In this essay I will take the position that God waited to create Eve so that the relationship between man and woman would be one of mutual value and respect, forming God’s original, perfect mold for relationships. In the beginning, He made it just how He wanted it. Adam and Eve were perfect in mind and body, formed in the image of God, and the different facets of their relationship reveal to us not only His pre-sin, ideal plan for relationships and marriage, but also His character.
My first point is that Adam needed to experience a “not good” situation so that he would learn to value Eve in the deepest sense. In the beginning, God made the exquisite garden of Eden and placed Adam, the first human, inside of it. Beauty surrounded him -- luscious fruits, blossoming vines, and rich soil; not to mention the broad spectrum of animals that he worked with and named. The Lord himself declared that His work from the creation week was “good” (Gen 1:21), and everything in the earth was existentially perfect. …show more content…
In verse 28 of chapter 1, God blesses the couple, and their future, and he gives them “dominion” over the animals, the plants, and essentially the earth. Adam and Eve both had dominion over the earth, making both important and powerful in their own right and in their own place. If God had not created Adam and Eve in His own perfect timing, but instead had made them both together and given them both specific knowledge and no distinct need, the friction between them as co-rulers would have driven them apart in spite of their clear roles. However, because God built their relationship upon value and respect, instead of individual power, they “cleaved together” instead of apart. Thus becoming “one flesh” (Gen 2:24). God set them up for success in their marriage and in their rule over the
My first point is that Adam needed to experience a “not good” situation so that he would learn to value Eve in the deepest sense. In the beginning, God made the exquisite garden of Eden and placed Adam, the first human, inside of it. Beauty surrounded him -- luscious fruits, blossoming vines, and rich soil; not to mention the broad spectrum of animals that he worked with and named. The Lord himself declared that His work from the creation week was “good” (Gen 1:21), and everything in the earth was existentially perfect. …show more content…
In verse 28 of chapter 1, God blesses the couple, and their future, and he gives them “dominion” over the animals, the plants, and essentially the earth. Adam and Eve both had dominion over the earth, making both important and powerful in their own right and in their own place. If God had not created Adam and Eve in His own perfect timing, but instead had made them both together and given them both specific knowledge and no distinct need, the friction between them as co-rulers would have driven them apart in spite of their clear roles. However, because God built their relationship upon value and respect, instead of individual power, they “cleaved together” instead of apart. Thus becoming “one flesh” (Gen 2:24). God set them up for success in their marriage and in their rule over the