How did it happen that about 5000 to 6000 years ago God created the first man Adam and Eve but 10000 to 70000 years ago humans already existed the Cro-Magnon man?

Answer 1

There is a distinct confusion in the question between personal beliefs or philosophies and actual facts of science. In any case, if the evolutionary time-scale is correct then there was no creation in around 4000 BC and of course if creation is correct then there was no such thing as cro-magnon man at least in terms of the time-scale. What needs to be understood is that all ancient finds are interpreted according to a particular philosophy of human origins. Thus the remains of cro-magnon man, the Neanderthal remains etc are all interpreted according to long-age evolutionary time scale. Cro-magnon man could well have lived within the young earth time scale as undoubtedly did Neanderthal man. What needs to happen is for people to take all the evidence into account, including the evidence given by a God who was there and who cannot lie and who testifies about the early history of the earth. Of course people committed philosophically to naturalism will defend their personal beliefs and ignore any and all evidence against it. They will also attempt to stifle and censure alternative views (see the documentary 'Expelled'). However, there need be no conflict between the facts that are discovered and the history of the earth as described in The Bible. Thus, as the question speaks of a conflict in dating between two opposing world views one needs to look at the 'big picture' an realize where the true weight of evidence lies.

The to the question can be found in the Bible.

There are only two man created by God that had/have his likeness and image, i.e. Adam and Jesus Christ, written in the Bible.

We may say that we, mankind has the image of God but not the likeness of God.

What is to be like God. To be like God is to have the Will that wills the Will of God. God is Universe, God is love of Universe. God is Will. To be like God is to be a divine being, having eternal life.

God commanded Adam, Genesis 2:17 KJV 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. But after Adam and Eve ate the fruit they did not die physically though.

What died in Adam and Eve is their spiritual quality, that quality of being the likeness of God, being a divine being, having eternal life.

In the beginning, God made man his own image, Genesis 1:27 KJV 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. But it is the desire of God to make man not only an image of himself but also a likeness of himself, Genesis 1:26 KJV 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

In Genesis Chapter 1 God created man in his own image (Genesis 1:27) but not his likeness. In Genesis Chapter 2 God created a man in particular a man named Adam and God breath a life on him, an eternal life, making him a divine soul like God. Genesis 2:7 KJV 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Out of the mankind that God created in Genesis Chapter 1,the will of God to make a man his likeness was accomplished in Adam in Genesis Chapter 2. Then God made a Garden we know Eden and place Adam therein and commanded him not to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil otherwise on the day he ate the fruit he will surely die. But Adam disobeyed God's command. And because of his sin he was stripped of his spiritual quality of having divine soul, having eternal life, and being the likeness of God. This means that what God created in Adam was his spiritual body and not his physical body, which could be confirmed in Genesis 3:22 . 22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: And God put a guard so Adam could not reach his hand to the Tree of Life and live forever again as he used to in the Garden of Eden.

The physical body of man was already done in Genesis Chapter 1 before Adam was created. The creation in Genesis Chapter 1 could have been done some time back before the creation of Adam in Chapter 2 and could be some million years back before chapter 2. So when Adam's name appeared in Genesis Chapter 2 there were already humans on earth created in Genesis Chapter 1.

Answer 2

Rather than provide a scientific , perhaps it is better to quote Yair Zakovitch, Dean of Humanities at Hebrew University, who said, "The thing to remember about the Bible is that the events and characters are just vehicles to convey messages. The biblical narrative was written to educate our young nation, not so much to tell us what really happened." In other words, it is important not to read the Bible literally.

The early Church father Origen (On First Principles, 3.1.1) said "... I do not think anyone will doubt that these are figurative expressions which indicate certain mysteries through a semblance of history and not through actual events."