The other day on my way to work Ted and I were discussing “The Creation”.
Ted said something funny. He said to me: “Do you realize that Adam was sleeping when God created Eve? For good reason, because God was not interested in Adam’s ideas.”
Ted went on to say, because if I were Adam I’d suggested to God to give the woman a bigger bladder so we would not have to stop at every washroom! Hahahah!
I mentioned to him that I have a question or two. Not to put doubt in anybody's mind, just something to think or comment about. This might be a bit long but I had to back up what I am trying to say.
Okay first question:
Cain killed Abel his brother, God said: “You will be a restless wanderer on the earth etc." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. Nobody seems to know what that mark was, must have been a heck of a mark!
And besides: Where did he ,Cain find his wife since they were mentioned as the two sons of Adam and Eve?
Furthermore:
In Genesis 6 God was very displeased with the people because every sin imaginable they did. There were giants in the land. Gen 6:4 The Nephilim (Anak’s) were on the earth in those days, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. Gen 6: 6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
7 The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them!"
8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. We all know the story of Noah and the ark. Everything was destroyed so that meant the giants as well, yet the giants showed up later after the flood when everything had been supposedly destroyed.
Read: Deuteronomy 9:2 A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
Numbers 13: 1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying, (2) "Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel.
The man came back terrified and they said: (33)"There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." They were scared, very scared, they the Nephilim’s must have been a sight to behold!!
We were discussing further how the story was told from generation to generation. Some things might have been omitted or even added who knows!
Therefore as interesting or doubting this might be, I’d rather base my future on what Jesus said and to which the Holy Spirit bears witness to my heart.
So.... what do you think?
4 comments:
God created man, as well as all animals in one day out of the dust of the earth. The day before He spoke to the sea to bring forth fish, and all life in the sea..... and also all birds!! ...out of the water. What do evolutionist have to say about that!!!!
Ted
Well...it doesn't say that God stopped creating men. Could he have made a few more?
It doesn't say that Adam and Eve only had 2 kids. It just says those were the FIRST 2.
But, also...if Adam lived over 900 years, then Eve could have had hundreds of children. Each of those children could have 100's of children, and in no time (100 or 200 years) you'd have literally THOUSANDS of people, forming many villages, towns, and eventually cities.
Yes...The Giants were wiped out with the flood. But Noah's Sons married women who may have been decedents from giants. (A book I'm reading right now hypothesizes this fact) and that would account for giants after the flood once the sons of Noah started having kids.
just my thoughts...
Thanks for the imput both Ted and Yvonne. But again that does NOT satisfy me, because this is speculating.(Hope you don't mind me saying this!) Somebody else sent me a web site, which by the way I really appreciate. That is why I blogged about this.
I could come up with a lot of theories my self, nevertheless I welcome new insights.
I saw a guy on the Discovery channel who had a theory that at one point in time the days were only six hours,(had to do with the position of the moon) interesting thought. I wish I could see that program again. But can't remember the name of the guy. He was able to predict earthquakes!Hmmmm!
Well just goes to show you Yvonne, your soon to be ( 70 year-old (yuk) mother is still thinking, hahaha!
Love you
MOM
Some thoughts I had about your post were that the Bible doesn't always relay information in the correct order. It sometimes refers backwards. My thought was (possibly wrong by anywho) could the flood happen much after the giants made relations. That being said, maybe the giants had been wiped out except for the ones that were included in the "family"? I'm not sure either. I am so glad that you are a thinker. It keeps us sharp and also gives God opportunities to reveal more truth and open our eyes up to some of the mysteries in the Bible some of us find so confusing. I know one thing, I sure wouldn't want to have 100's of children. Is that even possible?
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