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. It is that of sovereignty. 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. And God rested on the seventh day from His work of creation.Now as we get into chapter two, we find a recapitulation that will emphasize the creation of man, because of this recapitulation we have now, because man is being emphasized. Let this suffice: I do not wish to speculate about the matter. Mankind was the only form of life created "after our likeness" and The New International Version is hardly a Bible that can be construed as being friendly to Judaism. we should have had a long introduction, and a full history of his origin and his designs and his doings. It assigns to the words heavens, earth, expanse, day, no greater latitude of meaning than was then customary. The Statement before us may look at first unaccountable; but when carefully weighed and reflected on, the propriety of it becomes manifest. It merely describes in a few graphic touches, that are strikingly true to nature, the last of those geologic changes which our globe has undergone. Man was made the same day that the beasts were, because his body was made of the same earth with theirs; and, while he is in the body, he inhabits the same earth with them. The change of designation springs from distinct truths, not from different fabulists and a sorry compiler who could not even assimilate them. Was it with certain other intelligent beings in existence before man that he took counsel? First, that interpretation only is valid which is true to the meaning of the author. * If Canaan drew his father into the shameful exposure of Noah, all can see how just the sentence was. the words spoken after the manner of kings, as Saadiah, using the I have the power of self-determination. He was like Adam fallen, not his representative only. And I wouldn't mind the final chapter being written up there anyhow. carriage, or for all of them, some of them for one thing, and As there was a famine in the days of Abram ( Genesis 12:10 ), so there was a famine in Isaac's day. ], One writer sought to retain six literal days of creation and to harmonize them with an old age earth model, allowing a long period of time (possibly billions of years) between Genesis 1:2-3. But because I relate seeing to eyes, and when I talk to God about seeing, I would say, well, the eyes of the Lord go to and fro throughout the entire earth, but it doesn't necessarily follow that God has eyes, because eyes aren't necessarily essential for seeing.So what does God look like? Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth." We see the clock winding out. It is the soul which gives the unity, and which accounts for the personal identity. So we find, now, the crowning act of God's creation. For (ver. 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. Where, indeed, will they find that we were created after the image of the earth, or of angels? As the Bible says, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the earth sheweth forth his handiwork. Thus it is that whether it be the Old Testament or New, one half (speaking now in a general way) consists of history. God said, "Let us make man." Because of this expression of God within them, men and women are in a sense Gods representatives upon earth. They were made to dwell upon the face of all the earth,Acts 17:26. when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. I love to go snorkeling over in Hawaii. And this honour, put upon man at first, is a good reason why we should not speak ill one of another (James 3:9), nor do ill one to another (Genesis 9:6), and a good reason why we should not debase ourselves to the service of sin, and why we should devote ourselves to God's service. 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. (91) Innuit in homine esse imaginem Dei, sed imperfectam et qualem umbrae. Oleaster in Poli Synopsi. You can study it yourself by clicking the Scripture itself then scrolling down page. p. 344. Give up the immortality of the soul, and you deny the ground of that relationship, man's special moral responsibility to God. But, it doesn't seem to matter, cause a couple of weeks later, their kids take off and they fly right to Hawaii. But nothing softened the roused and irritated spirit of Cain. ** And Jehovah-Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.". According to Gen 1:26-27 humanity was created in the image of God. You say, "oh, they remember the way they flew out. In conclusion, the Sabbath day, which God* sanctified, closes the great week of God's forming the earth for man, the lord of it. 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. He had created everything that was needed at this point, and so that was the end of His creative act. No other explanation is left, therefore, than to regard it as pluralis majestatis, - an interpretation which . a. Believers have constantly called it a "promise;" but it is not uninstructive to see that scripture never does. (Genesis 2:1-3). The image of God consists, therefore, in the spiritual personality of man, though not merely in unity of self-consciousness and self-determination, or in the fact that man was created a consciously free Ego; for personality is merely the basis and form of the divine likeness, not its real essence. And I've often wondered how close does he get to the ceiling before he flips over so he can land on his feet. Though man provides for neither, he has power over both, much more over every living thing that moveth upon the earth, which are more under his care and within his reach. "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." God, having introduced His own Son, has won the victory, the fruits of which He gives to us by faith before our possession is displayed by and-by. I need ears to hear, but God wouldn't necessarily need ears to hear. 56. If it were the same writer, and he an inspired one, it was proper in the highest degree to use the simple term "Elohim" in chapters 1, 2: 3, then the compound "Jehovah-Elohim" from verse 4 and onward through Genesis 2:1-25. there is none above him, nor any below him, but he is in the On the third the plants rooted in the soil are made; on the sixth the animals that move freely over it are brought into existence. But how art thou fallen, O son of the morning! Was it a state for a promise? Now men and women live in a world filled with hate, evil and disease. Humans were created in God's image, with the ability to cultivate and manifest qualities that God possesses, such as love, empathy, and justice. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. No, it was the simple question whether God was really Jehovah-Elohim, whether He was a moral governor or not, whether man was to be independent of God or not. (86) But Augustine, beyond all others, speculates with excessive refinement, for the purpose of fabricating a Trinity in man. . Next a firmament is separated in the midst of the waters to divide the waters from the waters. Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:27; . In his nature and constitution, not those of his body (for God has not a body), but those of his soul. The word "meor" is a light holder. Thus a peculiarity in scripture, when understood, is pregnant with truth, having its source in God's wisdom, not in human infirmity. A little key to the world's history is contained in those few words of Noah. In another sense man is the image of God (e.g., he rules and creates [procreates] as God does, thus reflecting God). The word Adam, which we translate man, is intended to designate the species of animal, as chaitho, marks the wild beasts that live in general a solitary life; behemah, domestic or gregarious animals; and remes, all kinds of reptiles, from the largest snake to the microscopic eel. ], "Although the Christian Trinity cannot be derived solely from the use of the plural, a plurality within the unity of the Godhead may be derived from the passage." Is there then any contradiction to be surmised? InGenesis 1:1-31; Genesis 1:1-31 it is said that "the dry land" was called earth; in the others, that though no rain yet fell, a mist went up. Through His creation, as you look at the wisdom, as you study it, as God has designed the leaves to take and turn the sunrays into energy and, and all, and the photosynthesis processes by which the sun is turned into energy to feed the tree and all. That man was made in God's image and after his likeness, two words to express the same thing and making each other the more expressive; image and likeness denote the likest image, the nearest resemblance of any of the visible creatures. God the Creator would preserve such of the creatures as required the shelter of the ark. "And let them have dominion " This is another quality of man's kinship with the Eternal. That angels were themselves made in the image and likeness of God. Such was not the usual style of monarchs in the ancient East. Hitherto, it had been said, "Let there be light," and "Let there be a firmament," and "Let the earth, or waters, bring forth" such a thing; but now the word of command is turned into a word of consultation, "Let us make man, for whose sake the rest of the creatures were made: this is a work we must take into our own hands." But this is not the meaning of verses 1 and 2. It is plain, had Moses merely formed a probable opinion as men do, that no one would have introduced the mention of light, apart from, and before all distinct notice of, the heavenly orbs. 7. Genesis 2:1-25. assumes Genesis 1:1-31, but adds moral elements of the utmost importance and interest. However this is merely by the way, for it is evidently a matter of no great importance in itself, save that we should hold the entire account of Paradise to be historical in the strictest and fullest sense. And I am able to recognize you and say "oh yeah that's" and the color of clothes that you're wearing and the, you know, the whole thing. De Profugis, p. 460. That is why, when God created man and He created the garden for man to dwell in, that He put in that Garden a tree of knowledge of good and evil and said to man, "Don't eat that". What scripture gives here or elsewhere seems to me altogether at variance with such a thought. And day unto day they utter their speech; night unto night their voice goeth forth. They are a waste of your time and my time. Darius, "I make a decree" Ezra 5:8. Scripture is plain and profoundly true: "And Jehovah-Elohim said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore Jehovah- Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground whence he was taken. According to the account of creation in Genesis 1, the chief purpose of God in creating man is to bless him. This was decided not by some grave and mighty matter, of which man could reason and see the consequences, but simply by doing or not doing the will of God. However, this explanation does violence to the Hebrew text. The order here is from the lowest to the highest. If the Holy Spirit, as in Exodus 20:11, refers to heaven and earth made in six days, it always avoids the expression "creation." Observe, in the beginning of the word of God, the sources of all things. The beautiful type of creation belonging to Christ is thus admirably preserved. The teaching of Scripture, that death entered the world through sin, merely proves that the human race was created for eternal life, but by no means necessitates the assumption that the animals were also created for endless existence. Adversaries may no doubt try to embarrass you: if they will, let them do so. Man, made in the image of God is an inferior trinity. "Likeness" is a more general term, indicating resemblance in any quality, external or internal. God speaks with the peculiar appropriateness which suits the new occasion, in contradistinction from what we have seen elsewhere. And the evening and the morning were the third day. You've got same, basically the same features, and yet we don't look alike at all! The Jews sometimes say, that Adam and Eve were created in Isaiah 40:26 tells us that God made the stars and calls them by name. 2 The earth was b without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. 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. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. In which thing some of the Fathers are deceived who thought that they could defeat the Asians with this weapon that Christ alone is Gods, image. It is here explanatory of image, and seems to show that this term is to be taken in a figurative sense, to denote not a material but a spiritual conformity to God. And thus, when the hurricane would blow, the coconut would fall off and fall into the water, and it would be carried because of the waterproof husk. But this divine statement, in connection with man's moral relationship with God, here calmly and clearly stated, is the true key. The Heir of all things is the Second man, and not the bride. It is very simply a measure for perpetuating the creature by God the Creator, in spite of imminent judgment. As they stand, they are in exact harmony. of man, as Moses Gerundensis, and other Jewish writers So let there be the "light holders" in the heavensto divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years (Gen 1:14): And so our time is calculated by the sun and the moon, and it is generally thought that the Earth's rotation around the sun was a three hundred and sixty-day year. Who else could have told us how and when the earth was thus divided? Genesis 11:1-32 opens with the sin of man, which led to the division described in the preceding chapter, the moral reason of that fact, new then, but still in its substance going on, whatever the superficial changes among men in their lands, and tongues, and political distribution. Now there is not really the very least ground for such an assumption. "Jehovah." In short, Christ has intervened, and this most weighty consequence is connected with it that, although everything manifests evil and ruin increasingly, God has triumphed in grace and in faith after the fall and before "the new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." New King James Version. The distinction drawn between (in the image of God created He him) and (as man and woman created He them) must not be overlooked. (89) Erat erim in singulis animae partibus temperatura quae suis numeris constabat.. he", that is, (hyha) , "I First of all (verse 3) light is caused to be or act. * If the book were in each of these different subjects written according to that most perfect keeping which pervades scripture, and which only God is capable of producing by His chosen instruments, I am convinced that, as Elohim simply in Genesis 2:1-25, so "Jehovah-Elohim" in Genesis 1:1-31, would have been wholly out of place with their respective positions in 1 and 2. What joy and delight in the Scriptures! The history is in Genesis 1:2-3 from verse 4 to the end ofGenesis 2:1-25; Genesis 2:1-25 is not so much a history of creation as a statement of the relations of creation, and especially of man, its centre and head. Much more could be said, but we must move on. 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. The three persons of the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, consult about it and concur in it, because man, when he was made, was to be dedicated and devoted to Father, Son and Holy Ghost. And what followed after it? As with the rest of the Bible, the book of Genesis was written in the everyday language of the people of the time. Genesis 9:6; 1Corinthians 11:7; James 3:9.) Notwithstanding in the midst of the scene of desolation we hear Adam calling his wife's name "Eve" (ver. 27 So God created mankind in his own image, The mere. whom did he say this? "And in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. So far is the book of Genesis, therefore, from indicating a mere clumsy compiler, who strung together documents which had neither cohesion nor distinctive propriety, instead of there being merely two or three sets of traditions edited by another party, there is really the perfect statement of the truth of God, the expression of one mind, as is found in no writings outside the Bible. And to every beast of earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so (Gen 1:29-30). 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. And God saw that it was good. This honour indeed God has put upon the body of man, that the Word was made flesh, the Son of God was clothed with a body like ours and will shortly clothe ours with a glory like that of his. His condition was that of a sinner, and he looked not out of himself to God. All evil is due to this as its spring; it begins with God as the object attacked or undermined. Man. 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. This chapter shows the folly and sin of the worship of light, of sun, moon, or star, of air or water, of plant, of fish or fowl, of earth, of cattle, creeping thing or wild beast, or, finally, of man himself; as all these are but the creatures of the one Eternal Spirit, who, as the Creator of all, is alone to be worshipped by his intelligent creatures. There were no carnivorous animals in the beginning. All right, if He then doesn't leave me alone, He's not respecting my choice. Departed from God, they hid themselves, and He had but to utter those solemn and searching words to Adam, "Where art thou?" The sun, moon and stars, previously hidden, now became clearly visible. It is no otherwise with God's word, save that all illustrations fail to measure the depth of the differences in it. There was a famine in the land: Though Isaac lived in the land God promised to his father Abraham and his descendants, it did not mean that life in the land would be without trouble or challenge. God could introduce him, and could leave the heart to feel the rightness of saying no more about him than was necessary. Simpler forms of life then began to appear. If man can discover such facts by other means, be it so. Your judgment alike of God and man will be falsified; your estimate of the past and your expectations of the future will all be vain, unless you steadily remember that God now in all His dealings with man acts on the solemn fact of sin original and universal sin. for him; a consultation is held among the divine Persons about We were . And God said, let us make man in our image, after our. We expect him to work through the normal processes of nature in producing the crops from which we get our food by hard work. If she possesses all along with Him, it is because of her union with Him, not intrinsically. What can be more consistent? But here comes a striking difference. God after the counsel of His own will, in the triunity of the Godhead which we, in our feeble, finite minds cannot comprehend. Do you not understand that this was the very essence of the trial? Genesis 1:26-28. The water systems are all there, the animals, and now man to rule over it. The Bible tells us that God is the Creator, and it reveals something of his purposes in creation, but if people want to find out how the physical creation functions, they must do so by hard work as God has appointed (Genesis 3:19). The recognizable part of Christ will be the prints of the nails in His hands and the print of the sword in His side. An inspired author could not have expressed himself differently from Moses without impairing the perfect beauty and accuracy of the truth. And God said, Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. We see introduced, without more delay upon the scene, one too well and yet too little known, the active, audacious, most subtle adversary of God and man, the serpent from whom sin and misery result, as the Bible witnesses from the beginning to the end who is here first brought in a few quiet words before us. What are the ten numerations? And, according to him, spiritual regeneration is nothing else than the restoration of the same image. Now God is honored when I follow Him, and I love as He loves. The account of the six days work, therefore, is the counterpart of that verse. and are also equally interchangeable, as we may see from a comparison of this verse with Genesis 5:1 and Genesis 5:3. God has the capacity to reason, so He created us with the ability to reason. So it is here. Although in the animal kingdom, as it at present exists, many varieties are so organized that they live exclusively upon the flesh of other animals, which they kill and devour; this by no means necessitates the conclusion, that the carnivorous beasts of prey were created after the fall, or the assumption that they were originally intended to feed upon flesh, and organized accordingly. Unto God? (Generally speaking, women feel a marriage is working if they talk about it, but men feel it is working if they do not talk about it. The first verse is not a summary. The word of God presents to the simplest Christian the perfect account of the matter. Then we find the waters caused to bring forth abundantly "the moving creature that hath life." Then the various species of land animals and birds are brought forward to see what Adam would call them; not when Eve was formed, but before. to the Son and Holy Ghost, who were each of them concerned in the And the patent fact lies before us, that to join his wife in the sad sin is his first recorded act. ], "Image" and "likeness" are essentially synonymous terms. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (not from the Old Testament, but from the New), of a person. Tela ignea, vol. Not only the Hebrew idiom forbids it, but our own, and no doubt every other language. The evil is traced home at last to its source, and the serpent is brought fully out. Needless to say, the divine image has been grossly eroded in many of Adam's rebellious and sinful children. "Man" refers to mankind, not Adam individually (Genesis 1:27). Again, what value would it be for God to give me the freedom of choice but then not respect the choice? Hence it is here that Eden is first spoken of. The word of God is always right. But after the flood we find a covenant is made with the earth (Genesis 9:1-29): the principle of government is set up. This shows that the plural Elohim was known to convey a singular meaning despite its plural form. We accept both as true. . Likewise people should maintain the other divisions in the universe. When God made Adam from the dust of the earth, he was the closing chord of God's magnificent symphony. 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. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and the fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. More than that: it is the conviction of all men, and men worthy to be listened to, that not more surely are they divided into three grand lines than that these three lines had a common origin. "Come thou into the ark," says He; "for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation." 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. So here God states the great truth of creation; for what is more important, short of redemption, always excepting the manifestation of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God? Not that one could say positively that so it was; but certainly it is to be supposed that little time could have passed after receiving the woman, his wife. The roots themselves are marvelous. The union of attributes which constitute his spiritual nature is his character or likeness. Man alone therefore has what is commonly called an immortal soul. This is of immense importance. By beginning the words rendered Wisdom and Power with capitals, it would appear that the second and third Persons of the Trinity were in the mind of the writer when the passage was written. 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. Hence, wherever man enters he makes his sway to be felt. 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. Flesh and spirit, heaven and earth, must be put together in him, and he must be allied to both worlds. 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