Re: 2-`Adam' model 1/2 (was MHC question)

Bill Hamilton (whamilto@mich.com)
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 22:23:11 -0400

Glenn wrote
>>>Genesis 1 in my view is the proclamations of what the universe would be lik
>>>made by God prior to the existence of the universe. There was no Adam prio
>>>to the creation of the universe. The Genesis 1 Adam refers to the Genesis
>>>Adam in the same sense as a prophecy refers to the future. One Adam. That
>>>all there was.
>
I wrote

>WH>I heard this view a number of years ago from a man who taught a seminar in
>WH>our church. The seminar had nothing to do with origins, (it was on
>WH>Scriptural guidance for family living or the like) and this man seemed to
>WH>be quite orthodox in his theology.
>
Paul wrote

>This would mean that God prophesied in the past tense. But that would
>not make it a prophecy, would it? It would be an historical account.
>Perhaps you mean Genesis 1 includes an account of proclamation +
>prophecy + fulfillment?
>
I have two comments:

1. My understanding of prophecy is that it is a declaration of the Lord's
will for an individual or group. Revelations of future events may be
included but need not be.

2. I don't see why Genesis must be treated as prophecy anyway. It's an
outline of the history of the universe.

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