18 OLD TEST SPECIFICALLY GOD
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18 OLD TEST SPECIFICALLY GOD
JANELLE
LIBERTY
Thanks so much for your post on this weeks course material and Bible reading. There was much content
to cover and it can be overwhelming to think about all the content that we will cover over the next seven
weeks, but this assignment really helped to narrow down what is of utmost importance to glean from
Genesis and the beginning of Exodus. I particularly enjoyed reading the theological themes that you
presented in your second section which concerned man. A passion of mine is being part of the process of
God awakening individuals to the vision that He has for their life. That vision being derived greatly from
the first few chapters of Genesis. "Specifically, we are told that God created humans in his own “image”
and “likeness.” This is the only place in the Old Testament where these two nouns appear in connection
with one another, and one immediately asks about their relationship."[1] Hamilton explains that one
could just as equally come to a conclusion in which promotes or limits the depth in which humans were
created to bear the image/likeness of God, but it is clear that humans were created special and different
than the rest of creation. I personally believe that being created in the likeness and image of God carries
deep identity, purpose, and weight to it. The apostle Paul wrote to the church of Ephesus saying,
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself
up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."(Ephesians 5:1-2) Christ died that we might be
restored in relationship with God and have to ability once again to be faithful image bearers of God by
imitating Christ, who is the very revelation of God.
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[1] Victor P. Hamilton,
Handbook on the PentateuchLinks to an external site.
, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, MI:
Baker Academic, 2005), 27.
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