Then there's talk of “son of Adarm”.
I grant you number one is Cain,
but the story is quite odd here
and there's anothen# branch or arm
where Adarm's son has “Seth” for name.
Maybe we choose OUR branch? Quite queer!
Stamped“in the likeness, and image”,
first case is the Adarm, ..of God;
second case is Seth, ..of Adarm;
meanings get piled like a scrimmage,
but this text, without being odd,
describes “a son”, as in a psalm.
“Son” still’s to be inter-prett-ed;
it can mean descendent/ younger
or a copy, or second one.
If I, as a father, fretted,
missed my “call” (though for it hunger);
might it yet be caught by my son?
And thus could “son” be far more still
than younger / less experienc’d
- as my grown sons have shown in part-
& no doubt as time flies, more will.
(His use, too, of “child” is nuanced,
to lead us by and to our heart.)
This “second edition” meaning
of the word “son” might well be what
Jesus was getting at when he
claimed “the son of ..”; was he leaning
heavily on this “second shot”
use, with “Adarm”, or “David”? - See?
He doesn’t disdain to be known
as “the son of..” a wayward one,
and takes the title as his own.
(Both “Father” & “King” he’ll be shown
to be, as the archetypal son.)
Though still “not good Adarm’s alone”. ...
And so a bride, right from his side
(maybe the in-side helixing),
is being made to be displayed.
But I confide God has a “hide”
(we can’t see him/ he has thick skin)
his plan’s for “Na-ked, unafraid”...
# anothen (1st C. Common Greek) has two alternate meanings (which the reader works out by the context): "another/again", OR, "from above".
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