"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
"In our image" corresponds to the body soul and spirit of man, made on the standard of the Word was God. This three fold division we see repeated in the manner man hears sees and his walk. As with man and in his inner man God has set the two worlds framed by the word of God. The Father has decreed for the Son the day which represent the unseen world and the world made to appear. We have two examples to illustrate it.
God calls out Abraham and blesses him so he is after the likeness of his Son. In Ge 13. 3-4 we read the travel itinerary of Abraham making a look circle as it were. Beginning and at the end he makes an altar at Bethel "Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord."
In 13:15 we read his promises were in Jesus Christ. "For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." Forever is the tag for the Son.
Thereafter he moves on to Mamre. "Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord." In these two places Bethel and Mamre God refers to his seed as in v.16 "And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." In Ch.15 we read of his seed having another quality. "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.:(Ge.15:5). Here we have Abraham the man moving towards south and back. In v.6 faith is established as the basis for the difference in quality of his seed. "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."
"In straight line of vision" is a phrase to fix faith with works. Jesus made the blind look up; so did Peter and John heal the lame beggar.
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."
"In our image" corresponds to the body soul and spirit of man, made on the standard of the Word was God. This three fold division we see repeated in the manner man hears sees and his walk. As with man and in his inner man God has set the two worlds framed by the word of God. The Father has decreed for the Son the day which represent the unseen world and the world made to appear. We have two examples to illustrate it.
God calls out Abraham and blesses him so he is after the likeness of his Son. In Ge 13. 3-4 we read the travel itinerary of Abraham making a look circle as it were. Beginning and at the end he makes an altar at Bethel "Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord."
In 13:15 we read his promises were in Jesus Christ. "For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." Forever is the tag for the Son.
Thereafter he moves on to Mamre. "Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord." In these two places Bethel and Mamre God refers to his seed as in v.16 "And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." In Ch.15 we read of his seed having another quality. "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.:(Ge.15:5). Here we have Abraham the man moving towards south and back. In v.6 faith is established as the basis for the difference in quality of his seed. "And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness."
"In straight line of vision" is a phrase to fix faith with works. Jesus made the blind look up; so did Peter and John heal the lame beggar.
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