The two creations ...

Preface

The following work is the result of long and careful examination of the scriptures touching the matters of which it treats. Much has been said and written on some of the points herein discussed, while on other points little or nothing has been said. Whatever the reader may think of the subjects discussed and the [conclusions arrived at, he will find much Bible to warrant the conclusion. This work is not denominational in any sense of the word.

I have not written this for the captious nor the critic; but for those who think and are willing to learn. To all such J commend the careful reading of these pages.

H. C. Mears.

Contents

■L The Kingdom of Adam.

II. How the colored races crossed the flood.

III. Adam was Lucifer.

Chapter I. The Kingdom Oe Adam

In Matt. 25 34, Jesus says that there was a kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world and that the saints will inherit it. If there was a kingdom prepared from the foundation of the world (and there was one, or Christ made a mistake), then Adam was a king. If Adam was a king, who was he king over? This question I will try to answer in this little book Christ says that the saints will inherit the kingdom that was prepared from the foundation of the world. To inherit a thing the thing inherited must exist or no man could inherit it. If he did he would inherit nothing. But Christ said that the saints would inherit a kingdom and that it was prepared from the foundation of the world. To be a kingdom there has to be three things: 1st. There has to be a king. 2d. There has to be subjects. 3d. There has to be territory. If there was a kingdom from the foundation of the world, there are three questions to be settled by the Bible: 1st. Who was the king? 2d. Who were it subjects? 3d. What was its territory? These three questions I will try to .answer by the Word of God: 1st. Adam was the king. This I will now undertake to prove by the Word of God. It is claimed that Adam was the first and only man that Ood ever made. But the Bible nowhere says that Adam was the first and only man ever created. In the first of Genesis we read of a creation of man, male and female. God blessed them and told them to multiply and replenish the earth; also to eat of every green herb. Inth is the first creation of man and woman on the earth.

In Gen. Ch. 2 we read that God made man out of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and he become a living soul. You will note that the man in this creation is made alone, while in the first creation male and female are made at the same time. The last created man is called a living soul. This little word soul will help us to understand some of the mystery of the Bible. The last man created was a type of Christ, (Rom. 5:14). He is alone in the garden and we hear God say, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make an helpmeet for him, and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept; and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof, and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman and brought her unto the man, (Gen. 2:18-21-22). We will look at this again. Adam and his wife were in the garden when the serpent beguiled Eve. Now note what God said to Adam when he drove him out of the garden: "Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field, "' (Gen. 3:17-18). In the first creation we find that God blessed them and told them to eat the herb of the field. In the last creation we find that as a curse Adam has to eat the herb of the field. From this one statement we see that the two creations were not the same one repeated. God blessed the first creation and told them to be fruitful and multiply. In the last creation, as a curse, God told Eve she should bring forth children. (Gen. 3:16).

The Bible is the history of Adam. Gen. 5 tells us this is the book of the generations of Adam. It tells us all about Adam's fall, and only gives us passing notice of other races as they come in contact with Adam's race.

Cain kills his brother and is driven from lite father's family and goes to the land of JSTod, where he knew his wife. Who did Cain marry? If the Bible doesn't tell us we can never know. We read in Gen. 6:2 "That the sons of God saw the daughters of men; that they were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose." Who were the sons of God? We will let Luke tell us. He says that Adam was a son of God, (Luke 3:38). Then Cain was the son of God, being the son of Adam. He went to the land of Nod and married a daughter of men. Here be built a city. How could he build a city by himself? And if he could build a city, pray, what use could he make of it? We read that Cain was afraid that somebody would kill him and God was afraid that somebody would kill Cain, and he put a mark on Cain, least some finding him should kill him. (Gen. 4: 14). God said, "Whosoever slayeth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold." (Gen. 4:15). From this statement we learn one of two things: 1st. That God had made some other people that he was afraid would kill Cain; or 2d, that God had forgotten what he had made, and for fear that he had made some other people and had forgotten all about them, he put a mark on Cain to keep them (somebody that God had forgotten all about) from killing him. This I do not believe, as it would make God very ignorant of his works. There has always been two classes of people on the earth—the sons of God and the sons of men. Adam, Cain and Abel were all sons of God. Cain and Abel both make an offering to God and called on the name of God. God had respect for Abel's offering, and for Cain and his offering he had no respect. This made Cain very wroth and he slew his brother. (Gen; 4:4- 5-8). Here we learn when the sons of God called upon the name of God. It was before Cain was driven out from the presence of the Lord.

Seth is Adam's third son, which was born after Cain killed Abel, for we hear Eve say, "For God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew." Gen. 4:25. From this we learn that Seth was born after Abel's death. Now, Seth has a son aud calls his name Enos. •'Then (at that time) began men to call on the name of the Lord." (Gen. 4-26). You will see from this statement that the sons of God called upon the name of the Lord before Seth was born and men began to call upon the name of the Lord after Seth's first son was born. The serpent that beguiled Eve was called beast of the field which

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the Lord had made. He was one of the first creation (of the sons of men). Second Peter, 2:12, says men are beast), or at least, he calls some men beast. This beast or serpent could talk* and did talk. He said unto the woman, "Yea, hath God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden." (Gen. 3:1). If this beast or serpent could talk, why is it that beast do not talk to-day? This beast was a man that knew both the good and the evil. Some say that the serpent was the old Devil. If he was the old boy he had to eat dust all the days of his life. Then he had a, life, and when he died quit two things—eating dust and crawling on his belly. But we will see what God has to say about him, after telling him that he should crawl upon his belly and eat dust. God says, "And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Gen. 3:15). If this serpent was the Devil he had to have a wife to have seed for the seed of the woman to bruise the head of. Where in the Bible do we read of a Mrs. Devil? It was not the head of the serpent that the seed of the woman was to bruise, but it was the seed of the serpent whose head was to l?e bruised. . . ; , ! >

The white race has bruised the head of the black races for ages past. They are the sons of men and not the sons of God, and never will be. Dear reader, do not misjudge me a,bout the black races, but read this took through and see if the colored races are not blessed by the gospel of Christ at the proper time and place. The children of this world (sons of men) are wiser in their generation, (creation) than the children of the light (sons of God) are in their creation. The sons of God (Adam) only know the good, but the sons of men (colored races) know r both good and evil. The serpent knew both good and evil. He knew that it was wrong to advise Eve to eat of the tree that God had bade her not to eat of. He also knew it was right to obey God. Why did the serpent seek Adam's fall? There is a reason why. The serpent was made, a little lower than Adam. This we will see whe# we ^examine the types. It is taught that the black the brown the red and the yellow races all spring from the white race. If they did the old world never had a colored man or woman in it. Why? Because Noah and his three sons were all the men that were saver] in the ark. It is taught that Ham means black, and because the name Ham means black, Ham was therefore black. If he was black his wife had to be black also, or their children would only be half-breeds, and in the tenth generation from Ham you could not discover the black blood with the most powerful telescope ever made. Besides, we have five races on the earth- — the Caucasion white race, the Mongolian yellow race, the Indian red race, the Ethiopian black race and the Malay brown race. Noah only had three sons; so you see we fall short of two races in the sons of Noah. If his sons represented colors, this will never do. We must hunt up something better than this. We read in Gen. 6, "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generation (creation). If Noah and his sons were perfect in their creation, then they were all one color. We read in Gen. 6 why God sent the flood on the earth. It was because the sons of God saw the daugh ters of men, that they were fair and took them wives. Here we see that the sons of God, Adam's race, had married the daughters of men (colored races), "and God looked upon the earth and behold it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth." Gen. 6:12.

Here God tells us why he brought the flood. It was because the sons of God had married the daughters of men. Noah and his family were all the pare blood of Adam's family left. (Gen. 6:9). God never intended for the sons of God (Adam's race) to marry the daughters of man, but we find that they did and some of Adam's sons are still marrying the daughters of men (colored races). God blessed the first creation (colored races) and told them to multiply. This was his will for them to multiply. Adam and Eve, God never told to multiply, and if Adam and Eve had remained in the garden and had not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they never would have multiplied. God tells Eve as a curse that she shall bring forth children. God said that the seed of the womafr should bruise the Lead of the seed of the serpent. We find that the second man Adam (Christ) is the seed of the woman Mary, and not the seed of Joseph. Christ is the seed that is to bruise the seed of the serpent's head. When will he do this? When he comes back to our earth. Then he is to bruise the heads of many kingdoms. More about this further on.

Luke runs the line of succession back to Adam to prove that Christ was of Adam's race. If there were but one man and woman created at the first, why does Luke run the line of Adam to th^ beginning to prove that Christ is of Adam's race? If there was but one man and woman created at the first, Christ would have to be of Adam's race. This is proof that there were other races created besides Adam's race. This we know, or God would not have run the genealogy of Christ back to Adam to prove that he was of Adam's race.

Chapter II. How Did The Colored Races Cross The Elood

We have shown by the Bible that there were other races created on the earth besides Adam's race. The question is how did the the colored races cross the flood I This question I will now undertake to answer by the Bible. "But," says one, "they did not go into the ark, and as there was no other means to save them they were lost in the flood." Here I would say that the Bible tells us that Cain was driven from the face of the earth and he went to the land of Nod, (Gen. 4:14.) The Bible also tells us that the flood was on all the face of the earth (Gen. 7:4.) Prom these two statements we see that the land of Nod is not on the face of the earth; and as ii was not on the face of the eaith the flood did not cover it. The face of the earth is the center of the earth. The face of a man is not his foot and no part of it. I have only called the reader's mind to these two statements of the Bible. I believe that the colored races went into the ark. The colored races did go into the ark and was saved by the ark. "Well," says one, "if they did they had no soul; as there were but eight souls saved by the ark" (1 Peter 3:20) I say that they had as much soul as Noah and his family had. The little word "soul" is the key to the mystery, and reveals the whole truth about the races of men on the earth.

In Gen. 2:7 we read "God made man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man become a living soul" This is the second creation of man. Gen. 1:27 tells us of the first creation and does not call them living souls. Why? Because*they were made to die. They were to eat of the herbs of the field, which has life in a measure in it; eating the herbs of the field would give them life for a while The second creation was called a living soul; or made a living soul. Why? Because he was to eat of the tree of life forever, and thus live on forever. When Adam sinned God drove him from the tree of life; and as a curse told him that he should eat of the herb of the field, which only had lite in a measure in it. You see from this how Adam become to eat the herb of the field like the first creation. We hear God say "man has hecome as one of us to know good and evil, least he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live forever," (Gen. 3:22.) From this statement we see that Adam could have put forth his hand and taken of the tree of life and eat and lived forever in his sinful state. This is why God sent him forth from the garden to till the ground from whence he was taken. "So he drove out the man and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims and a flaming sword, which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life," (Gen. 3:24.) Right here the son of God (Adam) lost the tree of life. It has been lost to Adam's sons ever since.

In^the second Adam (Christ) we are to regain the tree of life lost in the first Adam. More about this farther on. The words "living soul is the key to the mystery; Abraham was born 352 years after the flood, and just two years after Noah's death. Abraham was 75 years old when he met Melchizedek. This was just 427 years after the flood. At this time Abraham had 318 armed men in his house. They were not his kin, or at least Abrahafn says so, when he made his old servant that ruled over all that he had, swear unto him not to take his son Isaac a wife of the Canaanites among whom I dwell. But thou shalt go unto my country and to my kindred and take a wife unto my i<on," (Gen. 24:2 3 4.) Here we learn that .Abraham's servants and the Canaanites were not Abraham's kinfolks. This is only 462 years after the flood. Reader, look in Gen. 14 chap., and see how many people there were on the earth only 462 years after the flood. You will find that there were more than thirty nations at this time. Where did they come from so quick after the ilood? Lot had two daughters left him after Sodom was destroyed. When Lot left Sodom he went to a Utile vity called Zoar. But Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, ^and he went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains. Here his two daughters made Lot drunk and lay with him, u For" they said, u there is not a man in the earth to come into us after thee of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine and we will He with him that we may preserve seed of our father,"(Gen. 18:31-32.) These women thought that all of their kind were destroyed in Sodom. Why were the people of Noah not like their father? Because Lot was a son of God, and the people of Zoar was not. But were the sons of men colored races? This was about 452 years after the flood.

^We now return to where Abraham metMelchizedek.as we have shown that it was only 427 years after the flood, and at that time Abraham had 318 armed men in his house, called servants. This was 215 years before Abraham's family goes down into Egypt and 645 years before the law given at Horeb. If Abraham had 318 armed men in his house 25 years before Isaac was born a,nd about 75 years before Jacob was born, this makes 75 years from the time that Melchizedek met Abraham until Jacob was born, and we still have 140 years from Jacob's

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birth until they went into Egypt. In the 215 years Abr$ ,--.. ham's servants would multiply to a mighty host. Jacob w#s born 140 years before they went into Egypt, and i,n that 140 years Jacob multiplied to 70 souls. If Jacobwould multiply to 70 souls in 140 years, what would 31S men multiply in 215 years? You know that they would make a mighty host. When Jacob and his family went down into Egypt not one word is said about their servants going with them to Egypt. The question is, did they go with Jacob into Egypt? They did go into Egypt, but says one, if they did they had no souls, as the Bible sa^ys 70 souls went down into Egypt. I told you in the first chapter of this little book that the words living soul was the key to the mystery of the races. We read that as soon as they came up out of Egypt they had their servants; for a mighty multitude come up with them. They could not have come up out of Egj^ptif they were not there. Can it be s^id of a man that he came out of the bouse unless he was in the house to come out of? So 3 T ou see if Jacob's servants came out of Egypt they had to b^ there.

The 5th chapter of Genesis says this is the book generation of Adam's family, and does not, say anything about other races, except where they come in contact with the history of Adam's race. This is why it is said that eight souls was saved by water. Thei^\ were other races in the ark, but they are not called souls. The word soul tells who they are; giving the history of. As in the case of going down into Egypt, 70 souls, Jacob's family, went down into Egypt; but we know that their servants went down also but were not called souls; why? Because the Bible is not giving their history, but the history of Adam's family. The first creation is not called living souls; it is the second creation that was called living souls, as they were to eat of the tree of life and live forever. The first creation were to eat the herb of the field and not, the tree of life. More about this farther on.

Before the war when our neighbors would make a dinner they would call their rich neighbors to thedinner.They wpuld come and have a gpod time. The next day our county paper would tell about the dinner and tell all about who were there with their families, but would not say one word about tbe servants that were there to wait on their masters and families. Why did he not tell about the servants that were there? Was it because they were not there? You know that thev were there, but of the families called to dinner they were no part of. This is just how it is in the Bible. The servants are not mentioned only where they come in contact with the sons of God. They were in the ark, but not called souls. They went down into Egypt, but not called souls.

Chapter III Adam Was "lucifer."

It is taught by many great and good men that Lucifer is the Devil, and hundreds of people believe that he is. I will now undertake to show by the Bible that Lucifer was not the Devil, but Adam, before his fall. To do this we will have to reason a little. God has said "come and let us reason together." God respects man's reason and says come, we will reason together. Then, dear reader, let's do what God has invited us to do; to reason with him.

Isaiah, 14th chapter tells about Lucifer and calls him "son of the morning;" that is, son of creation. If Lucifer was the Devil he had to fall before Adam's fall; as he had to beguile Eve before she would eat of the tree God had told her not to eat of. Isaiah tells us that Lucifer weakened the nations before his fall, (Is. 14:12.) What nations did Lucifer weaken? We have been taught that there was but one man and woman before the fall, and as Lucifer had to fall before Adam could fall, what nations did he weaken? You see at once that you will have to give up the idea of only one man and woman being created or give up what you have been taught about Lucifer being the devil. We will now notice Isaiah 14:8-16. " Yea the fir tree rejoices at thee and the cedars of Lebanon saying sinee thou art laid down no fellow has come up against us. Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming. Itstirrethup the dead for thee; it hiath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

REMARKS.

If this was Lucifer as he is claimed, then who were these kings Lucifer raises from their thrones? Who were the nations that these kings ruled over? as they all had thrones before Lucifer raised them from their thrones. [Note these kings as we will have need for them farther on; also note the trees as we will also have need for them farther on.] "all they shall speak and say unto thee, art thou also become weak as we; art thou become like unto us."

REMARKS.

Who were those talking to Lucifer and asking him "art thou become weak as we, art thou become like unto us?' These questions must be settled by the Bible. If you claim that Lucifer was the Devil you will have to tell who these kings were that were talking to him; and if you claim that Lucifer was Adam, you will have to tell who these kings were. So you see you cannot do it without claiming as I do — that there were two creations of man upon the earth. "Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy riles the worm is spread under thee and worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer! son of the morning; how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations!"

REMARKS.

What nations did Lucifer weaken? As you know that if Lucifer was the Devil, he had to fall before he could deceive Adam. You see that Lucifer weakened the nations before his fall. Adam and Eve would only be one nation and a very small one at that. But we read that Lucifer weakened the nations; not one nation but nations. "For thou hast said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God."

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* rHere we l£arn *hat Lucifer had a throne. If he did ? he'had to have subjects arid territory. Who were his subjects and what his territory? We will answer these questions farther on. "I will seat also upon the mount of the congregations in the side of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; [ will be like the Most High.'^

T Who did this very, riling? Adam and Eve. They trj.ed to become like Go4 and they made a failure. The serpent told Eve that if she would eat of the tree of good and evil that she would be like God. Eve believed the serpent and ate of the tree of good and evil. Why did she eat of the fruit? To become like God.

We see that Lucifer said U I will be like the Most Higti," blithe made a failure also and got an awful fall.

I . "Yet t^iou shalt be brought down to hell to the side of , the pit; they that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee; saying 'is this the man that made the earth tremble that did shake kingdoms/'.

Here we learn that Lucifer was a man. "Is this the matt" that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms. The Devil never was a man and never will be; but Lticifer was a man, or the Bible is wrong. If a man, who could he be but Adam? As Adam was a son of the morning and did the very thing that Lucifer did, tried to become like the Most High. In three things Lucifer is like Adam. 1st. Lucifer was the son of the morning. Adam was the son of the morning. 2nd. Lucifer tried to become like the Most High. Adam tried to become like the Most High. 3d. Lucifer was cast out. Adam was cast out. Lucifer could noc be the Devil unless there were more than one man and woman on the earth before his fall; as we see that he did shake kingdoms. If Lucifer shook kingdoms, there had to be kingdoms to shake before he could shake them. If you say that Lucifer wasthe Devil, then Adam was one of the kings of the kingdoms that Lucifer made to shake. Then Adam was a king beyond doubt; and if a king he had subjects and territory. Then away goes the o^e man doctrine. Reader, do you believe that the black negro spring from the white man? If you do, you bejieve it without proof. But, says one, the Bible says "out of one blood has he (God) made all nations." This is proof that the negro sprang from Adam. We will see if it is proof that the negro sprang from Adam. God tells us that the blood is the life of man; of the blood is the life of man and it is as God, who knows all things says that it ' is, then we will change the word for the meaning and we read : out of one life hath God made all nations.