for another reason. It is the first time we find the word “pray.”

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