“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.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” (Genesis 1:26-31 NKJV)
“For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” (Romans 8:29 NLT)
And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.” (1 Corinthians 15:49 NKJV)
My Daddy (my Heavenly Abba-Daddy / Father-Papa) continues to deepen my understanding of His desire and design (will) for me every day, and boy is it getting exciting!
When the Creator of the Universe, the King of kings, decided to expand His Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven, He mirrored what already existed in His spiritual realm by expanding into the physical/material realm. Within His creation He chose a planet, earth, on which He would create His family, a Royal Priesthood, starting with Adam and Eve. Here’s where it gets exciting.
He started with Adam and created a son that walked, talked, and looked just like Himself. He formed for Adam a physical body which was designed to carry His (the Father’s) life for ever. He put into that body a soul (mind, will, emotions) with the capacity to think just like He thinks. Then He breathed a part of Himself into that body creating Adam’s spirit which would rule his body and soul to act and think just like His Daddy. Once Adam was completed the Creator of the Universe, Adam’s Daddy, formed Eve out of Adam. Adam was the mirror image of His Daddy, and Eve perfectly resembled both of them. Now to the best news ever.
I am just like Adam the day he was created. When my Daddy fully revealed to me, by the Word and Holy Spirit, what Jesus did for me in His perfect life as the Last Adam, culminating in His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, He showed me clearly that He desires for me to be completely well and whole. He designed my body to live in health and strength and never die, my soul (mind) to think like Him and never diminish in its capacity,, and my spirit to rule my body and soul leading them into fully partaking of the Divine Nature from which I was created. I am a king and priest, in Christ, one with my Father, designed to rule and reign with my brother Jesus for eternity. GLORY!
I invite you to join with me by making Jesus Lord of your life and receiving the free gift of salvation – freedom from the power and grip of sin, sickness, sorrow, grief, lack, aging, and death.
I am free! Are you?
If you can’t immediately shout, “Yes!” maybe you need to read again…
…Eric’s Life Lesson # 513: Just like my Dad!