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Created in the image of God
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canadyjd
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Context: At least two possibilities imho. (1) Having dominion over God's creation as God has dominion.
(2) Relationship: God exists in relationship with the Godhead...Father, Son, Holy Spirit: 3 persons existing in unity as one God.
Mankind was created for relationship: male and female He created them. The relationship between a husband and wife reflects the relationship within the Godhead. Male and female become 1 flesh.
I am sure there will be others.
(2) Relationship: God exists in relationship with the Godhead...Father, Son, Holy Spirit: 3 persons existing in unity as one God.
Mankind was created for relationship: male and female He created them. The relationship between a husband and wife reflects the relationship within the Godhead. Male and female become 1 flesh.
I am sure there will be others.
I'm sure that Genesis 1:26-27 (before the Fall) is meant to be contrasted with Genesis 5:3 (after the fall).
Therefore God's image must have something to do with righteousness.
Therefore God's image must have something to do with righteousness.
I believe man is the image of God by virtue of his spiritual nature. Man received the breath of God by which Man, formed from the dust of the earth, became a living soul.
Man is endowed with a free self-consciousness in his spiritual nature, a copy of the holiness and blessedness of the Divine Life of God Himself. This essence of the divine likeness was shattered by sin; and it is only through Christ, the brightness of the glory of God and the expression of His essence according to Hebrews 1:3, that our nature is transformed into the image of God again according to Colossians 3:10, "and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator" and Ephsians 4:24, "and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth."
Man is endowed with a free self-consciousness in his spiritual nature, a copy of the holiness and blessedness of the Divine Life of God Himself. This essence of the divine likeness was shattered by sin; and it is only through Christ, the brightness of the glory of God and the expression of His essence according to Hebrews 1:3, that our nature is transformed into the image of God again according to Colossians 3:10, "and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator" and Ephsians 4:24, "and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth."
As the creation of God we were designed to be his image-bearers to the rest of creation. We were designed to bring order/function, to have dominion over the world God made (in its context ... Genesis 1:26-27).
We were designed to be God’s represenitives to the rest of creation, to be his image to the world.
As Christians we are called priests, representatives of God’s creation.
Rob
We were designed to be God’s represenitives to the rest of creation, to be his image to the world.
As Christians we are called priests, representatives of God’s creation.
Rob
Thanks for the comments thus far. I will add a few things that may spark further/other comments.
IIRC, I was first taught that man created in the image of God referred to the fact that he was a triune being -- body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23). For example, Lehman Strauss :
IIRC, I was first taught that man created in the image of God referred to the fact that he was a triune being -- body, soul, and spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23). For example, Lehman Strauss :
I wouldn’t say that there is no connection/application, but now to me that doesn't seem a primary consideration. Here are the few added things:
- I except to find the primary meaning in the context of the first mention in Genesis 1:26-27.
- So far as I know, man is the only part of God's creation described as “in the image of God.”
- Even in his depraved condition man continues the benefits of being created in God’s image. In Genesis 9:6 it is cited as a reason against murder.
Created as a spirit being with authority and dominion.
So do apes, dolphins, and several other animals.
Hmm, never read a poem by any of those "animals" you have mentioned.
And if I am correct that the image of God in creation is only applied to man, then it should be something that distinguishes him from both animals and angels.
We have a spiritual aspect to us, not just a physical body, and have the means to commune with and be in direct connection to God! Also have emotions, awareness of self idenity!
That's because you don't understand dolphin language.
Would this not be true of angels, with exception of the physical body?
I do not think Angels have the Holy Spirit, God Himself, indwelling them though, as that seperates us from them!
Dolphins and apes have some interesting conversation within their own species.
I do not think they have a spiritual relationship with God though!
That would make one "not created in the image of God" prior to salvation.
That was my original point.
Do they have underwater schools and universities?That's because you don't understand dolphin language.
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