Cox - The Creation of Man as Male and Female Flashcards
Is the account in Genesis 2:4b and following a Second Creation Account?
No it is not.
What indicates the Gen. 2:4b is not a second creation account?
It Uses the characteristic Hebrew term toledot to indicate structural division. Repeating almost the statement of Genesis 1:1.
What is the importance of the reversal of terms in Gen. 2:4b?
It shifts the primary focus from Heaven in Genesis 1:1 to the earth. It creates a personal and vidid account from the perspective of man. Man is the center of interest here.
How does the name of God shift from Genesis 1 to Genesis 2?
In Genesis 1, the name of God is Elohim. In Genesis 2, God’s name changes to Yahweh Elohim.
What is the significance of the shift in name?
Elohim portrays God’s work as material creator where as Yahweh Elohim portray’s God’s work as moral ruler.
How did God form man?
By gathering dirt and breathing into his nostrils the breath of life.
What is the Hebrew term for living being?
Nephesh Hiyim.
How times does the term Eden occur in the Old Testament?
Thirteen Times.
What is the term Eden indicative of?
A geographical location and a description of the manifest blessing of God’s presence.
What does the use of the term Eden indicate about the state of creation?
It is ideal and marked with the joy and blessing of God’s creative hand.
How does the Septuagint translate the term Eden?
As meaning the paradise of delight.
What is the abbreviation used for the Septuagint?
LXX
What was the purpose of Man’s work in the Garden?
To work it and take of it.
Was this the same work man did post-Fall?
There was no curse on the ground, so it was without painful toil, thorns and thistles, and the sweat of man’s brow.
How do we see the image of God reflect in man’s work?
Just as God used His creative faculties in the work of creation, we use our intellect in our daily work.
What tree could man not partake of in the Garden?
The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
What was the purpose of the Tree of Life?
A means by which man’s life could be maintained forever.
What did Adam’s speaking the names of the animals demonstrate?
An aspect of the Imago Dei.
How does naming the animals in the Garden demonstrate the Imago Dei?
1) God bringing animals to Adam is indicative of God’s authority over them. Likewise, Adam naming the animals is indicative of Adam’s authority over them.
2) Speech. Just as God spoke when He manifested His presence in the Garden, Adam spoke to name the animals. Speech is a capability that is like God.
What happens after the naming of the animals?
God creates Eve.
How is Eve created?
From a rib taken from Adam.
In what unique relationship were Adam and Eve placed in?
A relationship in which the two became one flesh.
What is the relationship between Adam and Eve analogous to?
The relationship and unity between Christ and the Church.
What was not present before the Fall?
Shame before God. Man did not feel guilty standing in the presence of God.
