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- Genesis, the first book of the Bible, describes God’s decision to create people. And He already had work in mind for them to do in their new home, the Garden of Eden, and the rest of the world.
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- God Created People to Reflect His Image.
- God Created People to Rule Over Creation.
- God Created People to Reproduce Godly offspring.
- Conclusion
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The first thing that strikes us is the repetition of the plural pronouns in reference to God: “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (1:26). Jewish scholars usually explain this as God talking to the angels. But Scripture is clear that God did not take counsel with the angels when He created man (Isa. 40:12-26; 44:24), and beside...
“Let them rule” (1:26) is the consequence of “Let Us make man in Our image.” God gave the right of dominion over all living things to man. The command to subdue it (1:28) implies that there was work involved, even in the perfect setting of the Garden, to bring the creation under man’s rightful dominion. This dominion involves a stewardship of the e...
“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it” (1:28). This is both God’s pronouncement of blessing as well as His delegation of responsibility. The blessing of sharing in God’s creative process by producing offspring was given to other living things besides man (1:22, 24-25). But man alone was commanded not only to fill the earth, b...
A man died and they put on his tombstone: “He came, stayed a while, and left.” Sad epitaph! But what if it had said, “He came, stayed a while, got married, worked at his job, raised a family, and left”? Throw in, “He became a success in his career and made a pile of money.” It’s still missing the purpose for which God created us. God made us indivi...
Does our being created in the image of God provide a biblical basis for “self-esteem”? Why/why not?If someone argued that seriously deformed babies are not made in God’s image, how would you answer? What Scriptures apply?To what extent are spiritual forces behind everyday events? Should we attribute problems to demonic influence?Some Christians think that all artificial means of birth control are wrong. Agree/disagree? Support your position biblically.Aug 25, 2021 · God’s spoken word for human creation in Genesis 1:26 and its interpretation in 1:27 and 5:1b–2 tell us five things about humankind. 1. All people were created by divine decree. First, all people were created by a divine, creative utterance for bodily life on earth with each other and all other living creatures (Gen 1:26).
This is why Peter, when he writes his letter to a mixed group of Jesus’ followers, applies the language of the chosen nation to them, calling them “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession” (1 Peter 2:9). He says that any of those who have received mercy from God now have the special role of ...
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Jun 15, 2020 · “The point of Genesis 10 is that humankind is conceived as a unity, and the diversity of peoples [...] is understood as the fulfillment of God’s command to Noah and his sons to be fruitful and to multiply, and to fill the earth.” “God created man in His image” (Genesis 1:27).
Aug 9, 2024 · Verse 27 offers two descriptions of how God created humans: (1) in His image and likeness, and (2) as male and female. Verse 28 then expresses two blessings that God placed upon humanity: (1) to reproduce and fill the earth, and (2) to subdue the earth and exercise dominion over it.
Background. The first creation account is divided into seven days during which God creates light (day 1); the sky (day 2); the earth, seas, and vegetation (day 3); the sun and moon (day 4); animals of the air and sea (day 5); and land animals and humans (day 6).
