Developing A Biblical World View

CREATION OF MAN

On the sixth day, God created the greatest of all creations. He created the first man in His own image:

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him: male and female created He them. (Genesis 1:26-27)

God created the first man, Adam, from the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of life (Genesis 2:17). God created the first woman from Adam. Read the story of the creation of Eve in Genesis 2:18-25.

GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MAN

Long ago, kings of the world built images of themselves in provinces of their empire to represent them where they could not personally appear. Man was created in God's image and placed on earth as His representative. As a representative of God, man was given dominion over the whole world to enforce God's claim to the earth. Man had dominion over all the plants and animals of the world.

Man also had a special responsibility. He was to multiply and fill the earth with other men and women who would reflect the image of God:

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28)