Cheryl Schatz

gengwall,

Ah. I understand now. So – where is the second witness that Adam himself exercised domineering “rule” over Eve?

Okay, you want to have evidence that God is not a false prophet? You do realize that if the “rule” is by definition one that is taking dominion over another person and that is “sin” and if that doesn’t actually happen then God is a false prophet, right?

Here is a second witness:

Romans 5:19 (NASB)
19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Adam is included in the “many were made sinners” as he was the origin of the original sin. As a habitual sinner he continued in disobedience and God’s prediction that one of his sins would be taking a rule over his wife. We can find Adam referenced as a sinner in the OT and the NT.

On the contrary we never find Eve listed as a sinner (with inherited sin) nor find a judgment made against her. There is no comment about any “sin” that she did after the garden nor any doctrine that sin also comes through her now that she “continued” to sin.

It is a hurdle to cross for sure if one intends to charge Eve with sin. I would love to sit back and watch it done because maybe I could learn something from it. Or maybe not.