{"id":119978,"date":"2017-02-10T05:37:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T03:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/?p=119978\/"},"modified":"2017-05-27T08:37:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T06:37:43","slug":"what-does-the-phrase-in-the-image-and-likeness-of-god-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moldovacrestina.md\/en\/what-does-the-phrase-in-the-image-and-likeness-of-god-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the phrase “in the image and likeness of God” mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the article “If God is incorporeal, how did He create man in His own image?”<\/a>, the author mentioned that the phrase “made in the image and likeness of God” refers to the spiritual aspect of man. Someone challenged that statement in a comment:<\/p>\n

The Bible says “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Genesis 1:27). And the author interprets and says, “and something else, “the image and likeness of God” refers to the spiritual part of man…” but nowhere in the Holy Scripture is this thing told, it is a misinterpretation, and\u00a0also adding to the Word (Proverbs 30:6). Here’s an example to describe Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve, it is said, “When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he\u00a0became the father of\u00a0a son\u00a0in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth” (Genesis 5:3). Here, to describe the image and likeness of Adam, they are using the same terms as in Genesis 1:27. So, \u00a0no way for the description of Seth it is used “the spiritual part of man…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The man in the sight of God<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reader refers to the text from Genesis 5:3, which says that Adam became the father of a son in his image and likeness as to demonstrate that the “image and likeness” does not refer to the spiritual aspect. However, it is this text that demonstrates that the “image and likeness…” refers to the spiritual part because the appearance of Adam had not changed after the fall, but his spiritual condition changed: he became spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1-3). So, Seth, son of Adam, was born in the image and likeness of Adam, but it is no longer said that they are in the image and likeness of God.<\/p>\n

The analysis of the texts from the comment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s analyze the texts referred to in the comment. These texts mean the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Adam was created in the image and likeness of God.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2. Seth, son of Adam, was born in the image of Adam, but it no longer says “in the image and likeness of God”, even if the purpose for which God created man was to be in His image and likeness.<\/p>\n

    Changes after the fall<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Let’s see what has changed in Adam after the fall and what this change brought to all people.<\/p>\n