RE: The wrong horse in evolution education

Hi Peter, you wrote:
 
I grant that Gen. 5:1b-2 refers back to 1:27f., but /'adam/ refers to
both "man"
(in the collective sense of "human" or "humanity") and the person Adam.
I find
it significant that 5:2 does not say, "When God created Adam and Eve",
although,
in a secondary sense, every individual human being is created (in the
image of
God), cf. Is. 43:7.
 
I thoroughly agree with what you grant. Adam is Adam is Adam. Also, in
some instances 'adam can mean "man," although I can't think of a place
in Genesis 1-11 where it does. Now, Isaiah proves my point. Those in
the image are expressly those in the covenant line from Adam to Christ -
not generic man (beginning with Fred Flintstone I believe). Start with
Isaiah 43:3.
 
Isaiah 43:3: "For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee."
 
Who are "thee" - the people addressed? The Israelites!
 
Isaiah 43:4: "Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been
honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee,
and people for thy life."
 
Whom did God love? The Israelites!
 
Isaiah 43:5: "Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from
the east, and gather thee from the west ."
 
Whose "seed" was God gathering? The seed of Israel!
 
Isaiah 43:6: "I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep
not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the
earth ."
 
What "sons" are these? The sons of Israel!
 
Isaiah 43:7: "Even every one that is called by my name: for I have
created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him."
 
Gosh, who could He be talking about here?
 
Dick Fischer
Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org/>
 
 
Received on Fri Apr 7 16:43:01 2006