Two Adams and Eden
Yes, there were indeed two Adams on the earth - The first mankind was created by Elohim and the Second Adam was created by YHVH. The first humans were created male and female and the second as male-female within Eden a gated Park of YHVH. Translations had not done justice to the original.
Yes, there were indeed two Adams on the earth - The first mankind was created by Elohim and the Second Adam was created by YHVH. The first humans were created male and female and the second as male-female within Eden a gated Park of YHVH. Translations had not done justice to the original.
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TWO ADAMS AND EDEN<br />
PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />
4, Temple Carvings Represent Garden.<br />
Israel’s later Temple was made with wood carvings of flowers, palm trees, etc. meant to recall<br />
<strong>Eden</strong>’s garden brilliance (1 Kings 6:18, 29, 32, 35); pomegranates were also placed at the bottom<br />
of the two stone pillars in the Temple. (7:18-20)<br />
1 Kings 6:18 The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with ornamental buds <strong>and</strong> open flowers.<br />
All was cedar; there was no stone to be seen. ….<br />
29 he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims <strong>and</strong> palm<br />
trees <strong>and</strong> open flowers, within <strong>and</strong> without .<br />
The items within the temple were also decorated to represent a garden. The two great pillars<br />
leading to the inner court were adorned with lilies, <strong>and</strong> they were decorated as two large trees,<br />
being covered with two-hundred pomegranates each (see 1 Kings 7:19–20). Just as the pillars, the<br />
golden menorah in the sanctuary was envisioned as a tree, <strong>and</strong> in its description we hear that it had<br />
“branches,” “flowers,” <strong>and</strong> “bowls made like unto almonds” (Exodus 25:31–33).<br />
Ten similar lampst<strong>and</strong>s lined the sides of the inner sanctuary (see 1 Kings 7:49), <strong>and</strong> with each<br />
modeled as a tree, the effect must have been similar to walking into a forest. Further reinforcing<br />
the impression of a garden scene were the animals depicted throughout the sanctuary.<br />
Washbasins covered with “lions, oxen, <strong>and</strong> cherubims” (1 Kings 7:29) could be found within the<br />
temple, <strong>and</strong> the great bronze laver stood on twelve oxen <strong>and</strong> was decorated “with flowers of lilies”<br />
(1 Kings 7:25–26).<br />
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