They have temporary dominion of earth. We are the pawns and the prizes, this is war. Most people don’t know this but God declared it in Genesis, notice that there are TWO seeds. Genesis 3:14-15 (NKJV) 14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You [are] cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
You’ll also notice that God wins in the end.
So, the TWO seeds, one is the Christ, who is the other? Genesis 6:1-4 (NKJV) 1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they [were] beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he [is] indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore [children] to them. Those [were] the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown.
The whole genesis narrative is very interestingly written, and I don’t have a firm interpretation on any of it, to be clear.
Genesis 1:26-28 “man” is created. Now, “man” is translated from “ 'āḏām”, interestingly, so that would be a case against this option.
Then Genesis 2, God rested on the 7th day, then God created man (also from “'āḏām”) and breathed a soul into him.
Later, when referring to “Adam” it comes from the same “'āḏām“
That would be the source of the issue I’m discussing, where it could appear that “man” was created twice, but as shown here, that could very easily be a translation issue resulting from narrative decisions.
On the other two seeds you mention, I tend to agree and think that’s a more solid case.
To clarify though, I said “might” because it could very easily just be a translation quirk I’m referring to, grown out of just not knowing enough source and/or original context.
The second mention of man being created goes into more detail as to how we were made by God, the Bible is a human story, we’re the stars of the show so of course there will be a focus on us. I see only two seeds because God only mentions two. Just my take on things.
They have temporary dominion of earth. We are the pawns and the prizes, this is war. Most people don’t know this but God declared it in Genesis, notice that there are TWO seeds. Genesis 3:14-15 (NKJV) 14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You [are] cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” You’ll also notice that God wins in the end. So, the TWO seeds, one is the Christ, who is the other? Genesis 6:1-4 (NKJV) 1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they [were] beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he [is] indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore [children] to them. Those [were] the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown.
Might even be three seeds, 6th day, and the two branches of 8th day - with the two 8th each trying to win the 6th.
Two branches is a new one to me, what are you referring to?
The whole genesis narrative is very interestingly written, and I don’t have a firm interpretation on any of it, to be clear.
Genesis 1:26-28 “man” is created. Now, “man” is translated from “ 'āḏām”, interestingly, so that would be a case against this option.
Then Genesis 2, God rested on the 7th day, then God created man (also from “'āḏām”) and breathed a soul into him.
Later, when referring to “Adam” it comes from the same “'āḏām“
That would be the source of the issue I’m discussing, where it could appear that “man” was created twice, but as shown here, that could very easily be a translation issue resulting from narrative decisions.
On the other two seeds you mention, I tend to agree and think that’s a more solid case.
To clarify though, I said “might” because it could very easily just be a translation quirk I’m referring to, grown out of just not knowing enough source and/or original context.
The second mention of man being created goes into more detail as to how we were made by God, the Bible is a human story, we’re the stars of the show so of course there will be a focus on us. I see only two seeds because God only mentions two. Just my take on things.