Just a few things: There are two stories of creation in Genesis ( maybe even three). One took place before the 7 days of creation were complete. This creation was “created”
Let us make man in OUR image. The question is who is OUR ?
The only clues given in regard this “image” and “OUR” was “male & FEMALE”.
Proverbs 8:1- Does not wisdom cry out,
And understanding lift up HER voice?
2 SHE takes her stand on the top of the high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.....v22
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.
23I have been established from everlasting,
From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
24When
there were no depths I was brought forth,
When
there were no fountains abounding with water.
25Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;
26While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
Or the primal dust of the world.
27When He prepared the heavens, I
was there,
When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28When He established the clouds above,
When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29When He assigned to the sea its limit,
So that the waters would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
30Then I was beside Him
as a master craftsman;....
So in regard to OUR in Genesis 1:26 you have MALE & FEMALE.
In proverbs 8 it tells us that wisdom was there in the beginning, also referenced as a SHE/Female.
Moving on to Genesis 2:7 (after the initial 7 days of creation) this is where Adam was FORMED (not created) out of dust & placed in the garden.
Christian often get this confused. There is nothing in the OT that points to a savior sun/son. There just isn’t.
As far as Jews go, Jew is short for JUDAH. So how the New Testament Jews came about is beyond me. There are 12 tribes and Judah is only one of the 12. What happened to the other 11 ? Hell what happened to the 12 because something tells me the Jews spoken of in the NT have nothing to do with JUDAH of the OT.
