SCIENTISTS FIND "ADAM AND EVE"

Friday, August 1, 2025

Shalom, to you my Friend and Co-Minister in the Great Commission...
   It is one of the most contested elements of the Biblical account:
   So God created man in his own image... male and female, He created them.
   The Bible begins with the account of creation, crowned with the creation of a man and a woman. The man is called Ahdome or Adam meaning red, from the red earth from which he was formed, and the woman is called Chavah, or Eve, meaning Giver of Life. Of course, critics of the Bible have always attacked the account as being a myth. But recent headlines have proclaimed that scientists believe they now have evidence of Adam and Eve.
   Before getting to what the scientists have discovered, do we have other evidence for the account of Adam and Eve in Genesis? According to the Scriptures, man began in the Garden of Eden. Do we have any idea of Eden's location. The account identifies the site by four rivers. The identity of two of the four are contested, but the identity of the other two is beyond debate. They are the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in the Middle East, specifically in the region known as Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, literally means Between the Rivers. The Tigris and Euphrates flow through what is now eastern Syria, northwestern Turkey, and a large part of Iraq.
   Is this significant? It is. For Mesopotamia is cited by historians as the cradle of civilization. In other words, it just so happens that civilization began between the rivers, the same rivers where the Bible declares man or civilization began.
   But is there more? If humanity was descended from Adam and Eve, then the genetic code of every human being would have to be linked to one man and one woman. It is recent discoveries in genetic studies that have led to such headlines as Scientists are now claiming to possess evidence that Adam and Eve "really did exist." Examining the genetic evidence, scientists concluded that there existed what they call a "Mitochondrial Eve," one woman from whom all women in the world are descended. Using the same line of reasoning and research with regard to the Y chromosome, the scientists concluded that humanity also descended from one man, a "Genetic Adam."
   While their ideas of the chronology of that descent would differ from that of the Bible, the significance of their conclusions is that determining that all human beings are descended from the same man and the same woman is consistent with the biblical account. Even the scientists, in commenting on the findings invoke the Adam and Eve of Genesis.
   It was just recently that the headlines read, Scientists Discover Noah's Ark. And, now this! Do we need scientists to confirm what the Bible says? No. Our faith does not rest on such. But it is striking how much of modern-day science, genetics, archeology, geology, biology, and historical research are confirming what the Bible said thousands of years ago.
   This month take the Word of God at full strength, believe it, go with it, live it, overcome in it - And may God greatly bless you as you do!

Your brother and co-laborer

in His love and service,


Jonathan

See Message: Lord Of Eden