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Originally Posted by TGBTG
How do the following scriptures fit into your viewpoint?
Gen 2:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
This implies to me that there was no mankind before Adam. |
There was no "man to till the ground" until Adam. Adam was the first gardener/farmer.
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Ex 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
This implies to me that ALL things (which would include Adam) were created before the sabbath.
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All that is in the heavens and the earth were created before the first Sabbath... so did that include you and me? Man was created on the sixth day, but that doesn't mean all men were around before the seventh day.
Besides, even if Adam was created on the sixth day, his creation is not described in ch 1, ergo the premise still remains: there were people other than Adam. Although I believe a straightforward reading of Genesis strongly supports a post sabbath formation of Adam, the individual placed in the Garden.
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