Subject: Who is "Lilith" in Isaiah 34:13-15? |
Bible Note: Greetings Tim, Gen 5:5 says So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. The Hebrew word for Adam here is from the same as 120; meaning the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley:Adam 12 I always like to check the etymology and translation of Words because it helps me to understand what was being said in the first place. It appears that one of two Hebrew words are used to refer to Adam and may be singular or plural. So that sometimes the Bible refers to a man called Adam and sometimes to mankind collectively. So in this case it is a man called Adam whom is referred to and it is he who lived for 930 years. Naturally it was he who fathered Seth since many men cannot father a single individual. Note that in the first story of creation in Genesis chapter one that no name is given for the man and the woman furthermore that it the term man which translates as humanity because what follows is plural because God says let them. Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Gen 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." It is not until chapter 2 that we have the name Adam for the man and not until verse 20 and note that firstly here it is just the man and then it is Adam;Gen 2:20 says The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. Rom 5:14 says Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Here note that Paul is refering to Adam as a Type of Christ, so it is legitimate to do so. Paul also says that sin reigned over everyone even over those who did not sin in the manner of Adam. So whether Adam and Eve were our first parents or merely typify them this has no effect whatsoever on our status today. Also it seems not to matter whether we are directly related to Adam because due to his sin we are all under the penalty of the Law see Rom 3:23 which tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Yours in Christ Rainbow Maker |