Hi slevesque,
slevesque writes:
(I don't know shizzles about greek though so this is a random guess on my part)
The first mistake most people make is tht Adam is a proper name.
Adam is simply the transliteration of the Hebrew word for man, mankind.
A transliteration is when you substitute the English letter for the Hebrew letter.
Now as to the man refered to in 1 Cor. 15:45.
Pay close attention to what Paul said: "The first man Adam was made a living soul;"
The Greek word translated Adam in this verse means the red earth.
So the man Paul was talking about was made from the earth.
He also was made a living soul.
The only man that fits that discription is found in Genesis 2:7 which says:
quote:
And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
This man was formed of the dust of the ground before any plant, animal or fowl was formed. He was the first creature made by God.
The man bluejay said was to replenish the earth was created after all animals, plants, and fowls, at the same time as the female. They were created in the image/likeness of God. This man was not formed from the dust of the ground and the woman was not created from a rib taken from the man. They were spoke into existence. They were never placed in a garden and forbidden to eat from any tree. In fact they were told they could eat from all trees.
This man and woman is the ancestor of modern humans.
I hope this doesn't muddy the water too much for you.
slevesque writes:
Also, Rom 5:12 says that death came into the world through one man (Adam) and that because of this death spread to all men, which is pretty straightforward that Adam was all humanity's ancestor.
Death entered into the world because the man that was formed from the dust of the ground and placed in the garden and forbidden to eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil disobeyed God and ate the fruit.
Now as to the OP and extra-terrestrial life.
Extra-terrestrial life does exist. There millions of life forms that are not of this earth. In the Bible they are called angels, demons and the devil.
God Bless,
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