Chapter 3.18
Two Adams
in Genesis
Genesis 1 “Man” in general is the nations; the races.
Genesis 2 “Man” is the specific man Adam.
First Word
The Hebrew word “Adam” in the Strong’s Concordance means; 1) To show blood (rosy face) - 2) “to be red”
or a ruddy color of human skin. Adam was placed in the garden to JOIN God in the propagation and preservation of things
God created. Adam was not only a
laborer, but also a thinker as he named every one of the animals, BUT
was he the first man?
The first time I ever heard the teaching that there
were TWO ADAMS in Genesis was on a TV
program called SHEPHERD’S CHAPEL with Pastor Arnold Murray. Many of Murray’s
teaching are concluded from the SILENCE of the scriptures, not from the actual scriptures
themselves. He takes the positon that all the DIFFERENT RACES or nations were
created on THE SIXTH DAY BEFORE Adam and Eve
were formed; it is from these other nations that Cain would get his wife and
produce the evil Kenites.
ARTICLES
comprise a group of exactly three words; a, an, the; they are used in front of nouns to
shape how general or how specific the noun should be. The definite article “Ha” is usually translated “the” in the English language.
PARTICLES
function like an adverb changing the meaning of the verb. The Particle “Eth” is to point out more definitely the object of a verb or
preposition.
The
Hebrew word for man
translates with the word “Adam”, meaning men, mankind. However with the definite article of “Eth
Ha Adam”, translates
to mean a specific man; this Same Man. The Book
calls this same man the Adam of the Garden of Eden.
The manuscripts in one verse when speaking of “MAN”, translates
man “Adam”;
meaning men in general; the very next verse, man is translated “Eth Ha Adam”, a specific
man so in Murray’s
eyes, the Book is talking about TWO DIFFERENT
ADAMS. Hold that thought
There are two accounts of creation in Genesis and
there are notably glaring differences between Chapter
ONE and that of Chapter TWO; namely the conflicting ORDER of events.
Chapter 1 First Adam: God CREATED the animals
first then He created Adam SECOND. Other beings were also present; “let
us”. Murray says man existed with
God as little gods before creation. In
this first creation all the non-white races were created.
Chapter 2 Second Adam: The LORD God FORMED
Adam FIRST, then the Animals second. In
this second creation, Murray says the Anglo-Saxon or white race was formed.
Genesis 1:1-25 we find recorded the accounts of the first FIVE DAYS of
creation.
Genesis 1:26 on the SIXTH
DAY God created the FIRST Adam; meaning man or mankind or human beings, depending on which translation of the Book that
you are using.
Genesis 2:1-3 –
The Book says God COMPLETED
His creation work by the sixth day and then on
the SEVENTH DAY He rested as His CREATION
was FINISHED.
Genesis 2:4 - After the seven days of creation we find in the
very next few verses that God then FORMED a SECOND Adam
from the dirt and then made Eve from one
of Adam’s ribs and then prepared a Garden for them to live in east of Eden.
Genesis 1:26 – States that God created man both Male and Female.
Hold that
thought
Genesis 1:27 - Speaks of man; “Eth Ha Adam” meaning “these specific
men”.
GET READY TO GET UPSET:
Some students of the Word take this
to mean that the GENDER of the first created beings were BOTH male and female in one body; UNISEX, TRANSGENDER; their reference
is the Jonathan TARGUM. (By
the way, there were a number of Targum’s)
Murray’s Bible
The 1602 Bishops Bible was the Basis
for the 1611 King James Bible that Murray uses exclusively; correcting their
mistranslations. This 1611 KJV contains
an intertestamental section containing 14 books of the APOCRYPHA with the Book of Jasher being
one of the better known. By 1769, almost
all printings of the KJV Bible OMITTED the Apocrypha.
The Catholic Bible contains deuterocanonical books;
some seven of the Apocrypha writings; Tobit,
Judith, 1st & 2nd Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Sirach, Baruch and Ester additions. Some students of the Word object to the Books of the Apocrypha, but I find that they
make for good reading in order to
understand the flavor and “Gnostic” thinking of the time.
Targum – The account of Johnathan the scribe
A Targum is the Torah’s first five books of the Bible written in the Aramaic language; a professional
interpreter would give a reading in the common language of the people, and
would then frequently expand the translation with paraphrases, explanations and examples. Initially these Targum’s were NOT
recognized as authoritative by the religious leaders.
This Targum seems to support the transgender language; two
Adams and the nations with red, black and white skin. I include this NOT to argue the point,
or to get you to embrace it, but for you to just know that such teachings exist
and to know about Targum’s in general.
GENESIS
CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO - TARGUM; The account of Johnathan the
scribe.
The word of the Lord created man in his
likeness, in the likeness of the presence of the Lord he created him the male
and his yoke-fellow he created them. In
the image of the Lord he created him with two hundred and forty and eight
members, with three hundred and sixty and five nerves and overlaid them with
skin and filled it with flesh and blood.
Male
and female in their bodies he created them.
The Lord God created man in two formations;
and took dust from the place of the house of the sanctuary and from the four
winds of the world and mixed from all the waters of the world and created him red, black and white and breathed into his nostrils the inspiration of
life. And there was in the body of Adam
the inspiration of a speaking spirit, unto the illumination of the eyes and the
hearing of the ears. (… and Adam became a soul of life.)
Jeremiah
37:15 – Jonathan the scribe (Targum) for the Prophet
15 They were furious with Jeremiah
and had him flogged and imprisoned in the house of JONATHAN
THE SECRETARY (scribe).
Jonathan’s house had been converted into a prison (NLT).
First Adam
In this First account, it’s about God’s re-creation of the
earth. God created animals first then He
created man both male and female at the same time. Hold that thought
Genesis 1:11 God brought
forth seed bearing plants and fruit trees
Genesis 1:20 God brought
forth every kind of bird, fish and the great sea creatures
Genesis 1:24 God brought
forth small animals, livestock and wild animals
Genesis 1:26 God made mankind
(Adam) “Man” does NOT have the article “Eth”, making the word “Adam”
refer to NOT a specific man,
but to ALL THE RACES OF PEOPLE or NATIONS.
Genesis 1:27 Is about a group
of people outside of the garden, before Adam was created both male and female.
The Hebrew word “Create” is used to
simply mean create.…
Genesis 1:28 EVERYTHING could be eaten,
including the fish of the sea; there is no mention of a forbidden tree.
Genesis 1:29 NOTE; these first
mankind were FISHERMEN and HUNTERS of birds and small animals and GATHERS of fruits and seed bearing plants for food. Hold that thought
Genesis 1:11-13 – Third Day
– Seed bearing plants fruit trees
11 Then God said, “LET THE LAND SPROUT WITH
VEGETATION—every sort of SEED-BEARING
PLANT,
and trees that grow SEED-BEARING
FRUIT. These seeds will then produce the kinds of
plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened.
12 The
land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with
seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the
same kind. And God saw that it was good.
13 And evening passed and morning
came, marking the THIRD DAY.
(NLT)
Genesis 1:20-23 Fifth Day
– Birds, Fish and great sea Creatures
20 Then God said, “Let the waters
swarm with FISH
and other life. Let the skies be filled with BIRDS
of every kind.”
21 So God created GREAT SEA CREATURES and every living thing that scurries and swarms
in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the
same kind. And God saw that it was good.
22 Then God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds
multiply on the earth.”
23 And evening passed and morning
came, marking the FIFTH DAY.
(NLT)
Genesis 1:24-25 – Sixth Day
– God produced livestock; animals
24 Then God said, “Let the earth
produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—
LIVESTOCK,
SMALL ANIMALS that scurry along the
ground,
and WILD ANIMALS.”
And that is what happened.
25 God made all sorts of wild
animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the
same kind. And God saw that it was good.
(NLT)
(ESV) Genesis 1:26 –
Sixth Day – God created Man
26 Then God said, “LET US MAKE MAN (Adam) IN OUR IMAGE, after our likeness. And let them
have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and
over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that
creeps on the earth.”
(NIV2011) Genesis 1:26 – Sixth Day – God created Mankind
26 Then God said, “LET US MAKE MANKIND (Adam) IN OUR IMAGE, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the
fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild
animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
(NLT) Genesis 1:26-28 – Sixth Day – God created Human
Beings
26 Then God said, “LET US MAKE HUMAN BEINGS (Adam) IN OUR IMAGE, to be like ourselves. They will reign
over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild
animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
27 So GOD CREATED HUMAN BEINGS (Eth
Ha Adam) in his own image. In the image of GOD
HE CREATED THEM; MALE AND FEMALE he created them.
28 Then GOD
BLESSED THEM and
said, “Be
fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the
fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along
the ground.”
NLT
Psalm 8:6-8 – Man in
charge of animals, birds and fish
6 YOU
GAVE THEM CHARGE OF EVERYTHING YOU MADE, putting all things under their authority
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild
animals,
8 the birds in
the sky, the fish
in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents. (NLT)
Genesis 1:27 – Man was
created BI-SEXUAL; Male and
Female
27 So God created man (Adam) in his own image, in the image of God HE CREATED HIM;
MALE AND FEMALE he created them. (ESV)
Genesis 1:29-30 –
Nations given food before Adams generation
29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you
EVERY seed-bearing plant throughout the
earth AND ALL THE FRUIT
TREES for
your FOOD.
30 And I have given every green plant as food
for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that
scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
31 Then
God looked over all he had made, and he saw that
IT WAS VERY GOOD!
And evening passed and
morning came, marking THE SIXTH DAY. (NLT)
The Seventh Day
There is no suggestion in the Book as
to how long the “beginning” was as God was creating the heavens and the earth. This is certainly going to mess with your BS, your BELIEF SYSTEM.
Murray believes that
between Genesis 1:26 and Genesis 2:7 there is a SEPARATION of time,
probably some TEN THOUSAND YEARS or so.
How long was a day during
creation? The Book
says a day to the Lord is as a thousand years. There are certainly lots of
thoughts on this subject from 24 hours to thousands of years with particular
attention being given to the amount of time that passed while Adam named all
the animals, especially since there are about 14,000 different types of just ANTS.
I must point out that Adam’s job was naming the KINDS of animals which would include all the
variations. For instance ALL those tiny
little critters with some that “bite the FIRE out of you” he named ants; and ALL the different KINDS
of animals that have a wagging tail, scratches and pees on everything, barks
and licks your hand and gives unconditional love, Adam named DOGS; so it didn’t
really take that long just naming the kinds of
living things.
God had created everything; the heavens,
the earth, fish, birds, animals, trees, plants, as well as the FIRST Adam and then He rested from His
work of creation.
NEXT He will FORM (not create) a SECOND Adam;
the Godly
line that would eventually
bring forth the savior of the World; Jesus the Christ.
Genesis
2:1-3 – God finished His creation work by the 6th day
1 So the creation of the heavens
and the earth and everything in them was completed.
2 On THE
SEVENTH DAY GOD HAD FINISHED
HIS
WORK OF
CREATION, so He rested from all
his work.
3 And God blessed the SEVENTH DAY and declared it holy,
because
it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.
(NLT)
2
Peter 3:8 – A day is a thousand years to the Lord
8 But you must not forget this one
thing, dear friends:
A DAY IS LIKE A
THOUSAND YEARS TO THE LORD,
and
a thousand
years is like a day. (NLT)
Second Adam
STRONG’S CONCORDANCE. “Adam”; the Hebrew word meaning
man, any man, mankind, men. “Eth Ha Adam”
means a particular man Adam. Generally “Eth”
is used to point out a definite object.
In this case the sinless Adam,
the bloodline that runs through King David’s genealogy down to Jesus the
Messiah.
THE SECOND
CREATION scripture says formed, not created. The
Hebrew word “Form” meaning, is to mold
into a form, especially as a Potter. In
this account, man was formed first, then woman and then the animals which is opposite
from the first account. It goes on to
say that the birds of the air were created, but in the first account they were
already created.
Murray says this has be a different Adam.
Genesis
2:5 until this time
there were no plants nor people to cultivate the soil.
Genesis
2:7 God formed Adam (Eth
Ha Adam) from the dust of the ground
Genesis
2:8 God made a garden and placed this second Adam into
it.
Genesis
2:15 NOTE this specific man was a
FARMER whose job was to tend to the Garden.
Genesis
2:18 God formed the farm livestock and animals and took
them to Adam to name.
Genesis
2:22 God made a woman from one of Adam’s ribs; now we have male and female.
DID
YOU SEE IT? In the First
Account “man” was FISHERMEN,
HUNTERS and GATHERERS, in the second account “man” was a FARMER. Sure sounds
like two different “Adams” doesn’t it.
Genesis 2:4-6 – There were no people nor
plants growing
4 This is the account of the
creation of the heavens and the earth. When the LORD
God made the earth and the heavens,
5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing
on the earth. The LORD
God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and
THERE WERE NO
PEOPLE to
cultivate the soil.
6 Instead, springs came up from the
ground and watered all the land. (NLT)
Genesis 2:7-8 – God made Adam after the
Seventh Day
7 Then the LORD
God FORMED the MAN (Eth Ha Adam)
from
the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s
nostrils, and the man (Eth
Ha Adam) became a living person.
8 then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden in
the east, and
there
He placed the man he had made (Formed).
(NLT)
Genesis 2:15 – Adam was a farmer
15 The LORD God placed the man (Eth Ha Adam) in the
Garden
of Eden TO TEND and watch over
it.
(NLT)
Genesis 2:18-23 – God made Eve after the
Seventh Day
18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.
I WILL MAKE
A HELPER who
is just right for him.”
19 So the LORD God FORMED from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to
see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.
20 He (Eth Ha Adam) gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of
the sky, and all the wild animals. But still
THERE WAS
NO HELPER
just right for him.
21 So the LORD God caused the man (Eth Ha Adam) to fall into a deep sleep. While the man (Eth Ha Adam) slept, the LORD
God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
22 Then the LORD God made a WOMAN from the rib, and he brought
her to the man (Eth Ha Adam).
23 AT
LAST!”
the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be
called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
(NLT)
Genesis 4:1-2 - Adam and Eve had TWINS
1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,
and
bare CAIN, and said, I have gotten a
man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother ABEL.
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
(KJV)
Genesis 5:4 – Adam had other sons and
daughters
4 After the birth of Seth, Adam
lived another 800 years, and
HE HAD OTHER
SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
(NLT)
Romans 5:12 – Adams sin caused the nations
to sin
12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world.
Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for EVERYONE sinned.
(NLT)
The Take Away
Murray presents a number of controversial subjects
in the Genesis account of creation, and I have chosen to just unpack the Two Adams or
the Two Creations. Murray approaches his Word Study with a load
of BS, his Belief
System and worldview. We also bring to the table our own BS and that is what determines what we perceive to
be TRUTH in scripture;
sometimes our BS changes.
In my Belief System, when I crawl into the scriptures and look around; I watch God bringing
Eve to Adam to name; Adam’s knees become like silly putty as he falls backward
exclaiming; WHOA MAN; is she something AWESOME
or what! That’s when he named her Whoa-Man
and nicknamed her Evie.
The LAST book of the Bible; Revelation, as we read along, we
make a mistake in our understanding because our BS,
our Belief System
automatically assumes the Book of Revelation was written in chronological order;
but that’s just simply not true. To John
the revelator, everything is happening all at once and he broadly writes
down what he sees, but then comes back and fills in the details of his
vision. So some of his chapters are
informational chapters only, coming back and filling in with fine details on what
has already been said.
The FIRST book of the Bible; Genesis has the same thing going on; in chapter one, the broad picture is
painted for us to see and then we are brought back in chapter two where the
picture is overlaid with the fine DETAILS of the scene that has already been painted.
In the FIRST account the
descriptions of creation are looking forward
in time.
In the SECOND account the
descriptions are reversed looking backward
in time. That’s why the order of things
seem to conflict with each other. This
looking back “reversal concept” can be observed in other passages of the Book.
The FIRST account is speaking of
man in general, “Adam”, painting the broad picture and focuses
on the development of heaven and earth
The SECOND account is addressing
the specific man, “Eth Ha Adam”, adding in the details and focuses on the development of man. There were NOT two Adams, nor were
there other races or nations created before Adam and Eve; the two accounts are
both the same picture overlaid on top of each other, but now painted with HIGH
DEFINITION details.
God makes it clear for us in the New Testament; from
ONE man, God created all the nations
and races throughout the whole earth and Eve is the mother of ALL who live; we all belong to Adam and Eve.[1]
HOWEVER THERE ARE TWO ADAMS; Jesus the Christ can
be traced back umbilical cord to umbilical cord to the
First Adam; Jesus Christ is the
Second Adam.[2] In
the First Adam, of the OT, all come that are physically
born of woman; in the Second Adam “JESUS” of the NT, all come that are spiritually born of
the Spirit.[3]
The Book says to not get
involved in foolish discussions about spiritual pedigrees or in quarrels and
fights about obedience to Jewish laws; these things are useless and a waste of
time. We are no longer under the LAW and these
things just cause divisions and hurt among the brethren who still feel bound by
parts of the Law.
Why do we chase after such controversial
subjects? Believing one way or the other
does not change our salvation. I believe Murray means well and loves the Lord, but
he just has a different worldview, a different Belief System.
The Berean Jews were commended for
listening to the teachers of the day, then examining the scriptures daily to
see if what was being said was TRUTH. It’s in the Book
The Book tells us to work
hard so
we can present ourselves to God and receive his approval, to be a good worker, not ashamed of
the Gospel, one WHO CORRECTLY EXPLAINS THE WORD of
truth whether
it’s convenient or not.[4]
Peter
says “those who are ignorant and unstable have twisted
his letters to mean something quite different than was intended”; SUCH IS TODAY. If we haven’t studied a specific
subject, then we can’t correctly explain it.
One Creation, One Adam, One God, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism.
2 Peter 3:3 – In the last days, folks will
teach their on desires
3 Most importantly, I want to
remind you that
IN THE LAST
DAYS scoffers
will come, mocking the truth and FOLLOWING THEIR
OWN DESIRES.
(NLT)
Titus 3:9-10 – Stay away from foolish discussions
9 DO
NOT GET INVOLVED IN FOOLISH DISCUSSIONS about spiritual pedigrees or in quarrels
and fights about obedience to Jewish laws. THESE
THINGS ARE USELESS AND A WASTE OF TIME.
10 If people are CAUSING
DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, give a first and
second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with them. (NLT)
2 Peter 3:16-17 – Study because Ignorance
twists God’s Word
16 speaking of these things in all
of his letters. Some of his comments are hard to understand, and THOSE WHO ARE IGNORANT
AND UNSTABLE HAVE
TWISTED HIS LETTERS
TO MEAN
SOMETHING QUITE
DIFFERENT,
just as they do with other parts of Scripture. And this will result in their
destruction.
17 I am warning you ahead of time,
dear friends. BE ON GUARD so that you will
not be carried
away by the ERRORS of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. (NLT)
[1] Acts 17:26 – All the nations came from Adam and Eve -- Genesis 3:20 –
Adam named his wife Eve; the mother of ALL
[2] 1 Corinthians 15:22 – We live because of the Second Adam; Jesus
[3] 1 Corinthians 15:47 – Adam first man, Jesus second Adam man -- 1 Corinthians 15:45 – The Second Adam brings a life giving spirit
[4] 2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to correctly explain the Word of God NLT -- 2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to rightly handle
the Word of truth ESV --2 Timothy 4:2 – Be
prepared to patiently correct whether it is convenient or not -- Acts 17:11 –
Examine the scriptures daily on what is taught Romans 1:16 – I am not ashamed
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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