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   Why did God create people to rule over creation?

   • God created people to rule over creation. “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.

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   Why did God create people?

   • He made us to rule over His creation as responsible stewards of the earth, and to rule over the ruler of this fallen world as we exercise the authority of Christ our Head through prayer. He made us to reproduce godly offspring, both in our families and in our church family through bearing spiritual children. That’s why God created people.

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   Why did God create man?

   • As Ian Hart puts it, "Exercising royal dominion over the earth as God's representative is the basic purpose for which God created man.... Man is appointed king over creation, responsible to God the ultimate king, and as such expected to manage and develop and care for creation, this task to include actual physical work."

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   Why is man appointed king over creation?

   • Man is appointed king over creation, responsible to God the ultimate king, and as such expected to manage and develop and care for creation, this task to include actual physical work." Our work in God’s image begins with faithfully representing God. As we exercise dominion over the created world, we do it knowing that we mirror God.

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   Aug 22, 2013 · God created people to rule over creation. “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.

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   Jan 4, 2022 · God has sovereign power over His creation and has delegated the authority to mankind to have dominion over the animals (Genesis 1:26). David reinforces this truth: “You made [mankind] rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet” (Psalm 8:6).

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   Stemming from the fact that God made man in His image is a second purpose: III. God created people to rule over creation. “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.

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   God has sovereign power over His creation and has delegated the authority to mankind to have dominion over the animals (Genesis 1:26). David reinforces this truth: “You made [mankind] rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet” (Psalm 8:6).

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   Jun 11, 2013 · The key phrase is “there was no one to till the ground.” God chose not to bring his creation to a close until he created people to work with (or under) him.

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   However, in the moment of creation, God gives mankind the responsibility to rule over all other life He has made on the earth. In that sense, humans would stand as God's image, God's representatives, on earth as we rule over and manage all the rest of His creation.

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   Jan 14, 2024 · Bearing God’s image, people were tasked as vice-regents to govern creation in a way that honored God and reflected His wise and loving rule (Genesis 1:28). Therefore, while designed for relationship, humans also have great dignity and responsibility as stewards of God’s good world.