Psalm 33:13
13 The LORD [Yahovah] looketh [nabat] from heaven [shamayim]; he
beholdeth [ra'ah] all the sons [ben] of men ['adam]. KJV-Interlinear
13
The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; ESV
God looks down from
heaven. Heaven is not a part of this
universe, but external to it. Our
universe was created. Heaven has always
existed. It is the home or dwelling of
God, who likewise has always existed.
There never was a time
when heaven did not exist.
God can see all of
humanity.
All of humanity is named
here as the sons of ‘adam.’ This is the
first name of the first man, but also indicates that all of humanity began with
Adam, and was not from some concoction of mush that evolved prior to Adam.
History has a very long
timeline.
Today, science divides
history up into many categories of eons.
We typically divide up history into per-historic, or the history before
man, and then there is human history beginning with Adam.
In the prehistoric times,
there were dinosaurs and all kinds of animal and plant life. These came into
existence when the universe was created.
How long they lasted, we can only guess.
But during that
pre-historic era, there is evidence of life and then extinctions and then life
and then extinctions and so forth, until the very last extinction which is
typically called the great ice age.
However, during those
pre-ice age times, there is evidence of a couple of man like creatures, that
have been named Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal. Again historical evidence and the discovery
of DNA science reveals that the DNA of those creatures does not match our current
human DNA. Thus the missing link
theories of evolution arose, trying to find some link that connected us with
them.
But that is not to be.
Current humanity began
with adam, not pre-historic animals, that may have been similar to man but not
human.
Only we have souls. They, as with all animals, did not have
souls, nor even a relationship with God, as we have.
But it might be interesting
to know if they were so hated by Satan, who destroyed them, that God created
Adam from their pattern, as a curious humor, in that we are promoted to being
above all the angels through Christ, something that the angels lost when they
rebelled. And perhaps the lowly form of
a former creature is used as the pattern and instrument of that justice. Just a curious speculation or something to wonder
about. After all, God does everything by
plan, and nothing by accident.
In any case, all of
creation is under Gods eye. Nothing
escapes His eye. Nothing escapes His
notice. Nothing escapes His awareness. And all of history, whether pre-historic or
current, is a part of Gods overall plan.
When Gods people and man
are ever referred to, the mention always begins with Adam, and never anything
prior.
