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Originally Posted by Amanah
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What if its meaning as a tri partite being. Body, Soul, and Spirit. Not that God always has a body but can manifest one as the theophanies in tbe OT. Because in
Isaiah 42:1 I see all 3 "Behold my servant (body, the flesh Jesus), whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul (soul-nephesh soul, self, life, creature, person, mind, living being) I have put my spirit (spirit-rûach "wind, breath, mind, spirit") upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles."
Because as I can see in
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Image means the same thing as "image, likeness." Something else Id like to point out it says "male and female created he them." I believe this shows something other then image as we know it. All though this word "tselem" means image as "pillar, or mold etc." everytime in relation to false idol worship. But when
Genesis 1:27 says plainly "male and female created he them", I believe that to be the seperating of the feminine and masculine attributes of God. Instead of placing them all in one gender He distributed them separately to each gender. To make it impossible for one gender to have the full spectrum alone. Why He can be the whole spectrum in and of Himself, we as men and women can only be half of it in ourselves. We need the union that God put in place with in
Genesis 2:18,21-25 to ever even get a chance at the same capacity. That is also being made in His image and likeness also.
Because
Romans 1:23 is warning against this very thing "changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things." So I doubt us bring created in His image has anything to do with human appearance. I believe its pertaining to essence, and nature.
Just because God can manifest a body doesn't mean He has to. He only does it in relation to His creation, and as in the case of the man Christ Jesus as a "resolution" to His creation, not because He has to, but that He can.
Because in
Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:" we know He is speaking to Angels. So do we believe image and likeness is talking about outward exterior? I think that would be crazy to say yes, in the fact that most of us have never seen a angel but believe they are around us. While image and likeness is natural for us to rationalize as outward appearance, but when its speaking of Celestial beings, I can guarantee you it doesn't mean the same thing.
Also another thing it could be speaking of looking at verse 26 is in relation it dominion. Because that's what comes directly after He says "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." He then says "let them have dominion, over all the earth." I doubt the image when pertaining to God has anything with outward exterior, in these verses. I venture to say Hes meaning all 3 of these things, is all part of us being made in His image and likeness, Being tri partite, male and female in Gender, and having dominion. Him manifesting Himself in bodily form is to relate Himself with us, not the other way around!
Just something to consider. You don't agree I won't fall out with you, because I don't know for sure either! But just a thought...
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