WAS THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE A LEGEND OR A MYTH?

Some scholars, in an attempt to find a compromise between the Bible and evolution, have taught that the Creation account of Genesis should not be taken literally, and that room can be found in Genesis to accommodate the idea that humans evolved gradually in Earth’s recent past.
But what did Jesus say about this teaching?
Christ spoke clearly regarding Creation. In Mark 10:6, He declared: “But from the beginning of the creation, male and female made he them.”
Note these three truths:
(1) Adam and Eve were “made”; they were not biological accidents. Interestingly, the verb “made” in the Greek is in the aorist tense, implying point action, rather than progressive development (which would be characteristic of evolutionary activity).
(2) Adam and Eve were fashioned “male and female”; they were not initially an asexual “blob” that eventually experienced sexual diversion.
(3) Adam and Eve existed “from the beginning of the creation.” The Greek word for “beginning” is arché, and is used of “absolute, denoting the beginning of the world and of its history, the beginning of creation.” The Greek word for “creation” is ktiseos, and denotes the “sum-total of what God has created”.
Christ certainly did not teach that life on earth took millions or billions of years to evolve. And Christ’s testimony is true because of perfect sinless life, His supernatural miracles, fulfilling prophecies and His resurrection from the dead.
In His service,