Expert: Thurman C. Petty, Jr. - 11/15/2004

Question
hi, i've been a catholic all my life.

and now in the past few years i've had an intrest

in searching in the bible to gain alot more

understanding. I'm stuck on an issue that i heard

on one of the t.v. ministers.

about the 8th day of creation of adam.

please explain.            
                          thank you

Answer
Dear friend,

It is easy to make statements, but sometimes it is harder to prove them from Scripture. The Bible makes no statement at all about the “8th day of creation of Adam.” Notice what the Scriptures actually say. The story is found in the 1st two chapters of Genesis. I'll quote the verses that fit into your question:

Gen 1:26  Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
Gen 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Gen 1:28  God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
Gen 1:29  Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
Gen 1:30  And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
Gen 1:31  God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day.
Gen 2:1  Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
Gen 2:2  By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Gen 2:3  And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

You'll notice that Adam was created on the 6th day of creation (Eve two) and the seventh day was a day that God chose to rest on. Genesis chapter 2 goes back and tells about details that are not included in chapter 1. It tells us how God made Adam and Eve, and interesting information about the Garden of Eden.

As you can see, there is no mention of the “8th day of the creation of Adam.”

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Thank you for your question. God bless you as you study His word.

Thurman C. Petty, Jr.
petty@hyperusa.com
If you have any other questions, feel free to send them to me at my e-mail address.