Let us make man in our image, after our likeness

1)            From day one of the creation of Adam, there was crystal obviosity that Christ is the centrepiece of existence. Does the scripting ink of the Apostolic didacticism, dwelling on His Divinity, not say, “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” of John 1:3? This same Jesus made the asseveration found in John 11:25-26 25) “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” Resurrection into blissfulness of life eternal, having its Authorship in Jesus Christ, absolutely makes Him the centrepiece of existence, and on Him is the convergence of all eyes in heaven and on earth. Before anything was created it was of utmost importance that the Father must say, “Let there be light:” for all eyes of faith, faith that determines the terms and conditions of the soteriology must acknowledge the eternal Lordship of Jesus, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty King of kings. Amen.

He made us in His image and likeness to protect us forever.

                In the first verse of Genesis the name ‘God,’ from the Hebraic ‘ĕlôhı̂ym (el-o-heem’), has the definition of plurality: ‘rulers, judges, divine ones.’ The unseen Father, to our earthly eyes, spoke. To the ocularly inaccessible eyes of Adamic intelligence sits the Holy Spirit, scripturally, like a mother hen, upon the face of the waters, in the second verse, generating the energy of His power of Divinity to bring to fructification, every word and intent of the Father, as co-Creator. And in the third verse, the ‘Light’ is not a mere object of illumination. This Light is the true Light of the first chapter of the Book of John. Verses 6 to 9 read: “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8) He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9) That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”

                This eternal Light is the Second Member of the Godhead; and He is the only One of the Trinity Whose physical existence adorns the manifestation of human eyes. How do I know of the eternality of this divine Light? It says without equivocation concerning eternity to come in Revelation 21:22-23 “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 23) And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” The Light of the world to come is Jesus. Why? So that in focusing on Jesus, the knowledge of the Godhead and how to please God must be readily made available.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us

                John 1:14 “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” It is not the Eternal Father Who was made flesh, neither was it the Energizing Holy Spirit; it was Jesus the Christ Who became flesh, Who was not flesh before all things came into being. The word ‘made’ is not the Greek gennaō (ghen-nah’-o): ‘procreate or regenerate’; it is not even poiēma (poy’-ay-mah): ‘that which has been made; a work; of the works of God as creator;’ neither is it ktizō (ktid’-zo): ‘to create, fabricate, form.’  Ginomai (ghin’-om-ahee) is the Greek for ‘made’ in John 1:14 and it means: ‘to become, i.e. to come into existence.’ You cannot procreate the eternality of Christ; He is not a product of creationism. The phenomenality of the Word becoming flesh is the facticity that God came physical into our world – the Incarnation! The Eternal Christ wore a man called Jesus the way you wear your shirt.

                Jesus is the Creator of all things. For this reason is the Scripture which says, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2). Seated at the right hand makes Jesus the eternal power of God – you cannot beat that! By the ingenuity of providential design, we have the image of the Almighty.

                Now, God knew that Christ, the Creator, must come down to our Adamic level for the actuation of the soteriological conception. We must, therefore, take His image to enable the legal expediency of the soteriology. It was a premeditated conceptualisation when the Father said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:” for without Christ, the prototype Image, there can be nothing made that needs to be made. Man’s extrication from sinfulness would never happen without the involvement of the Image after which  we were created. He made us in His image and likeness to give legality to divine protection over us forever.

                                Spiritual acquittal and discharge takes place only when one is born again. To be born again, say, with all your heart, this simple prayer:

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”      

(…to be concluded…)

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