Adam wasn't the first man, but he was the first man created with a conscience, what God refers to as a Nesamah. You'll read how he and his family were cast out of the garden(located near Lake Van) and they co-mingled with the other humans. These same conscienceless people existed all around the world and they weren't all wiped out by the flood either, that is another major misconception. You see Noah's sons again going out and co-mingling with these people.

>Freewill, Judgment, Choice, and Consequence...

While very few people are able to reason, there is a reason for everything—even for Satan. Through Yasha’yahuw(Isaiah), Yahowah(God) tells us that He created evil, and in the first book of the Towrah, God demonstrates why. Bad must exist for us to have the opportunity to choose good. And for that choice to be credible, an Adversary must exist to be its champion. If everything were wonderful, if all of life were sunshine and joy, no one would have a reason to rebel against Yah or separate themselves from His love.

Heylel (sometimes written “Halal”) ben Shachar, better known as Satan, is a spiritual being who was created by God. He was part of the “saba’ – command and control regime” Yahowah calls malak or “messengers.” As we move out of Bare’syth in the Towrah and into Yasha’yahuw in the Prophets, you will discover what caused Heylel ben Shachar and his fellow demons to be expelled from Yah’s service. But that’s less important now than what he did.