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EVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The picture of God creating\u00a0Eve\u00a0from Adam\u2019s rib is taken as an article of faith even though the\u00a0physiology of it is impossible to grasp.<\/p>\n

Genesis 2:15-23<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, \u201cYou may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.\u201d 18 Then the LORD God said, \u201cIt is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.\u201d 19 So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him. 21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; 22 and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, \u201cThis at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We would not say categorically that this did not happen\u00a0 as was reported, but we are inclined to think that this is another difficult parable for us to understand. Creating a wife for Adam is seen as\u00a0a\u00a0predictable\u00a0step in the creation story because\u00a0anyone can relate to\u00a0lonliness and the need to have both sexes to procreate. That simplistic,\u00a0natural, interpretation, however, misses the greater spiritual intent.<\/p>\n

The way we see it, the story of the creation of Eve prophetically anticipates the creation of Israel and the church. To appreciate this interpretation, it is critical to recognize that spiritual Israel and the spiritual church are identical.<\/p>\n

AUTHORS\u2019 NOTE: See\u00a0Israel, Jerusalem, Jews and Christianity<\/a>\u00a0for more about the relationship of Israel and the church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just like we looked beyond the\u00a0literal creation story to get to the right spiritual interpetation of the creation of man, we must look beyond the literal story of the creation of Eve to get to the spiritual understanding: It is all about a bridegroom and his bride.<\/p>\n

Prepared for this alternative interpretation, we can then view the story of Eve differently. Now we can see the\u00a0story with its symbolic intent:<\/p>\n

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Once alerted to this concept of bridegroom and bride, we find numerous examples of it throughout scripture. For Christians, New Covenant scriptures are the first place to look:<\/p>\n