- Man Created
- Let us make man in our image (Genesis 1: 26)
- Jewish tradition of the fight among the angels.
- God consulted the angels about what he was about to do
- Some objected What is man that you take thought of him and the son of man that you care for him Psalm 8: 5
- Man made and clothed with the glory and honor Psalm 8: 6
- Ruled over all the animals of the earth
- Satan, who was in the garden (Ezekiel 28: 13)
- Rebelled against this idea and found an ally among the animals.
- Jewish tradition of the fight among the angels.
- Man created in God’s image Vs 27
- We are born in the image of the earthly Adam we also bear the image of the heavenly Adam (1 Corinthians 15: 49)
- The first Adam is from earth, the second Adam is from heaven (1 Corinthians 15: 47)
- Adam is a type of the one who is coming (Romans 5:14) Adam was made in the image of Jesus who was to come.
- Adam created in God’s image, Messiah is anointed by God and God’s Spirit will be upon him.
- God created Adam in his image and the Messiah is the image of God (Colossians 1: 15)
- The Messiah is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation His nature. (Hebrews 1: 3)
- Luke calls Adam the “son of God” (Luke 3: 38)
- Sum this up We all started in Adam, but in Christ (The second Adam) we all have a chance for a fresh start.
- Is it fair that we all die because of the sin of one man? Is it fair that because of one man’s righteousness, we all have a chance for righteousness to be ours?
- God saw it was very good Vs 31
- Same word for Adam is used for very so we could also say Adam was Good.
2. The Generations
- These are the generations of the heavens and the earth Genesis 2: 4
- the word Generations here is spelled with the Vav’s
- After the fall of Adam, the word generations is only spelled with one Vav so something is missing
- Vav is the six letter of the hebrew Alphabet and it stands for man who was created on the sixth day.
- Something is missing in the word generations as man has fallen
- Ruth 4: 18 when it states these are the generations of Perez the Vav returns because it is talking about the heritage of David who is the line of Messiah. (See Matthew 1: 1)
- Rabbit Trail Vs 17 three sets of 14 numerical value of the three letters that make up David’s name? 14
3. The river
- A river flows out of Eden 2: 10
- Zechariah 14: 8 River will flow out of the Temple mount and make the bitter water sweet
- Jesus eluded to this with Rivers of living water would flow. John 7: 38
- Ezekiel eluded to this as the river which will change the Dead Sea Ezekiel 47: 10
- Jesus defined this as the gospel message of repentance which will flow to others Luke 24: 47
- It will return in Revelation 22: 1, 2
4. The Bride
- Adam fell into a deep sleep Genesis 2: 21
- Took a rib and created Eve
- Jesus died and his side was pierced
- From this wound, the bride of Christ was formed.
- the two become one flesh
- As the bride of Adam is also the body of Adam, the Bride of Messiah is also called the Body of Messiah
- The bride would wash herself before the wedding in a Mikva so the Bride of Christ is washed in the Word of God Ephesians 5: 26, 27
- Clothing
- White and luminous garments cloth the righteous, the divine and angelic beings. (Daniel 7: 9 Acts 1: 10 Mark 16: 15 Revelation 3: 4
- When Jesus transformed his garments became radiant Mark 9: 3
- Jesus said his disciples will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father (Matthew 13: 43)
5. The Fall
- Enmity between Seed of Eve and Serpent
- Seed is singular which means one person the Messiah.
- Tradition is Adam sat by the river that still flowed out of Eden and immersed Himself in it as an act of repentance. this is where baptism comes from.
- Cain and Abel Genesis 4: 4, 5
- God rejects Cain’s offering and accepts Abel’s because Cain’s deeds were evil and Abel’s were righteous.1 John 3: 12
- Abel showed he was righteous with his approval of how he gave gifts Hebrews 11: 4
- Cain told to conquer sin and overcome it. Genesis 4: 7
- Abel’s blood brings condemnation as it cries out from the ground.
- Tradition says that this crime happened on the 14 of Nisan. (Passover)
- Jesus died at the hands of evil men on passover and rather than condemnation, it brings forgiveness.
- Blood of Jesus “speaks better than the blood of Abel” Hebrews 12: 24
- Another seed 4: 25 Outside what I thought was the promised seed (Cain who disqualified himself because he was a murderer) Seed that will be from a different source.
- Jesus is from another seed as the Holy Spirit came upon Mary.
- Jesus also came from a Moabite heritage with Ruth who was also from a different source.
- Man calls on the name of the Lord. Genesis 4: 26 a rejection of God starts
- The generations are formed up to Noah.