Why--and how--was Adam different? God said, "...let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." This was an entirely different kind of creation. We don't know much about what was here before Adam, but we have a historical record of the descendants of Adam. Those of us who came from Adam have a unique capacity. What does it mean to be made in the image of God?
I can give you my opinion. I think that God created an entirely new creature. One that could hold his Holy Spirit. Genesis 2:7, "And the Lord God...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Adam's uniqueness was that there was a space that held a soul. A place within him to hold the Spirit of God.
All people groups make idols: worship the sun, trees, animals, etc...They all look for something greater than themselves. They look for something to fill an emptiness inside themselves. The empty place God created in man to hold "the breath of life"--to hold His Spirit. Man searches for God. The Bible says, "...if you seek me you will find me..." Problem is, men would rather substitute something--that doesn't require obedience.
Man searches, because he was created to hold the Spirit of God and he is lost without it. God gave this creation a will of their own. To obey God, or not obey God. When Adam chose to disobey, he was cast out of Eden--the perfect place God had prepared for him to live. The Bible says his descendants are born dead in sin. They no longer have the Spirit of God within.
The entire Old Testament is a story of man's search to restore God's Spirit. And when Christ died for this human race God created, He died to cleanse us, restore us, and put the Spirit of God back into the empty place within us.
1 Corinthians 15:45,47 "...the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit...The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven..."
I can give you my opinion. I think that God created an entirely new creature. One that could hold his Holy Spirit. Genesis 2:7, "And the Lord God...breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Adam's uniqueness was that there was a space that held a soul. A place within him to hold the Spirit of God.
All people groups make idols: worship the sun, trees, animals, etc...They all look for something greater than themselves. They look for something to fill an emptiness inside themselves. The empty place God created in man to hold "the breath of life"--to hold His Spirit. Man searches for God. The Bible says, "...if you seek me you will find me..." Problem is, men would rather substitute something--that doesn't require obedience.
Man searches, because he was created to hold the Spirit of God and he is lost without it. God gave this creation a will of their own. To obey God, or not obey God. When Adam chose to disobey, he was cast out of Eden--the perfect place God had prepared for him to live. The Bible says his descendants are born dead in sin. They no longer have the Spirit of God within.
The entire Old Testament is a story of man's search to restore God's Spirit. And when Christ died for this human race God created, He died to cleanse us, restore us, and put the Spirit of God back into the empty place within us.
1 Corinthians 15:45,47 "...the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit...The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven..."
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