.
Was it just ADAM and not us that was created in the image and likeness
of God
In reality, there is no such thing as us and Adam-- there's only Adam.
†. Jas 3
:6-10
. . No one can tame the tongue
; it is a restless evil and full of
deadly poison
. With it we bless our Lord and Father
; and with it we curse
men
, who were made in the likeness of God
.
The reason that "were made" is in the grammatical past tense is because
God hasn
't created anything new for the current cosmos since the sixth day
of creation
. When he rested from all His works on the seventh day
; God
stayed rested
. I know that
's true because the seventh day isn
't bounded by
an evening and a morning
; viz
: the seventh day is still running
.
In other words
; Adam isn
't just the progenitor of the human race
, nor the
head of the human race
; he is the human race
; viz
: his progeny-- which in
reality are just more of himself --were all created on the very same day as
himself
; which is precisely why everybody is blamed for tasting the forbidden
fruit
. In other words
; if Seth had tasted the forbidden fruit
, it wouldn
't have
effected his son Enosh because Seth, though a dad, isn
't a race
; he's a
member of a race
.
†. Ezk 18
:20
. .The son will not share the guilt of the father
, nor will the
father share the guilt of the son
.
Note: the upside is
; no one need fear going to hell for tasting the forbidden
fruit
. The only punishment mandated for that is death (Gen 2
:16-17
, Gen 3
:19
,
Rom 5
:12)
. So then
, one
's demise settles their account with God in regards
to the forbidden fruit
. However
, there is still the matter of settling the
account for their own personal sins
; and since death remains the
consequence for sin (Rom 6
:23) then a second death has to be endured in a
special reservoir of liquefied flame depicted at Rev 20
:10-15
; and since there
is but one resurrection allotted per person (Dan 12
:2
, John 5
:29) then
nobody is coming back from that reservoir because they will have used up
their one resurrection to stand trial at the Great White Throne
.
Buen Camino
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