Where did Eve come from? And why?

Those were the questions raised last time.

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Genesis 2:15-25

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This "operation" which Jesus performed was to show the angels where Eve had been all the time – inside the newly created Adam. She was originally a part of him, but now that part was separated and stood in its own physical body. Although she had come from within Adam she was not a mirror image of him. She was physically different, reaching only to his shoulder and made with a different form, but obviously in his likeness. What was not immediately apparent was the fact that she was quite different emotionally, and that Adam was no longer complete.

Adam’s statement regarding her position showed that she was to remain one with him through marriage to reinstate that completeness, as were her children with their partners when they reached maturity. All this was in the Son of God’s plan.

Naturally, the watching angels, both loyal and rebellious, queried what this all meant to them. Later, the wise man of the earth was to piece it all together and his words sum it up for us. Below, he speaks of the Son of God.

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Proverbs 8:22-32

Now therefore hearken to Me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep My ways.

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The apostle John understood what this meant and he wrote for us:-

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John 1:1-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made…

Hebrews 1:3

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Just as Eve came forth from Adam and became a new person, so the ONLY begotten Son of God came forth into a separate existence, yet was still one with the Father. He stood, not as a created being, but as One who possessed all the attributes of God, One who had life in Himself. That’s why He also is called "God" and can be worshipped.

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Hebrews 1:5-12

For to which of the angels said He at any time, "You are My Son, this day have I begotten You?"

And again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son?"

And again, when He brings in the firstbegotten into the world, He says, "And let all the angels of God worship Him."

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Jesus said, "For as the Father has life in Himself; so has He given to the Son to have life in Himself." John 5:26.

He also declared, "I am the resurrection, and the life." John 11:25, which tells us that in Him is life, original, unborrowed, underived, and that His divinity is the believer's assurance of eternal life.

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1 John 5:11-13

And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life. These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

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Now let’s look at that nakedness! It is so misunderstood!

By the wedding garment in the parable of Matthew 22:12 is represented the pure, spotless character which Christ's true followers will possess in the resurrection. To the church it is given "that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white," "not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." Revelation 19:8; Ephesians 5:27. The fine linen, says the Scripture, "is the righteousness of saints." Revelation 19:8. It is the righteousness of Christ, His own unblemished character, that through faith is imparted to all who receive Him as their personal Saviour.

In the same manner, the white robe of innocence was worn by our first parents when they were placed by God in holy Eden. They lived in perfect conformity to the will of God. All the strength of their affections was given to their heavenly Father. A beautiful soft light, the light of God, enshrouded the holy pair. This robe of light was a symbol of their spiritual garments of heavenly innocence. Had they remained true to God it would ever have continued to enshroud them.

But when sin entered, they severed their connection with God, and the light that had encircled them departed. Physically naked and ashamed, they tried to supply the place of the heavenly garments by sewing together fig leaves for a covering, showing that they knew they should not be unclothed. Genesis 3:7.

The place of Eve.

God Himself gave Adam a companion. He provided "a help meet for him" - a helper corresponding to him - one who was fitted to be his companion, and who could be one with him in love and sympathy.

Eve was created from a rib taken from the side of Adam, signifying that she was not to control him as the head, nor to be trampled under his feet as an inferior, but to stand by his side as an equal, to be loved and protected by him. A part of man, bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh, SHE WAS HIS SECOND SELF, showing the close union and the affectionate attachment that should exist in this relation. "For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it." Ephesians 5:29.

It was His understanding of this fact that made Jesus so beloved of women while on earth. They saw that He treated them as equals and not as the chattels that Satan had reduced them to in most men’s eyes. However, careful search of the Old Testament will soon reveal the fact that foreign women did not hesitate to join themselves in marriage to the Israelites, because they knew that they would not have to give up their independence in doing so. That women were second class citizens and should be "kept in their place", is a myth set up by Satan because of his fear of women (they were an new and unknown element in the universe at the creation and he knew this meant no good to him). Since that time he has hated and feared all women, and yet often used them in his attempts to lead God’s people astray.

In line with God’s purpose, when Hannah (the prophet Samuel’s mother) received her son as a special gift she purposed in her heart to return him to the Lord as a picture of God giving us His only Son. 1 Samuel 2:10-11. She did not ask her husband’s permission before she made the vow, but it should come as no surprise to us that he agreed with her. Verses 21-23.

Then, at the end of the sixth day the creation was complete.

"The heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Eden bloomed on earth. Adam and Eve had free access to the tree of life. No taint of sin or shadow of death marred the fair creation. "The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy." Job 38:7.

However, our first parents, though created innocent and holy, were not placed beyond the possibility of wrongdoing. God made them free moral agents, capable of appreciating the wisdom and benevolence of His character and the justice of His requirements, and with full liberty to yield or to withhold obedience. They were to enjoy communion with God and with holy angels; but before they could be rendered eternally secure, their loyalty must be tested.

And in that test the position of Eve was paramount.

See you next week,

Ron