by Jim Fletcher

Is there any good reason to believe that Adam and Eve were not real people?

I ask because the erosion of belief in these two humans that the Bible records are the parents of all of us living today has far-reaching implications.

A brand-new, dynamic DVD, “America’s Founding Era” — from Creation Truth Foundation (www.creationtruth.com) — is loaded with great interviews from leading Christian scholars.

In one of the interviews, David Barton answers a question I’ve asked for many years: why do students find history boring? Barton answers that young people today find history boring because educators have sanitized the work of the Divine in history…out of history.

Wow! What insight from Barton, whose Wall Builders organization does much to overcome this teaching deficiency in politically correct America, 2009.

But do you see? By misreading history, we not only don’t understand the significance of it, but we also miss the all-important “where we’re going.”

As to my original question, I know there are plenty of reasons given why Adam and Eve were not real people. What I’m asking, though, is if any of these reasons are good/valid/compelling.

I would say that they are not. We must understand that if the National Geographic, History Channel, (sadly) your local pastor, or the Cookie Monster allege that Adam and Eve are myth…that doesn’t make it so.

George Wald, an evolutionary biologist, once said that he believed in evolution because he couldn’t believe in special creation. I once listened to a lecture by the famed Donald Johanson (of “Lucy” fame). He indicated to the friendly audience that carbon-14 dating, after a certain date, is not reliable. Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, believed that aliens seeded our planet millions of years ago with life-pods that eventually evolved.

The point I’m trying to make is that we all believe certain things. Why we believe them is critical. Most of us believe something because someone told us it is thus. We don’t really check things out.

Archaeology alone confirms that the Bible is true. A recent treasure-trove of cuneiform tablets from Iraq details ordinary life experienced by Jewish exiles in Babylon. Evidence of David, Pilate, and other biblical figures have been unearthed in Israel.

Tragically, millions of young people in America don’t know this, which is why they are trying to find meaning anywhere, including immoral movies from Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan (one of which I just heard reviewed on Focus on the Family).

If they believed that biblical history is true history, they would not only know where they came from — the Creator — but they would also know where they’re going.

God told Adam and Eve that He had already provided a way for reconciliation. He also revealed certain future things to them; Bible prophecy originates in Genesis. He told them that personal evil exists and would stalk their offspring and descendants. He also told them a Redeemer was coming.

I believe these things. Because of that, history for me is alive, relevant, and tremendously exciting. I believe that the Divine works through history, and I don’t mean the divine espoused by such celebrities as Deepak Chopra.

If we do not know who the first humans were — and I’d guess the overwhelming number of people do not — we don’t know ourselves. At all.

As I’ve said before, Ken Ham made a profound statement some years ago. He said that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is predicated on the truth that Adam and Eve were real people. If they were not, why do we need Jesus? Why did He come? What was the cross all about?

The majority of scientists today, along with the students they teach and the wider culture they impact, have no idea who the first humans were. Great minds like Louis Leakey spend their entire lives scratching around for bone fragments in Africa and elsewhere, constructing an alternate history of the world. I find that profoundly sad.

Predictive prophecy, in my opinion, is the most compelling reason to believe the Bible is true. Throughout Scripture, God tells people what will happen in the future. Prophecy matters because history matters because people matter.

To God.

jim@prophecymatters.com