[31]We are all interested in knowing how Jehovah created the first man, Adam.  “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7) God did not give man a soul separate and distinct from the man.  The word soul means being; living, breathing creature.  Every man is a soul.  No man has a soul.  Every living creature is a soul.  God called all moving creatures that have life souls. (See Genesis 1:20, margin) He designates various animals as souls.—­Numbers 31:28.

[32]Jehovah then made a beautiful home for man, which is designated in the Bible as Eden—­a garden, a beautiful park.  Everything in Eden was perfect, because all the works of Jehovah are perfect. (Deuteronomy 32:4) “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.  And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”—­Genesis 2:  8,9,15.

[33]God next gave to man a law to govern him.  He told him what he might do and what he might not do; and informed him that a violation of this law would bring death upon him.  “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:  for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”—­Genesis 2:16, 17.

[34]God then created Eve to be a helpmate or companion to Adam. (Genesis 2:21-25) If Adam and Eve had been obedient to Jehovah at all times, there would have been no sickness, sorrow, nor death amongst the human race.

[35]In the Scriptures Jesus, the Logos, is designated as “the bright and morning star”. (Revelation 22:16) He at all times was and is the joy and delight of the heavenly Father, Jehovah.  A star is used to symbolize a heavenly creature.  The morning star is the most honored one in all the divine realm, Jehovah alone excepted.  Other heavenly creatures are designated as stars.

[36]Many times you have heard the question asked, Who made the devil, Satan, the evil one?  The correct answer is, He was not always the devil or Satan.  He was created a perfect and beautiful creature.  He was also designated a star of heaven.  His original name was Lucifer.  The prophet Ezekiel says of him that he was “the anointed cherub that covereth”, which seems to indicate that he had authority over some others.  Continuing, the prophet records:  “Thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.  Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” (Ezekiel 28:14,15)