Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness... 2:9 And out of the ground made Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden... 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than every other animal of the field...And he said to the woman...
[Part 1 of 3] In Genesis 1 we have the man created by God in His image. For man to be created in God's image means that man is created according to God's attributes. God is love and light, and He is also holy and righteous. Love, light, holiness, and righteousness are God's attributes, and God created man according to these attributes. However, the man created by God in Genesis 1 merely bore God's image. He did not have God within him. Hence, he was merely a God-created man; he was not yet a God-man. Because God wanted the man created by Him to become a God- man, after creating man God placed him in front of the tree of life. The tree of life denotes God. God's intention was that the man created by Him would receive Him, as signified by the tree of life, and thereby become a God-man. However, the created man failed in that he did not receive the tree of life. Because man did not partake of the tree of life, he remained simply a God-created man. In Genesis 3 the enemy, the tempter, came in to tempt the man God had created. Because man had not become a God-man, because he did not actually have God within him, he was not able to withstand the enemy's temptation. The reason Adam could not withstand the temptation was that he was merely a God-created man, not a God man. It is very important for us to see this. [Continued Monday] (c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, p. 84. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. Please visit us at www.emanna.com. Send comments to: [email protected].
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