What does He do then? But He will still be bearing the marks of His cross, and may be the only malformed body in heaven.So, "God making man in His own image and after His own likeness" is speaking of that spiritual nature and those capacities of God: self-determination, love, those capacities that He has given to me.And God blessed them, and he said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth over the earth (Gen 1:28). If its language were that of modern science, people in former ages would not have understood it, and people in future ages would find it out of date. How thrilling to be able to see the design in nature, all testifying of the wisdom of the God that I serve. But "Elohim" is the plural tense for God. Again, let us note the confronting of the serpent, not with man, who always falls under Satan's power, but with Christ, who always conquers. Was it a state for a promise? Genesis 1:24). The appearance he presents to an eye suited to contemplate him is his image. That he should be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, to subdue it, and have dominion over the other created beings of God.And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb-yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Elohim is a plural word. In the very order of the creation the paternal solicitude of God for man is conspicuous, because he furnished the world with all things needful, and even with an immense profusion of wealth, before he formed man. (See The image of God below. Conclusion: God desired that man would be like Him. It would be carried across the ocean and be thrown up on a beach somewhere. Genesis 1:26 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Genesis 1:26, NIV: Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' Genesis 1:26, ESV: Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Likewise when it says that God made man from the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7), it does not mean that he took in his hands a ball of clay and formed it into a human shape as a baker makes a gingerbread man, but that he made man out of common chemicals. Genesis 1:25-26 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the . Put them out of their order, and all becomes confused; receive them as God has written them, and there is perfection in the measure in which you understand them. The last is Philo's explanation: ( equals angels). If they were not, it could not be said, in OUR image, and it does not appear from any part in the sacred writings that any creature but man was made in the image of God. "`aleph', he, `jod', Every great writer, as far as he can go, illustrates this plan indeed everybody, we may say. You may form opinions; but for the truth, and even for such facts as the world's history before man had an existence in it facts as to which there can be no testimony from the creature on the earth, we find the need of His word who knew and wrought all from the beginning. Fires and candles, the luminaries of this lower world, because they waste, and go out, have a power to light more; but it is not so with the lights of heaven: stars do not kindle stars. And of course a little coconut tree would come up and then he would begin to propagate across the South Pacific islands.Fruit bearing seeds, vegetable-bearing seeds, grass bearing seeds, after their kind. And to ascribe the least portion of a work so exquisite to angels, is a sacrilege to be held in abhorrence. The plural "We" was regarded by the fathers and earlier theologians almost unanimously as indicative of the Trinity: modern commentators, on the contrary, regard it either as pluralis majestatis; or as an address by God to Himself, the subject and object being identical; or as communicative, an address to the spirits or angels who stand around the Deity and constitute His council. God formed Eve from Adams rib, not from half of his body or from his genitals. Another divine, but an infidel, regards the knowledge of good and evil as the image of God by creation. In the latter she only saw a child given of God naturally. The phraseology employed perfectly agrees with and confirms the analogy of revelation, that the first verse speaks of an original condition which God was pleased to bring into being; the second, of a desolation afterwards brought in; but how long the first lasted what changes may have intervened, when or by what means the ruin came to pass, is not the subject-matter of the inspired record, but open to the ways and means of human research, if indeed man has sufficient facts on which to ground a sure conclusion. When Genesis 1:26 reveals that God made man in God's image, that means He gave man a will, emotion, and intelligence. God certainly might here command by his bare word what he wished to be done: but he chose to give this tribute to the excellency of man, that he would, in a manner, enter into consultation concerning his creation. The strict import of the term is that which to my mind is most suitable to the context; the week in which God made the heaven and earth for man seems alone appropriate in introducing the revelation of God. Genesis 9:25-26; Genesis 9:25-26. The Spirit of God has acted quite otherwise. ], "Image" and "likeness" are essentially synonymous terms. This is brought before us here. For example, the Bible speaks of the four corners of the earth (Isaiah 11:12) and of the pillars, bases and cornerstone of the earth (Job 9:6; Job 38:4-6); but if people use those statements to deny that the earth is a globe, they misuse the Bible. Consequently a moral test such as the wise and prudent would introduce here, and count a worthier reason why there should be so vast a ruin for the world ensuing, is out of the question. It is evident therefore that in the one case we have that which was generally necessary, in the other case that which was special and due to the relationship in which man was placed with Jehovah. (h) Tikkune Zohar, correct. There is no statement, from beginning to end of scripture, as far as I am aware, which in the smallest degree modifies or takes away from the force of the words with which the Bible opens "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.". He offers of the firstlings of his flock that which passed under death to Jehovah. Gesenius on Isaiah 11:6-8). There were no carnivorous animals in the beginning. Genesis 1:26. "Jehovah-Elohim took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Thus, it appears from the very beginning that God is represented as a compound unity. And if you're expecting to see Him with shoulder-length hair and a beard, and all, you may be, you may not even recognize Him. For the view that the image of God includes the body, see Jonathan F. Henry, "Man in Gods Image: What Does it Mean?" And so we'll just go through finding out what it says and we'll leave the puny, little intellects to their discussions and arguments that are without profit or value to us. For what end? The union of attributes which constitute his spiritual nature is his character or likeness. He created the heaven and earth at the beginning. 124.] "Image" is a word taken from sensible things, and denotes likeness in outward form, while the material may be different. It's done. "In the image of God male and female created he them " This means that woman also is made in the image of God. In truth only God is competent to pronounce; and this He has done. But here the question is respecting that glory of God which peculiarly shines forth in human nature, where the mind, the will, and all the senses, represent the Divine order. A holy being might and does so know, i.e., a being who, while knowing, has an intrinsic nature that repels the evil and cleaves to the good. We did not evolve from other lower forms of life. So, that seems to lend credence to the "gap theory" that the heavens and the earth were created in verse one, this is an account of re-creation.Now the fog cloud's removed and the sun and the moon becoming visible and are now used to mark off years and days and months; used as time indicators and the greater light to rule the day, the lesser light holder to rule the night. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day (Gen 1:31). So with Cain here "and if thou doest not well;" and such was the fact. Because moral responsibility in relationship to Jehovah-Elohim comes in exactly where it should. They show a misunderstanding of the nature of the Bibles language. As with the rest of the Bible, the book of Genesis was written in the everyday language of the people of the time. Adam was not androgynous (i.e., two individuals joined physically like Siamese twins) or bisexual (i.e., one individual possessing both male and female sexual organs). *Some have wondered why the serpent and Eve should be represented as saying Elohim ("God") in the temptation, seeing that everywhere else in the section the name employed is Jehovah-Elohim. In Assyrian the name for man is also adamu, or admu. They were made to dwell upon the face of all the earth,Acts 17:26. "And God blessed them, and said Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth " The procreation and nurture of the continuing generations of mankind upon earth is a God-ordained privilege and commandment. And I've often wondered how close does he get to the ceiling before he flips over so he can land on his feet. "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." He set it apart for man's acknowledging of God. These again are of less importance than the land, which man tills and renders fruitful in all that can gratify his appetite or his taste. And God said, Let us make man It is evident that God intends to impress the mind of man with a sense of something extraordinary in the formation of his body and soul, when he introduces the account of his creation thus; Let US make man. creation of all things, and particularly of man: hence we read of 133.]. 26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[ a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.". And let them rule. Tela ignea, vol. If man had been writing it, if he had attempted to give that which pretended to be a revelation, we could understand a flourish of trumpets, pompous prolegomena, some elaborate means or other of setting forth who and what God is, an attempt by fancy to project His image out of man's mind, or by subtle priori reasoning to justify all that might follow. He appointed man, it is true, lord of the world; but he expressly subjects the animals to him, because they having an inclination or instinct of their own, (93) seem to be less under authority from without. He was gone from God. Humans were created in God's image, with the ability to cultivate and manifest qualities that God possesses, such as love, empathy, and justice. Ed. 2. When man in Paradise was forbidden to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he broke the command immediately as far as appears, the first day. That man was made male and female, and blessed with the blessing of fruitfulness and increase. we should have had a long introduction, and a full history of his origin and his designs and his doings. God created the rest of the universe in the first five days, and, "Then God said". It depends for its existence upon God. 2. As to the manner in which God made man in His image, it is significant that man himself is a trinity - having mind, spirit, and body. [Note: Gorman Gray, The Age of the Universe: What Are the Biblical Limits?] What are the ten numerations? The story of creation is but an introduction to the story of Gods dealings with the human race. Third, it is equally consistent with human science. That is another matter, and by ho means of such consequence as many suppose. The Creation of the World. And so you get the feeling, an irritation in your ankle, and you reach down and pull that seed out and throw it down. The Lord renew it upon our souls by his sanctifying grace! As a notice of God's covenant with the earth, I may just refer, in passing, to the establishment of the bow in the cloud as the sign of the mercy of Elohim (verses Genesis 9:12-17). (86) Some here distinguish, and say the image is in what is natural, the likeness in what is gratuitous. The process of creation, as Moses described it, typically follows this pattern for each day of creation: announcement, commandment, separation, report, naming, evaluation, and chronological framework. The superior trinity being Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the inferior trinity of man being body, soul and spirit. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" So it was that the serpent envenomed morally the heart of the woman first, and then of the man. over fish and fowl signify, unless it be a power to feed upon God created people to rule over creation. The six days fall into two threes, corresponding to each other in the course of events. He presents very interesting arguments. Holmes and Parsons show, however, the omission of supplied in not a few MSS., whether by the translators or by their copyists may be a question. God made but one male and one female, that all the nations of men might know themselves to be made of one blood, descendants from one common stock, and might thereby be induced to love one another. Here it would not have served His purpose to say, "Jehovah remembered every living thing," because every living thing was not in moral relationship with God. correct. The minute it touches you, it glues itself to you. It is the great truth of sacrifice, of which Abel's faith laid hold, realising and confessing in his slain lamb that there was no other way in a ruined world for a holy relationship, and for the confession of the truth too, as between God and man. The reason is plain when we look at Genesis 1:1-31. * This, not to speak of other reasons, appears conclusive against the claim of the Pison to be the Ganges! So having given me the capacity of choice, making me in His image, He has to then offer me an alternative, give me a choice to make; but then, He has to respect that choice that I have made.Part of the intricacy of self-determination; that image of God in which man was created. When it says that God sits above the circle of the earth (Isaiah 40:22), it does not mean that he sits in space somewhere above the horizon, but that he is the sovereign Lord of the universe. one that had ruined the glory of God, as far as it rested upon him. . Which would include the angels, for the angels are called the hosts of heaven.And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made (Gen 2:2). But I have the capacity to love.So man was made in the image of God and in the likeness of God. It would fit with the Hebrew word "meor". The exposition of Chrysostom is not more correct, who refers to the dominion which was given to man in order that he might, in a certain sense, act as Gods vicegerent in the government of the world. Hitherto they had been of one lip; but combining to make a name to themselves, lest they should be scattered, not to exalt God nor confide in Him, they had their language confounded, and themselves dispersed. And yet, they are so exquisitely beautiful when you look at them under a microscope. The change of designation springs from distinct truths, not from different fabulists and a sorry compiler who could not even assimilate them. Again, the first three days refer to a lower, the second three to a higher order of things. Lyra. The Sixth Day. Cain, as it is said, went out from His presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod; a son is born in due time who builds a city called after his name. He made man the master over the earth. If so, the shift to poetry may emphasize human beings as Gods image bearers. whom did he say this? And let them have dominion Hence we see that the dominion was not the image. This passage has intrigued Bible students for millennia. Though the same kind of organization may be found in man as appears in the lower animals, yet there is a variety and complication in the parts, a delicacy of structure, a nice arrangement, a judicious adaptation of the different members to their great offices and functions, a dignity of mien, and a perfection of the whole, which are sought for in vain in all other creatures. It was the essential feature that the trial should be simply a question of God's authority in prohibition, not one of grave moral evil. . As he has the government of the inferior creatures, he is, as it were, God's representative, or viceroy, upon earth; they are not capable of fearing and serving God, therefore God has appointed them to fear and serve man. carriage, or for all of them, some of them for one thing, and We've never been able to disprove this. Hence, we are forced to conclude that the plural pronoun indicates a plurality of persons or hypostases in the Divine Being. On the first the darkness on the face of the earth is removed; on the fourth that on the face of the sky. I'm made in the image of God, who is a self-determinant being.Now, if God created me with a capacity of choice, it would be totally meaningless unless He gave me a choice. Now comes in the shadow of what God would do fully another day. And knowing me and loving me, and knowing what is best, He seeks to influence my choice and to direct my choice, but I always have the right to say, "bug off, God, I don't want to follow you." "And in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. Genesis 1:27. The infinite God, who created this universe and all the life forms within it remains unformed in our own mind. 1. The sons of God chose the daughters of men. No, but in judging the serpent there comes out the revealed purpose of God, not a promise to Adam in sin, but the revelation of One who would crush the serpent's head the first sinner and too successful tempter to sin. However, this explanation does violence to the Hebrew text. This, it is observable, is kept up strikingly here, for Adam has these creatures brought before him by Jehovah- Elohim, and gives names to them all, showing clearly not alone his title as lord, but the power of appropriate language imparted by God from the first. Men have fancied contradictions; they have fallen back on the old resource of opposed documents put together. Angels were created, but they are spirits, lacking potential. And man eat too, not deceived, but with open eyes, and therefore so much the more guilty swayed, no doubt, by his affections; bold, however, in yielding to them, for he ought rather to have been her guard and guide, certainly not to have followed her, even if he had failed to keep her safely in the path of good. They build their nests, they lay the eggs, they hatch their young. Carmen Memorial. They give you notions ideas; they can furnish nothing better, and very often nothing worse. Both appear to me natural and purposed. 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Where all was bright and good around man in innocency the scope for labour would not have its place. Genesis 26:1 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Genesis 26:1, NIV: Now there was a famine in the land--besides the previous famine in Abraham's time--and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. Both may be perfectly right, and both absolutely true; but there is a difference of manner and phraseology, because of a difference of object before you. This does not mean simply that certain parts of human beings such as their spiritual, moral or mental capacities reflect the divine nature. "And if thou doest not well," it is said, "sin lieth at the door." The world was living in harmony with God, and thus in harmony with each other.And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. The highest, the holiest, the only suitable way, once it is laid before us, evidently is what God Himself has employed in His word. So God created man in His own image; in the image . She listened, she looked, she took of the fruit; she ate, and was fallen. Man was to be a creature different from all that had been hitherto made. Oneness in marriage is essential if husband and wife are to fulfill Gods purposes for humankind. There can be no doubt that the Euphrates and the Tigris or Hiddekel, here named, are the same two rivers similarly called to this moment. This cannot be, because a plurality of qualities exists in everything, without at all leading to the application of the plural number to the individual, and because such a plurality does not warrant the expression, "let us make." ], Genesis 1:27 may be the first poem in the Bible. And they heard the voice of Jehovah-Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves. Only a plurality of persons can justify the phrase. This concrete 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 (Hebrews 1:3), that our nature is transformed into the image of God again (Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24). The argument his accusers used was that the Bible says the earth remains still and the sun rises and sets upon it (1 Chronicles 16:30; Ecclesiastes 1:5). As we might have expected, the Genesis account of creation is from the viewpoint of the ordinary person. The rest of the world exists through the word of God; man through His own peculiar breath. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. part of the creation, and for the sake of whom the world, and all It assigns an essential significance to the words, the heavens, in that verse. This truly is some portion, though very small, of the image of God. What can be more consistent? I do not of course enter into details, but here is the inspired account, which shines in the midst of the horrors of that dark scene which fabulists portrayed. Matthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:24-27. Now man has lost neither of these two. Let us not forget the deceitfulness of sin. It assigns to the words heavens, earth, expanse, day, no greater latitude of meaning than was then customary. See his Works, vol. Darius the Mede, "I make a decree" Daniel 6:26. It is man as the head of creation. Being the truth, whatever man discovers that is true will never clash with it. It is not "Jehovah" now but "God." How possibly have that discrimination which decides morally between what is good and what is evil? But it was important to show its ground in the facts of creation, apart from special relationship, and that made Elohim alone appropriate in this place. And He set it apart. Finally, a literal interpretation seems not only contradictory to the rest of Scripture, and unlikely, but also inappropriate, Gardener aptly observed: But our anatomy and physiology is demanded by our terrestrial habitat, and quite inappropriate to the one who inhabits eternity. For these reasons, theologians have concluded that the statement in Genesis 1:26-28 must be metaphorical of mans spiritual or immaterial nature." De Opificio, p. 16. The very first rule on which the interpreter is bound to proceed is to assign to each word the meaning it commonly bore in the time of the writer. The environmental conditions have been placed here for man, the trees, the vegetables have been placed here for his food. Up until this point, God had said, "Let there be". to their unbelief if they choose to despise or resist the word of God meanwhile. As for myself, before I define the image of God, I would deny that it differs from his likeness. The end of this chapter shows that the man in whose person the principle of human government was set up could not govern himself. The geometric patterns and design.And so, of all of the millions of people, there may be some who look somewhat alike, and yet, you know, when you get to know twins, you'll be able to tell them apart at sight, because there's just enough difference between everybody. But it is a crime against man made in the image of God, and as this abides, whether he be fallen or not, the guilt of murder is unimpeachable and evident. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. Scripture is divine from first to last. De Profugis, p. 460. It sedulously refrains from importing modern notions into the narrative. It places the special creative work of the six days in due subordination to the absolute creation recorded in the first verse. As Christ came into our world without sin, his true rank therefore was that of Adam, as God had created Adam, and before the Fall. But this is not the meaning of verses 1 and 2. One sees the reason why man before this had not been punished by the judge; whereas after the flood there was government and judicial proceeding. It has been supposed by some that God speaks here to the angels, when he says, Let us make man; but to make this a likely interpretation these persons must prove, 1. At first the earth was featureless and in darkness because of the mass of surrounding water, but as the thick clouds of water vapour began to lose their density, a hazy light came by day from the invisible sun (1:1-5; first day). If she possesses all along with Him, it is because of her union with Him, not intrinsically. Simpler forms of life then began to appear. This further difficulty is also to be encountered, namely, why Paul should deny the woman to be the image of God, when Moses honors both, indiscriminately, with this title. What value is it then for me to have a choice if He doesn't respect it? Notwithstanding in the midst of the scene of desolation we hear Adam calling his wife's name "Eve" (ver. If, in consequence of the curse pronounced upon the earth after the sin of man, who was appointed head and lord of nature, the whole creation was subjected to vanity and the bondage of corruption (Romans 8:20. "Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus". Thus a peculiarity in scripture, when understood, is pregnant with truth, having its source in God's wisdom, not in human infirmity. some for another; and over all the wild beasts of the earth, When God made Adam from the dust of the earth, he was the closing chord of God's magnificent symphony. It is not said in Genesis 1:27 that man and woman were created together; or that the woman was created directly, and not formed out of one of the man's ribs. This apparently means that a relationship of close fellowship can exist between God and man that is unlike the relationship of God with the rest of his creation. If mans physical being is in the image of God we would immediately wonder what, if any organs, God possesses. And may I not put it to the conscience of every soul whether such an event is not exactly where it should be, according to the internal and distinctive features ofGenesis 1:1-31; Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25? What does this precisely mean? From Genesis 1:1 to 2:4, the Bible briefly relates the steps that God took in creating the earth and all living things on it, including the first man and woman.After this general outline, the Bible gives a more detailed account of the creation of man and woman. His affections were all regular, and he had no inordinate appetites or passions. This gives occasion to the manifestation of a great difference among Noah's sons, and to the solemn words which the father uttered in the spirit of prophecy. 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