I've started to re-read the Gospels of Mary, from the Gnostic Gospels. It is a very interesting read and opens up many questions and avenues of study. I feel that studying the Bible is like diving into deep water, one is never sure what will turn up. I can read a passage one day and then go back to that same passage after some time has passed and find something entirely new and enlightening that I never noticed the last time I read it. A question that came up while reading the Gospels of Mary was about the son of Man which led me to study Adam which in turn led me to Genesis 5:1-2. I've read this passage numerous times in my life, but I never realized that in verse 2, the Bible says, "He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam in the day when they were created."
The Bible says, "and called their name Adam". What does this mean? I've always been taught there was one Adam, one Eve, but this verse implies there was more than one Adam. Going back to Hebrew, Adam is usually translated as man, but Ha-Adam refers to all men and Adam refers to one man named Adam. So does this verse mean there was more than one man named Adam or is it referring to Adam and Eve as "man" collectively? Reading the whole second verse in context, it seems to me that male and female were both plural. Of course this would make more sense scientifically, since one man and one woman could not possibly sire the entire human race.
Realizing this could be what the Bible is saying does not make me doubt the teaching I grew up with it gives me more faith in what has been passed down through the centuries as a guidebook for this life and the next.
As a matter of fact, I started reading Genesis from the beginning and found something else that seemed enlightening. In Chapter 1, verse 26 it says, "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. 27 And God created the man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it,..." To me this implies that he created man and woman plural before he created Adam and Eve. These men and women were to "fill the earth".
Adam was not created until Chapter 2, verse 7, then Eden was created and Adam was moved there. Eve was created in verse 21 from Adam's rib. Why are there two separate creations of man? Why is God plural, who is with God, is God one being or a collection of beings? In Revelation 3:1, the Bible says, "...These things says the One having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars..." What or Who are the seven spirits of God and the seven stars? The "One" is of course referring to Christ.
I read a book once called, Tiger's Fang. It is a book from the spiritual study called Eckankar. This book made a lot of sense to me and relates somewhat to Revelation in that man can leave his physical body and travel with enlightened spirits or guides on the spiritual plane to learn. In this book, the traveler met many faces of God whose personality, if you will was related to the level or plane. This is my understanding anyway and I did read it many years ago so please forgive any misrepresentations of this spiritual path. I definitely do not mean any disrespect to its followers. The point that I am trying to make is this: could the seven fold spirit of God be something like that? Do we see the face of God that we need to see for our level of spiritual development?
I believe the Adam singled out for the garden of Eden story was the first incarnation of a soul that was to become the Christ. (I have been studying for a long time and many, many things and experiences have lead me to believe in reincarnation-not a big leap for some, but huge or impossible for others) On that note, I will leave this post for you to ponder...:-)
Peace be with you,
Tammie
The Bible says, "and called their name Adam". What does this mean? I've always been taught there was one Adam, one Eve, but this verse implies there was more than one Adam. Going back to Hebrew, Adam is usually translated as man, but Ha-Adam refers to all men and Adam refers to one man named Adam. So does this verse mean there was more than one man named Adam or is it referring to Adam and Eve as "man" collectively? Reading the whole second verse in context, it seems to me that male and female were both plural. Of course this would make more sense scientifically, since one man and one woman could not possibly sire the entire human race.
Realizing this could be what the Bible is saying does not make me doubt the teaching I grew up with it gives me more faith in what has been passed down through the centuries as a guidebook for this life and the next.
As a matter of fact, I started reading Genesis from the beginning and found something else that seemed enlightening. In Chapter 1, verse 26 it says, "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. 27 And God created the man in His own image, in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female. 28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it,..." To me this implies that he created man and woman plural before he created Adam and Eve. These men and women were to "fill the earth".
Adam was not created until Chapter 2, verse 7, then Eden was created and Adam was moved there. Eve was created in verse 21 from Adam's rib. Why are there two separate creations of man? Why is God plural, who is with God, is God one being or a collection of beings? In Revelation 3:1, the Bible says, "...These things says the One having the seven spirits of God, and the seven stars..." What or Who are the seven spirits of God and the seven stars? The "One" is of course referring to Christ.
I read a book once called, Tiger's Fang. It is a book from the spiritual study called Eckankar. This book made a lot of sense to me and relates somewhat to Revelation in that man can leave his physical body and travel with enlightened spirits or guides on the spiritual plane to learn. In this book, the traveler met many faces of God whose personality, if you will was related to the level or plane. This is my understanding anyway and I did read it many years ago so please forgive any misrepresentations of this spiritual path. I definitely do not mean any disrespect to its followers. The point that I am trying to make is this: could the seven fold spirit of God be something like that? Do we see the face of God that we need to see for our level of spiritual development?
I believe the Adam singled out for the garden of Eden story was the first incarnation of a soul that was to become the Christ. (I have been studying for a long time and many, many things and experiences have lead me to believe in reincarnation-not a big leap for some, but huge or impossible for others) On that note, I will leave this post for you to ponder...:-)
Peace be with you,
Tammie
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If i am ever to achieve any level of excepting myself for what i am and what i have done with my life as a person believing in god is the only way i can achieve this,i enjoy reading your thoughts and will allways love you, Allen.
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