Physically he was the same as the other apelike creatures, but spiritually he was now different.īut Genesis 2:7 clearly says that God formed man out of the dust of the earth. Adam, therefore, was a male apelike creature whom God made into a man by breathing His spirit into him. According to this theory, God supposedly took one of the apelike creatures that was around at the time and breathed into him the breath of life. Theistic Evolution teaches that God took a subhuman and developed him into a human. The direction creation of Adam deals a death blow to the idea of Theistic Evolution. We must recall that Adam was created in an unfallen state with the ability to access all of his potential brain power. He had enough intelligence to rule over the rest of creation. In addition, he could also remember their names. He could speak well enough to communicate with God and also to name all the animals. Immediately upon his creation he had fully-developed language capabilities. We can infer from the biblical account that Adam had superior intelligence. This should teach us that we should find things that we have in common with the animal kingdom, and certain areas in which we differ. Though the Bible says that both humankind ( Genesis 2:7) and animals ( Genesis 2:19) were created from the ground only humankind was made in God's image. Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things ( Acts 17:25). The New Testament also emphasizes that God gives all humankind the breath of life. Truly I am as your spokesman before God I also have been formed out of clay ( Job 33:4-6). The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. This twofold process is also emphasized in the Book of Job by Elihu as he speaks to Job. Man became a living being only after he had been formed from the dust of the ground and God breathed life into him. This is what separates humankind from all other creatures. Man was not only formed from the dust of the earth, God also breathed the breath of life into him. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly ( 1 Corinthians 15:45, 47, 48). The first man was of the earth, made of dust the second Man is the Lord from heaven. The New Testament also reminds us that we have come from the dust of the earth.Īnd so it is written, The first man Adam became a living being. The Book of Job speaks of mankind returning to dust.Īll flesh would perish together, and humanity would return to dust ( Job 34:15). Then Abraham answered and said, Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord ( Genesis 18:27). In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of dust you were taken for dust you are, and to dust you shall return ( Genesis 3:19).Ībraham realized his body was made from the dust. After the Fall, this was also emphasized by God as He told Adam. This emphasizes that the origin of humankind is from the earth. The word translated man is the Hebrew word adam while the word translated dust of the earth is the Hebrew word adamah. The Hebrew has a play of words in Genesis 2:7. Shall the clay say to him who forms ( asah) it, What are you making? ( Isaiah 45:9). Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the pots of the earth. The word translated form is used in Scripture of the work of a potter forming his clay. God created Adam by using pre-existing material. Since both of these verses speak of God creating man, we find that man was both created and formed. In Genesis 2:7 the Bible says God formed man (Hebrew asah). In Genesis 1:27 we are told that God created man. In a famous passage we are told that Adam was created from the dust of the earth.Īnd the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being ( Genesis 2:7).