Adam and Eve

Today I wish to share with you a truth about Adam and Eve. Or rather the original Hebrew version. Who are they?  Why are they so important?  Why is the story shrouded in mystery?  

Let's first examine Adam. If we look at the hebrew letters, Adam is  אדם. Let's examine these three letters to see the meaning. The first letter is Aleph א, which firstly is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is fitting here because it is used to represent the first man. Fatherhood is also symbolized. The formation of the letter contains two Yods. Recall that the Yod י is a symbol for God and the source of everything and is contained in everything. 

Next we will examine Eve. The first element is that Eve doesn't exist in the original Hebrew. Or rather not by that name.  

The original Hebrew text and Jewish tradition both tell us that the proper name is Havah, spelled in Hebrew as HVH הרה.  Havah basically means "mother of all living."  This is an accurate description.

But what many scholars miss is the full significance of the story. In this I want to point out that in the old Hebrew, HVH and YHVH are spelled so similarly. And this is not an accident or coincidence. This is deliberate. 

In this article I am going to outright say an eternal truth. I have been discussing and showing by the ancient scriptures themselves that God exists in plural. That God is one in purpose and truth, but that there are multiple Gods. Adam was one of them. And Havah was his wife. Now these names are really more titles, as they went by and today go by different names. As mortals, they were Adam and Havah. They were members of the council that created this Earth (Elohim), immortal Gods, who choose to risk their immortality in order that their children could receive the experiences necessary for them to likewise become Gods. The fall or Adam, often referred to as his transgression or the original sin, was nothing more than his choosing to become a mortal man so that he could produce mortal offspring. This was not a sin, it was an act made out of pure devoted love. And Havah choose to do likewise. 

Now I know this raises a lot of questions regarding the creation story. I plan to discuss that at some point, but for now I will summarize by simply stating that the creation story as contained in Genesis is a parable. It represents a general outline of the creation process. But it does not produce an accurate depiction of specific events. It is not intended to. 

Now my point in trying to teach this concept is to bring to our minds a realization that man, mortal men, can in fact become like God. And that an important part of that is the unity between man and woman. If we as mortals cannot become united in a real, true, pure love then we will never be able to become like our Heavenly Parents.