THE UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE

By Gary Ray Branscome

The words, “The LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground,” describe the earth as it was just prior to God’s creation of Adam (Genesis 2:5). And, those words tell us that there were no people on the earth before Adam and Eve. The words, “Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living,” tell us that there were no people prior to God’s creation of Eve, and that she is the mother of every human who has ever lived, or will live (Genesis 3:20). And, the words, “God who made the world and everything in it… has made of one blood all nations of men to live on all the face of the earth,” tell us that all the “nations of men” are descendents of Adam and Eve (Acts 17:24,26). In other words, there were no people before Adam and Eve, and there never were people that were not fully human (half animal, or half angel). [Regarding angels, compare Heb. 1:13-14, Luke 24:39, Matt. 22:30.]

The words, “It is not good that the man should be alone,” tell us that Adam was alone before God’s created Eve (Genesis 2:18). The words, “Adam was first formed, then Eve,” tell us that Adam was the first human formed (1Timothy 2:13). And, the words, “The LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and He took one of his ribs, and closed up its place with flesh; And of the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, He made a woman, and brought her unto the man,” tell us that God took living tissue from Adam, and that the life of Eve was derived from Adam, just as the life of a child is derived from its parents (Genesis 2:21-22)