The jarring “It is not good for the man to be alone” was not an
“oops” moment in the creation story. Adam’s aloneness was underscored as
he named the animals. There was no creature that corresponded to him,
who glorified and enjoyed God with him, who communicated with him. Then,
God gave him a helper who was equal but different, and their perfect
complementarity reflected the glory of the ontological (pertaining to
being or essence) equality and functional diversity of the three-in-one
God. It was very good.
God gave man and woman the cultural mandate to be fruitful, multiply,
and take dominion by extending the beauty and wonder of Eden into all
the world. They were created for something bigger than themselves, but
they believed Satan’s lies and lost it all. Then God gave the gospel
promise that the woman’s offspring would crush the enemy, and Adam
responded by naming his wife Eve, which means life-giver, pointing to
the One who would give His life for and to His people. Continue at Susan Hunt
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