Creation as presented in Genesis chapters 1 and 2

Dear ICant,Like the new string. :-}Sorry I could not get in on the first few postings; this past month has been a busy one for me. GreySeal and I have had an on-going discussion on this point. You are equating the words Day, Evening, and Morning with there primary definition completely ignoring that there are other usages (other definitions) for each word.Without posting three pages of material let me just give you an example of what I mean:The word ‘Day’ can be interpreted ‘literally’ as: Each of these definitions (taken from Dictionary.com) is a ‘literal’ ‘interpretation’ of the word ‘Day’.So, the word ‘Day’ can be interpreted ‘literally’ as ‘Era’, ‘Age’, etc.Also note that Hebrew (as I understand it) does not have one word for ‘day’ (add an ‘s’ for ‘Days’), another word to describe Eras, ages, etc.So your suppositions that: only apply using one specific definition of each word.So, my question is: Is it not possible that Day , Evening , and Morning in this context may be referring to ‘unspecified periods of time ’ and not to ‘Sun up to Sun down ’ ‘Days’?

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If Not; Why Not?The best way to misinterpret what someone is saying is to presuppose what they are going to say.

Dear ICant,Thank you for your response; and thank you for giving a well thought out and logical answer to my question.I wholeheartedly agree that God's definition trumps any other definition or usages. So, with that in mind; I have a few questions on other things that relate to this question of ‘Day’s’. Do you believe that our ‘Sun’, ‘Moon’, and ‘Stars’ were created on the fourth day? (Genesis 1: 14 - 19) — If so Why; if not Why Not? —God tells Adam, in Genesis 2: 16 - 17, that the ‘Day’ that they eat of the fruit of the tree of ‘the Knowledge of Good and Evil’ they would surely die.

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The Bible also states: 5So altogether Adam lived 930 years, and he died. (Genesis 5:5)

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How do you reconcile these two passages?When, do you believe, the Seventh day (when God rested from His creation) ended; and why do you believe that way?Thank you for your time and effort in these matters,God bless us, every one,
JRTjrP.S. Please note here that all of these events are recorded in the book of Genesis.{all Biblical references are taken from the Amplified Bible}

Dear ICant,Thank you again, for your responses. You are absolutely correct; which shows me that you can put things into context. I have found many who refuse to take this simple step.Thank you. I would like to suggest here that you do some research on what God means when He speaks of ‘Death’. {I believe Luke 9: 60, Ephesians 2: 1, and Colossians 2:13 would be a good place to start.} I am not aware of an ‘Adam 2.0’ created after the first ‘Adam’ created by God.If I am understanding your hypothesis correctly; you’re saying that we are descendants of ‘Adam 1.0’ {Genesis chapter one} and that ‘Adam 2.0’ {Genesis chapter two} physically died in the 24-hour ‘day’ that he eat from the tree that God told him not to. Correct?If this is so, I have a few more questions for you.If ‘Adam 2.0’ physically died in the 24-hour ‘day’ that he eat from the tree that God told him not to then why would God tell ‘Adam 2.0’ that, as part of his punishment for eating the forbidden fruit he would have to toil the ground All of the days of his life? {Genesis 3: 17}It also accurse to me that the Bible states that sin came into the world through Adam’s sin.{Romans 5: 12} If ‘Adam 2.0’ physically died in the 24-hour ‘day’ that he eat from the tree that God told him not to then how was his sin transmitted?Since Genesis is one document (not a collection of documents) would it not stand to reason that if a person is named in the beginning of the document that that name would refer to the same person throughout the text unless specifically stated otherwise?Chapter three closes with ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ being kicked out of the Garden of Eden; chapter four starts with ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ having children. It seems obvious that these are the same ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’; are they not?There is more I would like to comment on in reply to your post but I am trying to keep my posts short and only deal with the primary subjects.I pray I have given you food for thought; you certainly have given me many things to consider.May God bless,
JRTjr

Dear ICant,Thank you for your responses. Please provide your evidence for this.‘Genesis 2: 19’, ‘Genesis 3: 17’, etc. treat ‘Adam’ as an individual (Proper Noun) not a ‘Pronoun’ (like ‘them’, ‘they’, ‘mankind’, etc). So I would have to say that ‘Adam’ was a specific individual person.You stated that: the man that was formed from the dust of the ground in the beginning during the light period God created the Heaven and the Earth is not the man that spoken of in Genesis 5:1, 2.v2 refers to ‘Adam’ in the plural sense (I.E. Mankind) However, in v3 the text refers to ‘Adam’ as an individual person. There are many places in these first chapters where ‘Adam’ is spoken of as an individual. (Examples: ‘Genesis 2: 19’, ‘Genesis 3: 17’, ‘Genesis 4: 1’ and ‘Genesis 5: 5’ just to name a few)Since the Bible refers to each of these individuals as ‘Adam’ there are two possibilities:Ether all are referring to the same man named ‘Adam’ or they are speaking of different individual men named ‘Adam’. I see nothing in these verses that says that the earth was restored to a habitable condition. (‘Restored’ meaning: it once was habitable, became inhabitable, and then was once again being made habitable.) Romans 5:12 (Amplified Bible)12Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [[a]no one being able to stop it or to escape its power because all men sinned.In other word’s ‘sin’ was transmitted to all of mankind {spread to all men} through one man {i.e. inherited from our forefather ‘Adam’ the one man who originally sinned}. I would say that the Bible is using two different phraseologies because these are two different things. (image/likeness of God and become like God) So, if I am correct about this:The Bible says that mankind was created in the image/likeness of God baring a three fold personage. (Example: Father, Son, Holy Spirit / mind, body, spirit)Then the Bible refers to mankind becoming like God knowing [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity. In other words this is something mankind learned that God already knew; and in that respect becoming like God.I would love to speak to all of your (vary fascinating) points, however, if we did this our posts would become extremely long.God Bless us; everyone,
JRTjr.