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†. Gen 1:27a . . So God created man in His own image, in the image
of God He created him;
If humans were paternal sons of the Most High-- viz: if people were His
biological offspring --they'd be eternal beings like Himself because God is an
eternal being; i.e. like begets like. But humans for now are not even
immortal let alone eternal.
So then we are safe to conclude that humanity's image and likeness of God
wasn't the same as Seth's image and likeness of Adam, viz: humanity's
divine sonship isn't biological. God didn't reproduce in order to bring humans
into existence, rather, He created them into existence from dust rather than
from Himself.
†. Gen 1:27b . . . . male and female He created them.
It's okay to pity people who refuse to be identified by their gender and
prefer to be known as non binary, i.e. as neither male nor female. But there
is no just no way on God's green earth that Bible believing Christians should
ever be supportive of the non binary movement because the image and
likeness of God finds its completeness in distinct male and female gender
identities.
There's a term for people who believe themselves to be someone and/or
something other than what and/or who they really are. I think it might be
called Dissociative Disorder. There was a time when society confined people
with those kinds of conditions to psychiatric facilities for observation and
therapy, but nowadays political correctness requires that they be "included".
But God-honoring Christian churches dare not accept into their membership
someone known to identify themselves as non binary.
"See to it that no one misses the grace of God, and that no bitter root grows
up to cause trouble and defile many." (Heb 12:15)
A bitter root is one belonging to a species unfit for human consumption.
When you find noxious vegetation sprouting in your garden, you've got to
get out there with a hoe and dig that stuff up before it spreads out of
control.
NOTE: The pronoun "them" in Gen 1:27 is a bit ambiguous. It can refer to
the first couple; but it can just as easily refer to the human species in total.
In other words: Gen 1:26-27 speaks of all of us; and by extension, so does
Gen 2:16-17 because according to Acts 17:26, that's how it worked out.
Some women would be offended to be called a "him" but it's a biblical
designation nonetheless. Regardless of one's gender, all human beings are
of the genus of man and can be legitimately referred to as a him or as a he.
Bible students really have to watch for that because when they run across
the word "man" and/or "men" in the Bible, it doesn't eo ipso indicate males.
†. Gen 1:28a . . God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile
and increase,
Some interpret that verse to be a mandate requiring married people to have
children; and that they have no business getting married for any other
reason. But the wording is so obviously a blessing rather than a mandate;
especially since God said the very same thing to the winged creatures, and
the fish, and the reptiles, and the bugs, and the beasts.
It's always best to regard blessings as benefits and/or empowerments
unless clearly indicated otherwise. Some blessings have to be merited (e.g.
Deut 28:1-13) but not this one. It was neither requested nor was it earned--
it was freely given without any strings attached and nothing asked in return.
NOTE: The belief that couples should enter marriage for no other reason
than procreation is an invention right out of an ascetic imagination; and if
truth be known, it's in defense of a celibate clergy. According to Gen 2:18
24 and 1Cor 7:7-9, marriage is primarily for the purpose of companionship
rather than procreation. If in fact deliberately childless marriages are wrong,
then Catholicism's platonic union of Joseph and the Lord's mom would be a
sinful relationship.
Without the gift of fertility, Man would be just as sterile as a soup spoon. So
it was a very essential blessing. And a very interesting blessing it is because
the blessing of fertility empowers living things to pass their own kind of life
on to a next generation. God quit creating after six days. So unless
creatures were enabled to reproduce, all would soon die out and become
quite extinct in a very short time.
Libido therefore, is an essential element of the blessing of fertility. God
intended for His creatures to reproduce; and to ensure that they did, He
wired them all with libido rather than instilling within them a sense of duty.
It isn't necessary to cajole creatures to mate; no, they will do so on their
own, propelled by built-in sensual proclivities and predilections.
†. Gen 1:28b . . fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the
sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.
The Hebrew word for "master" is from kabash (kaw-bash') which emphasizes
coercion and force; and means: to disregard; to conquer, and to violate.
The word for "rule" is from radah (raw-daw') and means: to tread down; to
subjugate.
kabash and radah are very strong language. Those two words combined
leave no room for doubt regarding Man's supremacy in the sphere of things.
God blessed humanity with the authority to dominate and to violate planet
Earth at will, and exploit it to his own advantage. Man answers to no plant
nor animal on this entire globe. The whole Earth is within the scope of
humanity's purview. If aliens ever come here unannounced, they can be
arrested for trespassing, and/or charged for parking.
But the interesting thing is; the Ruddy species is also the monarch of the
whole cosmos; not just the dinky little third rock from the Sun where he
hangs his hat.
"For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put
under him." (Heb 2:6-8)
Cont.
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†. Gen 1:27a . . So God created man in His own image, in the image
of God He created him;
If humans were paternal sons of the Most High-- viz: if people were His
biological offspring --they'd be eternal beings like Himself because God is an
eternal being; i.e. like begets like. But humans for now are not even
immortal let alone eternal.
So then we are safe to conclude that humanity's image and likeness of God
wasn't the same as Seth's image and likeness of Adam, viz: humanity's
divine sonship isn't biological. God didn't reproduce in order to bring humans
into existence, rather, He created them into existence from dust rather than
from Himself.
†. Gen 1:27b . . . . male and female He created them.
It's okay to pity people who refuse to be identified by their gender and
prefer to be known as non binary, i.e. as neither male nor female. But there
is no just no way on God's green earth that Bible believing Christians should
ever be supportive of the non binary movement because the image and
likeness of God finds its completeness in distinct male and female gender
identities.
There's a term for people who believe themselves to be someone and/or
something other than what and/or who they really are. I think it might be
called Dissociative Disorder. There was a time when society confined people
with those kinds of conditions to psychiatric facilities for observation and
therapy, but nowadays political correctness requires that they be "included".
But God-honoring Christian churches dare not accept into their membership
someone known to identify themselves as non binary.
"See to it that no one misses the grace of God, and that no bitter root grows
up to cause trouble and defile many." (Heb 12:15)
A bitter root is one belonging to a species unfit for human consumption.
When you find noxious vegetation sprouting in your garden, you've got to
get out there with a hoe and dig that stuff up before it spreads out of
control.
NOTE: The pronoun "them" in Gen 1:27 is a bit ambiguous. It can refer to
the first couple; but it can just as easily refer to the human species in total.
In other words: Gen 1:26-27 speaks of all of us; and by extension, so does
Gen 2:16-17 because according to Acts 17:26, that's how it worked out.
Some women would be offended to be called a "him" but it's a biblical
designation nonetheless. Regardless of one's gender, all human beings are
of the genus of man and can be legitimately referred to as a him or as a he.
Bible students really have to watch for that because when they run across
the word "man" and/or "men" in the Bible, it doesn't eo ipso indicate males.
†. Gen 1:28a . . God blessed them and God said to them: Be fertile
and increase,
Some interpret that verse to be a mandate requiring married people to have
children; and that they have no business getting married for any other
reason. But the wording is so obviously a blessing rather than a mandate;
especially since God said the very same thing to the winged creatures, and
the fish, and the reptiles, and the bugs, and the beasts.
It's always best to regard blessings as benefits and/or empowerments
unless clearly indicated otherwise. Some blessings have to be merited (e.g.
Deut 28:1-13) but not this one. It was neither requested nor was it earned--
it was freely given without any strings attached and nothing asked in return.
NOTE: The belief that couples should enter marriage for no other reason
than procreation is an invention right out of an ascetic imagination; and if
truth be known, it's in defense of a celibate clergy. According to Gen 2:18
24 and 1Cor 7:7-9, marriage is primarily for the purpose of companionship
rather than procreation. If in fact deliberately childless marriages are wrong,
then Catholicism's platonic union of Joseph and the Lord's mom would be a
sinful relationship.
Without the gift of fertility, Man would be just as sterile as a soup spoon. So
it was a very essential blessing. And a very interesting blessing it is because
the blessing of fertility empowers living things to pass their own kind of life
on to a next generation. God quit creating after six days. So unless
creatures were enabled to reproduce, all would soon die out and become
quite extinct in a very short time.
Libido therefore, is an essential element of the blessing of fertility. God
intended for His creatures to reproduce; and to ensure that they did, He
wired them all with libido rather than instilling within them a sense of duty.
It isn't necessary to cajole creatures to mate; no, they will do so on their
own, propelled by built-in sensual proclivities and predilections.
†. Gen 1:28b . . fill the earth and master it; and rule the fish of the
sea, the birds of the sky, and all the living things that creep on earth.
The Hebrew word for "master" is from kabash (kaw-bash') which emphasizes
coercion and force; and means: to disregard; to conquer, and to violate.
The word for "rule" is from radah (raw-daw') and means: to tread down; to
subjugate.
kabash and radah are very strong language. Those two words combined
leave no room for doubt regarding Man's supremacy in the sphere of things.
God blessed humanity with the authority to dominate and to violate planet
Earth at will, and exploit it to his own advantage. Man answers to no plant
nor animal on this entire globe. The whole Earth is within the scope of
humanity's purview. If aliens ever come here unannounced, they can be
arrested for trespassing, and/or charged for parking.
But the interesting thing is; the Ruddy species is also the monarch of the
whole cosmos; not just the dinky little third rock from the Sun where he
hangs his hat.
"For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put
under him." (Heb 2:6-8)
Cont.
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