ADAM AND EVE
As most people are aware, science and the book of Genesis do
not agree. If someone would like to have
them somewhat agree then it is recommended that books written by Henry Morris
or another author of the Creation Science agenda may supply the desired
information.
Geologists, paleontologists, evolutionists, and other like-minded
natures insist the earth is millions of years old, whereas Biblical chronology appears
to teach that the time span between Adam and the present is approximately 6,000
years.
Were there actually two original people named Adam and Eve created
by God? What about: Piltdown Man;
Nebraska Man; Ramapithecus; Australopithecus; Homo habilis; Turkana Boy; Peking
Man; Java Man; Neanderthals? Keep in
mind that pictures of these entities are the result of the imagination of the
artist, occasionally with only two or three bones as background evidence. The philosophy of evolutionists appears to
be: if the bones look human – they are
recent; if the bones look ape-like they are old.
Were they dark brown and covered with hair? Who knows but the artist. There are several non-normal humans in the
world today who aren’t considered cavemen although they may remind one of them.
From Adam’s creation to the birth of Seth: 130 years
Then to the birth of Enosh: 105 years
To the birth of Kenan: 90 years
To the birth of Mahalalel: 70 years
To the birth of Jared: 65 years
To the birth of Enoch: 62 years
To the birth of Methuselah: 65 years
To the birth of Lamech: 187 years
To the birth of Noah: 182 years
To the Flood: 600 years Total: 1,656 years
Then to the birth of Enosh: 105 years
To the birth of Kenan: 90 years
To the birth of Mahalalel: 70 years
To the birth of Jared: 65 years
To the birth of Enoch: 62 years
To the birth of Methuselah: 65 years
To the birth of Lamech: 187 years
To the birth of Noah: 182 years
To the Flood: 600 years Total: 1,656 years
Luke traces the genealogy of Jesus all the way back to Adam.
Luke 3:38 NET the son of
Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
In the Gospels of Matthew
and Luke, Jesus spoke of Noah as a real living person, as in “just like the days of Noah WERE” and not as the
days of Noah were said to be.
Matthew 24:37 NET For just
like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
Whether actual or myth, the authenticity of Adam is extremely
important within the context of the Gospel of Christ. Due to the sin of Adam, all people would die
a natural death (and sometimes not so natural), due to the sinless sacrifice of
Jesus all will be made alive forever in the spirit through the advent of the two
resurrections.
1
Corinthians 15:22 NET For just as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive (in the spirit).
1
Corinthians 15:45 NET So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living
person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
For the sake of argument, let’s suppose that the Genesis
story of the creation and fall of Adam and Eve are merely mythological stories employed to
relate certain lessons and metaphoric truths to the Christian agenda.
Both Adam and Eve are presented as being naked without any
concerns about a lack of clothing. It is
said they were created as glorified beings or with a spiritual type of body similar
to or exactly as the resurrected Christ.
That supposition may not be the case since both decided to disobey the
command of God.
Genesis 2:25 NET The man and his wife were both
naked, but they were not ashamed.
After performing the disobedient act, both Adam and Eve
realized they were naked and were concerned that God would view them as being
indecent and decided to hide among various plants. God called them out, killed one or two sheep,
and clothed them with the skins. This
represented the initial sacrifice of the Lamb for the covering of sin. Keep in mind the sacrifice only covered the
couple’s sin – it did not remove it.
Throughout the years, until the death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ, God instituted, as law, various types of animal sacrifices representing
the covering of sin and the term nakedness is occasionally used to describe the
sin nature.
Having sinned and becoming earthly had some
ramifications. Before the sin, giving
birth may have been a miraculous event, but now it would cause pain to the
woman. Although not mentioned in the
text, becoming earthly gave men an insatiable desire and drive to have sexual
relations (i.e. and some current men,
with little or no self-control, or good sense, are paying dearly for that urge)
Genesis 3:16 NET To the woman
he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will
give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will
dominate you."
Also notice that women would aspire to control their
husbands and other men if placed in charge – this is the Word of God and not my
opinion. This comment may incense
feminists and those proclaiming equal sexual rights, but a male and a female
are not equal. They are two completely
different entities. They have different
values, thoughts, responses, opinions, and their purpose in life is different. The two books, Men are From Mars and Women
are From Venus by John Gray describes these differences in layman’s terms very
well (the internet is such a wonderful
tool). Most women appear to be
happier as a wife and mother, and not as a single mother or single woman
working every day to make a decent living.
However, other translations word this phrase differently. KJV: and thy desire (longing) shall be
to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. LXX: and thy submission shall be to
thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. CLV
(Concordant Literal): Yet by your husband is your
restoration, and he shall rule over you.
You may claim the various interpretations mean two different
things. Possibly, but consider the
following Word Study definition.
šÃ»qāh: World Study Dictionary
It was used to describe the strong
feelings of desire that one person had for another, but it was not always a
healthy desire. As part of the judgment after Adam and Eve's sin, God said that
a woman would long for her husband (Gen_3:16).
People are not the only thing that can long: God told Cain that sin was lying
at his door, desiring to enter (Gen_4:7).
The type of desire (or longing) would need to be considered
and the type is not necessarily one of passion.
Due to the control of Eve, Adam sinned although he knew he
shouldn’t. As as Paul states in 1 Corinthians 15:22
because of Adam’s choice all humans would hereafter die and return to the ground
as dust. In addition, the earth was
cursed. Because the couple would now be
required to eat food to survive, cultivated food would involve difficult work
to produce and be besieged with thorns, thistles, rocks, lack of water, and
various weeds.
Genesis 3:17-19 NET But to Adam he
said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I
commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed
is the ground thanks to you; in
painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the
field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the
ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you
will return."
Human beings were therefore cursed to physically die. The “tree of life” is most likely speaking of
Jesus Christ and the couple were metaphorically not allowed to come in contact
with it at this time.
Genesis 3:22 NET And the LORD
God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and
evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the
tree of life and eat, and live forever."
As related earlier, the first Adam brought death to all
human beings and the second Adam which is Jesus Christ brought eternal life to
all human beings. Whether or not one
accepts it – Jesus is the “tree of life”.
All must die and the metaphorical tree was temporarily taken away from
humans.
1
Corinthians 15:22 NET For just as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive (in the spirit).
The first century appearance of Jesus Christ taught people
the process (Gospel) of reaching the tree of life and the future ability of
obtaining eternal life which the first couple lost. It was through the death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God similar to the first lamb sacrificed as a cover
for sin. However, the second Lamb of God
covers and temporarily removes the sin of the true believer. All sin will be reproved and permanently removed
at the resurrection of human beings.
Cain
was born from Eve and Adam was his father – not Satan. The terms “children of the devil” is
metaphoric.
Genesis 4:1 NET Now the man had marital
relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.
Then she said, "I have created a man just as the LORD did!"
Some like to put some “spice” in their theology but Cain “who
was of the evil one” meant his actions and thoughts were evil and not his DNA.
1 John 3:12 NET not like Cain
who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he
murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.
The same verse in two different translations describes “certain
people” as having “gone in the way of Cain” which is the same as “traveled down
Cain’s path. In other words these
certain people have made evil actions based on evil thoughts.
Jude 1:11 NET Woe to them! For they have
traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to
Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.
Jude 1:11 KJV Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of
Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in
the gainsaying of Core.
Besides, if Adam and Eve are myths then so is Cain.
