Interesting thoughts/questions I wondered about while reading Genesis 1-3 this morning…
Gen 1:26-28 says God created man and woman, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them,” — on the 6th day of creation. Yet it isn’t until Gen. 2 that scriptures actually tells us about the creation of Eve. I wonder how/why that is? Does that signify the seven days took a lot longer than a literal seven days? Maybe 100 years for each day or 1000 years for each day?
If you read Gen. 2:15-24 it would appear that things happened in this order…
Adam was created. God told him not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
God realized Adam was alone. (v. 18)
God told him to get to work. Adam set out to name all the animals (probably not a short-term task). “So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.” (v. 20)
I bet as Don Miller suggests, in his book, “Searching for God Knows What” it could have easily taken 30-40 maybe even 100 years to name all the animals on the earth. I wonder if he named all the fish in the sea too? Did they all swim up next to the shoreline so he could name them?
Adam stays busy working “But for Adam no suitable helper was found.” (v. 20)
Seems like God realized Adam’s needs long before he did. I wonder when it hit Adam that he was lonely and needed human companionship.
I wonder if God was sitting there just waiting for that moment to arrive. Then He leans over and says to the angels gathered around watching things on earth in great joy – “Ha. See I told you Gabriel and Michael — I knew he’d realize his basic need in life is for companionship and relationship. He just had to get out and see the world a bit.”
Miller says that he bets Eve felt really loved.
Adam had longed for a companion. He didn’t even know what that would mean but when he saw Eve he said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
I bet Eve felt treasured because Adam had never lusted after another woman. Never abused another woman.
Never mistreated another woman and he was craving her presence even before she was created.
She was exactly what he was looking for.
Reminds me of our search for Christ. Before meeting Christ, we don’t know we’re even looking for Him. But we search and search and carry on with our work until suddenly we realize there’s something missing. We’re missing out on something bigger than us. Then once we find Him — we realize He’s exactly what our soul needed.
Anyways — just some thoughts — additions/comments/clarifications?
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