Cain was Adam and Eve's first son [Genesis 4:1] and as he grew it became evident to his father that Cain's interests were more earthly than heavenly. Adam, the priest of the family, gave Cain the task of "tilling the ground" to provide vegetables...
Genesis chapters 5, 9, 11, 25, 35, 47 and 50 contain the genealogy of the beginnings of the human family. From Adam through Moses, we are told who was related to whom, the age of the father at the birth of their first son and the age of these...
God created Adam and Eve on the same day; thus, they were the same age. Following their disobedience and Fall, God cursed the serpent, placed a curse on Eve and cursed the ground for Adam's sake [Genesis 3:14-19]. While they were still in the...
The Genesis account of Creation provides mankind with just the bare facts we need to know about our origin. Further facts are revealed progressively throughout Scripture. The Creation account then concludes with, "Then God saw everything that He...
The account of the creation of the universe, the Earth and the first human couple is confined to the first chapter of Genesis. We wish more details had been given, yet diligent reading of the rest of Scripture does reveal answers to many of those...
Michelangelo's fourth panel on the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling is the well-known depiction of God creating Adam. Both figures have one arm raised and forefingers almost touching. The moment is supposedly when God infused His just-created figure...
The King James translation of the Bible speaks of there being "giants in the earth" in that pre-flood world: "There were giants [NEPHILIM] in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men and...
Dinosaurs and all the other animals – but not the great sea creatures or the birds – were created in the early morning of Friday, the sixth day of Earth's first week [Genesis 1:24-25]. The word "dinosaur" immediately brings to mind a...
Have humans evolved upward from the ape or have we fallen from some higher being? In our computer-driven world we might become convinced that we are indeed evolving to "superhumans." Idealists such as Nietzsche and Adolf Hitler thought so...
It was probably in the morning of the sixth day – that is, Friday of Earth's first week – when God created Adam. God had spent the early part of that day overseeing the creation of the cattle, the beasts and the creeping things from...
