DVBD1: In the Beginning, Part 2 Recap

Below is a recap of the second segment of DVBD1: In the Beginning of my “Dismantling the Virgin Birth Doctrine” Substack series.

Genesis 4: The Seed of the Woman

  • Genesis 4:1,17 & 25 make it clear that the man, who is the father (also known as the progenitor), is the sower of seed.
  • The natural order established here is that a man knows a woman, and with the help of God the woman conceives and brings forth new life.
  • Seth and Abel are both identified as being the “seed of the woman”, Eve. And it is understood that they are her sons, begotten by Adam.
  • A “ben” (Hebrew for “son”) is one who builds and causes to continue.
  • The idea behind having sons is to build a household and to cause to continue the name of the father.
  • A contrast is made between the two household-builders of Adam:
    • Cain was sent forth from the presence of God.
    • Seth hoped to call on His name.

Genesis 5: The Genealogy of Man

  • Genesis 5:1 reminds the reader that Adam was made in the likeness of God (as previously mentioned in Genesis 1:26-27). Seth is then described in verse 3 as being begotten in the image and likeness of Adam. This appears to be suggesting a Father-Son relationship between God and Adam.
  • The fact that Seth is identified as being begotten after the image and likeness of Adam, whereas Cain is not identified as such in the previous chapter may be suggesting not all sons are made in the image and likeness of their fathers.
  • The father-son relationship between God & man is a spiritual one, while the father-son relationship between man & man is of the flesh. ← This is a very important key.
  • The genealogy given in Genesis 5 is laid out in a consistent pattern. That is, until it gets to the 7th generation, that being of Enoch.
    • In Jude 1:14, the author makes particular note of Enoch being the seventh from Adam. He also goes on to quote a prophecy from Enoch.
    • However, that prophecy is not found in our Bibles. It’s found in another book that was preserved in the Ethiopian Bible, and it’s called The Book of Enoch.
    • In The Book of Enoch, there’s a prophecy called “The Prophecy of Weeks”, where significant historical Biblical events are laid out over a timeline of “weeks” (or “sevens”). I believe those “weeks” are physical generations of men.

Genesis 6: The Sons of God Know the Daughters of Men

  • Genesis 6:4 says, There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
  • According to the Book of Enoch, “the sons of God” are angels, the children of heaven. If that is the case, the act of those sons of God mating with the daughters of men, producing offspring by them, was deemed wicked in the sight of God.
  • This heinous episode is expounded upon in great detail in the Book of Enoch. Chapter 15 explains why this act was so wicked on the part of the angels. Essentially, the act was in violation of the natural order established by God.
  • Flesh begets flesh; Spirit begets spirit. ← That is the natural order established by the God of the Bible. Spirit begetting flesh is wicked.

Genesis 7: The Preservation of Mankind

Given the many references to bringing “both male and female” of everything onto the Ark, it is clear that God was not simply preserving Noah, his sons and a bunch of animals; He was preserving the seed within them — and the vessels into which they are to be sown.

The following posts address most of the above points: