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Why did God create Adam and Eve separately? God wanted Adam to recognize that aloneness before God, developed in him a unique spiritual connection. Elsewise the concept of union with God would have been communal instead of individual. It was only “not good” for man to be alone after learning of the likeness of his kind to fulfill God’s purpose. Adam and Eve are shown as interdependent, yet one of other, as part of God’s “very good” creation.
Adam was not lonely. He was in the presence of his Creator. He simply learned that to fulfill God’s purpose he needed a suitable companion. He was learning himself. Notice that both Adam and Eve were created on the same day. In his unfallen state it is doubtful that Adam could have experienced loneliness in the way we do. Adam was not in the least idle. He was learning his responsibility; he was naming every creature according to why God created them according to the common characteristics of their genus. Remember, Adam had an unfallen mind that was given such a capacity to assimilate maximum data with the power of scalability and performance comparable to high-speed networks. He had a mind imaged after the mind of God.
God wanted Adam and Eve to recognize their uniqueness. Eve was not brought forth from the dust of the earth. The woman is taken from a living and vital part of the man. No two of any other creatures shared this kind of intimate connection.
Eve comes forth from Adam as the church bride comes forth from Christ. Adam came forth in the figure of he who was to come. Our walk is to image the communion between God the Son and God the Father.
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