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1 | Are the Nephilim descendants of Adam? | Gen 6:4 | Sctt | 46352 | ||
Hi Tim You are right nephesh can relate to animals and man without Christ is a brute beast Jude10. So man without God is no better then an animal. Now you state that the scriptures never explain what the image of God is , but if you look 2 Co.4:4 it says 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. Jesus Christ is the image of God. Also Col.1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: So you can see we do know what the image of God is. If you make the natural Adam to be in Gods image you also make him the firstborn of every creature. I thank you may have miss understood my questions let me refraze them. We know Jesus Christ is the image of God so lets look at the questions in this light. 1Co.15:45 1) Adam was made a living soul , Christ was made a quickening spirit the bible makes a difference between the natural man Adam and the spiritual man Christ, so who of these two are made in Gods image? v47 -49 2) The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Here it says that we bear the image of the earthy is this the image of God? No! but we shall bear the image of the heavenly , the image of God. How can Adam be in Gods image when the bible says he was of the earth? who then was made in Gods image ? the only one is Jesus Christ and in Him we can now also be made in Gods image. You cannot be made in Gods image except through Christ so how then could Adam have been made into Gods image when Christ was yet to come? |
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2 | Are the Nephilim descendants of Adam? | Gen 6:4 | Morant61 | 46383 | ||
Greetings Scott! I think that you are mixing concepts! The term 'image', like most words, is used in several different ways. In Genesis, it seems to indicate similarity. For instance, in Gen. 5:3, it is used to indicate that Seth was like Adam. I think that this is all the 'image of God' means in Gen. 1:26-27 - that we are created with attributes similar to our Creator. What exactly those attributes are is where the debate comes in - free will? reason? ect...? The term 'image' is used in the New Testament in several ways as well. When applied to Christ, it means more than simply that Christ is like God, but that He is God. In 1 Cor. 15, Paul is simply distinguishing between the physical body that we all have now and the spiritual body that we will have. You said, "You cannot be made in Gods image except through Christ so how then could Adam have been made into Gods image when Christ was yet to come?" But, this is an assumption on your part since no verse actually says this. On the other hand, Gen. 1:26, 1:27, and 9:6 specifically say that man is created in the Image of God. And, 1 Cor. 11:7 also says that man is created in the Image of God. In short, I think that you are pushing a word meaning far beyond what can be justified by the context and drawing conclusions based upon that word which simply cannot be supported by the context. Well, I've got to get to bed! I'll catch you later my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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