How do the two creation accounts in Genesis point to the coming of Jesus Christ?

Answer 1

If one considers Genesis 1 & 2 as the creation and re-creation account, you would have to continue onwards to Chapter 3 to see the fall of man via sin and then the need for a Savior as alluded to in Genesis 3:15.

Answer 2

There is nothing in either creation account that points to Jesus, so we are left to use our imagination in devising a plausible connection between either creation account and Jesus.

The first account, in Genesis 1:1-2:4a, simply describes God creating the world over a period of six days, with man (both male and female together) last of all. In this account, God gave man dominion over all other living creatures. I realise that it is a long stretch, but I could say that just as man has dominion over all other living creatures, so Jesus has dominion over us.

The second account, in Genesis 2:4b-25, says that God created man (Adam) first of all, and placed him in the garden of Eden. He created all other living creatures, not for man to have dominion over them, but as possible companions for Adam. Last of all, God created Eve from Adam. I see nothing here that points to the coming of Jesus, but with a good imagination I could say that just as God created Eve for Adam, so he sent Jesus for all mankind.

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Answer 3

There is nothing besides 'setting the stage' in Genesis 1 & 2 and no indication at that time of the need for Adam & Eve to be saved from sin - though this was the preordained plan God had for the salvation of mankind.

God creates Adam and Eve and places them in a beautiful 'Paradise' that supplies their every need. In this Garden of Eden our first parents found food plentiful, animals tame and a loving teacher - God Himself - walking with them and teaching them everything they needed to know. When the time of teaching was fulfilled (some say a 19 year cycle of time like the Hebrew calendar today), God, having given mankind free will, now set them on their own to see which 'road' they would chose. We know what happens next in Genesis 3 - of note here is the probability of Adam and Eve having obeyed God and then eating of the 'tree of life' instead, they might have bridged the gap between mortality and immortality at that time.

Now the 'Fall of Man' occurs in chapter 3 and some biblical scholars and theologians have interpreted verse 15 to point to the future 'Messiah' see here:

Genesis 3:15New King James Version (NKJV)15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.

The 'He shall bruise your head,' verse is interpreted as the Christ coming to pay mankind's price for salvation by removing Satan from his 'throne on Earth.' Indeed, Satan had influenced those there to 'bruise' His (notice capitalization) heel through marring His body and crucifying Him.