Again the point of Genesis was that all of creation was from God. At the time of Jesus the little history that people knew was that Kingdoms were conquered by other kingdoms and the current rulers were not the founders. For example Israel , the Kingdom of David , was conquered and now ruled by Rome. So what about creation. Who made it? Did the God of Israel find it? Take it over from someone other. No. The answer that Jesus gave and taught over and over through his ministry was that there was but one God and that he was the Creator of all, which is the heart of the Genesis message. Jesus reaffirmed the message of Genesis. As far as is known He never sat down in a seminar and deconstructed his parables, symbols nor did he dissect the Scriptures as one does today other than to disparage and humiliate those who sought to justify themselves with the common “It is written...”
Wow. Look at the number of times Jesus said "it is written". It was meant to be read.
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth
God will further approve those that study, not humiliate them.
It is surprising to me how Catholics fight against the Word.
And He told us exactly how He did it. Why some people struggle to explain away His account is beyond me.
" At the time of Jesus the little history that people knew was that Kingdoms were conquered by other kingdoms and the current rulers were not the founders. For example Israel , the Kingdom of David , was conquered and now ruled by Rome. So what about creation. Who made it? Did the God of Israel find it? Take it over from someone other. No."
The prophets of the Old Testament and the Jewish clergy of both the OT and NT eras believed Genesis was a factual account.
" The answer that Jesus gave and taught over and over through his ministry was that there was but one God and that he was the Creator of all, which is the heart of the Genesis message."
Uh-huh. The heart of the message is another way of saying the kernel of truth extracted from what you see as metaphor.
" Jesus reaffirmed the message of Genesis. As far as is known He never sat down in a seminar and deconstructed his parables, symbols nor did he dissect the Scriptures as one does today other than to disparage and humiliate those who sought to justify themselves with the common “It is written...”
Jesus twice stated that God made the first man and the first woman at the beginning of creation.
Do you think He was being deceptive? Do you think He was mistaken? You refuse to answer those questions.
Both in Romans and in 1 Corinthians, Paul referred to Adam as a once-living human being, and as the first man, through whom sin entered the world.
What about Paul? We know he was inspired by the Holy Spirit, so how could he have written anything false, misleading, or wrong?