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That God Created Man in His Own Image, January 1
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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All heaven took a deep and joyful interest in the creation of the world
and of man. Human beings were a new and distinct order. They were
made “in the image of God,” and it was the Creator’s design that they
should populate the earth. They were to live in close communion with
heaven, receiving power from the Source of all power. Upheld by God,
they were to live sinless lives
The holy pair were not only children under the fatherly care of God,
but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were
visited by angels, and were granted communion with their Maker, with
no obscuring veil between.... The mysteries of the visible universe—“the
wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge”—afforded them an
exhaustless source of instruction and delight. The laws and operations
of nature, which have engaged men’s study for six thousand years, were
opened to their minds by the infinite Framer and Upholder of all. They held
converse with leaf and flower and tree, gathering from each the secrets of
its life. With every living creature, from the mighty leviathan that playeth
among the waters, to the insect mote that floats in the sunbeam, Adam
was familiar. He had given to each its name, and he was acquainted with
the nature and habits of all. God’s glory in the heavens, the innumerable
worlds in their orderly revolutions, “the balancings of the clouds,” the
mysteries of light and sound, of day and night,—all were open to the study
of our first parents
God created man a superior being; he alone is formed in the image of
God, and is capable of partaking of the divine nature, of cooperating with
his Creator and executing His plans
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The Review and Herald, February 11, 1902
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2
Patriarchs and Prophets, 50, 51
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3
The Review and Herald, April 21, 1885
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