Genesis Lecture 63 (Helping Spouse and Marriage View) Eng.
Bible passage: Genesis 2:18
[18] Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
This is the 63rd Lecture on Genesis.
Genesis 2:18 says, "Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."" Then Genesis 2:19-20 describes a scene where Adam gave names to all the living creatures. Genesis 2:21-22 describes the scene when God created the helper suitable for Adam. To help you understand the latter verses, let me briefly review the Creation works. On the 5th Day, God created fish and birds. On the 6th Day, God created all the animals which could stand with their feet on the ground of the earth. On the same day, God created the first man, Adam.
Then, when did God created Eve who was the helper suitable for Adam? It was after He led Adam into the Garden of Eden. God HIMSELF created Adam from the dust of the ground on earth. Eve was created from the rib which God took from Adam when he was in the Garden of Eden. Even though Adam became a living being, the basic element of which Adam consisted of was the ground from the earth. Therefore, the basic element of Eve, who was created from Adam's rib, was also of the ground from the earth.
Before God began the Creation works, He had all the plans beforehand. "What to create, when to create, and how to create" the order of creation and the method of creation were all included in His plan. He had blueprints for all the creatures. From the very beginning, He already had a plan to create the first man, Adam, from the dust of the ground on the 6th day of Creation. Just as tonight's scripture says, He had a plan from the beginning to create a suitable helper for Adam. This verse also reveals the reason why God wanted to create a helper suitable for Adam. It says that the reason is because "It is not good for the man to be alone." "To make human cultivation take place, Adam must have given birth to his descendants, and thus he obviously needed a female, a woman."
