Made in the image of God
The historical biblical account of the creation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:26-27) states that God made the first man and woman ’in His own image’. What does this mean? And why is it important?
The occasion was the sixth day of Creation Week, after God had prepared the earth as a habitation, and after He had created the fish, the birds, and the other animals. These were all created by divine fiat, which means that God commanded (or willed) each event to happen and it was done. In the case of the creation of man, there is a difference. The inspired record reads: ’And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them’(Genesis 1:26-27).
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I have been a Christian a long time and have read the Bible a couple of times, focusing on more areas than others. To me, reading that man was made in the image of God, doesn't mean that it counters the evolutionist ideas that we evolved to this form, but rather that Adam and Eve were initially spiritual beings as well. If you think of it this way, then when the disobeyed and were evicted from the Garden, and then given animal skins, that may be the human body we now have. It explains why Paul and others believe that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. It also explains, in a more logical way, where Cain got his wife. There were humans created with the rest of the animals, though they didn't have souls…yet.
The idea that God prefers any form, especially the human one, tends to sound humanocentric. We want to make God in our image. Sounds kind of backwards to me.
I know you'll have some sort of cerebral, or a fancy theological answer to this, but the hypothesis answers so many other questions we've had for some time about aspects of Biblical history.
-Shaun KelseyI, too, have been a Christian a long time – however, I take the view that the Bible is in infallible Word of God. If He says it happened thus and so – then, I believe it happened thus and so. Therefore, I am NOT an evolutionist. I love the fact that God loves to communicate with mankind and has created us to hear and feel this communication. I really love the fact that I can communicate with my Abba, and He answers me. My heart hurts for the countless numbers who do not know Him on a personal level and I pray for the lost of this world.
-PeggyI have been a Christian for a long time, but have been really studying the Bible for only about 5 years now. If God took one of Adam's ribs to make Eve, Adam was not originally spirit but flesh and blood. Why would a spirit need to breathe, or be made from dust? Makes no sense. Futhermore, how could a spirit (which is invisible I would think) become ashamed of its nakedness? Our body is a holy temple because the Holy Spirit resides in those who strive to be righteous.
-Joyce DI would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than to live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.
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