7 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 3 - Book 1 - Creation of Adam

http://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Adam and Eve Created – The Three Circles Genesis 1:6 – 2:7 We left off last week in Genesis chapter 1 verse 27. In that plan of redemption, it is obvious that all the so-called blame, if I may use that word, is placed on Adam and never on Eve. I say Eve had to be IN Adam even before she was created at a later verse. Not as we understand the woman physically, but nevertheless, the very concept of the woman had to be in Adam, otherwise God would have had to provide a separate Savior, a separate Redeemer for the female of the species rather than just one. If an angel rebels, if an angel falls, he’s done. Eve had to be in Adam from the very beginning, so that Adam could be the head of the human race. The Federal Head is the word we use. Adam is the Federal Head of the whole human race, both men and women. Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." In the last lesson, I took you back to chapter 5. Genesis chapter 5 verse 2. Genesis 5:2 "Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created." He doesn’t refer to the woman. He doesn’t refer to Eve, He merely says He created THEM and called THEIR name Adam. They were both in Adam. Come back and let’s pick up the creation of woman. Turn to chapter 2. God realized that He needed a help meet, such as up in verse 18. Genesis 2:21-22 "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: (first instance of anesthesia, isn’t it? Genesis 2:21-22 "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, (a side chamber) and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22. And the rib (the side chamber), which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." Never! It was Adam who ate and the whole human race fell! Eve came from Adam. Luke 3:38 "Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, (not Adam and Eve but the son of Adam) which was the son of God." Now where is Eve? Well, she is in Adam. Again I think it makes it so clear that Eve as a part of the human race was already in Adam when Adam was created. So consequently, we can definitely say that Adam is the Federal Head of the whole human race, not just of men but of men and women. If God simply took a rib from Adam, what would that do to the man? Certainly God didn’t take one rib and make out of that rib a woman. Reproduction. So he removes that part from Adam and with it, He then surrounds it with the body of the woman and now we have man and woman. As yet she is not called Eve. Remember, she is merely referred to as the woman. Go down to verse 23. God now has brought this new creature to Adam. The word help meet is the word complement. Adam was not complete until God brought him that help meet. Look at Genesis chapter 2 verse 23. Genesis 2:23 "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken (what’s the word? Out! out of Man." Genesis 2:24 one flesh." Now, I like that next verse. Adam and Eve were so perfect. Genesis 2:25 God came and walked with them in the cool of the evening. The last time I looked it up there was about 12 or 14 words to define the word subtle. Genesis 3:1 "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" We need to take this verse by verse if we can. Genesis 2:1 Genesis 2:2-3 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: (set it apart) because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made." You have a perfect creation. The first law of thermodynamics. Everything was here that God knew the coming race of people would need. The first law of thermodynamics. Now, come down to verse 4. Genesis 2:4 What do you notice in that verse? We have changed from God throughout all of chapter 1 and now all of a sudden we have the introduction of LORD God. Now the LORD is the word that we are going to be later introduced to as "Jehovah". Whenever you see the word LORD in capital letters, it is Jehovah. It is God the Son. Just as a recap, we find that Adam was created first with Eve within him. God created, then, the woman out of the man and presented her as his help meet. God instituted it from the very beginning. At the same time, God revealed Himself as the one who will be the Redeemer. The Lord Jesus Christ.