The creation story: (Genesis)
- Was the universe created in six literal days?
- Was Adam the first human, a created being?
- Was Adam created in the image of God, after his likeness? (appearance)
- Is the Genesis account literal, or figurative?
- Was the Genesis account based on an oral tradition? (origins myth)
- In reference to Adam, is the conclusion of the genealogy of Jesus correct? (see below)
Luke 3:38 NIV
the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
1. Yes. The 24 hour period is from the rotation of the earth. However, God wants the days to be counted Sunset to sunset. From midnight to midnight is a manmade thing and not very convenient without a watch. It can not be eons ---yom, when used with a number is always literal 24 days. Besides, the word yom in Gen 1 is different from the yom used in in Gen 2:17
17 and~from~TREE (וּמֵעֵץ /
u'mey'eyts)
the~DISCERNMENT (הַדַּעַת /
ha'da'at)
FUNCTIONAL (טוֹב /
tov)
and~DYSFUNCTIONAL (וָרָע /
wa'ra)
NOT (לֹא /
lo)
you(ms)~will~EAT(V) (תֹאכַל /
to'khal)
FROM~him (מִמֶּנּוּ /
mi'me'nu)
GIVEN.THAT (כִּי /
ki)
in~DAY (בְּיוֹם /
bê'yom) you(ms)~~Identifies the verb form as infinitive.">>~EAT(V) (אֲכָלְךָ /
a'khal'kha)
FROM~him (מִמֶּנּוּ /
mi'me'nu)
~Identifies the verb form as infinitive.">>~DIE(V) (מוֹת /
mot)
you(ms)~will~DIE(V) (תָּמוּת /
ta'mut)
RMT: but from the tree of discernment of function and dysfunction you will not eat from him, given that in the day you eat from him you will surely die,
"beyom" means an eon. And or would make no sense at all for creation to be 1000s of years between each creation. Trees and herbs and such were created on the 3rd day, the sun was not till the 4th day. If it had taken eons before the sun and stars came in, everything on the 3rd eon would have all died. Also no sense to say that God stopped creating on the 7th day if it was eons, He stopped creating and rested for eons, but wants us to honor the 7th day in memory of the end of creation? FYI in the original language the word is not rested it is "ceased from all His business."
3 and~he~will~much~KNEEL(V) (וַיְבָרֶךְ /
wai'va'rekh)
Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים /
e'lo'him)
AT (אֶת /
et)
DAY (יוֹם /
yom)
the~SEVENTH (הַשְּׁבִיעִי /
hash'vi'i)
and~he~will~much~SET.APART(V) (וַיְקַדֵּשׁ /
wai'qa'deysh)
AT~him (אֹתוֹ /
o'to)
GIVEN.THAT (כִּי /
ki)
in~~him (בוֹ /
vo)
he~did~CEASE(V) (שָׁבַת /
sha'vat)
from~ALL (מִכָּל /
mi'kol)
BUSINESS~him (מְלַאכְתּוֹ /
mê'lakh'to)
WHICH (אֲשֶׁר /
a'sher)
he~did~SHAPE(V) (בָּרָא /
ba'ra)
Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים /
e'lo'him)
to~~Identifies the verb form as infinitive.">>~DO(V) (לַעֲשׂוֹת /
la'a'sot)
RMT: and Elohiym exalted the seventh day and he set him apart, given that in him he ceased from all of his business which Elohiym shaped to make.
also if eons---it makes no sense then to say that there were eons before the humans were created and sinned---death is the result of sin. There were then eons of creatures, and plants, living and dyeing before a soul was finally given to the final birth of some man and woman. And then they sinned --And then salvation was provided? Makes no sense at all. God created Adam and Eve on the 6 literal day. Death came to the world when Adam and Eve sinned and the Lord had to kill the 1st animals to provide skins for Adam and Eve. The lamb killed because of their sin was the 1st depiction of Jesus intervening on man's behave by dying for man's sin, setting up the ceremonial blood sacrifice which would later be symbolized by the animal sacrifices in the sanctuary and temple. The word Adam means human. Eve was not named until after the fall. And yes, they were created in the image of God.
27 and~he~will~SHAPE(V) (וַיִּבְרָא /
wai'yiv'ra)
Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים /
e'lo'him)
AT (אֶת /
et)
the~HUMAN (הָאָדָם /
ha'a'dam)
in~IMAGE~him (בְּצַלְמוֹ /
bê'tsal'mo)
in~IMAGE (בְּצֶלֶם /
bê'tse'lem)
Elohiym (אֱלֹהִים /
e'lo'him)
he~did~SHAPE(V) (בָּרָא /
ba'ra)
AT~him (אֹתוֹ /
o'to)
MALE (זָכָר /
za'khar)
and~FEMALE (וּנְקֵבָה /
un'qey'vah)
he~did~SHAPE(V) (בָּרָא /
ba'ra)
AT~them(m) (אֹתָם /
o'tam)
RMT: and Elohiym shaped the human in his image, in the image of Elohiym he shaped him, male and female he shaped them,
We are created in His image, however, Barbie and corn cobb dolls, and we have very human appearing robots now----all created in our image. They are as far from the original, as are humans from God.
In any genealogy Cain will not be mentioned. He was Adam's first born male, but when he killed Abel, he lost his place as inheritor and kicked out of the family (2nd in line would have been Abel)--Seth, was then the next inheritor---Enos was the first male son of Seth.
Jesus and the disciples all believed in the literal interpretation of the Genesis account. They never refer to it as a myth or in any way figurative.