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. But it is an old story in this world, though a new thing for professing members and ministers of Christ, to take pride in putting scorn on divine revelation. "Replenish the earth " This does not envision a re-population of the earth, but the spread of mankind throughout all the world. It recognizes, as far as can be expected, the relative importance of the heavens and the earth, the existence of the heavenly bodies from the beginning of time, the total and then the partial absence of light from the face of the deep, as the local result of physical causes. (Genesis 1:6-7, 9, 11, 14-15). On the first the darkness on the face of the earth is removed; on the fourth that on the face of the sky. John 1:1, which affirms that the Word was God, and in the beginning with God, and that without Him there was nothing made that hath been made, supports the thought that both Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit (revealed in Genesis 1:2 as active in the creation) should be understood as included in "us" and "our" here. likeness b. Then what confirmation of one's faith! Hence the believer finds not the slightest difficulty. Sermon Bible Commentary. No doubt the mere act could have been effected in other ways. "And God blessed them, and said Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth " The procreation and nurture of the continuing generations of mankind upon earth is a God-ordained privilege and commandment. I have the power of self-determination. This consists rather in the fact, that the man endowed with free self-conscious personality possesses, in his spiritual as well as corporeal nature, a creaturely copy of the holiness and blessedness of the divine life. Especially when associated with the singular "his" and "him" in verse 27. 3. In this new section accordingly it is written, "These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created [going up to the first], in the day* [here the writer comes down] that Jehovah-Elohim made the earth and the heavens." 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. There is something striking in the introduction of the expression "and over all the earth," after the different races of animals have been mentioned, especially as the list of races appears to be proceeded with afterwards. Nay, more, now that it is clearly revealed, they have no competency to appreciate it never take in its force; and for this simple reason, that man invariably judges from himself and from his own experience, instead of submitting to God and His word. [Note: See James Jordan, "Rebellion, Tyranny, and Dominion in the Book of Genesis," Christianity and Civilization 3 (Summer 1983):38-80. over the Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.". As for the transfer of the site of the garden lower down in the plain of Shinar, it appears to me altogether untenable. Here again how observable is the transparent and self-consistent truth of scripture. The roots themselves are marvelous. [Note: Hamilton, p. The creation of man does not take place through a word addressed by God to the earth, but as the result of the divine decree, "We will make man in Our image, after our likeness," which proclaims at the very outset the distinction and pre-eminence of man above all the other creatures of the earth. Gods plurality anticipated mans plurality. In short Enoch is the witness of the heavenly family, as Noah is of the earthly people of God. He makes every snowflake different. But it is evident that dispensation, in the true sense of the word, there was none. Thus it is that whether it be the Old Testament or New, one half (speaking now in a general way) consists of history. Does the image of God in man include his body? Man, as well as other things, was very good when he came from his Makers hand; but good as yet untried, and therefore good in capacity rather than in victory over temptation. For a summary gives in a few words that which is opened out afterwards; whereas the conjunction "and" introduced in the second verse excludes necessarily all notion of a summary here. Scripture does not say more, and we must hold to scripture. And Elohim, it is said, "shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." God produces life, whether it be for the fish that people the sea, for the birds of the air, or for the beasts, cattle, or reptiles, on the dry land. III. It was no longer in the likeness of God, but in the image of God always. By no means. Hence, we are forced to conclude that the plural pronoun indicates a plurality of persons or hypostases in the Divine Being. 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." These are both very good. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. But Adam now becomes a father, not innocent, but fallen before he became the head of the race. According to the account of creation in Genesis 1, the chief purpose of God in creating man is to bless him. Adam was not androgynous (i.e., two individuals joined physically like Siamese twins) or bisexual (i.e., one individual possessing both male and female sexual organs). The word of God presents to the simplest Christian the perfect account of the matter. creation of all things, and particularly of man: hence we read of Now without wishing to press my individual judgment of such a matter, I may state the conviction that the Pison and the Gihon, here described, are two rivers on the north of the site of Eden, one running into the Black Sea, the other into the Caspian. 164-72.] As if, in truth, that barbarous style of speaking, which has grown into use within a few past centuries, had, even then, prevailed in the world. And you have to almost envy them, spending their winters in Hawaii. Was it with certain other intelligent beings in existence before man that he took counsel? The word light in Hebrew is "or". There we have delight in the man who had found grace in His eyes. he followed her, as he has often since, into the broad way of evil. Somehow they are like God in a way that nothing else is. During the summer, they take off from Hawaii and they fly all the way up into Alaska where they mate. This apparently means that a relationship of close fellowship can exist between God and man that is unlike the relationship of God with the rest of his creation. When Genesis 1:26 reveals that God made man in God's image, that means He gave man a will, emotion, and intelligence. The intention of Almighty God in the creation of man is revealed to have been the placement of man over the earth and all that is in it, an intention frustrated in part by man's rebellion in Eden, but finally realized despite all hindrances and delays in the era of the "new heavens and the new earth." Only a plurality of persons can justify the phrase. God's chief governing characteristic is self determination, so he created us with the capacity of self determination. For what end? Departed from God, they hid themselves, and He had but to utter those solemn and searching words to Adam, "Where art thou?" It is unfounded to say that in the second narrative the present world is supposed to be brought forth at once. The language is invariably used in the most perfect manner. And Adam begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth"meaning that, as Adam was created in the image of God . The Lord renew it upon our souls by his sanctifying grace! - The relation of man to the creature is now stated. This concrete essence of the divine likeness was shattered by sin; and it is only through Christ, the brightness of the glory of God and the expression of His essence (Hebrews 1:3), that our nature is transformed into the image of God again (Colossians 3:10; Ephesians 4:24). In the day that God created man." Tirinus. 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. See Genesis 3:22. Truly there are many things in this corrupted nature which may induce contempt; but if you rightly weigh all circumstances, man is, among other creatures a certain preeminent specimen of Divine wisdom, justice, and goodness, so that he is deservedly called by the ancients , a world in miniature. But since the Lord needs no other counsellor, there can be no doubt that he consulted with himself. whom did he say this? . It allows, also, if it were necessary, between the original creation, recorded in the first verse, and the state of things described in the second, the interval of time required for the light of the most distant discoverable star to reach the earth. (85) Ut certe aeterna ejus sapientia et virtus in ipso resident. The expression is ambiguous; but the French translation renders it, Comme a la verite, sa Sapience eternelle, et Vertu reside en luy; which translation is here followed. This precludes all pantheistic notions of the origin of man. What joy and delight in the Scriptures! For it is much more exactly true than any expression that has been invented by the most scientific of men; yet there is no science in it. Afterwards God tells Noah to come forth he and all the other creatures. 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. A day in which we acknowledge the Creator; it's set apart for the recognition of the Creator, as He has so left such ample evidence of Himself in His creation.Now later on, as God calls a nation of people, a separate people to Himself, we will be, we will find Him giving them a law for the seventh day; a covenant between God and Israel forever. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [and] he made the stars also. Lyra. Consequently the attempt of man's mind by what is now to judge of what was then always ends in the merest confusion and total failure. Unto God? The biblical text of Genesis 1:26 announce that God makes us in his image and likeness (Bryson, 2011). The argument his accusers used was that the Bible says the earth remains still and the sun rises and sets upon it (1 Chronicles 16:30; Ecclesiastes 1:5). But although such passages as 1 Kings 22:19., Psalm 89:8, and Daniel 10, show that God, as King and Judge of the world, is surrounded by heavenly hosts, who stand around His throne and execute His commands, the last interpretation founders upon this rock: either it assumes without sufficient scriptural authority, and in fact in opposition to such distinct passages as Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:22; Isaiah 40:13 seq., Genesis 44:24, that the spirits took part in the creation of man; or it reduces the plural to an empty phrase, inasmuch as God is made to summon the angels to cooperate in the creation of man, and then, instead of employing them, is represented as carrying out the work alone. The book is the account of the beginning of the earth, mankind, and God's dealings with man. Verse Genesis 1:26. Others who deem themselves more acute, but are doubly infatuated, say that God spoke of himself in the plural number, according to the custom of princes. Oh, you helped it propagate itself.There are other seeds that develop a quick-drying glue. 3 And God said, c " Let there be light, " and there was light. Yet, that he often keeps his hand as if closed is to be imputed to our sins. They pop and the seed shoots out, exploding kind of a seed. and why is thy countenance fallen? And Jehovah speaks to him thus "Why art thou wroth? If man had been writing it, if he had attempted to give that which pretended to be a revelation, we could understand a flourish of trumpets, pompous prolegomena, some elaborate means or other of setting forth who and what God is, an attempt by fancy to project His image out of man's mind, or by subtle priori reasoning to justify all that might follow. They were made to dwell upon the face of all the earth,Acts 17:26. Let me particularly ask those who have not duly considered the matter to weigh God's word. The purpose of the Genesis account of creation was not to teach scientific theories, but to give a short simple account of the beginning of things in language that people of any age would understand. A likeness to the angels cannot be inferred from Hebrews 2:7, or from Luke 20:36. Chapter Overview: The holy scripture, being designed to maintain and improve natural religion, to repair the decays of it. God saw His work, and behold it was all very good; i.e., everything perfect in its kind, so that every creature might reach the goal appointed by the Creator, and accomplish the purpose of its existence. Were even the word of God silent on this subject, we could not infer less from the lights held out to us by reason and common sense. Believers and unbelievers might agree on how nature provides humankind with food, but believers add something extra, because they see God working through nature. Man was not made in the likeness of any creature that went before him, but in the likeness of his Creator; yet still between God and man there is an infinite distance. (t) This image and likeness of God in man is expounded in Eph 4:24 where it is written that man was created after God in righteousness and true holiness meaning by these two words, all perfection, as wisdom, truth, innocency, power, etc. V. That God gave to man, when he had made him, a dominion over the inferior creatures, over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air. "Likeness" is a more general term, indicating resemblance in any quality, external or internal. It opens thus: "And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark." The New International Version is hardly a Bible that can be construed as being friendly to Judaism. I only speak of what is good for man out of Paradise, and how God meets with and ministers to his state in His infinite grace. (s) God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he says, Let us make signifying that God takes counsel with his wisdom and virtue purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation. . What dispensation or age was there here? Man was formed especially from the ground and given the breath of life from God. Man alone, as deriving that which gave him the breath of life not from his body but from the breath of Jehovah-Elohim, gives an account to God. 1. But, as it is, scripture means nothing of the sort. "The image is found in the type of relationship that was designed to exist between male and female human beings, a relationship where the characteristics of each sex are valued and used to form a oneness in their identity and purpose. The author passes on from the cattle to the entire earth, and embraces all the animal creation in the expression, "every moving thing () that moveth upon the earth," just as in Genesis 1:28, "every living thing upon the earth." "And let them have dominion " This is another quality of man's kinship with the Eternal. Abstract. First, It exhibits the consistency of the whole narrative in itself. But what came in immediately, and what is traced throughout the Bible, it may be noted, is the present consequence in the government of God. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and it was good. If the woman was the one first of all to yield, she is the destined mother of Him that would defeat the devil and deliver man. "Let us make man in our image." Again, the first three days refer to a lower, the second three to a higher order of things. I don't, I want God to leave me alone!" United as one humanity, male and female are one with God and his heavenly court. Oh, what a testimony of the inventive genius of God in creation. The laws of nature are Gods laws. The narrative of it is introduced with something of solemnity, and a manifest distinction from the rest. This last is often misunderstood. "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Lastly, in the fifth chapter, without making any mention of image, he puts likeness in its place, (Genesis 5:1.) It cannot be believed that God discussed the creation with the angels and included them as participants in His decision to create man. See Pooles Synopsis. The utmost possible care appears in the statement. Adversaries may no doubt try to embarrass you: if they will, let them do so. Such an interpretation should be rejected for at least four reasons. 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them . "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 birds of the heaven, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over everything that creepeth upon the earth. Such is the birth of civil life in the family of Cain, where we find the discovery and advance of the delights of man; but, along with the progress of art and science, the introduction of polygamy. Genesis 1:24). But "Adam," it is said, "begat a son in his own likeness, after his image." JANUARY 5 TODAY'S READING IN THE ONE YEAR BIBLE - GENESIS 11-13:4; MATTHEW 5:1-26; PSALM 5:1-12; PROVERBS 1:24-28 Commentary written and read by Pastor David K. MacAdam. I do not of course enter into details, but here is the inspired account, which shines in the midst of the horrors of that dark scene which fabulists portrayed. our Here then we only hear of pairs which enter. The next is to give a consistent meaning to the whole of that which was composed at one time or in one place by the author. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. Psalms 8:5. Yes, Jehovah is in question. The plural "We" was regarded by the fathers and earlier theologians almost unanimously as indicative of the Trinity: modern commentators, on the contrary, regard it either as pluralis majestatis; or as an address by God to Himself, the subject and object being identical; or as communicative, an address to the spirits or angels who stand around the Deity and constitute His council. Such was the condition in which man was formed. At the same time, it was so far involved in the effects of the fall, that the natural decay of the different animals was changed into a painful death or violent end. 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. As he has the government of the inferior creatures, he is, as it were, God's representative, or viceroy, upon earth; they are not capable of fearing and serving God, therefore God has appointed them to fear and serve man. In the previous description, which had not to do with man, there was silence about the Spirit of God; but, as the divine wisdom is shown inProverbs 8:1-36; Proverbs 8:1-36 to rejoice in the habitable parts of the earth, so the Spirit of God is always brought before us as the immediate agent in the Deity whenever man is to be introduced. Then another state of things is mentioned in verse 2, not for the heaven, but for the earth. But there is not an object within the ken of man which he does not aim at making subservient to his purposes. If, in consequence of the curse pronounced upon the earth after the sin of man, who was appointed head and lord of nature, the whole creation was subjected to vanity and the bondage of corruption (Romans 8:20. These words are directed not to the earth, out of which man was I do not consider that its locality is so very difficult to ascertain in a general way as has been often imagined. Genesis 1:26 Context. way of speaking did not obtain very early, not even till the It is a real joy to know that it is coming; but until that day God always has before Him, as the theatre and material where He acts, a world ruined ruined by sinful man. I say, "well I want to do this". How perfect therefore is the intimation of scripture! But it is, secondly, in Gods likeness, which implies something closer and more inward. These are proofs of the evergrowing sway of man. we should have had a long introduction, and a full history of his origin and his designs and his doings. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (86) But Augustine, beyond all others, speculates with excessive refinement, for the purpose of fabricating a Trinity in man. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our. This is of immense importance. I'm so glad that I know Him. But this was not Adam's state, but simply made upright, with absence and ignorance of evil. Those who often bring up Genesis 1:26 hope we will won't be able to provide a good answer. Unto whom? He fell in partaking of the forbidden fruit; and God took care that he should not eat of the tree of life. , over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. He was to represent God here below; besides this he was to be like God. 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. "And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell." And, more than that, the position of these rivers seems to me to explain what has often been a difficulty to many the account that is given us here, that "a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted and became into four heads;" because if the garden of Eden lay in that quarter (that is to say in Armenia), in the part of it where are found the springs or watershed of these rivers, they would be all within a certain circumscribed quarter, as surrounding this garden. ., p. 112; Wenham, pp. On this it is unnecessary to dwell. And let them rule. The seventh day was to be the day that we acknowledge God and give unto God, and we do it by resting. Man. All is consistent in revelation, and nowhere else. I'm so glad that I serve Him. "The earth was without form and void." 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. The Bible tells us that God is the one who did these things, and the scientist tells how he might have done them. Sin needed more. What value is it then for me to have a choice if He doesn't respect it? Marvelous is His creative genius as you really look at the various life forms.And the earth brought forth grass, and [vegetable or] herb-yielding seed after his kind, and tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. He has appointed them rulers over the earthly creation (see 1:27-28).Without the image of God within them, people would not (according to the biblical definition) be human. The insufficiency of their resources had been proved. He has made the sea his highway to the ends of the earth, the stars his pilots on the pathless ocean, the sun his bleacher and painter, the bowels of the earth the treasury from which he draws his precious and useful metals and much of his fuel, the steam his motive power, and the lightning his messenger. Leave out the fall; fail to keep it before you and test all with that in mind, and you will be wrong about every result. 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. 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. 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