What is the Image of God?

[indenturedservant]

over all creation.”

Hey, thanks for distinguishing between creation and creature.

Not even the same base word, but I'm sure the confusion is based on a less-than-accurate translation.

I've seen that the kjv translates ktisis [Greek] as "creature," "creation," "building," and "ordinance."

Less than 1/2 of the occurrences are correctly translated as "creation." (I found this, uh, quite interesting...)

 

[Blade]

tselem (צֶלֶם) we today thing of it as physical.. yet when He said it.. it was not. God is a Spirit we have Christ . the word we have the holy Spirit. Let is make man in our image. We are like Him.

 

[TruthDefender]

Yes, but it actually says "of all creation". He is creation's firstborn, but that doesn't mean he was 1st created. It means he is the πρωτοτόκος, the son who inherits the birthright of the first born son. As an example, Jacob was not the first born son, but God chose him to be the firstborn (πρωτοτόκος) who inherited the promises to Abraham and Isaac. So Jesus is the πρωτοτόκος who inherited all of the promises.

G4416 πρωτοτόκος prototokos (prō-to-to'-kos) adj.
first-born.

Yes, it was just a friendly heads up, because you had creature (only a part of creation) rather than creation.

 

[TruthDefender]

Hey, thanks for distinguishing between creation and creature.

Not even the same base word, but I'm sure the confusion is based on a less-than-accurate translation.

I've seen that the kjv translates ktisis [Greek] as "creature," "creation," "building," and "ordinance."

Less than 1/2 of the occurrences are correctly translated as "creation." (I found this, uh, quite interesting...)

I just took it as part of His creation rather than the whole. NP.

Idk about all the other versions, there seems to be many problems with them. I do like the NKJV; to me it’s very easy to understand.

 

[Lifted_by_the_word]

God's Spirit/Being is multidimensional:
physical that is manifested by His four-dimensional space-time creation/world (Rom. 1:20), and
spiritual that is perceived/manifested by a fifth dimension called His HS/Word/Love (John 6:63, Rom. 5:5).

Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.


This is why I talked about the physical things of God.How is it that the invisible things of him are clearly seen and understood by the things that are made?
Because God created all things through his word.
If a believer of God preachers the word to an unbeliever that person is without excuse.
All things exist through the word.
That is by spirit,water,blood.
When I see a storm brewing with clouds,thunder,lightning,rain the invisible things of him are clearly seen and understood.

The reason why I'll often repeat myself by saying it in a different way is because some people wont understand a spiritual thing.
Not that I'm good at explaining things anyways lol.
It's simple for me to see some of the things of God but to understand how God did it will require knowledge in that field.There's levels to seeing and knowing how God made things work.But the foundation is spirit,water,blood,or love,for God is love.
But God he made it all so simple to "see" these things in spirit.
The reason why some people don't see these things is because of spirit.It is a spiritual thing preventing them from seeing it.

This is what scripture reveals what the image of God is to me.We are spiritual beings made flesh.That in all things there is spirit,water,blood.In his image he created everything.

 

[ChristRoseFromTheDead]

Yes, it was just a friendly heads up, because you had creature (only a part of creation) rather than creation.

Oh, OK. I didn't pay attention when I copy/pasted. That's the KJV word.

 

[GWH]

Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.


This is why I talked about the physical things of God.How is it that the invisible things of him are clearly seen and understood by the things that are made?
Because God created all things through his word.
If a believer of God preachers the word to an unbeliever that person is without excuse.
All things exist through the word.
That is by spirit,water,blood.
When I see a storm brewing with clouds,thunder,lightning,rain the invisible things of him are clearly seen and understood.

The reason why I'll often repeat myself by saying it in a different way is because some people wont understand a spiritual thing.
Not that I'm good at explaining things anyways lol.
It's simple for me to see some of the things of God but to understand how God did it will require knowledge in that field.There's levels to seeing and knowing how God made things work.But the foundation is spirit,water,blood,or love,for God is love.
But God he made it all so simple to "see" these things in spirit.
The reason why some people don't see these things is because of spirit.It is a spiritual thing preventing them from seeing it.

This is what scripture reveals what the image of God is to me.We are spiritual beings made flesh.That in all things there is spirit,water,blood.In his image he created everything.

I agree except that it seems more accurate to say we are physical humans being made spiritual (1Cor. 15:15-54).

 

[TruthDefender]

Oh, OK. I didn't pay attention when I copy/pasted. That's the KJV word.

Yep, just saw it. Thanks!

It would be nice if everyone added their version to every posted verse; just so we can look it up.

 

[God-fearing]

Yes.

Gen. 1:27. “God created man in his own image, male and female.” The word “image” seems to mean with the capacity to communicate with God and make moral choices (GN 1:26-31). The essential aspect of being a human rather than a robot or subhuman creature is God consciousness and moral conscience, which enables a person to experience love and meaning. This is what makes humans different from animals, whose behavior is governed mainly by instinct.

Souls have awareness of “the requirements of the law”, which may be perceived via creation (Rom. 1:20). Although image refers to God’s personality rather than to sexuality, it does seem that here we have equality of the sexes indicated. Thus, this verse has political implications.

Interesting again is the Hebrew word Elohim is plural, but the plural is 3 and not 2 a we see it plural as Hebrew see it is 3.
So we have..father, son, and Holy Spirit in his name.
Male and female image imo are attributes of God. Mighty and gentle.....Stern and compassionate, judgment and mercy ect

 

[God-fearing]

Interesting again is the Hebrew word Elohim is plural, but the plural is 3 and not 2 a we see it plural as Hebrew see it is 3.
So we have..father, son, and Holy Spirit in his name.
Male and female image imo are attributes of God. Mighty and gentle.....Stern and compassionate, judgment and mercy ect

The reason for plural in Elohim is to answer the .. us and  our in Genesis 1:26.

 

[GWH]

Interesting again is the Hebrew word Elohim is plural, but the plural is 3 and not 2 a we see it plural as Hebrew see it is 3.
So we have..father, son, and Holy Spirit in his name.
Male and female image imo are attributes of God. Mighty and gentle.....Stern and compassionate, judgment and mercy ect

Male and female refers to sexual difference, not to traits that may be attributed to either sex/both sexes.

 

[God-fearing]

Male and female refers to sexual difference, not to traits that may be attributed to either sex/both sexes.

Very true. Sorry for putting in my free thoughts I should not have done that. Thank you for the correction.

 

[GWH]

Very true. Sorry for putting in my free thoughts I should not have done that. Thank you for the correction.

You're welcome. Probably many people tend to identify various traits with only one sex without realizing that it could contribute to gender confusion, prompting children to wonder whether they were born in the wrong body.