The Question of Eve

When God created man (Adam) [and all the other animals for that matter] He created as a potter creates ... molding, squeezing, fashioning this image of Himself from the dust of the earth. The Hebrew uses all the imagery of a potter working with clay.

But God’s creation portrays something very different in the Hebrew when it comes to Eve. The concept here is that of building, constructing, rebuilding. It’s interesting to bounce these observations around. God didn’t choose the flesh of Adam to build Eve ... God chose Adam’s rib ... his bone. Again the question, why?

I’ve no answers, only supposition. What significance is there to bone? And why a rib bone? My mind takes me along many paths when I ask this question, but one readily comes to mind. Jesus is the chief cornerstone of the God’s church ... a sure foundation. Bones make up the foundation, the structure, the framework of the body. Eve was built from the foundation already made when God made Adam.

As for the rib, not only does it guard the heart, it also protects the lungs of man, that chamber housing the very breath of God, making him a living being. Therefore, Eve was built to also hold the breath of God.

All this is just my mind wandering through all the countless possibilities. And here’s yet another thought.

Scripture tells us that the life is in the blood. Bones are a vital part of that process within man ... they hold and protect the marrow ... the blood manufacturing department of man ... the creator and sustainer of life, so to speak. I find it interesting that Eve, when she finally receives her name, is named “Life-Giver.”

I have no answers, merely observations that generate more questions, but I know God does nothing randomly. He always works from a perfect design ... a design conceived and put in operation to direct our eyes to Him. And so, we keep looking for those messages, digger deeper and deeper into His Word, seeking to discover the fullness of Truth.