Made In GOD’s Image!
Have you ever thought about the fact that humans are made in the image and likeness of GOD? How are we in God’s image and likeness? What does that mean about our relationship with GOD?
Two times GOD emphasizes that He made us in His image and likeness, Genesis 1:26-28, 5:1-2, “Then GOD said, ‘Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So GOD created man in His Own image, in the image of GOD He created him; male and female He created them.” “This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that GOD created man, He made him in the likeness of GOD. He created them male and female and Blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.”
In Genesis 2:7 and 21-24 GOD describes how He made mankind. “And The LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground (Genesis 3:17-19; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49) and breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life and man became a living being…And The LORD GOD caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam and he slept; and He took one of his ribs (in the original it says He took from his side) and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which The LORD GOD had taken from man He made (Lit. built) into a woman and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined (Lit. cling) to his wife and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 3:20; Proverbs 5:18; Hebrews 13:4)
Now let’s look at the full picture of man’s creation at the hand of GOD. “In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth...Then GOD said, ‘Let there be light!’ and GOD saw the light that it was Good; and GOD divided the light from the darkness. GOD called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. Then GOD said, ‘Let there be a firmament (expanse) in the midst of the waters and let it divide the waters from the waters.’ Thus GOD made the firmament and divided the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day. Then GOD said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gather together into one place and let the dry land appear’; and it was so. And GOD called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas; and GOD saw that it was Good. Then GOD said, ‘Let the earth bring forth grass…And GOD saw that it was Good; and the evening and the morning were the third day. Then GOD said, ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be signs and seasons and for days and years…Then GOD made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night…And GOD saw that it was Good; and the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Then GOD said let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament (expanse) of the heavens…And GOD Blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let birds multiply on the earth.’ So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Then GOD said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind.’ And it was so…And GOD saw that it was Good. Then GOD said, ‘Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…So GOD created man in His Own image; in the image of GOD He created him; male and female He created them…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 being. Then GOD saw everything that He had made and indeed it was Very Good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Genesis 1:1-2:7 [Eve could have been formed on the same day, but the Scripture is not clear on that, Genesis 2:20-25.]
So let’s be clear that we understand and believe that GOD made Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed into him The Breath of Life and Adam became a living human being, both male and female, then later when GOD could find no helper for Adam among the rest of His creation He took from Adam’s side and made a Woman. If you cannot believe that without doubting then go back and read the scriptures again and ask GOD’s HOLY SPIRIT to show you the Truth about the creation of humanity – the human race.
Adam was created in GOD’s image and likeness as a plural human being just as GOD is a plural GOD. GOD is The Father, The Son and The HOLY SPIRIT, and The One True GOD Who is both singular and plural. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Zechariah 14:9; John 10:30, 17:11; Ephesians 4:5-6; 1 Timothy 1:5). We are the descendants of Adam, all humans come from Adam*, the first of the humankind (race) 1 Corinthians 15:45-49, “And so it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a Living Being.’ The Last Adam (JESUS) became a Life giving SPIRIT (Romans 5:12-21). However the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first man was of the earth made of dust; the second man is The LORD from Heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust (us, all humans); and as is the Heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly (Christians); and as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the Heavenly Man (Son of Man).” When the Scripture says, “Don’t think of yourself more highly than you ought (Romans 12:3).” It is because we are of dust, and to dust we return (Genesis 3:19).
It is only through the Second Adam (Son of Man) that we are saved from sin, the sin that every human inherited from Adam, we are a DNA match for Adam through Noah.
*PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Nov 27, 2018 - All humans descended from a man and woman who lived 100,000 to 200,000 years ago, say researchers. Mark Stoeckle, from the Rockefeller University in New York and David Thaler of the University of Basel in Switzerland.
While not literally descending from one single man (Adam), scientific evidence suggests that all humans share a common male ancestor (Noah?), referred to as "Y-chromosomal Adam," and a common female ancestor, known as "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived many generations ago.
It seems that some scientist believe we all come from one set of humans, just not Adam and Eve (how about Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth and their wives) and not six thousand or five thousand five hundred years ago but one hundred to two hundred thousand years ago. I think The Bible version is more believable.
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