I could be wrong, but you appear to be equating "descendant from Adam"
and "Israel". Forgive my naivety, but I'm not familiar with this
viewpoint. What about the descendants of Ismael then?
VDC
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On Behalf Of Dick Fischer
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 6:25 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: Exegesis or Eisegesis?
Peter Ruest wrote:
> Doesn't Scripture
> tell us He creates [bara'] individual human beings (Is. 43:7), who are
> fathered and borne by natural procreation?
The "bara" you refer to pertains to "Israel" (Isa. 43:1), descendant
from
Adam, who was created (bara) in "the image of God." Generic human
beings, outside of Israel, not descendant from Adam, are not included
in this verse. This has been the tendency for Christian apologists,
extending to all of humanity what was written for only one nation.
Dick Fischer - The Origins Solution - <http://www.orisol.com/>
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