In the Beginning Part 7

 In the Beginning: Man

Genesis 1

 

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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.

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God 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 upon the earth.

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing 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.

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

 

God is on a roll here.  He makes the beasts and cattle and the creepy crawlies pronouncing them good.  Then he decides to make Man in his image after his likeness.  I’m pretty sure that It’s not our physical bodies the bible is talking about, but as I have stated before, I don’t know God’s mind.

 

So, he makes both male and female and tells us to be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth.  He wants us to subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds in the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.  Wow!  That’s a heady order!  I think we have taken his order and gone above and beyond what he intended. 

 

Subdue and have dominion over it does not include destruction I don’t think.  We have hunted animals to extinction, polluted the air and sea, calling it progress.  Wonder what would have happened if we had been more responsible in our duties.  A clean earth?  Would Eden have been lost?  Food for thought.

 

God literally and physically gave us everything in and on this world.  Then he looks at his wonders and creation including man and woman and does not stop at good, but behold, it was very good.

 

This doesn’t stop God’s creating here, He stops, and checks out his works which are very good. 

 

We know without you we would not be. May our faith grow stronger each day and please bless us in every way. Amen.