Genesis 1:26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Genesis 1:27: And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 9:6: Whosoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God He made man. [If you kill a man/woman made in the image of God, then God considers that as a direct attack on Himself]
1 Corinthians 11:7: For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God:
Notice Yehovah - God says that a man/woman is the image and glory of God.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4: And even if our gospel is covered by a veil, it is covered in them that perish: in whom the god of this world [Satan, the Adversary] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of the Messiah, who is the image of God, should not be understood by them.
Colossians 1:15: [Jesus] who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Note: 1 John 4:17: Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. [we are as Jesus is made in the image and glory of God – 1 Corinthians 11:7.
Now we come to an important part of this discussion: What and how are human beings, made to be in the image and glory of God?
The answer: God has given us the ability to reason, think, as He does, the ability to create as He does, and the ability to be able to express all the emotions that we do, as He does. We as human beings are limited in all that our Creator God has given to us as the image and glory of Himself.
When we sin against God what happens?
God, Himself suffers profoundly even though He does not sin. He suffers because of our sins, but that is so only because of His love for us. “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by which you were sealed for the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).
The more you love a person, the more you suffer. We can now better understand Isaiah 63:9 which speaks of Yehovah God in relation to Israel: “In all their afflictions He was afflicted … in His love and in His mercy He redeemed them.” Significantly, the next verse (v.10) says, “But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit,” which is precisely what Ephesians 4:30, just quoted, cautions against.
Psalm 95:10-11: Forty years long was I [Yehvovah] grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: Wherefore I swore in my wrath - anger, that they should not enter into my rest – the Promised land. [We grieve and get angry, having the same emotions that God has, with a huge difference; all He does, He does with love coupled with righteousness]
Psalm 33:11: The counsel of Yehovah stands fast for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.
Psalm 92:5: How great are your works, O Yehovah! Your thoughts are very deep.
However, He says “that His thoughts are not our thoughts; His ways are not our ways”[Isaiah 55:8-9]. Why? For the imagination – the thoughts of a man’s heart are evil from his youth!
Note: Genesis 8:21: And Yehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Yehovah said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination [thoughts] of man’s heart is evil from his youth;
So all humanity has been made in the image and glory of Yehovah able to think, create, have a multitude of emotions, and all the things that humans can do as human beings, and in doing so they are a reflection of their Creator God.
Notice what Yehovah says when the
people built the
Genesis 11:5-6: And Yehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men were building. And Yehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be held back from them, which they purpose to do. [God knew that he had created man with the intelligence to do whatever their heart led them to do]
So we see understand that mankind was created in the image and glory of God. Obviously, mankind has not lived up to or has appreciated that glorious privilege. Mankind totally lacks any appreciation for what God wanted man/woman to be when He created them in His image. Mankind was created to bring glory to Yehovah - God.
We who are living in this end-time have the opportunity to do just that. All those who accept the one Yehovah has sent, and accept him as the lord Messiah will walk in obedience to the words his God gave to him to give to us!
The first of those words is to repent and be
baptized in the name of the lord [Jesus]. This means that you are willing to die
to self when you enter the water and this you will come out of the water in
newness of life a new creation in Jesus, bought and paid for by his shed blood.
Then after you are baptized and have done so with a totally committed heart willing to obey
the words of Jesus you will relieve the power of God’s indwelling presence when
He places the Spirit of Jesus in you. In obeying the words of Jesus you will now
go forth preaching and publishing the good news of the soon-coming
For a complete understanding of how to go about doing that you can read the following books by Eric Chang:
Totally Committed
The Only Perfect Man
Becoming a New Person, volumes
1&2
The Only True God
The Only Perfect Man
Also, books written by Anthony Buzzard: https://focusonthekingdom.org/books/
One God, the Father, One Man Messiah Translation, New Testament with Commentary
The Amazing Aims and Claims of Jesus, What You Didn’t Learn in Church
The
Our Fathers Who Aren’t in Heaven, The forgotten Christianity of Jesus the Jew
A book by Greg Deuble:
They Never Told Me This in Church, A Call to Read the Bible with New Eyes
A book by Jeff Deuble:
Christ Before Creeds
These books will give you a deep understanding of what the scriptures disclose about God, Jesus, The New Covenant, The Kingdom/Kingship of God and so much more.
They will reveal to you that the end result of God creating man in His own image and glory; that they would eventually become immortal glorified men/women in the New Age that is coming when Yehovah – God will come down from His place in the heavenly places and dwell with those glorified men and women who will enjoy the new heaven and new earth, a new order of things that Yehovah will create for them. If you want to have a place in the glorious ending read the books and as you are reading them act upon what they are revealing for you to do according to the will of Yehovah – God!
Most of these books that I have mentioned can be purchased on Amazon, or on Anthony Buzzard's website: https://focusonthekingdom.org/books/.
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