PURPOSE

The purpose of this document, a follow up of three earlier and related ones [“Creation vs. Evolution – Part I” (3) and “Biblical Literalism – Part I”(1) and “Part II” (2)] is to further disarm: (a) the enemies of God who may use what is known as the “Theory of Evolution” to finally reduce the Holy Scriptures to the category of myths; and (b) the enemies of science who may use what is known as the “Theory of Creationism” to discredit objective scientific work.

We will continue to do this in broad brush strokes – not trying to explain every apparent inconsistency in the Holy Scriptures and in scientific research results.


INTRODUCTION

In our “Creation vs Evolution – Part 1” document (3) we stated:


By whom is Cain afraid of being killed? According to our literal population census there are only three individuals in the world so far: Adam, Eve and Cain. As if this situation were not enough, we must ask: Where did Cain get that wife?

Now, this real problem can only be resolved with additional Divine illumination, and, it is the Will of God that we now share with the world some of the Lights given to us about this apparently impenetrable mystery.


DETAILS – PART 1

The clues to the answer to this apparent riddle are found precisely in the Book of Genesis, to be later confirmed in the New Testament, as well as in the Anthropological findings of the 19th and 20th Centuries.


Biblical Perspective

Imagine the Word of God going forth to command Creation. From that single point (which even the Big Bang theorists admit was so small that its size could not even be mathematically established) —i.e. from “nothing”— Creation starts to “unfurl” (4) in a pre-planned and protracted manner under the guidance of the Perfect Wisdom of God.

What we now know as “Man” evolves under such guidance through a number of species transitions and transformations until the stage where God Wills to make the “Man” of that stage into His (Spiritual) Image:


...and He really did.

But if we scroll down to the second Chapter of Genesis we see another version of Creation – or is it? In this version we read:


Now, let us superimpose both Biblical versions of Creation and see what we have. Could we perhaps find out who could possibly be a threat to Cain's life as well as who Cain married?

We certainly can, thus, let us proceed.


Anthropological Perspective (5)

Let us first define three key terms:

Mitochondrial Eve:

Y-chromosomal Adam:

Single Origin Concept:



DETAILS – PART 2

Man seems to have evolved essentially as all other species as we have briefly explained above. When God deemed that “man” had reached “the right point” in its evolution, He breathed His Spirit into a select group of them. Up until now, this group of “men” had been an animal species, like other animals. Now, they became totally different creatures. They were now the Image of God, “... male and female He created them”.

Now God relocated this select group of “Adams and Eves” to a special place we know as Paradise or the Garden of Eden. The rest of “mankind,” whom God had not selected to receive His Spirit, remained outside said Garden.

Once these “Adam and Eve” broke their covenant with God by falling into satan's trap, they were thrown out from Paradise to live among those from whom they had been selected. Nonetheless, they were truly and uniquely different – they had been given the Spirit of God and had become living souls. As we read in Genesis Chapter 3:


God continued to look after His remnant, since they carried His Spirit. (Even after their fall, they bore His Image within themselves). Then, the colonization of the rest of the world commenced through migratory waves from where the general area the Garden of Eden was located.

Over time, those created in His Image proved to God, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that they simply could not understand how God wanted them to live so that they would earn their way back to a paradise-like state.

Perhaps living amongst (but not genetically mixing with) the non-selected “mankind” was hampering His people (the descendants of the exiles from Eden) from fulfilling His Will.

Perhaps the interbreeding of the sons of God with the daughters of men (6) was disrupting the Divine Plan.

Obviously it was time to purge the world of the non select ones, as well as the descendants of the mixed breed [of sons of God and daughters of men]. Noah, and what his story truly symbolizes, enters in the picture.

Regarding the Great Flood on an archeological/cultural context... (5)


No, we are not denying that the Noah we read about in the Holy Scriptures ever existed. What we are stating is that perhaps there were a “number of Noahs” all over the world where the select had migrated and lived amongst the non select. Those other Noah equivalents had the same God-given function of the Noah we know: To protect His elect while He was purging the world of the undesirables, identified above, through a Great Flood.

With the Flood, via their local Noah equivalent, God had rid the planet of those He deemed undesirables. All surviving mankind everywhere now were descendants of those into whom God had breathed the Spirit of Life originally.

Eventually, God made a covenant with Abraham. In essence, God now carved out a group from the original elect, and made Abraham's children His Chosen ones; i.e. the group which became known as God's Chosen People.

Unfortunately, the Chosen People continued to rebel against God. Therefore, he started sending them Prophet after Prophet in an effort to call his Chosen People to order. However, no matter how many Prophets God sent, the Chosen Ones remained mostly blind and deaf.

At the beginning of the End of These Times, as a last ditch effort, God sent His Word Made Flesh —Jesus Christ— to explain to His Chosen Ones “the road map to Paradise” with words and examples.

As The Word was rejected by the Religious Leaders of the original Chosen People, others, from the non chosen group, but certainly possessing the Spirit of God, (represented by the Samaritans, Roman Centurions, prostitutes, tax collectors, etc. – all of those who would accept Him (7)) were included in the now expanded ranks of the “Chosen People”.

This all-inclusive Divine Decision posed a symbolism challenge. All of those from the previously Chosen group were part of the covenant with Abraham; a group which was marked by the circumcision – something externally visible.

Regarding circumcision in a non-Abrahamic context... (5)


The new Covenant sign became Baptism with water which was and is, in essence, a public sign of repentance for one's sins; an act which, when undertaken with a sincere and contrite heart, opens the doors of the soul to the guidance of the Holy Spirit of God – a condition which is not physically visible. This Baptism —sign of the New and Universal Covenant— is so important that it was announced through the prophet Isaiah [Matthew 12:17-18] and even Jesus insisted that He be Baptized as a matter of example to all [Matthew 3:16].

This does not mean in any way that those who have not been baptized will go to eternal damnation. God has provided for such eventuality but that revelation is beyond the scope of this document.


CONCLUSION

Now, as you review our previous and directly related documents [(1), (2), (3) and (6)] , with the additional Light given in this document, all will become clearer and your Faith and trust in His Word should increase further. The more that Faith grows, the more He will reveals as we continue to drink from the Living Waters of the Word of God manifested in the Sacred Scriptures.

Obviously there is more, much more, light that would explain the many apparent discrepancies and inconsistencies in the Word of God manifested in the Sacred Scriptures. However, what we have published so far should be more than enough to encourage readers to take the Sacred Scriptures very seriously – with great trust and poise, and devoid of any fanaticism.


EPILOGUE

It is interesting to note that if we view the First Coming of Jesus Christ as the entering into a New Creation —call it a period of re-Creation of mankind— the Baptism symbol (with the Holy Spirit of God descending upon an individual) appears to be an equivalent to when the Creator “breathed into his face the breath of life”.

May those who Eyes, See and Ears, Hear!












En Español:  ¿De dónde conoció Caín a su mujer? - La Teoría de la Creación y la Teoría de la Evolución son interdependientes - Parte 2

Published on August 15th, 2006 - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary • Reviewed and Confirmed on July 15, 2009

March 13, 2023: Version consolidated with the one in the Book “The Creation Story. The Greatest History Ever Told”, miguel de Portugal, edition April 2017, reprint May 2018