The Creation Of Man ( Ge )

God does not hold Himself distant from His creation, but He embraces it; He walks with it. He engages with that which He created. The story of Creation shows that the author of it all is personal, intimate, and cares about what He created. Act one gives us a glimpse of how the world was supposed to be; a beautiful, intimate, God –in –the –midst life of perfect satisfaction with the absence of sin. However, this all crumbled in Act two when Adam and Eve decided to disobey God and take their lives into

The Hebrew or Israelite’s (HoI) book of Genesis (2.5-3) and the Pandora Myth in the Greek poet Hesiod’s Work and Days both include the creation of Men and Women. In each of these works, this creation plays a significant role in showing the relationship between human beings and gods (or God) in that culture. The order of creation (Man Vs Women) indicates the importance one sex has over the other. In the book of Genesis (2.5-3) and Work and Days, Men are created before women towards the beginning of creation. However, the basis on why women are created indicates the importance of women in HoI and Greek cultures. In the book of Genesis (2.5-3) woman is created to be a companion for the lonely man, but plays an important role helping humans become more human like. In contrast, the story of Work and Days tells us women are created to punish man and are the root of all evil. The process in how women are created also indicates their importance within these cultures. In Genesis, the woman is created from a man’s rib, while in Work and Days the woman is created out of clay and the “gifts” of many gods. Lastly, how the gods (or God) treats man, preceding creation, may also indicate some insight to their relationships. In Genesis, we see God worry for man’s well being, while in Works and Days man is being punished for something they didn’t do.

The book of Genesis records the creation of the world and everything in it, as well the early relationship between God and humanity. God creates man, Adam, “from the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7) and places him in a paradise on Earth called the garden of Eden, where he also places the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From the man, God creates a woman and tells them that they “may freely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil [they] shall not eat, for in the day that [they] eat of it [they] shall die (Genesis 2:16). Despite this warning, the woman, Eve, is eventually tempted to eat the fruit of the treat and convinces Adam to do the same, causing them to be cast out of the garden. Although Adam and Eve do have free will to do what they

1: 5-10), God gave the same authority to Adam to name the leaving creatures that were Gods creations. He even named the woman created from the bone of his rib (Gen. 2: 22-23). Also, the command of not eating from the tree of life and the tree of knowledge was given to Adam without the presence of woman (Gen. 2: 16-17), meaning the male had the important role of passing this message to the female.

Genesis places God in the center of the human identity. “So God created man, male and female, in His own image and it was very good (Gen 1:27; 31 emphasis added). Hindson reminds us, “People are created with a God awareness, even lost people with cry out to God when they are in dire trouble.” The human identity was created with God’s heart and character at its core. Genesis 1 distinctly points out that man is part of the original creation not an angel or god that descended from a heavenly domain to populate the

“26 Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness...27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.’” Genesis 1:26a, 1:27

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. After having created everything on Earth, He made man. “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”(NIV Genesis 2:15). Thus, He made Eve from the rib of Adam. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge but the evil serpent, who was craftier than them, tricked Eve into eating the fruit. Eve later convinced Adam after having argued with him and he gave in. Both were punished by God for having gone against His word and would suffer the consequences of it. “So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden a cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life” (Genesis 3:23-24).

In Genesis one and two, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created Adam, from dust and was placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:7). The Bible explains humanity was created to work and serve (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of all of his creation (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler, he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all of His creation. God created us in his own image, which is why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving of God. In addition, we were all born pure as Adam and Eve were. The Bible explains that God was pleased with his creations, “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10-21).

Most certainly all theologians and readers of the Bible interpret Genesis' story of the creation of Earth's first human couple, Adam and Eve, as one of comedy-turned-tragedy, being that their blissful lives were shattered when Satan tempted Eve with the promise of knowledge by eating the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, the one tree in the garden that God designated as untouchable. However, Genesis does not fill-in the missing background information as to the reasons why man and woman came to be the first rational, mortal creations of God's divinity. Moreover, most believers in the Bible do not know the specific similarities and differences regarding the two humans' characteristics, and how their relationship impact each other as

Adam then goes on the recognize the "identity" of this helpmate in verse 23 and names her Woman "because she was taken out of Man." Then God continues on by proclaiming that "man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). God does the impossible, He supernaturally creates two out of one and then says that He,

God creates a new being called man, this new being is unlike the angels. Man will have a physical body, a soul, and a spirit. “God formed man of the dust of the ground” (Gen.2:7 KJV) and gives him authority and dominion on earth. Man is placed in a garden to tend it, and he has fellowship with God there. Adam is the name of this man, he is not alone in the garden, God created Adam a companion who is referred to as a woman by Adam. Eve is her name, Adam and Eve have liberty to do as they please in the garden,

Chapter 1 and 2 of Genesis constitute a complete statement of the Hebrew people in the ancient Near East. They understood the universe from the point of view of why it was created by God, but they did not know and did not even ask how it was created. This worldview uses the principles of their understanding of the relation of God to the universe, their relations with God, their relation to each other, and to the created order . According to Walton, the people were made to function to populate the world and also to rule all other creatures. The description of people is from the image of God. “So God created mankind in his own image, ... God blessed them and said to them … rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1, The Bible: New International Version). Male and female are functional elements here .

In six days God created the universe, the earth, and every living thing on it. This includes human beings, who were made in Gods own image. God created Adam and Eve to have an unobstructed relationship with him, He placed them in a paradise called the Garden of Eden and gave them freedom to live in friendship and trust with him. God saw that everything he created was good and He rested on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2). God left Adam and Eve in the garden with specific instructions: they are NOT to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. However, they rebel and sin enters the world after a serpent tricks Eve into questioning God’s love and motives. In her gullible innocence, she ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 3). Eve shared the fruit with Adam and they spiritually and physically die. This was catastrophic to Gods Order and led to the condemnation of all human

We have read about the creation of man (Ge. 1-2), education and punishment from God unto Man (Ge. 3-4), and lastly God’s Covenant with man through Abraham (Ge. 12-22). In the movie; Karate Kid, Daniel moves to Southern California with his mother, but finds himself as the target of a group of bullies that happen to take karate classes at Cobra Kai; giving them an advantage in fighting. Daniel later seeks the help from his apartment’s repairman, Mr. Miyagi; who happens to be a master of karate. God’s relationship with man is not static but evolving, just as the relationship between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi because of the principal of listening, and following covenants made between different parties.

The book of Genesis starts with God creating the heavens and the earth. He later creates man, Adam, in His own image. Out of man He creates woman, Eve, and He blesses them. They live in the Garden of Eden and are commanded to work and keep the grounds. However, Satan came in and tempted them into sinning by eating the forbidden fruit. They are cast out of the garden, and God promises that a man will come from His offspring to reconcile humanity back to God.