Clearly stated, God made the first male (’adam) from the dust of the ground (’adamah), added the divine breath, and Adam became a “living creature” (nephesh chayyah).
When the New Testament authors refer to Genesis 1–11, they always take the details in Genesis as literally accurate history. Paul affirmed that Adam was the first man (1 Corinthians 15:45 and 47), that Eve was made after, from, and for Adam (1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 1 Timothy 2:13), and that Eve was deceived (1 Timothy 2:14; 2 Corinthians 11:3).
When the New Testament authors refer to Genesis 1–11, they always take the details in Genesis as literally accurate history. Paul affirmed that Adam was the first man (1 Corinthians 15:45 and 47), that Eve was made after, from, and for Adam (1 Corinthians 11:8–9; 1 Timothy 2:13), and that Eve was deceived (1 Timothy 2:14; 2 Corinthians 11:3).
Given how much Paul refers explicitly or implicitly to Satan (2 Corinthians 2:11, 4:3–4, 11:13–15; Ephesians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:8–9) and given that he would have believed Revelation 12:9, it is certain that Paul believed that Satan spoke through that crafty serpent, just as God spoke through Balaam’s donkey (Numbers 22:28). Paul also affirmed that as descendants of Adam we are all blood relatives in the one human race, regardless of skin shades or ethnicity (Acts 17:26).
Peter believed the detail that only eight people were saved from the flood (1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5) just as he did the detail that Sodom and Gomorrah were burned to ashes (2 Peter 2:6). Peter also believed the flood was a global watery judgment, just as the judgment by fire at the return of Christ will also be global (2 Peter 3:3–7).
God made Adam and Eve and created marriage, which is foundational to Scripture’s teaching that there are only two genders, sexual relations are only within marriage, and marriage (exclusively) between one man and one woman is to be a lifelong covenant. Therefore adultery, fornication, rape, polygamy, pornography, the ideology-associated behaviors and “orientations,” and transgender medical “treatments” of the LGBTQ+ movement are wrong."
Peter believed the detail that only eight people were saved from the flood (1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5) just as he did the detail that Sodom and Gomorrah were burned to ashes (2 Peter 2:6). Peter also believed the flood was a global watery judgment, just as the judgment by fire at the return of Christ will also be global (2 Peter 3:3–7).
God made Adam and Eve and created marriage, which is foundational to Scripture’s teaching that there are only two genders, sexual relations are only within marriage, and marriage (exclusively) between one man and one woman is to be a lifelong covenant. Therefore adultery, fornication, rape, polygamy, pornography, the ideology-associated behaviors and “orientations,” and transgender medical “treatments” of the LGBTQ+ movement are wrong."
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