Adam and Eve - Were They Real People?

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A lot of sincere churchgoers have been told that Adam and Eve are not real. That the story of Adam and Eve is an allegory? What do you think? The fact is, that a person would have to reject a lot of scriptures confirming their existence, if they did not believe that Adam and Eve were real people and not just a myth. Acts 17:26 says: “God made out of one man every nation of men.” Romans 5:12, 14 says: “Through one man, (Adam) sin entered into the world and death through sin and thus…death ruled as king from Adam down to Moses.” 1 Corinthians 15:45 says: “The first man Adam became a living soul.” 1 Timothy 2:13 says: “Adam was formed first, then Eve.” Jude 14 says: “The seventh one in line from Adam, Enoch, prophesied also regarding the wicked.” And the most important, Jesus Christ who is the most credible witness in the Bible, acknowledged the existence of Adam and Eve, when he said at Mark 10:6-9: “From the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. On this account a man will leave his father and mother and the two will be one flesh.” Jesus would not have used an allegory to establish a binding legal precedent. He quoted the Genesis account as fact. The historicity of Adam confirms that Jesus gave his perfect human life as a ransom, to redeem or buy back something that Adam had lost or forfeited. That is why the Bible describes Jesus as “a corresponding ransom.” (1 Timothy 2:6) To what did he correspond? The Bible answers that question at 1 Corinthians 15:22 “Just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.” The perfect life that Jesus sacrificed to redeem obedient mankind corresponds EXACTLY to the perfect life that Adam lost as a result of the original sin in Eden. Clearly, if Adam did not exist, Christ’s ransom would not have been necessary. So, Adam and Eve did exist. Don’t let someone tell you any different.