Our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, were the crowning moment of the creation story. All of God’s preceding creative acts—everything else in the material universe—formed the theater for humanity to flourish as God’s image-bearers. As we’ve already seen in this series, God designed Adam to be in relationship with Himself as well as with Eve. Furthermore, the … Continued
As God’s image-bearers, Adam and Eve were created for intimate and unbroken fellowship with their Creator. But their purpose also contained a significant horizontal (or earthly) aspect as well: Adam and Eve were also created to fill the earth. Genesis 1:27–28 says, “Male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be … Continued
When God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26), He signified that He Himself is a God of relationships. And He created us in His own likeness so that we could enter into a relationship with Him. Douglas F. Kelly writes: God Himself has never existed as a … Continued
Man was created to bear the likeness of his maker: “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26). The two phrases (“in Our image” and “according to Our likeness”) are parallel expressions. The second merely repeats the first in different but synonymous terms. Don’t imagine that there is a vital … Continued
The creation of the human race was the central object of God’s creative purpose from the beginning. In an important sense, everything else was created for humanity, and every step of creation up to that point had one main purpose: to prepare a perfect environment for Adam. The human race is still at the center of God’s purpose for … Continued
My husband tells a joke to almost all of his patients. They usually ask him if he is married. After replying
My blog, We Are All Human, looks at how divisions are causing us to forget we are made in the image of Christ. We need to learn to love our neighbors again.
Thanks to research, we now know what God looks like. And He looks a lot like you. Psychologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed 551 Christians and asked, “What do …
Well, apparently we now know what Jesus looks like—and it’s not Brad Pitt. A fairly new field of science has emerged called forensic anthropology. Although we have no physical remains or DNA …
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1, NKJV) . Be-reisheet , in the beginning the Lord God made all things perfect. Each living organism on earth divinely planned and woven into the most remarkable fabric of creation; a living tapestry of God’s artwork. Every detail
