God's initial intentions with man...
Apparently, God only created man to work His garden.
When man couldn't handle all the work on his own God looked for a suitable helper amongst the animals; none was found.
Only then, God created a woman to help the man work His garden.
The question of God's initial intentions with man...
Was it to multiply? Was it to lead the animals? Was it to work the soil?
There is something that can answer both your questions...Jan Ardena and Enmos.
It's hidden in scriptures all through the Bible, but is not meant for all to see.
God had something to work in the garden. It was the serpent.
The closest animal to Adam was not a snake.
It was a beast. An animal like man that God created before Adam.
Adam wasn't created just to be another animal, or a host for an angelic spirit.
He was created to be a son of God, an attribute of God's own Spirit housed in flesh to reign over this world.
Above the angels in authority.
Eve was made to be a help to this cause.
She being only a part of God, could fall. God can't fall, that's not in His character.
When Eve fell she was seduced by the devil in this beast.
Cain was that offspring.
-He tilled the soil like his father the serpent.
-Railed against God in anger like the devil.
-Murdered his brother Abel.
Cain was of his father the wicked one. Adam was not "the wicked one"
Look at Abel, the first true son of Adam and Eve.
He was a shepherd. He led the animals, as his father Adam was to do.
Abel naturaly received revelation from God, and obeyed the instructions.
Cain was like his father the serpent. He naturally tilled the soil. God spoke to him also, but he did not obey. They had two different fathers.
Adam only had to work the ground by the sweat of his brow, after the fall when the serpent was turned over to the curse.
This had a compound natural/spiritual meaning also.
This all happened so God could mold character through adversity in His sons and daughters.
Before they receive authority to reign.
All things happen for the good of them that love the Lord.
Remember, God was making Adam into His image.
This required the fall, to mold the character into His "attributes" from a mortal experience that could come no other way.
The fiery trials more precious than gold...
This is the process that God has used to make sons into His image.
God Himself came to finish the work in us.
Jesus is called the "beginning of the creation of God", the "firstborn of many brethren"
The creation of Adam wasn't just about the creation of mortal man.
It was about the creation of God.
