Genesis 1 and 2
I've notice something very interesting about the first two chapters of the Bible: In chapter 1 of Genesis, God said, "Let there be light," and God said, "Let there be an expanse of water..." Etc. And on the seventh day God rested (Genesis 2:2-3).
In chapter 2, after humans have been created by God, ..."the LORD God formed the man [e] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (read all of Genesis 2:4-7 for context).
LORD God? Is this a different God? I know that in Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let us make man in our image..." OUR image? Whoah, now I'm confused. And when the LORD God made man in Genesis 2:7, was this the LORD God saying to God, "Gee, your humans weren't good enough. I made them all over again!"
No...because in Genesis 2:4-6, it said that the LORD God made the earth and heavens (etc).
People sometimes say there are so many contradictions in the Bible. Not too often you find them within several verses of each other.
Strange. Anybody have a good explanation for these two chapters?
In chapter 2, after humans have been created by God, ..."the LORD God formed the man [e] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (read all of Genesis 2:4-7 for context).
LORD God? Is this a different God? I know that in Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let us make man in our image..." OUR image? Whoah, now I'm confused. And when the LORD God made man in Genesis 2:7, was this the LORD God saying to God, "Gee, your humans weren't good enough. I made them all over again!"
No...because in Genesis 2:4-6, it said that the LORD God made the earth and heavens (etc).
People sometimes say there are so many contradictions in the Bible. Not too often you find them within several verses of each other.
Strange. Anybody have a good explanation for these two chapters?
posted by xanadian at 2:53 PM
1 Comments:
Hey,
In Gen. 1:26 when God says let's make man in our image he is talking to the Godhead. Father,Son and Holy Spirit.
We're just not introduced to the rest of the team until later in the book. Jesus in Matthew, but was prophesied about in the Old Testament and The Holy Spirit shows up in Acts to be the counselor.
Also, with translation you get some weird deals going on with language. Considering the English language only has one meaning for love where Hebrew,Greek and Aramaic(sp?) have multiple definitions for the word.
I hope this was somewhat helpful.
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