26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Genesis 1:26-31
I stumbled upon something really interesting tonight.
Bear with me.
As I read though the Chapter, it seemed like the same reminder of creation, but it wasn't until I read Genesis 2 that I found that something that got me thinking.
Then it struck me.
It seemed "Adam" was created inside God's rest. The garden was placed in an area set aside for His man.
And it is the same for His women as well.
It was out of the rest of Adam that Eve or Life was created. She was made from Adam's structure thus being the of the same creation.
I am not setting new doctrine or adding to anything, but think about it.
Every-time God breathes on someone to be set apart to himself it is out of rest.
This rest is like how a peasant submits to the rule of a King.
It is the rest that allows God to shape us how he sees fit and move us with His Spirit.
Instead of just being created by Him, we are made by his hands.
God set many things on this earth with the ability to replicate themselves, but we are set aside for Him!
We draw others to Him by being who we are. Animated by His Spirit.
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