God Made Adam from Dust
Was There a Historical Adam?
by Ken Ham on March 3, 2026Part 2
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Could Adam have been a descendant of some ape-like ancestor?
Well, Genesis tells us God formed Adam from the dust of the earth. And that can’t be a metaphor for “ape-like creature” because, after sin, God tells Adam that work will be hard until “you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust and to dust you shall return.” We don’t return to an ape-like creature when we die!
And Paul even mentions that we came from dust when he contrasts the corruption of Adam’s body with the resurrected body of Jesus.
Adam was a historical person just as described in Genesis.
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Ken Ham is the Founder of Answers in Genesis–US, the highly acclaimed Creation Museum, and the world-renowned Ark Encounter. Ken Ham is one of the most in-demand Christian speakers in North America.
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