Tag: adoration

First Words

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Humanity’s first words in the Bible are a poem of adoration about another human, and God isn’t mad about it. In fact, God set this up to be good; it solves the “not good” problem of being alone.

Love your neighbor. That’s what solves the “not good” problem.

The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.”
Genesis 2:23 (NIV)

Kinds

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Of the plants and animals, God identifies them in this manner:

v11 “according to their kinds.”
v12: “according to their kinds,” twice.
v21: “according to their kinds,” twice.
v24: “according to their kinds,” twice.
v25: “according to their kinds,” three times.

But of us, His beloved and cherished creation, God identifies us this way:

v26: “IN OUR IMAGE, OUR LIKENESS.”
v27 “IN HIS IMAGE, THE IMAGE OF GOD.”