26 Then God said, “[ai]Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [aj]let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that [ak]moves on the earth.” 29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the [al]surface of all the earth, and every tree [am]which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; 30 and to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that [an]moves on the earth [ao]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. 31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
This is the sixth day of creation. Mankind was created, and instructed to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Mankind was to rule over all creatures, and the fish of the sea.
Since most Christians insist, and Genesis 1 indicates it, that these days of creation were true 24 hour periods (evening and morning)... then, where, in this narrative of the creation of mankind does the creation of Adam, then later, Eve, fit in? When, in this 24 hour period, did they have time to be instructed about the tree of knowledge, and for Eve to be tempted and give in, and Adam to do the same, then manufacture clothing out of leaves, and then have a conversation with God and be driven out of the garden? And, where, in the garden, were the seas that "mankind" was instructed to rule over?
How was Adam going to be fruitful and multiply during the time before God saw that he needed a helper, and caused him to go into a deep sleep so that Eve could be created?
The more I read this, the more convinced I am that "mankind" was created on the sixth day, male and female, and were set loose in the world to populate it.
Adam was created later (perhaps MUCH later) to be the first "son of God", and that is the story that Genesis 2 tells us.
In any case, this is not a salvation issue at all... but it certainly would help explain a LOT of things that un-believers tend to throw at us to "dis-prove" the word of God.
This is the sixth day of creation. Mankind was created, and instructed to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. Mankind was to rule over all creatures, and the fish of the sea.
Since most Christians insist, and Genesis 1 indicates it, that these days of creation were true 24 hour periods (evening and morning)... then, where, in this narrative of the creation of mankind does the creation of Adam, then later, Eve, fit in? When, in this 24 hour period, did they have time to be instructed about the tree of knowledge, and for Eve to be tempted and give in, and Adam to do the same, then manufacture clothing out of leaves, and then have a conversation with God and be driven out of the garden? And, where, in the garden, were the seas that "mankind" was instructed to rule over?
How was Adam going to be fruitful and multiply during the time before God saw that he needed a helper, and caused him to go into a deep sleep so that Eve could be created?
The more I read this, the more convinced I am that "mankind" was created on the sixth day, male and female, and were set loose in the world to populate it.
Adam was created later (perhaps MUCH later) to be the first "son of God", and that is the story that Genesis 2 tells us.
In any case, this is not a salvation issue at all... but it certainly would help explain a LOT of things that un-believers tend to throw at us to "dis-prove" the word of God.
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