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Genesis 1:31

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31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Luke 3:38

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38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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Nine Questions #8

  
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8. QUESTION 8.

It is said in 1 Corinthians 15:45, 'The first man Adam became a living soul...', and the genealogy in Luke 3, placing Adam first after God, reads, 'who was the son of God'. Is this not contradicted by saying that Adam was a church?

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In the genealogy of Luke 3 it is not said that Adam was 'the son of God', but that Adam was 'of God', that is, created by God.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.