Identity Theft (4)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky . . .”  Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – Now we know that tselem (image) is associated culturally with the representation of the god in…

Identity Theft (3)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky . . .”  Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – Culture determines the meaning of the word.  That’s the message in the bottle.  We learned that…

Identity Theft (2)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky . . .”  Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – Typical exegesis of the Genesis account begins with the presuppositions of our empirically based scientific perspective. …

Identity Theft (1)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky . . .”  Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – What is the meaning of the word “man”?  When I was lecturing in Margate, South Africa,…

What Is God Like?

And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over . . .”  Genesis 1:26  ISR Image/Likeness – God created you.  You are the representation of His image and likeness.  What does that mean?  How are you like God?  If you can’t answer that question for…

Man As Metaphor

And God said, “Let us make man in our image; according to our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 According To Our Likeness – De’mut is the Hebrew word translated “likeness.” It is a feminine noun. Tselem, the word for “image,” is a masculine noun. The text makes it quite clear that both words apply to the God-carrying,…

Quién Da La Orden/ Quién La Recibe

Y dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre a nuestra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza; Génesis 1:26 A Nuestra Imagen – ¿Qué significa el relato de Génesis cuando dice que los seres humanos fueron hechos a la imagen de Dios? La pregunta ciertamente ha permanecido al frente de innumerables tratados teológicos. A través de los siglos, la…

Order-Taker/Order-Maker

And God said, “Let us make man in our image; according to our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 In Our Image – What does the Genesis account mean when it says that human beings are made in the image of God? That question has certainly been at the forefront of countless theological treatises. Over the centuries, the…