The Construction Brigade

"Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. 

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” 

AND ADAM CALLED HIS WIFE'S NAME EVE, because she was the mother of all living."

 (Genesis 3:17-20 NKJV)

Why did the Holy Spirit make a point of mentioning that "Adam gave his wife the name Eve?"  Because EVERYTHING He does has purpose, even this little short sentence, believe it or not.

There are so many hidden secrets in the names of people, places and things in Hebrew.  VERY interesting things that are beneficial to us, which is why they are recorded.

But first, a little background....

Hebrew reads from right to left.  Their aleph-bet contains 22 letters and each is a picture of something, like Chinese.  There is also a number associated with each letter as well as a musical note and a color!  Cool!

Below is the Hebrew spelling for Adam:

{אדם}

Aleph dalet mem

{א} Aleph=ox, sacrifice (Jesus); it can also mean "leader."
{ד} Dalet=door
{ם} Mem=water flowing, a picture of the Holy Spirit.

Adam was created by God. His name literally means "red-blooded man."  In Israel today, in fact, the word for blood is "dam,"  part of "A-dam's" name.

The word "pictures" tell a story:
"the leader opens the door to the spirit."  

Adam, unfortunately, opened the wrong door to an outlaw spirit, the devil, instead of to the Holy Spirit, ate of the forbidden tree, and rest is history.

If you are in a pastoral or leadership position you are the "A-dam" for your congregation or fellowship; you are the "leader who opens the door to the Spirit." Big responsibility!  

Be sure you don't open the door to the wrong spirit and teach false doctrines to your flock, like mixing law with the REAL gospel:  GRACE.

Mixing law with grace, also known as Galatianism, isn't only not teacing the Ten Commandments outright.  A "law" can be made out of anything when we say, "you should do this or you should do that."  Our job is not to "should or shouldn't" others but to point them to Jesus.  

ONLY BY BEHOLDING JESUS CAN WE BE TRANSFORMED."  If they come to church and only hear a bunch of do's and don'ts but do not see Jesus, the Holy Spirit has no raw material with which to work.  Our people CANNOT be transformed.

Adam knew the power of words.  He knew that God had created the world by speaking it into existence.  He personally had also just named every living creature on the earth.  

Here, recorded in Gen. 5:2, is what God had just done:  

"2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called "THEIR NAME ADAM", in the day when they were created."

No, God didn't just put a new verse in there; your eyes are not deceiving you.  They were BOTH called "Adam" by God.

But wait, isn't Adam's wife named Eve?  
YES! 
So how did she get the name "Eve?  
Adam gave it to her!

Why?  Because he loved her very much.  After the fall, he knew they were both under the curse and would one day die.  He wanted her to live, so he named her "Eve," in Hebrew, "Havah," which means "living."  She became the mother of all the "LIVING."  He literally spoke life to her!

This is a model of how God wants us to speak to our spouses and all the people in our lives.  

Speak life, health, prosperity, blessing into their lives.  Edify, encourage and strengthen people, not tear them down,  ESPECIALLY other believers.

He wants us to be a part of the Construction Brigade!