Let us Make Man in our Image, and after our Likeness

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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.

Now thi is written in Genesis 1, and it says that Man was made in HIS image and after HIS likesness.

Then in Genesis 3, we read about the Fall of Man, and GOD said after the Fall had happened.

22 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:

If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness in Genesis 1:26?
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
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.

Now thi is written in Genesis 1, and it says that Man was made in HIS image and after HIS likesness.

Then in Genesis 3, we read about the Fall of Man, and GOD said after the Fall had happened.

22 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:

If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness in Genesis 1:26?
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(LET US) JESUS CHRIST, THE ALPHA OMEGA, WITH THE FATHER IN THE BEGINNING!

Genesis 1:26KJV
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.

Revelation 1:7-8KJV
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
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.

Now thi is written in Genesis 1, and it says that Man was made in HIS image and after HIS likesness.

Then in Genesis 3, we read about the Fall of Man, and GOD said after the Fall had happened.

22 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:

If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness in Genesis 1:26?
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God is the closest relative we have. He is mankind's goel.
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
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.
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The "image" spoken of (IMO) is this: God is a Triune God, and He created man in the form of a triune man. Body, Soul, Spirit. This is reflected in the Gospel of John, and in the teachings of the Apostle Paul.

Yahcubs777 said:
If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness in Genesis 1:26?
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*** HIS IMAGE ***

I have always thought that it meant man was created with a soul that would persist after bodily death. If man had eaten of the 'other' tree, he would have been trapped in his flesh body forever?

Genesis
3:22 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:
3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
3:24 So 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.
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
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.

Now thi is written in Genesis 1, and it says that Man was made in HIS image and after HIS likesness.

Then in Genesis 3, we read about the Fall of Man, and GOD said after the Fall had happened.

22 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:

If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness in Genesis 1:26?
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Not sure I'm following. Are you saying God created only Adam and Eve in his image ?
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
Then in Genesis 3, we read about the Fall of Man, and GOD said after the
Fall had happened.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil

If this is so, is it that Man was not made in HIS image and after HIS likeness
in Genesis 1:26?
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Had God's image and likeness been precisely duplicated in the man, he
wouldn't have listened to the woman because God cannot be tempted with
evil. (Jas 1:13 & 1John 3:9)

The very fact that the man fell is proof enough that he came into existence
less than divine; in point of fact, he came into existence less than angelic
too. (Heb 2:6-7)

The knowledge of good and evil spoken of in Gen 3:22 is an intuitive
knowledge rather than an instructed knowledge. In other words; the man's
own personal feelings and opinions about good and evil.

For example: the US Supreme Court consists of nine justices who very
seldom fully agree on anything; and that's because their own personal
feelings and opinions influence their decisions. In other words; those nine
justices have made themselves Gods just as Adam made himself God.
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throughfaith said:
Not sure I'm following. Are you saying God created only Adam and Eve in his image ?
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I am pointing out, that it was written that GOD said let us make man in our image, after our likeness and it was so.

Then it was written after the fall, so after falling from glory, that GOD said now man has become as one of us, knowing good and evil.

So man was not like GOD before the fall? But is like GOD in the fall?

This is an evidence that as it was written: Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, that it wasn't just that he made a brass serpent coiled around a pole, but that in his genesis story he lifted up the serpent. How?

Because his story made GOD look like HE is a liar, and made it look like the serpent was telling mother eve the truth. How could the serpent know what the fruit would cause?

For GOD said HE made man in HIS image, after HIS LIKENESS, How is it now that in the fall, now they have become like GOD?

Its subtle, but it made it look like the serpent did not deceive at all, but that the serpent told the truth about what the fruit would do.

So my question is as follows. Is not the serpent a liar, and a deceiver? Is not the GOD perfect and infallible? Then how can man who was already made in HIS image and after HIS likeness, now be like HIM in the fall?

And to answer your question, yes. It is only the body of father Adam, and the body of Mother Eve that was coupled by the Most Holy Hands of GOD HIMSELF.
 
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Webers.Home said:
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Had God's image and likeness been precisely duplicated in the man, he
wouldn't have listened to the woman because God cannot be tempted with
evil. (Jas 1:13 & 1John 3:9)

The very fact that the man fell is proof enough that he came into existence
less than divine; in point of fact, he came into existence less than angelic
too. (Heb 2:6-7)

The knowledge of good and evil spoken of in Gen 3:22 is an intuitive
knowledge rather than an instructed knowledge. In other words; the man's
own personal feelings and opinions about good and evil.

For example: the US Supreme Court consists of nine justices who very
seldom fully agree on anything; and that's because their own personal
feelings and opinions influence their decisions. In other words; those nine
justices have made themselves Gods just as Adam made himself God.
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So you are saying HE was not in HIS image and after HIS likeness even though it is written GOD said it was so?
 
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oyster67 said:
*** HIS IMAGE ***

I have always thought that it meant man was created with a soul that would persist after bodily death. If man had eaten of the 'other' tree, he would have been trapped in his flesh body forever?

Genesis
3:22 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:
3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
3:24 So 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.
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Then here is my question. It is written, those HE foreknew HE predestined to conform to the image of the Son of GOD. What is that image?
 
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p_rehbein said:
The "image" spoken of (IMO) is this: God is a Triune God, and He created man in the form of a triune man. Body, Soul, Spirit. This is reflected in the Gospel of John, and in the teachings of the Apostle Paul.



No.
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It doesn't s written, those HE foreknew HE predestined to conform to the image of the Son of GOD. What is that image?
 
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p_rehbein said:
The "image" spoken of (IMO) is this: God is a Triune God, and He created man in the form of a triune man. Body, Soul, Spirit. This is reflected in the Gospel of John, and in the teachings of the Apostle Paul.



No.
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It is written***** not it doesn't written. Sorry too much time elapsed before I saw this typo.
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
Then here is my question. It is written, those HE foreknew HE predestined to conform to the image of the Son of GOD. What is that image?
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Its future . Its the ' adoption ' Rom 8.23 . Its when believers are glorified.
1 John 3:2

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
 
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Its future . Its the ' adoption ' Rom 8.23 . Its when believers are glorified.
1 John 3:2

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
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Where does the image come from is the question? Rememer, Jeremiah the Great Prophet was told that GOD foreknew him. Where does the image come from?
 
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Yahcubs777 said:
I am pointing out, that it was written that GOD said let us make man in our image, after our likeness and it was so.

Then it was written after the fall, so after falling from glory, that GOD said now man has become as one of us, knowing good and evil.

So man was not like GOD before the fall? But is like GOD in the fall?

This is an evidence that as it was written: Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, that it wasn't just that he made a brass serpent coiled around a pole, but that in his genesis story he lifted up the serpent. How?

Because his story made GOD look like HE is a liar, and made it look like the serpent was telling mother eve the truth. How could the serpent know what the fruit would cause?

For GOD said HE made man in HIS image, after HIS LIKENESS, How is it now that in the fall, now they have become like GOD?

Its subtle, but it made it look like the serpent did not deceive at all, but that the serpent told the truth about what the fruit would do.

So my question is as follows. Is not the serpent a liar, and a deceiver? Is not the GOD perfect and infallible? Then how can man who was already made in HIS image and after HIS likeness, now be like HIM in the fall?

And to answer your question, yes. It is only the body of father Adam, and the body of Mother Eve that was coupled by the Most Holy Hands of GOD HIMSELF.
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Do we have a verse which says ' Father Adam ' and ' Mother eve ' ? if not why use unbiblical terms ?
 
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throughfaith said:
Do we have a verse which says ' Father Adam ' and ' Mother eve ' ? if not why use unbiblical terms ?
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Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long. Look at how many hundreds of years men lived in the earth in the early Genesis. And it was Father Adam, and Mother Eve, that were alive with them for 930 years. If you add it up, you will see that GOD said, Man shall live 120 years, and it is because Father Adam, and Mother Eve had died.

Secondly, because Father Adam, and Mother Eve, are the Principal Ancestors of the Mankind Race. Without them, there is none of us in the earth. So i acknowledge them as my Principal Ancestors, my Father and my Mother in this earth.
 
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Webers.Home said:
Had God's image and likeness been precisely duplicated in the man, he
wouldn't have listened to the woman because God cannot be tempted with evil. (Jas 1:13 & 1John 3:9)
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You are assuming, without having proven it, that "God's image and likeness" extend to, or are encompassed by, God's attribute of immunity from temptation. Nothing in Scripture supports such an idea.

Webers.Home said:
The very fact that the man fell is proof enough that he came into existence less than divine; in point of fact, he came into existence less than angelic too. (Heb 2:6-7)
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That a post-hoc assumption. Satan rebelled; that proves nothing about his initial state or nature.

Webers.Home said:
The knowledge of good and evil spoken of in Gen 3:22 is an intuitive
knowledge rather than an instructed knowledge. In other words; the man's own personal feelings and opinions about good and evil.
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That's a massive assumption unsubstantiated by Scripture.
 
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throughfaith said:
Do we have a verse which says ' Father Adam ' and ' Mother eve ' ? if not why use unbiblical terms ?
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As with his use of "Jesus the pre-Eminent", he is attempting to distinguish himself from the rest of us. Read carefully, and you'll see that he considers everyone here inferior to him in spiritual understanding.
 
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