In God's image

[Ross]

Genesis 1:26
"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."

What does it mean that man was created "in God's image?"

On a secondary note, the following verse says:

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

Does Genesis 1: 27 indicate that God is both male and female?

[OneJack]

You are using a visible photograph (a 2D image) vs. an actual visible house (a 3D image) as a means of explaining an invisible spirit God vs. a visible human made of flesh? You can't be serious. Notice that I bolded in blue everything that is visible so that I could somehow make it possible for you to see your error, as follows:

1. Both the photograph of the house and the actual house are visible.

2. The Abrahamic God, Jehovah, is a spirit and is therefore invisible, whereas humans that are made of flesh and are in God's image are visible.

Yes, I used the idea of visible image and visible house as an example of how different image is from the source. If we are images of God, who is a spirit, then the image is also spiritual, not flesh, but the image is in flesh. Our spirits are not visible in the same sense as body is. But, spirit can come visible in actions, similarly as God comes visible in His actions. And in this case spirit could be understood as mind.

Go ahead and repeat the same nonsense if that makes you happy, 1213. At Post 14, RR144 gave you a credible explanation of what it means when scripture says humans were created in God's image. Below is the weblink that will take you directly to what RR144 said.


POST 14:
viewtopic.php?p=1181214#p1181214

With reference to RR144 post # 14, the image of God, as king of the earth, does not apply to all of us because not all people are kings - a nonsensical idea.

[1213]

Are you pointing out that God created man with a spirit?

No.

[Ross]

Question: What are the images of God that you know of?

Apologies for the delay. I have been on holiday for a week.

1/ Man
2/ The incarnate Word of God, Jesus Christ

[Ross]

God is a spirit, there is no sexes among spirit being.

Then why or how is there a Father and a Son?

And how does the lamb have a bride?

[OneJack]

Question: What are the images of God that you know of?

Apologies for the delay. I have been on holiday for a week.

1/ Man
2/ The incarnate Word of God, Jesus Christ

1. God is spirit. How can He have an image of man?
2. The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent, according to the declaration of the Son in John 17:3.

[Ross]

1. God is spirit. How can He have an image of man?

If the Bible says that he has; that is enough for me, even though it may be difficult to comprehend in our tiny brains.

2. The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent, according to the declaration of the Son in John 17:3.

How does this verse say that Jesus Christ is the Father?

[OneJack]

1. God is spirit. How can He have an image of man?

If the Bible says that he has; that is enough for me, even though it may be difficult to comprehend in our tiny brains.

Neither is the bible God, nor does it say anything; the reader is the one who says something.

2. The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent, according to the declaration of the Son in John 17:3.

How does this verse say that Jesus Christ is the Father?

The Son declared that Eternal Life is knowing the Father
1. the only true God and
2. Jesus Christ, whom He has sent.

The Father is the only true God.
The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent.

[Ross]

The Son declared that Eternal Life is knowing the Father
1. the only true God and
2. Jesus Christ, whom He has sent.

The Father is the only true God.
The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent.

The Father sent himself to earth and spoke to himself in heaven?

[RR144]

God is a spirit, there is no sexes among spirit being.

Then why or how is there a Father and a Son?

And how does the lamb have a bride?

Really? You think God came down to earth and had sex with Mary and she bore Jesus?

Or do you think we have a spiritual mother in heaven?

[OneJack]

The Son declared that Eternal Life is knowing the Father
1. the only true God and
2. Jesus Christ, whom He has sent.

The Father is the only true God.
The Father is Jesus Christ whom He has sent.

The Father sent himself to earth and spoke to himself in heaven?

There you are, you got it right. The Father sent Himself to earth, by and through the male son born of Mary, and spoke to the people and to Himself in heaven, through the male son born of Mary. God is the only one who can split Himself and dwell with millions of individuals simultaneously, yet He is still in heaven and in all places. Try to read between the lines of the following verses, as quoted by the Son himself, to wit:

“And this is life eternal that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.”

“ And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare it that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.”

“I am come in my Father's name and ye receive me not if another shall come in his own name him ye will receive.”

“Believest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me or else believe me for the very works' sake.”