Adam is formed, God "breaths into his nostrils the breath of life" and Adam awakens the first time -- he becomes a living soul. God goes about planting and watering the garden which is eastward in Eden and then He puts Adam in the garden and tells him to "dress and keep the garden", and informs him of which trees he can eat; God tells him "don't eat of the tree of good and evil".
Interestingly, Eve is not present to hear this "thou shalt not eat of it" in Genesis, Abraham or Moses.
It's not clear how much time passes (it's a different time anyway), or what Adam is doing, by himself in the garden. But God and Jehovah say that Adam has not an help meet. So, God forms the animals from the ground and brings them to Adam for naming. But still no suitable companion.
Which is not good for Adam to be running around alone, without his help meet. God informs Jehovah that they will cause a deep sleep to come over Adam and when he awakens again, he will not remember anything, he will be like a little child, and he will be known as Adam, not Michael. He will not remember that he had any part in the forming of the world. His memory will be wiped clean. Blitz. This is when our little rib surgery takes place -- while he is in this deep sleep. Adam wakes up this second time and finds a woman, and names her Eve, because she is the mother of all living. They go into the garden together. And I am guessing he no longer remembers what he named the animals. But we are given the counsel from God, that it's good for a man to leave his mother and father and cleave unto his wife.
So, there you have it, two births of Adam. Two awakenings. Maybe one is a birth and one is an awakening after a deep sleep that erases his memory.
There are some stories about what Adam may have been doing after that first awakening -- stories about Lilith. But that is for another day.
I went to the temple yesterday, where they review the creation, so that got me thinking.
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Which is not good for Adam to be running around alone, without his help meet. God informs Jehovah that they will cause a deep sleep to come over Adam and when he awakens again, he will not remember anything, he will be like a little child, and he will be known as Adam, not Michael. He will not remember that he had any part in the forming of the world. His memory will be wiped clean. Blitz. This is when our little rib surgery takes place -- while he is in this deep sleep. Adam wakes up this second time and finds a woman, and names her Eve, because she is the mother of all living. They go into the garden together. And I am guessing he no longer remembers what he named the animals. But we are given the counsel from God, that it's good for a man to leave his mother and father and cleave unto his wife.
So, there you have it, two births of Adam. Two awakenings. Maybe one is a birth and one is an awakening after a deep sleep that erases his memory.
There are some stories about what Adam may have been doing after that first awakening -- stories about Lilith. But that is for another day.
- Earth created in 6 days. rest.
- Mist comes up and waters it all.
- Adam's First awakening: man formed from the dust a living soul, first flesh.
- God plants a garden in Eden. with all the trees naturally growing.
- God puts Adam in the garden.
- God tells him he can eat, but forbids the one tree.
- God says it is not good for man to be alone.
- Animals get the breath of life. and Adam names them.
- But no helpmeet. Adam hangs around the garden.
- Deep sleep.
- Rib surgery. Eve brought in.
- Adam's second awakening: He awakens and finds Eve. It's good to leave mummy and daddy and cleave unto your wife.
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That's one thing I can definitely say about you is you're always thinking!! Which is why I like reading your blog so much!!
ReplyDeleteJust a tiny clarification, God didn't say Adam needed a helpmeet; he said an help, meet (meaning proper or suitable) for him. The construction of the sentence is in the Elizabethan English. In other words Adam needed a helper who would be suitable and proper for him. Eve, a woman, was that companion, suitable, and proper, whose strengths complimented Adams. Together they make a whole.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder about stuff like that. Especially the actual timelines. What was six days in God's time. I always hear a day was a thousand years but....theories theories theories. We'll all find out eventually but just for fun, I want to know now. :)
ReplyDeleteRozy -- thanks for the clarification on that!
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