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Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by boxer022(m): 11:10pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
If you read from Genesis 1vs1 you will see that there was nothing on earth that had life before creation, the Bible said the earth was without form or shape, darkness was upon the face of the earth and the earth was covered with water. The Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. This is to show that man was not created until the 6th day. Chapter 2 vs 1 is just trying to explain or throw more light on how man was created. God blessed Adam, Eve and all his creatures and told them to be fruitful and multiply. Cain was born outside the garden of eden where his parents were created. God after resting on the 7th day continued His work of creation even as the Bible did not take record of it. The main reason why Adam and Eve are very important is because they were the first to be created from the dust of the ground. This is just my own little understanding and I stand corrected. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:12pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
baby_123:i guess the point we are trying to make in the most subtlest of ways is that, the world has been taken over by neanderthals only nowadays they now wear suits and ties and shave their hairy body. but neanderthals are humans and not a different specie. they just devolved into neanderthals. they did not always look like that. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MostHigh: 11:13pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
MEILYN: lol high priest , well dayummmmmmmmmmmm Sire not I but the Holy Spirit. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by jahbiz: 11:14pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
[quote author=frank3.16] I actually took my time to read this... Where did tHe bible say cain married his sister? Stop feeling u are wise with assumptions. If the bible described to us what happened to the first two children of adam and eve tellling us who cain married shouldnt have been a problem. Pls who did cain marry? U are aDding to the bible which is against bible instruction. If the bible diD nt say it then it is not true. If u dont know who cain married stop telling us what u feel. Cain did not marry his sister as the bible did not tell us so. Incest is wrong in the bible, dont say it wasnt wrong during the time of adam and Eve d bible didnt say so. U are nt God stop translatin rubbish. if you want every piece of what happened then to be written in the bible I think there will not be enough book in the world to contain it. Have you read where Jesus did go to toilet in the bible or you think He didn't. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MEILYN(m): 11:15pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
boxer022: If you read from Genesis 1vs1 you will see that there was nothing on earth that had life before creation, the Bible said the earth was without form or shape, darkness was upon the face of the earth and the earth was covered with water. The Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. This is to show that man was not created until the 6th day. Chapter 2 vs 1 is just trying to explain or throw more light on how man was created. God blessed Adam, Eve and all his creatures and told them to be fruitful and multiply. Cain was born outside the garden of eden where his parents were created. God after resting on the 7th day continued His work of creation even as the Bible did not take record of it. The main reason why Adam and Eve are very important is because they were the first to be created from the dust of the ground. This is just my own little understanding and I stand corrected.u do err.. Dis stuffs aint literal....... Am on mobile, i could have given u some meat. That passage was talking about a group of people.Maybe Obadiah can correct you a little. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:18pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
MEILYN: u do err.. Dis stuffs aint literal....... Am on mobile, i could have given u some meat. Maybe Obadiah can correct you a little.lol it would take a lot of meat to convince someone like that sire. i aint got that stamina tonite lol |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by ayobase(m): 11:21pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
debosky: Obadiah I hope you're happy now- we were having a biblical discussion before your recommended this topic for the homepage and invited all manner of scoffers into this thread. Infact! |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MEILYN(m): 11:22pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
obadiah777: lol it would take a lot of meat to convince someone like that sire. i aint got that stamina tonite lolhahaha. 1 Like |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:24pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
ayobase:let me change my mind. maybe i can hang a lil longer lol |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by trolling(m): 11:27pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
obadiah777: you do err. neanderthals are humans who devolved into that state after being ostracized from society ( the curse of cain ) and they were chased from amongst men and went to dwell in the clefts of the rocks eating juniper berries and bugs. these job would not allow to sit with the dogs of his flock ( job 30 )cain wasnt a caucasian you do err |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by ayobase(m): 11:30pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
Obadiah, according to the book Genesis, u haven't explained these SYMBOLS; -Rib -Tree -Apple -Curse place on man -Fellowship -Serpent -Eve -The sleep -The Leaf to cover naked.ness Maybe relating those symbols with Adam and Eve will give more clarity of the allegory! I still don't mind a link if u have any to ease u of typing! 1 Like |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:31pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
trolling: cain wasnt a caucasian you do erryou do err. dont let me run you through the devolution of cain to neanderthal-like caveman. i suggest you read genesis 4 and 3rd chapter. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by trolling(m): 11:34pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
obadiah777: ok first of all during that cain and abel era there was no such thing as the red sea as a body of water. it was called the sinus arabicus or the gulf of arabia. the red sea is biblical way of saying 'red population'. these 'red sea' are the neanderthals. or as they are called 'the children of edom'. so the red sea was caucasians not black people. the point here is history is not what you think it is. it has been re-written to suit the winners. you have to do your own research. all that smithsonian stuff ? they ( caucasians ) are the current winners and they have made history to suit and favor them .thats a damn liar, its actually the reed sea |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:34pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
ayobase: Obadiah, according to the book Genesis, u haven't explained these SYMBOLS;did you check my profile threads ? |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MrPresident1: 11:35pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
boxer022: If you read from Genesis 1vs1 you will see that there was nothing on earth that had life before creation, the Bible said the earth was without form or shape, darkness was upon the face of the earth and the earth was covered with water. The Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. This is to show that man was not created until the 6th day. Chapter 2 vs 1 is just trying to explain or throw more light on how man was created. God blessed Adam, Eve and all his creatures and told them to be fruitful and multiply. Cain was born outside the garden of eden where his parents were created. God after resting on the 7th day continued His work of creation even as the Bible did not take record of it. The main reason why Adam and Eve are very important is because they were the first to be created from the dust of the ground. This is just my own little understanding and I stand corrected. Gen 1:2 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters Isa 8:7 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: Rev 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters , and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Rev 17:15 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the LovePeddler sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. There you have it The Waters[color=#990000][/color] of Genesis 1:1 |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:37pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
trolling: thats a damn liar, its actually the reed seahttp://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-SinusAra.html <<< during ptolemy's era which was after the cain and abel era it was still called sinus arabicus. red sea is a recent name |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MrPresident1: 11:39pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
trolling: thats a damn liar, its actually the reed sea Oya, decode this if you can 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea ; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. 16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 2 Likes |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Nobody: 11:42pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
Mr President:lol abi make him check link now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_Arabicus |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by trolling(m): 11:46pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
Mr President:this happens at Jubilee,this is at the second regathering..7 seas: Mesopotamia, Tigris,Gihon, Mediterranean,Euphrates, |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Gherrokid(m): 11:50pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
In Gen 1:27, God created man in the spiritual realm. While in Gen 2:7, God then created man in the bodily form with the dust of the earth, after which HE breathed the breath of life into him. The creation in Gen 2:7 was the physical (bodily) creation of the spiritual being formed in Gen 1:27, the breath of life is the spirit that gives the physical being life. That's why when a man dies, the physical body created in Gen 2:7 goes back to mother earth, while the spiritual being (created in Gen 1:27) returns back to the spiritual realm to face judgement. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MrPresident1: 11:58pm On Sep 12, 2013 |
Goshen360: String the meanings of the words together and you will be illuminated. No one can help you except yourself. Before Adam, there were WATERS on the earth, and the earth was void (of the knowledge of God and in darkness). Genesis 1:2 Before Jesus came and brought light, there were people living in great darkness Mathew 4:16 Open yourself to knowledge my Friend |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by trolling(m): 12:05am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Mr President:in that context Water is literal not figurative, and the earth wasnt void of the knowledge of Elohim because In the beginning was the Word |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MrPresident1: 12:08am On Sep 13, 2013 |
trolling: this happens at Jubilee,this is at the second regathering..7 seas: Mesopotamia, Tigris,Gihon, Mediterranean,Euphrates, Whatever!!! destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea...and make men go over dryshod...like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. What is the meaning of 'tongue of the Egyptian sea'? |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by MrPresident1: 12:19am On Sep 13, 2013 |
trolling: in that context Water is literal not figurative, and the earth wasnt void of the knowledge of Elohim because In the beginning was the Word Gen 1:3-4 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. John 1:4-5 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 1 Like |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by IfaOlokun: 12:27am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Please see below. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by IfaOlokun: 12:47am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Hello All, good to see there is search for understanding and knowledge and please lets keep it healthy. From what I know, even though all the wiseness of man amounts to foolishness before God - there was a land of Nod which had inhabitants different from Adam and Eve. In ancient Sumerian there are beings who came down to earth and pro-created (BARA) with humans. These people came down to earth and were not fit to return to heaven - some of them were angelic beings that procreated with women after they were sent from heaven to earth. Genesis 6: 1 "Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." The "Nephilim" were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown." (Please Google "Nephilim" yourselves and share what you see with me). "And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it" So, these must have the people Cain feared would kill him and married his wife from amongst them. Now, don't forget that Cain's descendants where counted as those destroyed in the Flood, while Noah was Seth descendants, meaning that no one from Cain's blood made it after the Flood. |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by trolling(m): 12:50am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Mr President:tongue is more like the channel,port and bay of the sea, for Israel to cross over |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Forwetinnah: 1:14am On Sep 13, 2013 |
rill: Obadiah777 doesn't seem to me like sumone who is spiritually inclined as he claims. Judging from the nature of his comments here and some other threads, dude appears to me like some joke....and for those that believes him, a bigger joke. Big1!! He was just all over the place..I must commend @debosky thou, he chased them away and proved them completely wrong. Some even believe we are from MARs [url][/url] [url][/url] geeez! I've heard enough from this thread |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by mydearfrancis(m): 1:15am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Many skeptics have claimed that for Cain to find a wife, there must have been other “ races” of people on the earth who were not descendants of Adam and Eve. To many people, this question is a stumbling block to accepting the creation account of Genesis and its record of only one man and woman at the beginning of history. Defenders of the gospel must be able to show that all human beings are descendants of one man and one woman (Adam and Eve) because only descendants of Adam and Eve can be saved. Thus, believers need to be able to account for Cain’s wife and show clearly she was a descendant of Adam and Eve. In order to answer this question of where Cain got his wife, we first need to cover some background information concerning the meaning of the gospel. The First Man “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12). We read in 1 Corinthians 15:45 that Adam was “the first man.” God did not start by making a race of men. The first and Last Adam The Bible makes it clear that only the descendants of Adam can be saved. Romans 5 teaches that we sin because Adam sinned. The death penalty, which Adam received as judgment for his sin of rebellion, has also been passed on to all his descendants. Since Adam was the head of the human race, when he fell we who were in the loins of Adam fell also. Thus, we are all separated from God. The final consequence of sin would be separation from God in our sinful state forever. However, the good news is that there is a way for us to return to God. Because a man brought sin and death into the world, the human race, who are all descendants of Adam, needed a sinless Man to pay the penalty for sin and the resulting judgment of death. However, the Bible teaches that “ all have sinned” (Romans 3:23). What was the solution? The Last Adam God provided the solution—a way to deliver man from his wretched state. Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15 that God provided another Adam. The Son of God became a man— a perfect Man—yet still our relation. He is called “the last Adam” ( 1 Corinthians 15:45) because he took the place of the first Adam. He became the new head and, because He was sinless, was able to pay the penalty for sin: For since by [a] man came death, by [a] Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive (1 Corinthians 15:21– 22 ). Christ suffered death (the penalty for sin) on the Cross, shedding His blood ( “and without shedding of blood there is no remission,” Hebrews 9:22) so that those who put their trust in His work on the Cross can come in repentance of their sin of rebellion (in Adam) and be reconciled to God. Thus, only descendants of the first man Adam can be saved. All Related We are all one blood. Since the Bible describes all human beings as sinners, and we are all related ( “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” Acts 17:26), the gospel makes sense only on the basis that all humans alive and all that have ever lived (except for the first woman6 ) are descendants of the first man Adam. If this were not so, then the gospel could not be explained or defended. Thus, there was only one man at the beginning—made from the dust of the earth ( Genesis 2:7). This also means that Cain’s wife was a descendant of Adam. She couldn’t have come from another race of people and must be accounted for from Adam’s descendants. The First Woman In Genesis 3:20 we read, “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” In other words, all people other than Adam are descendants of Eve— she was the first woman. Eve was made from Adam’s side ( Genesis 2:21–24)—this was a unique event. In the New Testament, Jesus ( Matthew 19:4-6) and Paul (Ephesians 5:31) use this historical and onetime event as the foundation for the marriage of one man and one woman. Also, in Genesis 2:20, we are told that when Adam looked at the animals, he couldn’t find a mate—there was no one of his kind. All this makes it obvious that there was only one woman, Adam’s wife, from the beginning. There could not have been a “race” of women. Thus, if Christians cannot defend that all humans, including Cain’s wife, can trace their ancestry ultimately to Adam and Eve, then how can they understand and explain the gospel? How can they justify sending missionaries to every tribe and nation? Therefore, one needs to be able to explain Cain’s wife, to illustrate that Christians can defend the gospel and all that it teaches. Adam's first attempt at being romantic Who Was Cain? Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture ( Genesis 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this earth. Even though these three males are specifically mentioned, Adam and Eve had other children. Cain’s Brothers and Sisters In Genesis 5:4 we read a statement that sums up the life of Adam and Eve: “After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.” During their lives, Adam and Eve had a number of male and female children. In fact, the Jewish historian Josephus wrote, “The number of Adam’s children, as says the old tradition, was thirty- three sons and twenty- three daughters.”7 Scripture doesn’t tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve, but considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem logical to suggest there were many. Remember, they were commanded to “ be fruitful, and multiply” (Genesis 1:28). The Wife If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extrabiblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had to marry sisters or there wouldn’t have been any more generations! We’re not told when Cain married or many of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that Cain’s wife was either his sister or a close relative. A closer look at the Hebrew word for “wife” in Genesis reveals something readers may miss in translation. It was more obvious to those speaking Hebrew that Cain’s wife was likely his sister. (There is a slim possibility that she was his niece, but either way, a brother and sister would have married in the beginning.) The Hebrew word for “wife” used in Genesis 4:17 (the first mention of Cain’s wife) is ishshah, and it means “woman/wife/female.” And Cain knew his wife [ishshah], and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son— Enoch (Genesis 4:17). The word ishshah is the word for “woman,” and it means “from man.” It is a derivation of the Hebrew words ‘iysh (pronounced: eesh) and enowsh, which both mean “man.” This can be seen in Genesis 2:23 where the name “woman” (ishshah) is given to one who came from Adam. And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman [ishshah], because she was taken out of Man [iysh]” (Genesis 2:23). Thus, Cain’s wife is a descendant of Adam/ man. Therefore, she had to be his sister (or possibly niece). Hebrew readers should be able to make this connection easier; however, much is lost when translated. Objections God’s Laws Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve’s sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister marriage. Some say that you can’t marry your relation. Actually, if you don’t marry your relation, you don’t marry a human! A wife is related to her husband before they are married because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve—all are of one blood. This law forbidding close relatives marrying was not given until the time of Moses ( Leviticus 18– 20). Provided marriage was one man for one woman for life (based on Genesis 1–2), there was no disobedience to God’s law originally (before the time of Moses) when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other. Remember that Abraham was married to his half-sister (Genesis 20:12).8 God’s law forbade such marriages,9 but that was some four hundred years later at the time of Moses. 1 Like |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Goshen360(m): 2:10am On Sep 13, 2013 |
ayobase: Obadiah777 knows he's been exposed for his heretic, hence recommending the thread for FP! At least, he's been exposed for who he really is! |
Re: Did God Create People Before Adam And Eve? by Goshen360(m): 2:13am On Sep 13, 2013 |
Many thanks to Debosky and many others who refuted the heretic teaching of obadiah777. May God bless you all for upholding the word of truth. 1 Like |
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