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Of course----The bible does not say that Cain and Able were the first children Adam and Eve had--they only mentioned males. Females, unless they were of some great importance, were rarely mentioned and never in the genealogy (except Ruth). The line of descent was from the first born male. The only reason Able was mentioned was because he was next in line and Seth then became the next successor as Cain lost his inheritance as the firstborn after being expelled for killing Able. Adam and Eve would have had several females before Cain. They married their sisters back then as there were no genetic defects to pass along, the prohibition against close family members marrying came much later after the flood. Abraham was married to his 1/2 sister, Sarah.
The bible states Cain knew his wife---not when he first married her. There is no mention of Able having had a wife or not, nor of any children nor how old they were when Cain killed Able. Both Cain and Able could have had many, ,many children and grandchildren, and great grand children. Today, one woman can have over 20 children and I knew one woman who had 22. That is only during about a 40 year childbearing lifespan. These people lived for hundreds of years. You're talking one woman giving birth to several hundred children, basically a whole town and their children giving birth---Even today, women have had children even less than one year apart (my husband has a brother 9 mths younger) They were in perfect health, at a child a year--not counting twins or more, by the time Adam and Eve died they would have been scalp high in descendants. There were lots of other people by the time Cain was expelled for killing Able.
People still live like animals today and the Bible teaches us if you live like an animal you will perish like the animals.
The story I have been told is that there was a problem with Satan in Heaven. He fell because of his pride and he was cast down to the earth. One third of the angles followed in the rebellion and now here on earth two thirds will follow in the rebellion.Yes, that's why God choose to alter Man and make-over him in the image of God.
There is every reason to believe that Adam and Eve descended from all those other people. What the Bible calls gentiles. Although the Bible suggests that they inner married.And many other passages suggest the world was already full of people.
In the world people do what they do because it makes them feel good. The hormones have an effect. One example is the Prairie Vole where they mate for life because of the Oxytocin hormone.Adam had the responsibility to treat his wife just as he would want her to treat him.
No.Was Adam the FIRST Food Producer???
Gen 5:1 "the generations of Adam"
Gen 6:9 "These [are] the generations of Noah:"
Gen 11:10 "These [are] the generations of Shem:"
Gen 25:12 "Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael,"
In the world people do what they do because it makes them feel good. The hormones have an effect. One example is the Prairie Vole where they mate for life because of the Oxytocin hormone.
With Christ His love for the Bride is a sacrificial love. God so loved the world that HE GAVE HIS only begotten Son. God's love for us is a sacrificial love.
I don't see anyone's name before Adam in that album.We can see that Adam is treated the same as other generations.
Luke says otherwise.SkyWriting said:Not as the first man and originator of all people.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
"Asah" is not "Create" from scratch.
It means alter what already exists.
Strange that people miss that.
"Make-over" man would be appropriate.
Or substitute any of the words below for accuracy.
Asah -
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According to our likeness:
figure (1), figures like (1), figures resembling (1), form (4), like (4), likeness (8), pattern (1), resembling (1), something resembling (1), which resembled (1), who resembled (1).
I don't see anyone's name before Adam in that album.Luke says otherwise.
Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Basically scripture (in greek) says
Let us "process" man into our image.
This started with Adam.
However, it was originally written in Hebrew, not Greek. It is the Hebrew understanding of scripture that is more accurate, not the Greek, which didn't even exist for long after the Hebrews.
1 in~SUMMIT {בְּרֵאשִׁית / bê'rey'[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]} he~did~FATTEN(Verb) {בָּרָא / ba'ra}1] Elohiym {אֱלֹהִים / e'lo'him} AT {אֵת / eyt} the~SKY~s2 {הַשָּׁמַיִם / ha'sha'ma'yim} and~AT {וְאֵת / wê'eyt} the~LAND {הָאָרֶץ / ha'a'rets}
in the summit Elohiym fattened the skies and the land,
2 and~the~LAND {וְהָאָרֶץ / wê'ha'a'rets} she~did~EXIST(Verb) {הָיְתָה / hai'tah} CONFUSION {תֹהוּ / to'hu} and~UNFILLED {וָבֹהוּ / wa'vo'hu} and~DARKNESS {וְחֹשֶׁךְ / wê'hho'shekh} UPON {עַל / al} FACE~s {פְּנֵי / pê'ney} DEEP.SEA {תְהוֹם / tê'hom} and~WIND {וְרוּחַ / wê'ru'ahh} Elohiym {אֱלֹהִים / e'lo'him} much~FLUTTER(Verb)~ing(fs) {מְרַחֶפֶת / mê'ra'hhe'phet} UPON {עַל / al} FACE~s {פְּנֵי / pê'ney} the~WATER~s2 {הַמָּיִם / ha'ma'yim}
and the land had existed in confusion and was unfilled, and darkness was upon the face of the deep sea and the wind of Elohiym was fluttering upon the face of the waters,
in the summit Elohiym fattened the skies and the land, and the land had existed in confusion and was unfilled, and darkness was upon the face of the deep sea and the wind of Elohiym was fluttering upon the face of the waters,Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
LAND: Definition: The solid part of the earth's surface. The whole of the earth or a region. Hebrew: ארץ e-rets-fem. Edenics: earth; terra - with a reversal of letters; terrain AHLB: 1455-C(N) KJV Translations: earth, land, country, ground, world, way, common, field, nations, inferior Strong's: #0776
What it says is that the world was empty (infilled), rock, dirt, water--nothing else. Your basic asteroid.
The next question might be--where did the asteroid come from?---
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
However you want to slice it---there was no man on this planet before God made Adam and Eve.
What it says is that the world was empty (infilled), rock, dirt, water--nothing else. Your basic asteroid.
24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
However you want to slice it---there was no man on this planet before God made Adam and Eve.
25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Neat.Basically scripture (in greek) says
Let us "process" man into our image.
God had to bring the elements together that He used to make the man. That is why in the beginning God made the Heavens and the Earth.God did not create the man out of nothing; instead he formed him out of the ground.
Nothing in your post even covers Adam and Eve's change into the Image of God.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
My mistake. Hebrew which is said to be more accurate:
The word you are looking for is "bara". But it's not here to support your stand.
26 Then God said, "Let Us make (asah) man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
asah: do, make
Transliteration: asah
Short Definition: do
accomplish (8), accomplish much (1), accomplished (4), accomplishing (1), achieve (1), administer (1), administered (1), apply (1), appointed (3), artificial (1), bring forth (1), build* (1), built (3), busy (1), cared (1), causing (1), developing , exerted (1), make your ready (1), Maker (13), maker (4), makes (19), making (5),perform (31), take action (6), thoroughly deal (1), treat (3), tried (1), trim (1), trimmed (1), truly practice (1), use (1), used (4), wage (2), waged (2), work (12), worked (7), wrought (2), yield (5), yielded (1), yields (1).
Let us consider:
2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made, ( ginomai) and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
ginomai - (closer to "born", but still do, or make)
Humans were born of the land as were all other creatures that move on ground.
Right. Then God let
the land
to form
all the living creatures
according to His plan.
Here God considers mankind, and decide to improve on this, of all the animals that have "evolved" from the earth. (I don't mean "evolve" as in stupid and blind. I mean "evolve" exactly as God engineered biology and controlled every molecule befor sin.)
Currently, we call this "getting a makeover." In this case, it was makeover of the Spirit.
Before Adam, mankind did not have the Breath of life in Him. Man was not really
alive before this and still is not counted as sinful until after being born again of the Spirit.
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