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How are those even related? If there is no resurrection, there is no Faith. No salvation. And Christianity is a lie.Why would a christian believe the miracle of Jesus' resurrection....and at the same time deny Eve was formed by Jesus using Adams rib?
How are those even related? If there is no resurrection, there is no Faith. No salvation. And Christianity is a lie.
If Eve being formed from Adam's rib was metaphor (no my belief) or wasn't literally true, it presents no problems to the Faith, the NT message, and the promise of salvation.
How are those even related? If there is no resurrection, there is no Faith. No salvation. And Christianity is a lie.
If Eve being formed from Adam's rib was metaphor (no my belief) or wasn't literally true, it presents no problems to the Faith, the NT message, and the promise of salvation.
I wonder if some are that way with eschatology.The truth of the Gospel rests on the resurrection, not Adam's rib. I Corinthians 15: …13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
Does anyone here suppose that the truth of our Faith rests on Adam's rib or that the veracity of the Adam's rib story is equal to that of the resurrection of Christ?
If there is no resurrection, then the Spirit could not come forth. But therein we find the metaphor of Adam's rib. But do not focus upon the rib; focus on the process. As the story goes, a DEEP SLEEP came upon Adam.
Genesis 2:21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Isaiah 29:9-10
Stay yourselves, and wonder;
cry ye out, and cry:
they are drunken, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with strong drink.
For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
and hath closed your eyes:
the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Acts 2:12-17
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
In a deep sleep: the story of Eve being formed from Adam's rib.
In a deep sleep: the story of the Resurrection being formed in the image of Christ.
The truth of the Gospel rests on the resurrection, not Adam's rib. I Corinthians 15: …13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
Does anyone here suppose that the truth of our Faith rests on Adam's rib or that the veracity of the Adam's rib story is equal to that of the resurrection of Christ?
And I did not say the Demons cannot influence a True Believer, intentionally ignore/quence the Spirit, they can do that but they cannot be indwelt of any demon.