Genesis 5:2. Created, Blessed and Called

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Genesis 5:2 “Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.”


    I find this fascinating. So is Adam a he, or a they? Is Adam one, or two, or two in one? The answer is “all of the above!” God’s name for the first man and the first couple was Adam.  Why not? Adam+Adam = Ad a madam! :)  So Adam the first name was also the last, or family name: the Adam family, of which the modern version has received an “s” tacked on the end, perhaps to remind us that there’s more than one person in the family!

    This verse highlights another aspect of man’s likeness to his Creator who is Father, Son and Spirit. Just as man’s oneness with his soulmate extends beyond the physical unity of bone and flesh to a social and spiritual unity in name and character, so the three personages of the godhead are indivisible in nature, name and character.  

    This verse also verifies that both Adam and Eve were created, blessed and named on the same day, the sixth day of creation. The name Adam first appears in the creation narrative without explanation of its origen when God brings the animals “unto Adam to see what he would call them” (Gen 2:19). Now we get clarification: while Adam named the animals, he didn’t get to name himself. God not only formed the man from the dust of the ground, and the woman from the rib-bone, He gave them the same calling! 

    You also have been created, blessed and called by name. God’s calling is more than a way to identify you. It is both a claim on your life and a promise to make you one with Himself. You are His, He has blessed you, and He has plans for you.   

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The Word of God is bread from heaven. God sent it, but we must gather it, appreciate it, digest it, and live by it. These days it is increasingly scarce. Many are starving for it and don't know it because they keep feasting on bad bread that doesn't satisfy. But if we would learn to carefully gather up the fragments of the True, Heavenly Bread of Life, we would always enjoy a feast of crumbs, because even God's crumbs are miracles mighty to save (Mark 7:24-30). ESPAÑOL: La Palabra de Dios es pan del cielo. Dios lo envió, pero debemos recogerlo, apreciarlo, digerirlo y vivir por él. Hoy en día es cada vez más escaso. Muchos están muriendo de hambre por falta de él sin saberlo porque se alimentan de pan falso que no satisface. Pero si aprendiéramos a recoger cuidadosamente los fragmentos del Verdadero Pan Celestial, Pan de Vida, siempre disfrutaríamos de un banquete de migajas, porque hasta las migajas de Dios son milagros poderosos para salvar (Marcos 7:24-30).