And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.Contemporary English VersionSo God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women. English Revised VersionAnd God created man in his own image, in the image of God ...
Man is made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), and this face reflects the relational aspect of God's nature, highlighting the importance of wisdom and understanding in the divine order. It serves as a reminder of the responsibility humans have to reflect God's character in the world. ...
perspectives. So the final three contextual keys which what us understand what it means to be made in the image of God help the support the idea that we have already seen, that you and I are the image of God on earth, and that we live as His image when we act the way God acts....
That command to the strong angels, of which the rock-apostle is the image, "Take him, and bind him hand and foot, and cast him out," issues, in its measure, against the teacher, for every help withheld, and for every truth refused and for every falsehood enforced; so that he is ...
It is our sins that put Jesus on the cross, but it’s also the cross that forgives us, if we have faith in this truth. Other truths hurt, too, especially when God’s Word intersects with our lives. This is why we need the “squishy-tough skin.” ...
Man-made gods are exactly what they claim to be: man-made. Although many people may believe their man-made gods are real, the Bible states otherwise. A good example in Scripture about people coming to the realization that the Lord is the only God is in the account of Hezekiah and Sennac...
An essay is presented discussing the Biblical exegesis technique of the early Christian writer Origen regarding the theological interpretation of God's anthropomorphic characteristics as seen throughout the Old Testament. References are made to the texts of Number 23:19 and Deuteronomy 1:31, asserting...
- Man wants to reproduce what God (YHVH) has done, to show he can do it too, or that he does not need God to create. I would like to see man reproduce all this!! - Take a look at the pictures (in the link below) from top to bottom. I could not put…
(Image: “The Separation Of Church And State,” by Ian Sane, on Flickr under Creative Commons.) And, in my view, it is in all our best interests to keep Church and State at least a little unequal, with the balance of power between them tilted in favor of the civil State. In our ...
He wrote of its first dimension in 1:21-32. This passage reveals mankind’s horrifying descent into the sins spreading into the world as Adam’s descendents were moving away from God’s holiness. They reached a depth of sinfulness that made the flood of Noah’s day mandatory lest even ...