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According to the Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe, DNA studies “point to the conclusion that all of the present-day populations throughout the world were most probably derived from a single common ancestor, within the span of the past 200,000 years.”

“Is this the same as Adam and Eve, Lord?”

Don’t be too mythological. That is, they were not in a Garden of Eden and so on. But the Garden story captures with great precision the prototypical experience of human innocence, and of Divine innocence and awkwardness. In that sense, the common ancestor is Eve, a creature of a higher development than ever before, with a new level of interaction, able to hear and respond to a higher level of whispering, and hence, over time, of much greater development.

The story of Adam and Eve portrays the first kind of experience I had with human beings. I created them in My image. As essentially creative force (Myself), I gave them creative force, the power of sexuality and the ability to create other human beings. I gave them objects of beauty, in nature and in each other, and pleasure in eating, moving about, and enjoyment of each other. I had been all alone and I enjoyed the company.

At first I imagined I could walk among humans and enjoy their company. This required that they obey me, while not being in awe of me, and that they retain a certain innocence. This was my first experience in discovering that humans cannot interact with God in the simple, direct way they interact with one another. Like children not separated from their mother, at first they had little individuality or purpose. They enjoyed the good things I had given them and did not understand the power of good and evil or the power and complexity of their own sexuality.

God continued telling me about the truth behind the Garden of Eden story.

I had also underestimated the power of love. First, I created Adam and I could see that he was alone, as I had once been, and this was not good. He did not see it because he did not know anything different. But, as he tried to befriend various animals, he would quickly reach the limit of those relationships and be frustrated and unfulfilled. So I created woman and made her lovely in his eyes. They were naked and knew no shame. And their sexuality was intense and profound.

And, frankly, I felt left out. I had no such consort. And, while obedient, man loved woman more than Me. Though understandable in light of the human nature I had given them, it was not right. And they knew it was not right and began to disobey Me. They hid their nakedness, which is to say, they hid their creativity and sexuality from Me, detached it from My purpose and used it solely for their own pleasure and intimacy—innocently enough, as children might do, but still wrong. And so, with regret, I expelled them to a life of hardship. Detached sexuality, hiding from God, has its own intrinsic price, the loss of the full bounty and blessing of God.

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“The Common Ancestor is Eve . . .”

“They Were Naked and Knew No Shame.”