Who Wrote Genesis and What Does it Mean?
For centuries man has perused the first five chapters dealing with creation in Genesis trying to make heads or tails about what is written. They tried in vain. The results never changed, the creation in Genesis didn't make any sense. Years of religious indoctrination has created the confusion. Just because these five chapters do not tell you what you would expect to hear you find them incomprehensible.

For the most part many religious scholars who have studied these scriptures seem unconvinced of their legitimacy. Most consider them nothing more than just another creation myth. They find nothing compelling about what is written here in these first five chapters of the Book of Genesis. They believe that they were probably created from folklore which was handed down by the oral tradition before they were written down. Therefore, their interpretations of the meanings of these texts are of a secular nature. On the other hand, religious leaders and many of their followers believe these texts to be an accurate depiction of creation although they too haven't the foggiest notion as to what they actually mean. As an example did God actually create Eve out of a rib taken from Adam, did Cain actually kill Abel, and did people really live for hundreds of years?

So, let me explain. If you read from the Torah as it is presented in the Bible starting with Genesis 1 then 2, 3, 4, and finally 5 you will find that it is quite confusing and contradictory. During the 17th century scholars started questioning just who actually wrote the scriptures. By the middle of the 18th century scholars began to find style and vocabulary differences between the differing chapters. As a result they concluded that the entire five books of the Torah were written by four distinctly different sets of authors. The first "J" for Jehovists also known as Yahwists, the second were called "D" for the Deuteronomists, the third were called "E" or Elohists which were finally split into two distinctly different groups namely the Elohists and "P" the Priestly authors.

When you understand that the Torah was not written by Moses, but by members of one of the priestly groups mentioned above leads us to the realization that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 were written by at least two distinctly different sets of authors. If you were to read Genesis 1 and then Genesis 5 they would make perfect sense as would reading Genesis 2, 3, and 4 together make perfect sense. Therefore Genesis 1 and 5 were not written by the same authors who wrote Genesis 2, 3 and 4.

Cain and Abel in the Garden of Eden
Much of what is written in the New Testament is based on what is written in the Old Testament. So, let's start with the story of Cain and Abel: "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. ..."--Genesis 4:1-3 "And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?"--Genesis 4:4-9.

Now, what have you just read? It is common for religion to interpret this as a story of two brothers, one a farmer and the other a shepherd, but that is not the case. What you have here is one brother, Cain, who represents the left hemisphere of the brain, the place where earthly ideas are germinated by your animal nature, sometimes referred to as the West in the Bible and the other brother, Abel, who represents the right hemisphere of the brain, where the word of God is received and shepherded, sometimes referred to as the East. Now, it goes on to say that the left hemisphere is jealous of the right and slays the right hemisphere which is why today most people dwell in the left hemisphere of their brains.

How do we know that this is true? Well to find out we have to read on. "When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me."--Genesis 4: 12-14. In a sense Cain is the one who is being crucified in the Christian myth, for in order for the Christ consciousness to be born the dominance of the carnal or left brain has to die. Hence when given the choice as to who should be crucified and who should be pardoned the crowd chooses to crucify Jesus and to pardon Barabbas. This signifies that the average person, at least at that time, was more comfortable with the carnal mind than with the spiritual mind that Jesus was offering them.

But, we know that this is not a literally true statement from 4:14 where it states that "it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me". This obviously cannot be literally true for a man dies only once. The actual meaning is that a person who takes the time to become acquainted with himself in the manner in which Jesus teaches will come to realize that they are dwelling in the West and make way to open up the passage to the East thus, in a way, slaying the West or left hemisphere of the brain.

If you are still not convinced then we will move on to Genesis 5. "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."--Genesis 5: 1-5. This is the passage that leads religious people to believe that God is a man, but that is not what it means.

Whatever happened to Cain and Abel? I only included the last verse so that you can see that Adam is dead and can no longer have off spring. So, where are Cain and Abel in the generations of Adam? By the same token where is Eve? So, Genesis 1 and 5 are concerned with the creation of physical reality, while Genesis 2, 3, and 4 refer to the creation of the third brain, and as you will see later both of these creations occurred simultaneously.

Do you remember when Jesus was born, who were the first to see him? "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."--Luke 2:8-11. It was the shepherds who are the first to see the new born Jesus because they dwell in the right hemisphere of the brain where the newly born Christ consciousness lives. Also note that the city of David is Madina Dawud, or the ancient city of Jerusalem. Now, this is the third birthplace of Jesus mentioned in the New Testament, the others being Bethlehem and Nazareth.

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