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The First Man(???)
lilitalienboi16:
Newgene,
Adam is as much the first "man" as Christ is the last "man."
There is no contradiction here.
newgene87:
I will continue to pray about this. This has become a unfruitful thought so I want to apologize. I pray this has not become a rock of offense to anyone.
Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
I just read over this and it seems like I was searching for a contradiction on Rays part, but no, it's just something that's unclear. I pray for the others to stay prayed up and I will continue to read these WONDERFUL papers which has been changing my life. I awoke this morning and read Genesis 5:1-2 and it took me 3 steps backwards in that God called "THEIR NAME ADAM". Ugh, these circles are squaring up. Well, may we all (INCLUDING ME) seek which make for peace and edify one another. The goal is the LAST Adam anyway
Still Growing
Eugene
mharrell08:
--- Quote from: newgene87 on August 13, 2012, 06:18:32 PM ---So I just noticed something shakey after reading over about the Creation teaching from ray...Now, from a email
"Chapter two does not contradict chapter one. The order in chapter one is plants, animals, and then humanity. Is this not the order found in the geologic table? Chapter two does not recount the creation of humanity, but rather the creation of Adam and Eve. In Genesis 1:26 God "made" [Heb: 'asah'] male and female. In Gen. 2:6 God "formed" [Heb: 'yatsar'] Adam--two difference Hebrew words: two different formations. Notice that it doesn't say in chapter 2 verse 3 that there was no man on earth at this time, but rather that there was "no man to till the ground." There were men, but they were hunters/gatherers, not farmers. God is now going to make a more advance human to cultivate and farm the land.
And i thought back to 1 Corinthians 15:44 - "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul..." and "The first man is of the earth, earthy" --- wouldnt that mean ADAM, of Genesis 2, was the FIRST MAN?? BUT Ray says, there were men BEFORE Adam - but Adam was just the first farmer??
It just hit me. Just need a little clarification
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It's a parable, Adam is no more the first man on earth literally than Christ is the last adam literally. The parable basically shows the contrast from our beginning and end.
dave:
What is the parable? Gen. 1:26-27 Gen.2:7?
mharrell08:
I wasn't referring to either...the passage in question was 1 Cor 15:45.
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