The Issues about Women's Liberty pt 16

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faith. Now, let's dive into this week's sermon.

Genesis chapter 1, let's read from verse 26.

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

Then God said, let us make man in our image.

According to our likeness, let them have dominion

over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the

air, and over the cattle, over all the earth,

and over every creeping thing that creeps on

the earth. Verse 27. So God created man in his

own image, in the image of God. He created him

male and female. He created them. So last Sunday,

we began our study on this matter. And we tried

to look at how initially we interpret these texts.

And we saw that particularly true interpretation.

And we saw why. We may be missing some things

if we go that way. And so, actually, the essence

of this part of the teaching is to understand,

essentially, what is the image of God? What is

the image? So, whatever we're going to do, the

end goal is to arrive at a point where we can

specifically define what the image of God is.

And that would help us to know that the image

of God, it will even help us to know what Jesus

was trying to point out when the Pharisee, I

mean, yes, the Pharisee asked him concerning

divorce. And then he pointed them back to this

text. So I want you to note something. The first

thing that God said. about man. Isaiah says,

let us make him in our image. In our image. That's

what in our image, verse 26. Then God said, let

us make man in our image. Now by saying man in

our image, God gives an identity. Please follow

me gradually. I am begging you to pay attention.

You know, sometimes it pains me when I understand

that some of us at the back of our camera were

just playing. I don't know whether I'm still

interested in online search. I mean, I don't

know. So, okay. So, it's verse 26. Now, by saying

man in our image, God... gives or he gave man

an identity different from created things before

him. You know, there are many things which have

been created, but man now came into the picture,

but not as other created things. He said, let

us make man in our image, which means that man

have a different identity. than other created

things. And I want you to note very, very well

here. Man, look at verse 26, particularly verse

27, look at verse 27. He says, so God created

man in his own image, in the image of God, he

created him male and female, male and female.

And I want you to know that male and female you

understand, is man. That is, man is male and

female. So I want you to know that. Don't forget

that. We're coming to it. Again, that male and

female are all in the image of God. They are

all in the image of God. So it means, therefore,

that God is saying the male is just like the

female. Or we can say the male man is just like

The female man is just like the female man. So,

and from now, I want you to be acquainted with

Bible words. You know, some people, I think when

we are dealing, I think last time when we were

talking about understanding the Bible, I made

mention about a particular translation that is

trying to bring these gender guards, you understand,

into the scripture. They try to see how... Instead

of saying sons, you now say sons and daughters.

I mean, we don't need to do that because if you

interpret the Bible well, you understand. Because

don't bring social issues into the Bible. Handle

things sociologically, psychologically, scientifically.

Settle them. They have a way of settling themselves.

Don't bring them into the Word of God. You understand?

Now... Note, as we said, man here does not mean

the male. No, it means male and female. Now,

we have seen that also used in the New Testament.

Sometimes you'll be wondering, you know, I mean,

for example, 2 Timothy 3, verse 16 and 17, it

2 Timothy 3:16

says that all scriptures is given by the inspiration

of God and is profitable. for doctrine, for reproof,

for correction, for training in righteousness.

What Servetus says, he said that the man of God,

don't miss it and say, oh, what about woman of

God? Remember again, man is male and female.

That word, I think, is anthroposed in Greek.

By the time if you get the... If you do that,

you understand that he's talking about what we

will be talking about now also. So he's talking

about human beings, not the male man. Are we

together? Hallelujah. So, and the question is

that, is the male and female we read in Genesis

1, 26 and 27, talking about Adam and Eve? Adam

and Eve. Now, first, I want you to know that

just like we noted that the man there, well,

the word man there is Adam. You know, most times,

each time we mention Adam, many people just,

the first thing, we just go to first man. It

could be because you can use a general word for

a single person. For example, you can say, I

met with a man today. You understand? If you

talk, I mean, if you are speaking in Bible language,

it doesn't mean that you meet with a male man.

So, but that doesn't mean that, again, I cannot

use that for a male man. You understand? There's

a way I can say there were 70 human beings. You

understand? There are 70 human beings. Now, you

are not human being, or a human being means Adam,

or it means... A man, you understand, anthropos

in Greek, man, or Adam. Are we together? Man,

Adam, you understand, in Hebrew. So the point

is that when we see, when we hear man, which

means in Hebrew, Adam, it means actually mankind.

It means mankind. It means all human beings,

all human beings, you understand. So, it is also

used, just like I said, it is also used in Genesis

to refer to the male, man, you understand. But

actually, it means mankind. So, in context, it

means mankind is male and female. So, definitely,

and I want us to read, because let's read 26

again. And you see, he says 26, Now, note that

we'll let them have dominion over the fish of

the sea. over the birds of the air. Now, if you're

talking about air, this is not air in Cyprus.

You have to think about air. It's okay about

air because by the time you read to the end,

it said on the earth. So it's talking about the

entire earth, not just in Cyprus or not just

in a particular area. So the fish of the sea,

you rig it on earth, birds on earth, cattle on

earth. You understand? Look at verse 28. over

every living thing that moved on the earth. So

you can look at the influence in the earth. God

could not have been talking to two people. God

could not have been talking to two people. Remember

how we said Adam is mankind. Are we together?

So what he's trying to say is that God is talking

about mankind, not just two people. Not just

two people. He's talking about mankind. And if

you look at it, Adam just had, I mean, the ones

we know their name. Adam had three children.

Are we together? Cain, Abel, and Seth, which

we know. Cain, if you read Genesis 4, 1, you

see Cain. Verse 2 of Genesis 4, you see Abel.

Verse 25 of Genesis chapter 4, you see Seth.

Genesis 4 · chapter mention

And also chapter 5, verse 3. Of course. In chapter

5 of Genesis verse 4, you hear also Adam had

other sons and daughters. He had other sons and

daughters. But remember, God is not just talking

to two people. He's talking to mankind. So he

couldn't have talked, even if you look at it

as he's talking to just the ones Adam gave birth

to. I mean, how could God have done, I mean,

spoke about all these? That is what he intends

mankind to do on the earth. He could not have

been just two people. I mean, sorry, maybe let's

see, even if it's 50 or 60, how many are we in

Cyprus? Can you be able to cover all the earth?

So he could not have been talking to two people.

So it's really God is talking to mankind, just

like we said. Now, I make you appreciate that.

The word Adam means mankind. Therefore, male

and female are not referring to Adam and Eve

alone, but they are included when talking to

mankind. Now, what is image? What is image? Now,

since we now understand that he's talking about

mankind, what is image? What is image? The word

image is Salem. The word image is Salem. Salem

is S -E -L -E -M. S -E -L -E -M. Salem means

a representative figure. It means a representative

figure or a form. Something that represents something.

A representative figure in Hebrew. That word

Salem. Now, if you look at that text, for example,

you will see another term, our likeness. That

is not just image. It says, let us make man in

our image according to our likeness. Are we together?

According to our likeness. That word likeness

is bemut. Bemut means, bemut in Hebrew is D -E

-M -U -T. D -E -M -U -T. It's actually the same

thing as philem. It means a representation or

representative. It means a model, I mean, or

a resemblance. So it's actually the same thing.

I want you to read Genesis chapter 5, verse 3.

Genesis 5:3

You see that used... they're used together to

mean the same thing in reference to Seth, the

son of Adam. He said, and Adam lived 130 years

and begot his son in his own likeness after his

image. You understand? Which means, or you can

read it this way, that in his own likeness, which

is after his image, you understand, and name

him Seth. So actually, Whether you say likeness

or image, you are talking about the same thing.

So to understand this word image, how it is used,

remember how we did with rip, how we also did

with the bones of my bones. We went through also

the teaching material of Moses because Moses

was the one who first used these words. So we

want to understand what did Moses mean when he

was using the word. And so we will read through

the Moses teaching materials and look at that.

And if possible, maybe look at other texts because

remember we said all the other prophets also

read from Moses and taught from Moses. Are we

together? So we will read also maybe to see how

other prophets use the same word, that word Salem.

I will, first and foremost, I just read chapter

5, verse 3. We're coming back to this text. There's

another text in Genesis chapter 9. We're not

Genesis 9 · chapter mention

going to read it now because we're going to return

to it. There's a lot of story we need to do with

that text. And I want us to just jump to Numbers

Numbers 33 · chapter mention

chapter 33. Numbers 33, verse 52. Numbers 33.

Numbers 33:52

Verse 52. Let's first look at how Moses used

that word. Numbers 33, 52. Then you shall drive

out all the inhabitants of the land from before

you. Destroy all their engraved stones. Destroy

all their molded images. That word images is

selim. And demolish all... are their high places.

Note that the word high places actually are places

of idol worship. They are elevated places like

a hill. Normally, those of us that have been

following us and reading the Bible in the air,

we must have read a lot of places. And if you

have not, probably you have heard our man, what

is his name? Patrick from Edu, who used to quote

that Bible popularly. The beauty of Israel is

slain upon the high places, how the mighty are

fallen, telling not in God, publishing not in

the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughter of

the Philistine rejoice, and lest the daughter

of the uncircumcised triumph. And he will start,

Master Speaker, I believe some of us that have

been following, we know. So when he said the

beauty of Israel is slain upon the high places,

high places are just innovative places where

then in those days, Israel used those for idol

worship anyway. The inhabitants of the land normally

used them. So they would go on top of a mountain

or hill and build all those places of where you

worship idols. So I want you to see that they

say molded images. So they say form. They molded

something in the sense to represent something.

Are we together? Look at 1 Samuel chapter 6.

1 Samuel 6 · chapter mention

1 Samuel chapter 6 verse 5. 1 Samuel chapter

1 Samuel 6:5 1 Samuel 6 · chapter mention

6. Verse 5. He says, You understand? So you can

see that now images of tumor, images of rat is

a pattern. They've understood that. Those images

represent something. You understand? They represent

something. So the representative is what we call

as image. 1 Kings chapter 11 verse 18. 1 Kings.

1 Kings 11:18

11, 18. Then they arose from Midian and came

to Parham, and they took men with them from Parham

and came to Egypt. Am I reading the right place?

Verse 18. Sorry, let me check that text. Maybe

I missed that text. Okay, it's 2nd. It's supposed

to be 2nd. 2nd Kings, sorry. 2nd Kings. It's

supposed to be 2nd Kings. 11. verse 18. And all

the people of the land went to the temple of

Baal and tore it down. They thoroughly broke

in pieces its altar and images and killed Muthan

and priest of Baal before the altar and the priest

appointed officers over the house of the Lord.

So, again, you can see. Now, I want you to see

that images is in relation to temple. Because

you can't, I'll show you, again, some words.

Let's go, maybe I'll talk about that more. Verse

is 2 Chronicles, the next text, 2 Chronicles

23, verse, 2 Chronicles, sorry, not 3, 23, verse

17. 2 Chronicles 23 verse 17. 23 verse 17. And

2 Chronicles 23:17

all the people went to the temple of Baals and

tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars

and images. Again, its images. I want you to

know that these images are in relation to temple.

And kill Mutan. You understand? and the priest

of Baals before the altar. Just the same as we

read in 2 Kings. And go to Psalm 39. Psalm 39,

Psalms 39:6

verse 6. Psalm 39, verse 6. Surely every man

Psalms 39:6

walks about like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves

in vain. He heaps up riches and does not know.

Who will gather them? I miss this scripture.

Look at 73 verse 20. 73 verse 20. Psalm 73 verse

Psalms 73:20

20. I said, dream when one awakes, so the Lord,

when you awake, you will despise their images.

Not what images there is salame. Look at Ezekiel.

Look at Ezekiel 7 verse 20. Ezekiel 7 verse 20.

Ezekiel 7:20 Ezekiel 7:20

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it

in majesty. But they made it the images of their

abomination, their detestable things. Therefore,

I have made it like refuse of things. I want

you to know that what images of their abomination

and detestable things. So which means that the

images represent something that is their abomination

and their detestable things. Go to Ezekiel 23.

Just move ahead a little bit. Ezekiel 23 verse

Ezekiel 23:14

14. Ezekiel 23 verse 14. But she increased her

Ezekiel 23:14

lot. She looked at men portrayed on the world.

Images of Chaldeans portrayed in Vermilion. Again,

I want you to note that images of Chaldeans.

Did you see that? So which means that these images

are something that they portrayed. Or represent.

They represent. something. Now, Amos chapter

Amos 5 · chapter mention

5, that's the last scripture that we have. Amos

Amos 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5. Look at verse 26. He said, you also

carried Silco, your king, and Chium, your idol.

Actually, the name looked like an idol. Chium,

your idol, the star of your God, which you made.

for yourself. So I want you to know that word

idol means image, salem. It's the same word with

image, salem. So in other words, an idol is an

image of the gods. That's why it says you and

your idols, the star of your gods, which you

made. for yourself. So what can we see in how,

this is how the writers of the Bible use it.

So we can see that how the writers of the Bible

use the word Salem is as a representative or

representative figure of something. Like in the

last text we saw, you understand, an idol. So

in this ancient time they use it. as something,

a representation or a representative of an unseen

God or deity. You understand what I'm saying?

Or deity. So an image, we can then define that

an image is a concrete, tangible expression or

representative figure of something. that is not

seen or something unseen. Now, when you go back

to Genesis 1, Genesis 1, verse 27, if you look

Genesis 1:27

at verse 27, it says, so God created. Now, this

is used in reference to God, not in reference

to gods or other things we see they use image

for. Now, God created man in his own image. In

the image of God, he created him, male and female.

He created them. So, that word, God created man

in his own image. Now, since we now understand

that image is representative. Which means that

man is a representative figure of an unseen or

invisible God. Let me come back, come again.

So, Salem, we can then explain it as the image

is the representative figure. Or we can say man,

because our focus is man, man is the representative

figure of an unseen God or an... invisible God,

a representative figure. Now, I want you to note

something before I move here. Pay attention now.

Now, in that Genesis, verse 26 and 27, we can

therefore, from all this understanding we have

now, you know, in this place, when you look at

it, it says that word in our image. Now, And

I want you to do that. When you look at our other

Bible resources, you understand, in wanting to

take the word in Hebrew, in the original, you

will see that that word in our image, is that

a word? A phrase, rather. In our image is what

is referred to the Salem. Actually, Salem is

the image. But you see, that word in our was...

like an addition, you understand, all together.

So that because when you are reading it in English,

so that it can make sense. Not that you say,

so God created man image. Do you understand what

I'm saying? You get what I'm saying. So you say

in our image. So what that means is that also

when you read 27, you will discover both when

you check whether BibleHawk or BLB Bible, you

will see that also in 27, that word. They are

in his own image. Altogether is what is called

the Salen. So what that means is that by our

understanding now that it's a representation.

So instead of us to say image, we can explain.

I mean, instead of us to say in, we can explain

it now and say that God created man as his image

or as his representative. You know, remember

we said representative is Salem. So if you substitute

Salem as image there, you can see, so God created

man in his own representative figure. No. So

if you can see that, we can explain it that way,

that man is created as God's representative figure.

Now just come with me. I'm trying to build the

cases somewhere. I'm going. So, verse 27 again

gives us something I want you to note before

we move away from here, from there. He said he

created him male and female. He created them.

This indicates that image is a collective identity.

Please, I don't want you to forget this. Image

is a collective identity because it's a male

and female. So, image. It's what unites us. Are

we together? It's what unites us. I'm going to

return back to that term. It's a collective identity.

So because it's a collective identity, it means

that I, as a man, don't have a unique identity

from the woman. As a man, I do not have a unique

identity from the woman. That means our identity

is the same. Now, in relationships, the woman,

yes. It's a wife. And in the wife, she plays

a different role. We see that, for example, she

gives back to children. Even though these days

there is some confusion happening in the world,

some people say they move, you know, they say

they want to give back. I don't understand. I

mean, that a male wants to give back. It was,

anyway, she was a female, but now she says she

is a male. You understand? You know what I mean

by she's a male? But now, From she, she say,

he now. You understand? And then because it's

he now, so he now said, I am pregnant and I'm

going to give birth. So the he was a she before,

but now turns he and say, oh, a man give birth.

But the he was a she, but now transited to a

he and say, now a man give birth. Anyway, so

even by signs. They removed a womb or created

a womb. Of course, we have bottles that are intubators.

So we can create a form of an environment whereby

a child can go. So even if science succeeded,

we know it doesn't change like they say man and

they say woman. Are we together? Hallelujah.

As I said, let's study Bible. Leave science alone.

All of them, they will be confused and return

back again. What am I trying to say? I am trying

to say that that image is a collective identity.

In identity, we are the same with the female.

Men, we are just like the female. So, we should

know that God doesn't have two kinds of human.

He has singular kinds of man. He's a male and

female, both in the image of God. Remember, we

have already come to a point to know that man

is a representative figure of God. We're going

to build on that, but hold that very well, which

that's what it means by image. So in the image

of God, he created him male and female. He created

them. This tells us also, not just that we have

a collective identity, but that it tells us again

who we are. That is our identity. But it also

tells us whose we are. Whose we are. Because

he said God. So it tells us again whose we are.

Not just who we are, but it tells us whose we

are. You understand? Whose we are. We came from

God. We... represents God on the earth. So we

are of God. We belong to God. So you can see

two things connecting us. We belong to God. We

are also, remember, who we are, which is our

identity. But that identity unites us. We say

it's a collective identity. It unites us with

others. So I want you to know that. So when we

say representative, we're not talking about the

man alone. We're talking about both the man and

the woman. Which means is that it is anti of

your identity to say you want to stay alone.

It is anti of your identity to say you want to

stay alone. Actually, loneliness... Is actually

anti -God's agenda. Did you understand what I'm

saying? Isolation is anti -God's agenda. It's

not in God's plan. When you say you are in the

image. Means that he is supposed to be together.

Remember what Jesus told the Pharisees. They

are saying divorce. Jesus said no, no, no, no.

In the beginning it was not so. He made them.

male and female, which means that he made them

male and female in the image. In the image means

also that it's a collective identity, not for

them to stay apart, but to unite in the agenda

of God. I don't know whether you get what I'm

trying to say. So you cannot use the word and

say, me, I just want to stay alone. I want to

be alone. You should know that you're already

working against your identity. You understand?

It's not correct. Say, Sami, I don't know how

to speak with people. No, it's not how to speak

with people. You are actually faking your life.

That's a fake life you are living if you are

living an isolated life. It's a fake life. Because

how God desire and plan it is for you to walk

in unity with others. It's to walk collectively

because we have a collective identity. It's not

to put away, but... to stay together you know

another thing again sometimes that has been found

into the scripture unfortunately which has caused

perversion of scripture and actually the theology

of the of the bible or the theology of the church

is this what we call the theory of uniqueness

you know that's the way we speak of uniqueness

you know in the bible when the bible speaks of

our uniqueness it speaks of our uniqueness as

a collective term, not as individualistic. Please,

I want you to know that. When he said in 1 Peter

2 .9 that ye are, you understand, a chosen generation,

a royal priesthood, a unique people or peculiar

people. That uniqueness is not talking about

as individualism or as As independent, each other.

No, he's talking about, that's why he said, a

choosing generation. So you must know that any

uniqueness that seek to make you an individual,

independent of each other, is not actually of

God. It's not in the agenda of God to be independent

in the sense that you do not need anyone. We

ought to work collectively. Because our identity

is collective. So you hear all this kind of inspiration.

Of course, sometimes it's good to inspire people,

but not without an understanding of the agenda

of God. So you see all this one, hey, you are

unique. Hey, you are this. Hey, you are that.

Oh, you are only the only one in the world. Nobody

is like you. You are the only, only one in the

sun. Your DNA is different. Your DNA fingerprint.

I mean, do you know what I mean? Your fingerprint

is different. The color of your eye is different.

You understand? You are an individual. So, we

use those terms to look as if that suggests uniqueness.

I want to make you to understand that those differences

does not depict uniqueness. Hallelujah. So, we

are all humans in the image of God. Whether you

are tall or slim, fat or light -skinned or dark,

you are a human being. Humanity unites us all.

Now, we would actually miss the will of God each

time we look at ourselves from this. So when,

look at it, even when Christ came, he brought

us into oneness, whereby... There is neither

Jew or Gentile. You understand? All these divisions

that says to separate us. He tried to bring us

to make us know that we are one. And if you are

going to walk in the will of God, you must understand

that God desires a family. God desires a community.

God is not walking with an individual. He is

walking with the church. So that when you read

your Bible, read it correctly. When he says Christ

in you, the hope of glory, he's not talking about

an individual. He's talking to a church. When

he says you are the temple of the Holy Spirit,

he was talking to a church and not just a single

individual. Yes, you can claim it as an individual,

but because you are in a community. Glory to

Jesus. So I want you to note, so that you don't

see that. You are away from the community and

you feel happy. You understand? No, not at all.

Okay, what is image? Again, we said an image

is the representative figure or we said is a

form of an unseen God, physically, tangible,

concrete expression of the invisible God. It's

a collective term. I'm talking about to say that...

We are God's representative on earth. So man

is God's representative on earth. Now, I want

to just say another thing regarding image again.

Now, one of the very reasons why some, remember

we said image is an identity. It's a collective

identity. One of the reasons, yes, which again,

we normally move faster to talk on that, that

word image. means the man in christ again is

when we read also verse 28 and then we connect

it that's jesus 120 and then we connect it with

uh hebrews let's go to hebrew hebrews chapter

Hebrews 2 · chapter mention

2 hebrews chapter 2 verse 6 let's read from verse

Hebrews 2:6

6 the writer of hebrew was quoting from psalms

8 So he says 6, he says, in subjection under

his feet. Did you see what? This is just an echo

of Genesis. You have put all things under his

feet. Did you see that? Set him over the works

of your hands. But look at verse 8. You have

put all things in subjection under his feet.

He didn't say he will. He said you have. You

understand? But look at the continuing statement

of verse 8. He said, For in that he put all in

subjection under him, he left nothing that is

not put under him. But now we do not yet see

all things put under him. But we see Jesus, verse

9, who was made a little lower than angels for

the suffering of death crowned with glory and

honor. Now, because we see the word there, he

said, but now we do not yet see all things put

under him. But we see Jesus. You know, because

we see that line. And then connected with verse

28 of Genesis, we say, He blessed them, multiply,

have dominion, and so on and so forth. You understand?

Subdue, you understand? Feel, replenish, all

those things. And we say, ah, because we do not

yet see man exercising those functions. You understand?

Then we say, ah, no, no, no, no, no. Man is not

in the image. So it is Jesus that brought us

the image of God. But you see, here he's not

talking about, remember, that's why I say you

should note verse 7 and also 8. He said, you

have put all things in the sand, which means

that image is an identity, it's not a functionality.

The fact that, please, I want you to know that

because we're coming to expand that. The image

is an identity, not a functionality. You understand?

Not a functionality. So, in other words, if you

check that place where he says, where he says,

what is man? You know, you see that verse 6,

right? What is man? He didn't say man is defined

by what? he put under him or by those things.

No, he's not defining man by what man does. Man

is not defined by what he did or did not do.

Because that's where we are mixing the two, you

understand. So the point I'm making is that functionality,

that's why we said human beings, Adam or Anthropos

talks about the being. not the doing. So we don't

say human doing, but human being, because that's

the identity. You understand? The identity. So

it's the same thing, for example, if you have,

let's say, a person who is born again and has

never prophesied before. Will you say that this

man is not born again? No, no, you can't say

that. The fan that is not functioning, doesn't

make or doesn't invalidate his identity in Christ.

You understand? He doesn't invalidate that. But

then, yes, his functioning actually emanates,

will emanate from his identity. That's just what

I'm trying to say. But not on the other way around.

Again, you could find somebody probably like

trying to mimic and prophesy. You cannot say

he's born again because functionality does not

actually produce identity. But of course, identity

will eventually produce the functionality. But

what we're trying to say is that when it comes

to the image of God, it's an identity issue and

not functionality. So that when you are reading,

when you see dominion, and you have not yet seen

man exercising those rights, doesn't mean that

he's not man. Understand? But it's just that

it means... to functionality as well. Eventually,

we're going to talk about that. How does that

relate together? Very important. So again, image

speaks of identity, which is being, not functionality.

Not functionality or function. So identity is

not what we do. Identity... is why we do what

we do. So it speaks of the why, not speaks of

what we do, but why we do what we do. So image

is being while doing, of course, because we are

a human being, we will have to do something.

You understand? The doing, you understand, will

come from the being, which is identity and then

functionality. Hallelujah. Okay, so let's go

back to, let me introduce some thoughts in Genesis

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5 before we close for today. Genesis

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

chapter 5, let's return back there. Now, I'm

going back now to start with Genesis chapter

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

5. Let me read from verse 1 because it echoes

Genesis also. 1 Corinthians 6 and 37. He said,

this is the book of the genealogy of Adam. I

want you to pay attention. Genealogy of Adam.

This chapter 5, genealogy of Adam. Let me emphasize

again. In the day that God created man, he made

him in the likeness of God. He created them,

male and female, and blessed them and called

them mankind. In the day they were created. Verse

3. And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years

and begot a son in his own likeness after his

own image and name him Seth. So we can see now

again the word image, not the word image and

likeness. And the image and likeness is Seth.

In the image of Adam. You understand. And likeness

of Adam. So what can we see. About the word again.

Image here. So we can just see that. This word

image. Is relational. Remember I told you. That

the image is a collective identity. Here we see

that. Image is relational. So we can say that.

Image is some. Because. Here he said he begat

a son in his image. So image relates to what

we can say image is son or image is family. Or

talks about family, talks about kingship. Again,

pay attention to these words. So image means

son. Image means family. Image means kingship.

Image means... This collective, remember again

we said, is a collective identity. It's a collective

identity. So remember also, very, very important,

that, let me return back where those words I

said, which means that image means we belong

to one another. It's not isolation. Image is

family. Image is a collective term. Image means

we belong to one another. Image means we are

not independent. This already is a message to

many of those, again, that wants to be isolated.

I want to be left alone. No. You see, in the

image of other means they are relation. They

are a family. Set is a family. is a family of

Adam. That family. Now, to close, let me take

you to Luke. Go to Luke chapter 30. I want to

start introducing. Maybe I will continue next

week. Why is Jesus called the image of God? Why

is Jesus called the image of God? So I'll start

introducing it. Go to Luke. Let's come to the

New Testament. I mean, the part of the scripture,

the gospel that we see. Luke chapter 3. Look

Luke 3 · chapter mention

at Luke chapter 3. Let's read from verse 23.

Luke 3 · chapter mention

Luke chapter 3, verse 23. Now Jesus himself began

Luke 3:23

his ministry. At about 30 years of age, being

as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of

Heli, the son of Matat, the son of Levi, the

son of Melchi, the son of Jana, the son of Joseph,

the son of Matatia, the son of Amos, the son

of Nahum, the son of Isli, the son of... Forgive

my pronunciation of these names. The son of Malti,

the son of Adi, the son of Kosan, the son of

Elmodan, the sons of Er, the sons of Joseph,

the sons of Elisa, the sons of Jerome, the son

of Matat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon,

the sons of Judah, the sons of Joseph, the sons

of Jonah, the sons of Eliak. the sons of Malia,

the sons of Manan, the sons of Matahat, the sons

of Nahum, the sons of David, the sons of Jesse,

the sons of Obed, the sons of Boaz, the sons

of Salmon, the sons of Nahum, the sons of Aminadab,

the son of... Ram, the son of Hezron, the son

of Perez, the sons of Judah, the sons of Jacob,

the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son

of Terah, the son of Naum, the son of Zerubb,

the son of Rehu, the sons of Pelech, the sons

of Eber, the sons of Shelah, the sons of Canaan,

the sons of... The sons of Adam, the son of God.

Now, you see how, now this is, what Luke did

was to restate Genesis chapter 5. It also, it

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

talks about Adam and Seth. Born, set in the image

of Adam. But this just restated Genesis chapter

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

5. Remember I told you to note verse 1. He said

the genealogy of Adam. Now he, because... Matthew,

we studied that in the cell, Matthew traced the

genealogy of Jesus and stopped at Abraham. But

Luke, because he's talking to the Gentiles, he

traced them back to Adam. But not just to Adam,

Luke said the son of God, all together came from

God. So he went back not just only to Genesis,

you know, he moved back also to Genesis chapter

Genesis 1:26

1, verse 26 and 27. I want to note this. Remember,

if you note here, you see that if you are using

King James, you see that the son is in italics.

Normally, we taught that. If you see in italics,

it means that the authors just introduced that.

Are we together? It wasn't the original. So,

when I mean by the authors, I mean the translators.

But you see, if you go back to Genesis chapter

Genesis 5 · chapter mention

5, you will see that that relationship is father

-son relationship. So this addition is not wrong.

You understand? Because they're father -son relationship.

You understand? So in Luke chapter 3, what we

Luke 3 · chapter mention

see is that it took us back to Genesis. So what

can you see about Jesus now here? Jesus is a

son of man, so he's a son of God. His son of

God is because he become a man. So image, image

has to do, you understand, with man, not spirit.

I don't know whether you get what I'm trying

to say. So Jesus become in a man is why he is

called the image. You understand? So again, Because

he became a man. So remember we say image is

a son. So that's why it's not like a confusion

here to say he is the son of God. But remember

we said image is son. But then also we trace

his human genealogy back to Adam. We're going

to expand on that. It's not just only here because

we said theology. I mean, it has to do through

the scripture, not just only on one. So I will

continue next time on these thoughts from here.

We will continue from here. Hallelujah. We're

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