On Wed Apr 17 2002 - 18:01:25 EDT, in Re: preadamic man "in God's image"
vs "sons of God" Paul Seely wrote
>If you want to get even closer to the Bible, combine "the Adam" of Gen
1:26,
>27 with "the Adam" of Gen 2:7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 3:8, 9,
>12, 20, 22, 24; so that the individual man Adam is indistinguishable from
>"the Adam" of Gen 1:26, 27.
>That is what Gen 5:1, 2 does:
>In 5:1 "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
>created Adam, in the likeness of God made he him." Adam is used without the
>article, indicating an individual name, which is at least a sure
>interpretation in the phrase, "book of the generations of Adam" (note also
>the singular pronoun "him.")
>Then 5:2 says, "male and female created he _them_, and blessed _them_, and
>called _their_ name Adam, in the day when they were created." "Their name
>Adam" uses Adam without the article and the next verse shows that the
>individual Adam of Gen 2 is indeed the one being spoken of; but the "them,"
>"them," "their" take you back to Gen 1:26, "male and female created he
them."
>So, the Bible identifies the individual Adam of Gen 2 with the "them" of
Gen
>1:26, 27. The Bible does not separate the Adam of Gen 2 from "the Adam" of
>Gen 1:26, 27.
To be honest, I wish that Paul had used the Hebrew. But, it seems that he
has made a clear case that the creation of Gen 1:26-27 is the same as the
creation in Gen 2.
I'll assume that Paul is "correct." This would be of significant
consequence.
I strongly believe that this would place Concordism on stronger Biblical
ground than YEC. It "ought to" mean there is no difference between a
concordist and a YEC AFTER Gen 1. But, I think that YEC puts Adam about
10,000 years ago. I think (not sure) that Hugh Ross does also.
This is not good for either Hugh or the YEC crowd. I have said it before,
and I will say it again. YEC is due for a fall. I don't believe that the
ASA has their act "fully together" yet. But an opportunity awaits.
Jim Eisele
President
Genesis in Question
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