God creates man in His own image and likeness* and creation is "very good" so ..what happened that 5 chapters later, God destroys man from the face of the earth because man is continually evil all the time? are these humans still Gods image being sinners? absolutely not scripture is really clear and simple if its believed
Genesis 1:26-27 "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. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."...v31"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good...."
So man is made in the image of God, and all of creation is very good. God places man in the garden and warns man of the only danger....
Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE."
the serpent takes this warning meant to make man safe and deceives the mind until...
Genesis 3:4-6 "And the serpent said unto the woman, YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: 5For 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. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. "
after this point man becomes afraid of God, is expelled from the right to eat the tree of life and live forever like God
Genesis 3:22-24 "And the LORD God 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: 23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
Now mortal, in fear of death adam and eve begin having children, but they are no longer the " very good" image of God, they now are the original sinners and have the knowledge of good and also evil in thier minds and the children are made in adams own image of fallen mortal man, excluded from etermal Life.
Genesis 5:1-3 "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son IN HIS OWN LIKENESS , after HIS IMAGE; and called his name Seth"
So adam the father of all humans, chose sin and death for man who all spring from Him and live under the curse in Genesis 3 the curse of death. we are all of adam according to the flesh and blood. These things are the reason why the new testament tells us the importance of things Like " the flesh and blood of Jesus is our answer" why " were born again in a new spirit and life, why the new testament says " were being transformed into the image of Christ Jesus, the Son of God who is His perfect image.
all of the new testament makes really great sense when you realize the problem and when it began, how, why ect. the things in the new testament are Gods response to what happened to change man from the image of a holy God, to the image of sinful man. adam sold us into sin and death, Jesus paid the redemption price to deliver us from that. adam imparted the sinful nature, Jesus imparts the nature of God. Adam sentanced mankind to death, Jesus offers pardon and eternal Life. adam lost the right to eat from the tree of life, Jesus restores that right. Jesus is the answer for every problem mankind has.
to deny the simplicity of things like " man fell from Grace in the garden and His descendants are condemned" leaves no sense in the new testament teachings of "salvation" redemption" rebirth" reconciliation" ect the new testament makes sense with the Old without it nothing jives or ties together. God didnt originally make adam so that adam needed to be saved from anything, adam made that choice on His own with prompting from satan. Man fell on his own, so God sent Jesus to pick us up and heal us from the curse of adams flesh.....
Things such as the Law, arent the beginning of the story but the middle. the beginning is man in perfect relationship with God, standing in Grace having all things lavished upon Him, and in truth, the beginning of the story is where Jesus is leading us back into the presence of God, with eternal Life being made in Gods image.....again. what Grace God has shown when He gave man everything, man threw it away..Then sent His Son to suffer and die to pay that debt, and offer us a return to Gods true Children made in His image.
were sinners when were born, and were children of God when were re born in Christ. He is Savior because man was already lost before He appeared. already under penalty of death, so He came and paid that price and redeemed us from the enemy.......
God bless you
Genesis 1:26-27 "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. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."...v31"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good...."
So man is made in the image of God, and all of creation is very good. God places man in the garden and warns man of the only danger....
Genesis 2:16-17 "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof THOU SHALT SURELY DIE."
the serpent takes this warning meant to make man safe and deceives the mind until...
Genesis 3:4-6 "And the serpent said unto the woman, YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE: 5For 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. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. "
after this point man becomes afraid of God, is expelled from the right to eat the tree of life and live forever like God
Genesis 3:22-24 "And the LORD God 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: 23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
Now mortal, in fear of death adam and eve begin having children, but they are no longer the " very good" image of God, they now are the original sinners and have the knowledge of good and also evil in thier minds and the children are made in adams own image of fallen mortal man, excluded from etermal Life.
Genesis 5:1-3 "This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son IN HIS OWN LIKENESS , after HIS IMAGE; and called his name Seth"
So adam the father of all humans, chose sin and death for man who all spring from Him and live under the curse in Genesis 3 the curse of death. we are all of adam according to the flesh and blood. These things are the reason why the new testament tells us the importance of things Like " the flesh and blood of Jesus is our answer" why " were born again in a new spirit and life, why the new testament says " were being transformed into the image of Christ Jesus, the Son of God who is His perfect image.
all of the new testament makes really great sense when you realize the problem and when it began, how, why ect. the things in the new testament are Gods response to what happened to change man from the image of a holy God, to the image of sinful man. adam sold us into sin and death, Jesus paid the redemption price to deliver us from that. adam imparted the sinful nature, Jesus imparts the nature of God. Adam sentanced mankind to death, Jesus offers pardon and eternal Life. adam lost the right to eat from the tree of life, Jesus restores that right. Jesus is the answer for every problem mankind has.
to deny the simplicity of things like " man fell from Grace in the garden and His descendants are condemned" leaves no sense in the new testament teachings of "salvation" redemption" rebirth" reconciliation" ect the new testament makes sense with the Old without it nothing jives or ties together. God didnt originally make adam so that adam needed to be saved from anything, adam made that choice on His own with prompting from satan. Man fell on his own, so God sent Jesus to pick us up and heal us from the curse of adams flesh.....
Things such as the Law, arent the beginning of the story but the middle. the beginning is man in perfect relationship with God, standing in Grace having all things lavished upon Him, and in truth, the beginning of the story is where Jesus is leading us back into the presence of God, with eternal Life being made in Gods image.....again. what Grace God has shown when He gave man everything, man threw it away..Then sent His Son to suffer and die to pay that debt, and offer us a return to Gods true Children made in His image.
were sinners when were born, and were children of God when were re born in Christ. He is Savior because man was already lost before He appeared. already under penalty of death, so He came and paid that price and redeemed us from the enemy.......
God bless you