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In God’s Image, January 5
Genesis 1:26-31
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 1:27
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After the earth with its teeming animal and vegetable life had been called
into existence, man, the crowning work of the Creator, and the one for whom
the beautiful earth had been fitted up, was brought upon the stage of action. To
him was given dominion over all that his eye could behold....
God created man in His own image. Here is no mystery. There is no ground
for the supposition that man was evolved by slow degrees of development from
the lower forms of animal or vegetable life. Such teaching lowers the great work
of the Creator to the level of man’s narrow, earthly conceptions. Men are so
intent upon excluding God from the sovereignty of the universe that they degrade
man and defraud him of the dignity of his origin. He who set the starry worlds
on high and tinted with delicate skill the flowers of the field, who filled the earth
and the heavens with the wonders of His power, when He came to crown His
glorious work, to place one in the midst to stand as ruler of the fair earth, did not
fail to create a being worthy of the hand that gave him life. The genealogy of our
race, as given by inspiration, traces back its origin, not to a line of developing
germs, mollusks, and quadrupeds, but to the great Creator. Though formed from
the dust, Adam was “the son of God.” ...
His nature was in harmony with the will of God. His mind was capable
of comprehending divine things. His affections were pure; his appetites and
passions were under the control of reason. He was holy and happy in bearing
the image of God and in perfect obedience to His will
He [Adam] was more than twice as tall as men now living upon the earth,
and was well proportioned. His features were perfect and beautiful.... Eve was
not quite as tall as Adam. Her head reached a little above his shoulders. She,
too, was noble, perfect in symmetry, and very beautiful.
This sinless pair wore no artificial garments. They were clothed with a
covering of light and glory, such as the angels wear
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Patriarchs and Prophets, 44, 45
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The Story of Redemption, 21
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