Genesis 1 (26-27) New King James Version
26 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.” 27 So God created man in His
own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis is the beginning of all things. In these verses
we are told God formed man in His own likeness and that likeness included male
and female. The male displayed what we consider male traits and the female displayed
what we consider female traits; yet male and female were in possession of all
God’s traits.
God’s creation of the world was excellent; a masterpiece
given to the people to rule and have dominion over. The essences of man, male and female, were
created from God’s own image. People possessed God’s emotions, God’s feelings,
God’s characteristics whether they were male or female. The male held more of
the qualities of what we consider masculine, while the female held more of the
qualities we consider feminine; yet they both held all the emotions, feelings
and characteristics of God in differing proportions in alignment with their
physical form. This does not make man greater than woman; nor woman greater
than man. Instead they are partners being able to bring the fullness of God
together.
In a way God made people godlike in that they had
dominion over their world. They would be able to create and shape from it as
they wished. They were given intelligence greater than instinct so they could
make their own decisions and control outcomes. It seemed to be a perfect world;
yet, because they were only imagines of God they were also open to failures of
their choosing.
We do not understand what God did in putting His creation
in place. Some things were not made to be known to man. We shall see that even
the little that was made known became a pedestal for man to fall from the
perfection and grace of the world.
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