The Creation of Man - Part One

The creation of man according to Genesis presented in three parts

*THE CREATION OF MAN - Section 1 (Genesis 2:4-25)
Genesis chapter 2, further explains the creation of man on the sixth day. Some have supposed that this is a second Creation account and is evidence that the Creation story is but a myth that was passed down from one generation to another and at some point Chapter 2 was added to the myth.
 For evidence of their point they note that in Genesis 1, the name used for God is "Elohim", and in Chapter 2, the name of God is Lord God, or "Jehovah Elohim." They say this means there were two writers, one who used the name for God, "Elohim", and a later writer who used the name of God as "Jehovah Elohim." They further state that the idea of one God grew from an earlier tradition of man believing in many Gods. Thus, the earlier account of Genesis 1, notes God as plural, but later in the time of the Hebrews man's concept of God had evolved into the belief in one God. However, there is no basis for such a unbiblical interpretation of these Scriptures.
 "Elohim" is plural name of God and is found only in Hebrew. No other Semitic language has this word. It is a plural word and is always modified by a singular adjectives and pronouns and used with singular verbs. This notes the unity of God in the singular, yet allows for the plurality of persons in the Trinity. The word denotes God as the "strong one", and is a reference to His power. This is exactly what God is doing in Chapter 1, showing His power by speaking the Universe and all in it into existence.
 In Chapter 2, the Bible is dealing with man, and his relation to God. It is logical to have the name of God reflect this in using the name "Jehovah Elohim", meaning "Jehovah (Lord) Elohim (God)." God is the Lord, and Creator of man. Thus a better explanation for the use of two different names for God used in the first two Chapters is that the writer of Genesis, who Jesus said was Moses, was noting the work of God in Chapter 1, and God's relation as man's Creator in Chapter 2. This view does not contradict Scripture and is grammatically and within the bonds of the normal use of the Hebrew language. This is a more valid view than supposing two writers with two conflicting accounts.
 Those who hold to the view that Genesis 1 and 2, are two separate accounts written by two writers at different times do not believe the inspiration of Scripture. They are evolutionist who deny the Creation account of Genesis as myth contrived in the superstitions of primitive man.

THE CREATION OF MAN - Section 2 THE EARTH JUST PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF MAN. (Gensis 2:4-6)
The phrase in the KJV Bible reads,"These are the generations of the heavens and earth." Genesis Two is a summary of the events of creation in Chapter One. It is not another or new creation. The phrase explains this showing this is a summary the events of Chapter 1, and then proceeds to the Creation of man (Adam) and the condition of the earth just prior to his creation by God.
 There were not yet on earth any cultivated plants of the field or herbs (shrub) growing because man was not yet on earth to cultivate them. 
It did not rain on earth at this time and God watered the earth with the mist or dew that came up from the earth. Thus the original earth was created much different than what it is today. The earth today is watered by rain and there are great weather patterns on earth which make some areas arid and others areas wet. On the second day of Creation God created a great water canopy in the heavens above the earth. This created a green house effect over all the earth. The canopy kept climatic conditions stable which would account for the lack of rain fall which unstable weather condition would cause. Later as recorded in Genesis 6, God opened the fountains of heaven (the canopy) and rain fell on the earth for the first time in the Great Flood.


THE CREATION OF MAN - Section 3 MAN BECOMES A LIVING SOUL. (Genesis 2:7)

God's last acts of Creation was that God formed man and woman. First God created man's body. Everything was in place but it was lifeless. Next God, started man's heart, and lungs to function and man came alive. God was the source of life, although the material man was made of was lifeless matter of the earth it only became a "living being" when God put life into it. God breathed in man's nostrils the breath of life. The word breath is used in various ways in Scripture, Generally it means "spirit" which this seems to be what is meant here. God gave man the "spirit of life." 
The word "soul" can be translated as "being." It is not referencing man's spiritual nature, but of his being alive. The word is used also in reference to animals, yet we know animals do not have a living spiritual soul as does man. Animals were not being created in God's image, having intelligence, will and emotion. Animals were created for the benefit of man as was all of Creation. (Genesis 1:28) Animals live by instinct rather than by their intelligence directed by their will. God programmed animals to function instinctively as they do. There is no Scripture that suggests animals will go to heaven. They will be apart of the Millennium, but are not mentioned in the New Heavens and Earth.
 Theistic evolution that accepts the hypothesis of the evolution of man directed by God can not find support for their false ideas in the Genesis account of the Creation of man. The Biblical narrative states man was made personally by God from the dust of he earth. It does not say man came from an evolution of the family of primates (monkeys, apes, chimpanzees and etc). It states man was first created and then energized or made a living being. Man did not come from living matter but from inert material which was formed by special Creation of God and then given life.