By Faith I Believe

In Christianity Today's June issue The Search for the Historical Adam, is a cover story calling for a discussion as family regarding the Bible's account of creation.  

The Adam account in Genesis has long been subjected to scientific challenges, As you'll see in the editorial, we find the discussion about the historicity of Adam difficult and, yes, a little painful. But we are also glad to see it happening: We welcome the opportunity to once again ask with wonder, "Where do I come from? Who am I?"—perhaps chiefly because it reminds us of the answer: We have been adopted by a loving Father. Online Source

What the article tells us, in essence, that the Human Genome Project has discredited the Bible on Adam and Eve being the carnal mother and father of all human beings. The magazine’s position seems to be in the middle embracing the suggestion: the first couple that sinned did not exist and yet affirm that we have been adopted through the Second Adam. I can't help wondering why there were no rebuttals from the magazine; where it stood on God's Word? I am disturbed when a person affirms the name of Christ, on one hand, and does not believe the Bible is the Word of God. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear" (Hebrews 11:3). We understand this only by faith. By insisting on finding a middle ground, they are actually acknowledging that not only is the first Adam a myth but also the Second. 

I have come to the conclusion, after reading the article and watching the video, that the magazine should approach the Bible with great humility of mind and common sense. By inferring that you don't know who Cain and Seth found to marry," common sense would suggests that they married either their sisters or nieces. After all Abraham was married to his half sister Sarah. This was the custom of that day. In addition, by careful study of the scriptures we see that the births of females (and some males) were not recorded unless they intersected the line in which the Messiah would come or a lesson to be learnt, e.g. Dinah Jacob's daughter. But we know that she was not the only daughter born to him.

When God spoke and inspired Moses, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)," He didn't go into details regarding the Scientifics of how things came to be. He was not interested in giving us a lesson in genomic demography  or science. God was more interested in giving us a spiritual and moral history of mankind and His plan to redeem. We can be assured when Jesus said to the religious leaders of his day, "You believe in Moses but don't believe in me; go and read the scriptures for in them they testify of Me." Jesus was affirming the words that Moses had written. And in these words are the story of creation: Adam and Eve, of sin, family, murder and redemption.