Ephesians 1:4-5

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love (agape) (5) he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure (things that pleases/makes happy/satisfies) and will (personal will).

Given the same image of God, and same task as Adam - to care for God’s beautiful creation.

Genesis 1:27-28

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (28) God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

God’s creation, and “It was good” 6x in (Gen 1). God said “It was not good” once.

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:20b

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

A "suitable helper” (Heb:- Ezer Kenegdo).

John Eldredge says "Eve is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. She is the crown of creation! Not an afterthought. Not a nice addition like an ornament on a tree. She fills a place in the world nothing and no one else can fill.”

God called the first woman “ezer” in the original Hebrew, a name he embraces for himself throughout the Old Testament! Our God is a strong help, a warrior! God calls himself ezer, as he does women.

 

In the Old Testament, the word ezer appears 21 times in three different contexts:

1.The creation of woman

2.When Israel appealed for military allies in battle.

3.In reference to God Himself as Israel’s help for military purposes (in this context, ezer appears 16 times!).

**Ezer kenegdo" means warrior; strong help; man’s perfect match. It’s the picture of two parts of equal weight leaning against one another.

Big Note: If you are single, Jesus is your strength. Singleness is your opportunity to advance an already influential and satisfying life.

1 Corinthians 7:32-35

I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. (33) But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— (34) and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. (35) I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord

 

Eve came From 'a rib’ of Adam? No, it’s a whole side (all other translations have ‘rib’.)

Genesis 1:21-22 JUB

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his sides and closed up the flesh in its place.

Heb:'tselaʿ. The word is used about forty times in the Hebrew Bible but is not an anatomical term in any other passage. Outside of Genesis 2, with the exception of 2 Samuel 16:13 (referring to the other side of the hill), the word is only used architecturally in the tabernacle/temple passages (Ex 25–38; 1 Kings 6–7; Ezek 41). It can refer to planks or beams in these passages, but more often it refers to one side or the other, typically when there are two sides (rings along two sides of the ark; rooms on two sides of the temple, the north or south side; etc.). On the basis of Adam’s statement, combined with these data on usage, we would have to conclude that God took one of Adam’s sides—likely meaning he