2)            The Old Testamentary Scripture agrees with this Light in Psalm 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Who is the Saviour? Jesus. Of whom does it say, “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12)? It is the Lord Jesus. Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Who is this Word, and Who is the Lamp? Jesus has the answer in John 11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” and the reason for this facticity as regards the person of Jesus is couched in Colossians 2:3 “In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

                Genesis 1:26 “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.” The word ‘image’ is the Hebraic tselem (tseh’-lem): ‘resemblance; hence a representative figure.’ Christ, from the day of Adamic conceptualisation, becomes the centrepiece of our existence. Man’s lordship over the sea, air and the terra firma ventilates the facticity of Psalm 82:6 “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.” Divine Image endowment has suffered us to represent Jehovah on earth. The word ‘likeness,’ demûth (dem-ooth’), means: ‘resemblance; concretely model, shape.’ This demûth circumstantiates the anthropomorphic dimension of God. Creating Adam with a head, limbs and torso show Adamic semblance of the Divinity.

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness

                Divine Likeness has Scriptural support in Acts 17:29 “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.” We were made after the similitude of the Living Jesus Christ. We are genuinely of Divinity. Divine Image of our being can be found in2Corinthians 4:4 “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” Like our divine Maker, we were made to keep us in constant remembrance of where we come from.

                The creation of Adamic intelligence is a double pronged dexterous stratagem: first, to have an intelligent representative of the Divinity on earth, and secondly, to get Lucifer benetted, making use of the Adamic elevation. In his representative capacity as the man given dominion over all living things, Adam is the priest and ruler of the entire earth. He was given the job of getting things properly done in the world and its protection. It says in Genesis 2:15 “And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” His two responsibilities are: ‘dress’ which is `abad (aw-ɓad’): ‘1. to work (in any sense). 2. (by implication) to serve, till.’ The next job, ‘keep’, shamar (shaw-mar’), means: ‘1. (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard. 2. (generally) to protect, attend to, etc.’   

Thank you Jesus for creating me in Your image after Your likeness.

                We are expected to make Jesus our lifestyle. When He wanted to restore the sight of a blind man, Jesus said, “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9:4-5). Jesus makes it clear to us, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14). Our schedule of work takes its protocol from the Bible.

                It will be quite disappointing for Adamic beings to disrespect the ‘after our likeness’ we share with the Godhead. We hardly treasure the affinity we share with Divinity. Those who give their ears to the whispering of Satanism wilfully disobey the word of God. Our selfish disposition account for our incontinence. It is terribly disappointing to mask our likeness and image with those things God hates.

If we desire to do God’s will, it begins with “Love your neighbour as thyself.” Does it not say, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8)? God did not wait till we change our satanic behaviours before His embarkation of the Golgotha crucifixion.

                The truth is that we were made in the image and likeness of the Divinity for a trustability reason. God trusted Jesus to live a sinless life in order to actuate the soteriology. And what is expected of redeemed Christians?  Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:13 “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

                He made us in His image and likeness to give legality to divine protection over us forever.

                Thank you Jesus for creating me in Your image after Your likeness. Praise the LORD!

                                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!”      

(Concluded)

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