Showing posts with label man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label man. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

All Animals Originally Vegetarians

Genesis 1:29-30
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.


Commentary
These verses indicate that man and all animals on the Earth were originally vegetarians.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Creation of Man kind

Genesis 1:26-28
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.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 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.


Commentary
Here God creates mankind. The reference to man being created in “the image of God” is not intended to convey physical similarity as God had not physical form as we know it but God that gave mankind attributes that God himself posses such as freewill, creativity, and intelligence. It is also clear hear that God created mankind to include both men and women.

The command here to “replenish the earth” does not mean to refill as some have claimed. At the time the King James was translated replenish simply meant to fill.