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Hi Jonathan:
God also says in His Law "thou shalt not kill"
without reference to God's image. God is a Spirit with a nature and
character unlike ours. When Cain slew Abel God said that Abel's blood
cried to him from the ground and we know that the life of the flesh is in the
blood. I don't understand it all as I would like to but there is a whole
lot more to it than we see on the surface. This is not gnosticism or
any other ism but there is definitely a spiritual aspect that you are either
ignoring or negating here. judyt
Hi
Judy,
Yes the word �made�
is past tense but it is applied to a current situation for why one should not
shed another person�s blood. The author uses it to explain why murder is
not right. There is no logical reason for the author to refer to the
image of God if it was no longer present. This is a clear inference that
the image of God continued in humanity after the Fall. And of course,
how could it not? What God gives to us is not for us to let go
of.
Jonathan
jt: Not sure what the point you are
wanting to make is John.. but I'd like to remind you that the adverb here is
past
tense and a lot of water has gone under the
bridge leading up to Genesis 9:6. from Genesis 1:26 when God made A&E in
His image and after His likeness.
Remember also that God is a
Spirit [John 4:24] and this is why we need to
be Born of the Spirit
before we are able to enter the Kingdom of God.
By Genesis 6 following Adam's fall
things had really deteriorated and God's patience had worn
thin by Genesis 6:3 where he states "My Spirit shall not always
strive with man
for that he also is flesh, yet his
days shall be 120yrs." (Genesis 6:3) - Does this sound like "God's image
in man?"
Genesis
9:6
(6) Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he
man.
A great
scripture to the point I am trying to make. John
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