Written by Don Byrd creation of man
“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. And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replen-
ish 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 1:27-28).
Adam was the first human God
created after His likeness and im-
age. It is my understanding that God created Adam with the intention of
placing a “Christ in you” Spirit-na-
ture in him. Why do I understand
this in this manner? I do so based
on the eternal outcome where we
find all of those who have a “Christ
in you” Spirit spending eternity in
the Father’s house (John 14). Con-
firmation: “...Now if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none
of his” (Romans 8:9). However, the
placing of this spirit-nature had to
be a freewill choice made by Adam.
It was arranged in this manner so
God would get what He wanted
from the very onset. God wanted
“...I will be to him a Father, and he
shall be to me a Son...” (Hebrews
1:5).
From the onset, the Father wanted to love and to receive love in the same manner. This had to be a
freewill choice by both the Father
and those who He gave His love.
By this I mean the Father gives His
love because it is what He wants for
Himself. He does not love because
He knows we need His love. That
would not be pure love. He loves
us because it is what He wants for
Himself and not because He knows
we need His love.
The one who He loves must re-
turn that love in the same manner
received from the Father. If we love
the Father because we know He
wants us to love Him it would not
be pure love. We must love our Fa-
ther because it is what we want and
not because we know it is what our
Father desires.
When we love our
Father because it is what we want
then it is our Father’s pure love re-
ciprocated to Him. It is completely
up to the Father’s offspring to recip-
rocate the love our Father manifests
toward them. His offspring must
also freely receive our Father’s love,
which is a freewill choice. No force
or coercion is involved in this pro-
cess. This love process functions
only between the Father and His
birthed offspring, who allow it to
spontaneously function. May we
daily learn how to receive and re-
turn our Father’s love.
What is God’s likeness and image?
This pertains only to the “...I will
be to him a Father, and he shall be
to me a Son...” (Hebrews 1:5). The
likeness and image of God is the Fa-
ther part of God. It pertains to the
part of God that can birth offspring.
There is no such thing as a like-
ness and image of the Omnipotent,
Omniscient, Omnipresent and Su-
preme God. Why is this true? This
is because the Supreme God is self-
existent. Therefore, there can be no
likeness and image of such a one
as the Supreme, self-existent God.
Adam’s creation was never com-
pleted in the image and likeness of
the Father. Adam’s creation was not
complete until the last Adam died.
“And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quicken-
ing spirit” (1 Corinthians 15:45).
Christ Jesus our Lord was the last
Adam. However, He was also the
second man. “The first man is of the
earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven” (1 Corinthians
15:47).
Adam’s creation remains incom-
plete until an individual believes
in accordance with Romans 10:9-
13. When an individual believes in
the crucifixion, death, burial, res-
urrection, and ascension of Jesus
our Lord that individual receives
the “Christ in you” spirit-nature
and this is his completion, which is
what God intended from the onset.
“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. And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replen-
ish 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 1:27-28).
Adam was the first human God
created after His likeness and im-
age. It is my understanding that God created Adam with the intention of
placing a “Christ in you” Spirit-na-
ture in him. Why do I understand
this in this manner? I do so based
on the eternal outcome where we
find all of those who have a “Christ
in you” Spirit spending eternity in
the Father’s house (John 14). Con-
firmation: “...Now if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none
of his” (Romans 8:9). However, the
placing of this spirit-nature had to
be a freewill choice made by Adam.
It was arranged in this manner so
God would get what He wanted
from the very onset. God wanted
“...I will be to him a Father, and he
shall be to me a Son...” (Hebrews
1:5).
From the onset, the Father wanted to love and to receive love in the same manner. This had to be a
freewill choice by both the Father
and those who He gave His love.
By this I mean the Father gives His
love because it is what He wants for
Himself. He does not love because
He knows we need His love. That
would not be pure love. He loves
us because it is what He wants for
Himself and not because He knows
we need His love.
The one who He loves must re-
turn that love in the same manner
received from the Father. If we love
the Father because we know He
wants us to love Him it would not
be pure love. We must love our Fa-
ther because it is what we want and
not because we know it is what our
Father desires.
When we love our
Father because it is what we want
then it is our Father’s pure love re-
ciprocated to Him. It is completely
up to the Father’s offspring to recip-
rocate the love our Father manifests
toward them. His offspring must
also freely receive our Father’s love,
which is a freewill choice. No force
or coercion is involved in this pro-
cess. This love process functions
only between the Father and His
birthed offspring, who allow it to
spontaneously function. May we
daily learn how to receive and re-
turn our Father’s love.
What is God’s likeness and image?
This pertains only to the “...I will
be to him a Father, and he shall be
to me a Son...” (Hebrews 1:5). The
likeness and image of God is the Fa-
ther part of God. It pertains to the
part of God that can birth offspring.
There is no such thing as a like-
ness and image of the Omnipotent,
Omniscient, Omnipresent and Su-
preme God. Why is this true? This
is because the Supreme God is self-
existent. Therefore, there can be no
likeness and image of such a one
as the Supreme, self-existent God.
Adam’s creation was never com-
pleted in the image and likeness of
the Father. Adam’s creation was not
complete until the last Adam died.
“And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quicken-
ing spirit” (1 Corinthians 15:45).
Christ Jesus our Lord was the last
Adam. However, He was also the
second man. “The first man is of the
earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven” (1 Corinthians
15:47).
Adam’s creation remains incom-
plete until an individual believes
in accordance with Romans 10:9-
13. When an individual believes in
the crucifixion, death, burial, res-
urrection, and ascension of Jesus
our Lord that individual receives
the “Christ in you” spirit-nature
and this is his completion, which is
what God intended from the onset.
