"Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth." (Genesis 1: 26).
What can we learn from the story of creation from Genesis to nourish our souls?
#1. Human beings are the only thing God created in His image and likeness. This truth lays the foundation for the rest of the story of man in the Scriptures. God gave man free will and never curtailed or interfered with man's liberty.
#2. God gave humans dominion over the works of His hands. This is an incredibly important fact. If man wants to destroy his natural environment, he is free to do so but the consequences will be dire.
#3. "God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them."
(Genesis 1: 27).
It is a silly falsehood to imply that God did not purposely make man and woman equal ontologically but different physiologically and psychologically. Each being attuned to its grand purpose in the logic of creation.
#4. "God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it." (Genesis 1: 28).
We are richly blessed by our Creator. But this is the first creation. The second creation gets better. Man will receive the Holy Spirit living inside him. I like the way St Augustine puts it: "God became man so that man will become god."
Do you know the Holy Spirit?
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