Why did Adam need a companion

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there's no marriage in heaven and we were made in God's image and likeness, were we created slightly different?(this is unbiblical)

Heaven is all about the marriage of the Lamb...no?

Man, as I understand it, includes male and female.

Seems to be a matter of self-control rather than maturity.

The marriage is one self, isn't it?
 
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we were made in God's image and likeness, were we created slightly different?


Humanity's image and likeness of God is limited.

1) God is a spirit being whereas humans are physical beings.

2) God is an eternal being whereas humans are created beings.

3) God is an all-powerful, self-sufficient being whereas humans are fragile, needy beings.

The term "image and likeness" refers to kin (Gen 5:3). In other words: God intended humans to be His relatives, i.e. His family: not as biological progeny of course, rather, by means of adoption.
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Eve is a gift from God, so it's perhaps not so much a question of why Adam needed her, but how God out of His goodness provided Adam with Eve. This does not in any way imply that Eve is of lesser value or importance, or that she's merely some material thing or a slave owned by Adam - but that God first made Adam, complete, righteous, and perfect in every way, and then created Eve, aslo complete, righteous, and perfect, but as a complimentary being for Adam; so even though they are both complete in themselves, they also complete each other.

In a word, it's because of love.
 
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Let me add more detail to my initial question. Christ is a replacement for the first Adam and while on earth our heavenly Father didn't offer him one or think that He needed one, whereas He felt Adam needed one. Redemption has been accomplished through Jesus Christ, and we can now live as God had initially designed us to live through Him. Adam didn't necessarily need to procreate to get offsprings, we could have all been begotten by the Holy spirit if God wanted it so. I'm just trying to understand why Adam needed a companion, there's no marriage in heaven and we were made in God's image and likeness, were we created slightly different?(this is unbiblical)
I mean no disrespect to anyone else's opinions or conclusions here, but Adam is not even nearly the same sort of thing as what will be revealed in us when we see God as he is. Adam, and the fall, were part of God's plan (from the foundation of the world) for redemption and the new Creation --i.e. the Bride of Christ. Adam had to die to be reborn, and after the resurrection, we will see why God made us.
 
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When he is created in God's image and likeness?
So in the cool of the evening, God and Adam are walking along in the Garden, and God says, "So how do you like the woman I gave you?" And Adam say, "Oh yeah! But I've been meaning to ask you --why did you make her so beautiful?" And God said, "Oh that --that's just so that you'll love her." And Adam thought a bit and said, "Ok, that makes sense --I can see that. But Lord, and pardon me for asking, but why did you have to go and make her so stupid?" And God said, "Oh, that's so that she'll love you!"
 
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A few reasons I can think of on the top of my head.



1. We wouldn't be here otherwise.

2. Adam needed somebody to tell him when he was wrong.

3. We would all still be standing at the exit of the Garden of Eden right now if it weren't for Eve, because Adam never would have asked anybody for directions on which way to go. :p








 
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I always wondered why God used Adam's rib.

The first two human beings God created, Adam and Eve
about (c. 6,000 years ago) in biblical chronology.

Adam

The first man was formed “out of the dust of the ground.”
The human body is made up of 25 elements, every one
essential for human life, all found in the Earth’s soil.

According to biblical chronology, that "man came from the
dust of the ground" was “penned” at the hand of Moses
some c. 3,400 years ago. Yet it wasn’t until 1982, when it
was confirmed that every element in man is found in the soil.
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Eve

"For Adam was first formed, then Eve".
Dust of the Ground, Bone of my Bones

The first woman was made from the rib of the first man.
The components needed to make Eve were already in
Adam’s cells.

All humans have 46 chromosomes, but sex is determined
by only two of them – called X and Y. Males have one X
and one Y.

Females have two Xs, the other 44 chromosomes are
called autosomes, and are the same in males and females

Males need one X to live, and the Y for male reproductive
functions. Females need two X’s for female reproductive
functions.

To make female cells from male cells, God had all the
different kinds of chromosomes he needed. All He had
to do is take out the Y and duplicate the X.

Adam and Eve were separate, unique creations, with
Adam being fully male and Eve being fully female.

God did not need to create any new material to make Eve,
nor was Eve simply a clone of Adam, she was a creation
of God, a different but still one flesh with Adam.
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The rib bone

The first woman was made from the rib bone of the first man.
We have the symbolism of the rib, being at the side of man.

That Scientists have discovered that if the perichondrium (the
membrane covering the rib) is left in place, then the bone will
actually regrow inside of it.

The rib is the only known bone to do this.

Doctors use of rib bone in reconstructive surgery of damaged bone
tissue in other parts of the body. Bone marrow is one of the key
sources for stem cells. These are cells that can convert into all
types of cells in the human body.
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Eve: The mother of all living humans in the bible.

"And Adam called his wife's name Eve;
because she was the mother of all living."

In science Meet Mitochondrial Eve
Mitochondrial Eve - Wikipedia

In human genetics, the Mitochondrial Eve (also mt-Eve, mt-MRCA)
is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all
currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.

All human beings contain mitochondrial dna (mtdna).
However, it is only passed on through the female egg.

So while a son and daughter receive mitochondria from
the mother, only the daughter will pass it on to her
descendants.

Noahs 3 sons (wifes) passed this down.

In Light of Genetics…Adam, Eve, and the Creation/Fall
Dr. John C. Sanford and Dr. Robert Carter
https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/a704d4_f5f5f851384f4767889ad115b1e52f65.pdf

67 "We found that the average human being is only about 22 mutations removed from the Eve sequence, although some individuals are as much as 100 mutations removed from Eve" (Figure 11)."The most recent estimate of the mutation rate in human mitochondria is about 0.5 per generation.

68 Thus, even for the most mutated sequences, it would only
require 200 generations (less than 6,000 years) to accumulate
100 mutations."
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Y-Chromosome Adam
Y-chromosomal Adam - Wikipedia

Patrilineal ancestry can be traced with the Y chromosome,
which of course is passed down from father to son.

This one, though, appears to be a lot more difficult to
trace genealogically, as opposed to mtdna. Geneticists
concur that all humans alive came from just one paternal
ancestor.

All humans descended from Adam and Eve.

But only Noah, his wife, and his three sons and their wives survived
the Great Flood (a “bottleneck” of sorts that, according to biblical
chronology, happened around 4,500 years ago).

It is from Noah’s family that all humanity derives.
The closest common Y-chromosomal ancestor, then,
would be Noah, who passed on his “Ys” to his 3 sons.

But the mitochondrial Eve would have long predated this
—the unique mitochondrial dna being carried on not from
Noah’s wife, but from the sons’ wives, passed on to their
[future daughters].


Just in case someone wanted to know.
 
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When he is created in God's image and likeness?
Just as God is in fellowship, so man should be as well.
People need people.

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Humanity's image and likeness of God is limited.

1) God is a spirit being whereas humans are physical beings.

2) God is an eternal being whereas humans are created beings.

3) God is an all-powerful, self-sufficient being whereas humans are fragile, needy beings.

The term "image and likeness" refers to kin (Gen 5:3). In other words: God intended humans to be His relatives, i.e. His family: not as biological progeny of course, rather, by means of adoption.
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You're getting to a central point here.

When scripture speaks of an "image" it's talking about a physical manifestation. This is more clear in Colossians 1 as it speaks of Jesus as the "image of the invisible God." Jesus the Son is the physical manifestation of God the Father who has no physical manifestation.

The Greek for "image" used here is eikon, from which we get the word "icon." That makes it easier to grasp: On our computers, an icon is the visible image of an application that is invisible on the hard drive. The icon is not separate from the application, but is actually is within the application. It doesn't exist without the application, but we could not interact with the application (or discern it on the hard drive by any of our senses) except through the icon. The icon is the image of the invisible application.

But we know that Jesus is also called the "second Adam," so we can surmise that Adam was an "image" of God to the extent that his spirit was directly breathed into a physical human form. He was a physical manifestation of the invisible God.
 
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When he is created in God's image and likeness?

As scripture puts it, God intended man from the beginning to be of male and female components.

God created Adam. Adam appears to have been fully functional. However, God intended man from the beginning to be of male and female components. Therefore, Adam, alone, although functional, was not the endpoint of God's intention. Not being all that God intended to be--not being the completion of God's will--Adam was functional...but not perfect.

We can consider "Adam alone" as being functional. He had all the components to be functional.

Until God removed a rib. At that point, Adam was no longer fully functional. God had deliberately subtracted a component. Whatever component God removed, it was still the point that Adam was missing a part from the original design, no longer the fully functional being as originally created.

Eve was created from the part of Adam that was removed in order to be joined to Adam...joining to Eve gets back the part God had removed. So Adam becomes whole and fully functional again.

Something of note: Scripture says Eve was a "suitable help" for Adam. The Hebrew word for "help" used here is "ezer." Ezer is used 21 times in the Old Testament. Eighteen times it refers to God Himself, coming to the rescue of a man. Twice it's used to describe an army that comes to the rescue of a man.

Once, it refers to a woman, Eve. Ezer comes from two root words meaning “to rescue, to save” and “to be strong.” The meaning is that Eve comes to the rescue of Adam. Eve is not "hand me the wrench" help, Eve is "rescue me!" help.
 
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When he is created in God's image and likeness?

Why did God need to create us? Eve in Hebrew is Chava or Havah. Ahavah is love. Only Eve (the woman) can give life (chai).
 
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When he is created in God's image and likeness?
Adam is not God. He could not be everywhere at the same time. God decided that Adam needed help for the work that he was given. No animal was deemed suitable. So God formed Eve out of Adam's rib. She is also a type of the church. Only what is of Christ is the church.
 
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God’s ground rules for marriage
are all about the way of give.

A man must give love to a woman.
A woman must give reverence
and submission to a man.

A man must give godly leadership to a woman—
leadership that earns her respect and that is a joy
to submit to.

And a woman must be a lovable woman, to
recognize, encourage and receive a man’s love.

Women need love—men need respect.
Ephesians 5:22-33

A God Fearing Couple are equipped
to produce God loving children.
 
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God bless you, I never saw that perspective before! Very insightful. :)

Genesis 2:21-22
21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

I always wondered why God used Adam's rib. This is Almighty God after all. He could of just used Adam's pinky, if he wanted to. Logically, sounds like it would be less painful and work, then cutting out his rib, haha. The ribs are the bones that protect our heart and lungs. Two vital components that process the breath of life, which God originally breathed into Adam, as well. God doesn't do anything randomly, as I've seen now. As I continue to study his word, there is a purpose even in the smallest details, that reveals His love for us, and His everlasting greatness.
Matthew Henry:
"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.”
 
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Matthew Henry:
"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.”

True, but is there any need for this, seeing that God in whose image we are made has no need for a suitable companion or spouse
 
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