by Dora Van Assen
3. ADAM IN HUMAN-SOULISH FORM
And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth....So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it....And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. Gen 1:26-28,31
In these words God is telling forth His plan and purpose of man. It is in His purpose that man will ultimately stand in His very image, being Lord over God's universe. Adam in this human-soulish realm was not made in the full image of God. He was only a "figure of Him who was to come" Rom. 5:14. Besides, women have never been allowed to stand equal with man in subduing the earth. Praise God, in Christ they have this glorious future of ruling the earth equally with man. Together they will subdue and replenish the earth with a higher order of mankind. ("for in Christ there is neither male nor female.") Lucifer-Adam was sexless, "for angels neither marry or are given in marriage." Luke 20:35. It seems angels always appear in male form. Thus we see God beginning his plan. "And the Lord God FORMED man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME A LIVING SOUL." Gen. 2:7.
In this formation of man God took the "Higher dust" of the original creation molding man in a lower order, both soulish and soilish. Prov. 8:26. Adam "became" a living soul. The word "became" denotes a change had taken place. For anything to "become" something else, it must have already existed in another form. Christ existed as the Word in the beginning with God; then the Word "became flesh", denoting a change in realm and substance. We see this same change taking place in Adam; from a high angelic (celestial) form and realm, lowered into a Human-Dust form and realm. 1 Cor. 15:45. A "living" soul seems to indicate that Adam's soul was dead and dormant to spiritual things. His fall from a high position in the government of God caused him to lose his knowledge of God. An inkling of this fall from truth is recorded in the following scriputures.
"Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath shewed it unto them...when they knew God they glorified him not as God....their foolish heart was darkened...who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator...God gave them over to a reprobate mind (without understanding)". Rom 1:19,32.
This is an accusation to those who once knew God - not to heathen or those who never even heard the name of Jesus! Lucifer-Adam surely at one time knew God, whose mind was darkened, but now being made a "living" soul, God is awakening his mind, or subconscious to become aware of Godly things, so that God can have fellowship with him - though it was in a dim soulish way.
In this formation man comes forth alone, both male and female in one body. He is placed in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard it. He has matured enough to name all the animals as they passed before him. Then we read: "But for Adam there was not found an help meet, (fit or of his own substance and realm) for him." Gen 2:20. Adam was actually alone, except for his fellowship with God. They walked together in the "cool of the day". Gen. 3:8. It is better rendered in the New English Bible as, "At the time of the evening breeze", or just at the beginning of dusk. Though sin had not as yet entered the Garden, Adam was actually living in the "twilight zone", in the evening part of the day, before the night settled in. It's really speaking prophetically of the long dark night through which all mankind would yet travel to reach the light of the glorious New Day.
It isn't long before we read that what God had declared "very good" has somehow become "not good". "And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." Therefore, God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam while he removed a rib (cell or female side) out of which he made or builded a woman. Gen 2:18, 21-22.
It seems as though Adam-man is still asleep while God is building this greater woman who "compasses" a man - that glorious sign-woman of Revelation 1. She is travailing to bring forth the manchild, the sons who shall rule the universe with a shepherds staff. This is the NEW THING that God is doing in this day. Jer. 31:22
Something had already happened to make it not good for Adam to be alone, before Eve was taken from his side. God took her out of Adam in order to be his HELPER (orginal Hebrew). It means "counter-part", flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone. Counterparts stand equal, complementing each other, face to face. The building of Eve required both time and care. She was not a hasty production out of the soil but was the result of God's labor and skill. She was brought to her husband by the hand of God a masterpiece of his natural creation.
Eve was not made from a literal rib (which man would have never missed) but from something he once had, his female part. The fact that he was dual, both male and female, is still evident in his body to this day. For Adam there is simply the closing (seam) of the vacancy made by her removal from him. This "seam" is evident by his reproductive organs. Eve is molded and refashioned, and built up into man's counter-part, she brings back more to her husband than was taken from him. And God himself leads her by the hand to "be with" Adam as his HELPER. He never gave her "to him" to be ruled over as his property. Gen. 3:12.
This woman has never been allowed to fill her place in subduing the earth. She has always been held down to hold a subservient place. Only as she stands equal with man, in Christ, the prophetic words of God will be fulfilled. "So God created man in his own image...And God blessed them and said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth and SUBDUE IT....Male and female created he them...and called THEIR name Adam, in the DAY when they were created." Gen 1:27-28 5:2. They were not only to be MADE AND FORMED out of the dust of the ground, but also to be CREATED in God's own image and likeness, in order to replenish the earth with spiritual beings, as God is Spirit.
Adam and Eve in this human-soulish form were not clothed in garments of light, as we have been taught. Those shining garments of flashing jewels and encircling light of the Spirit were lost in his previous creation as Lucifer-Adam. Lucifer means light, or phosphorus, the Morning Star. In this second formation we are plainly told that before they disobeyed God's command by eating of the forbidden fruit, THEY WERE BOTH NAKED, "And were not ashamed." Gen. 2:25 In their innocence they were not ashamed of their nakedness. These radiant garments of inner and outer light can only be re-gained in Christ. "Christ in you", and you being found in Him. Col. 1:27, Phil. 3:8-9.
One of the steps in this restoration and regeneration is through the resurrection. "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world (age) and the resurrection from among the dead ones (a prior resurrection now) neither marry nor are given in marriage; neither can they die any more; for they are equal unto the angels....being the sons of the resurrection." Luke 20:35.
The fall of Lucifer-Adam caused the angels to lose their beautiful bodies which were transformable from the visible to the invisible. They were made "spirits" (wind) to be able to minister to the heirs of salvation. Heb. 1:7,14. That is why they are so interested in our salvation into complete sonship. When we attain our transformation into His image, receiving a responsible position in the government of God, they too will again receive their glorious bodies. Angels are now in a restricted state, as they can only appear in angelic form by the permission of God. These ministering spirits can be both good and bad, for we read of the "spirits of just men made perfect. Heb. 12:23. We deduce from this that negatively there could also be spirits of unjust men who remain in chains of darkness until the judgment.. 2 Pet. 2:4, Jude 6. Angel means "messenger", which can be both human or angelic. Rev. 19:10, 22:3-9.
The reformation of man in Human-Soulish Form was actually one step higher than he was found to be in his degenerated and darkened form in the the past eon, but we find that he fell again into sin and death through temptation and disobedience to God's command.
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