Genesis 1

Bible Gateway Genesis one link: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&chapter=1&version=31

 

WE are made in the likeness of God, but put a little thought in to that statement. We are like him……that does not necessarily mean that we look like him. Think of a child that you know, and the times you might think or say wow, they are just like so and so………or maybe when you meet someone new in your life they have many of the qualities or mannerisms of someone else you know.

 

Being made in his likeness only means that we have the potential to be identified with him. We really have no idea what the true image of God is. We cannot really even fathom what our lives will be like in the after life, much less what our creator will be as far as image is concerned. Just as Jesus told the Sadducees in Matthew 22: "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 31But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

 

The power of God is beyond our grasp. I believe that the best we can hope for as mere mortal humans is for other people to catch a glimpse of us every now and then and think, to themselves that must be a hint of what God is like!

 

 

Peace,

 

Brian