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[A.] He was the federal head. [B.] Thus, he represented Eve and us in his decision.
A. That status of "head" as you have put came AFTER and not before. I pointed this out above.
"and he will rule over you.” Genesis 3:16
1) The principle of firstborn as having preeminence is prevalent throughout the Bible.
2) God gave Adam the command to not eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge for when he did he would die. That was before Eve was formed.
3) The biblical principle is to speak of the man, not the woman as the head.
[ Descendants of Adam ] This is the book of the generations of Adam.
When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters.
The family line is usually traced through the male lineage.
4) God gave Adam the task of naming the animals and his helper, showing that she had a subordinate role under him as the head. The woman was a helpmate suitable for him. Notice the order, "for him" not "for her."
Genesis 2:16 The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
5) The sin is accounted to Adam, not Eve sin he was the federal head, not her.
“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Our sins are attributed to Adam as the head or representative. He is the first Adam. Jesus is also the federal head of all those who did not fall like the first Adam.
So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Over and over the man is given the prominent role, even naming the helper woman.
B. Stop making things up. There is no biblical reference or evidence that Adam had, or was given any type of authority over Eve, before the"knowing" went on between the serpent lord and Eve in the absence of the Adam.
Your long-winded wordy argument isn't worth the time it has taken you to write it.
Sure there is. See my previous statements and Scriptural passages. Not only this, but the Son becoming flesh and blood. He would know the order. There are many passages that confirm Genesis and Adam's role.
1 Timothy 2:12-14 (NASB)
12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 13 For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
Adam was the one held responsible for the Fall just as Jesus is the one who is responsible for our restoration and reconciliation before God. There are many comparisons and contrasts between the two representatives.
Romans 5 makes this clear.
2 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. 16 The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. 17 For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. 20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through one man - Adam - death is attributed, even though Eve was the first to take of the fruit. That is because Adam was the head. Through the transgression of the one - Adam - many die. Again sin and guilt are attributed to Adam as the head, the one representing us before God, just as Jesus, as the last or second Adam is the one who represents us before God. ONE sin resulted in condemnation. That is the sin of Adam. Death reigned from the transgression of the one man - Adam.
But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.
