Subject: Questions on Genesis |
Bible Note: Allyva: Welcome to the forum. May you continue to have a desire to study God's word that you may get to know him better every day. The "first man Adam" mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:45 is a signifant term. When we accept God's word as true we then can say with confidence the human on this earth was a man called Adam. Secondly, Eve who we read about in Gen. 3:20 "Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the "mother of all living". Thus, we find from God's word: the first man Adam and Eve the mother of all living are the parents of us all. Adam lived to be 930 years of age (Gen.5:3) I do not think the death of Eve is recorded. I would advise you to get a timeline chart, it is helpful to see the generations in chronological order. I believe the assumption that we sometimes make that the family of Adam consisted only of: Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel (who died) Seth. The Bible highlights mostly the birth and life of men and men of note. In Gen.5:4 we read " And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. In other words Adam and Eve had many children who are not recorded by name. This would result in their children having children etc. resulting in a rapid population growth. After Cain killed Abel he "went out from the presence of the Lord" and dwelt in the land of Nod east of Eden" Gen. 4:16. It is important that we note at this point that Cain already had a wife. Who was she? She would be a sister, or niece since his mother Eve is the mother of all living. The point I am trying to make is that all humankind originated with Adam and Eve which effects our thinking when we question the original of people in the scriptures. You will find that in the Bible God always had certain people who were true to him. Starting with Adam to Abel to Seth. However, at the same time there were others who in the early years of the world who like Cain went out from his presence and their sinful nature was soon displayed. You mentioned the flood. In Gen.6 The people of the earth had become exceedingly sinful: "God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" Gen. 6:5) However, we read that "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord" Again we see one man who was of the godly line of Seth was choosen to perserve humankind on the earth along with the other creatures. The flood would teach us that God is longsuffering, that he does not wish to see humans perish, but eventually he will judge sin. The people of Noah's day were given 120 years during the building of the ark at which time Noah was telling them that judgment was coming. As we know they paid no attention and were lost as a result. Just a short thought on angels. Angels were created by God and are of a different sphere than humans. I do not think that the scripture supports the idea of crossbreeding angels with humans. Humans are of their own kind and angels are of their sphere. I do have some thoughts of the sons of God and the daughters of men as found in Gen.6 but do not have time to cover them now. May God bless you Robert |