fallen man

ALL HUMANITY, NOT JUST THE MALE, WERE CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE. THE WORD ADAM BASICALLY MEANS EARTHLY. GENESIS USES IT FOR THE HUMAN RACE AND ALSO FOR THE FIRST (MALE) HUMAN BEING. SINCE IT IS JOINED TO PLURAL WORDS IN GENESIS 1:26, IT CANNOT MEAN THE FIRST HUMAN BEING ALONE. THE GENERIC USAGE IS DOUBLY CONFIRMED BY THE STATEMENTS, “LET THEM HAVE DOMINION” AND “MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.” WOMEN ARE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED BY GOD! GOD TOLD EVE IF SHE TURNED TO THE MAN FOR WHAT SHE NEEDS FROM GOD, THE MAN WOULD RULE OVER HER; “HE WILL RULE OVER YOU” WAS SPOKEN TO EVE, NOT ADAM. IT IS NOT AN IMPERATIVE, BUT FUTURE TENSE. THE FACT THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD RULE OVER HER WAS A CONSEQUENCE OF SIN THAT GOD TOLD EVE WOULD OCCUR. IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED TO ADAM, LET ALONE A COMMANDMENT GIVEN TO HIM! RATHER, GOD WARNED EVE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AS SHE TURNED TOWARD HER HUSBAND FOR WHAT SHE REALLY NEEDED FROM GOD.