Imago Dei
When engaging the Creation story we must start where the Bible starts – with God. One of the pictures God portrays in Creation is much like a suzerain-vassal treaty of the ancient Near Eastern monarchs; God announces he’s King of Creation. God speaks and it happens; he names it and it is his; and he sets his representative images throughout the land. He’s King, he’s established his Kingdom, and he’s ruler over his world and the people he made. A ruler with absolute authority and power can be frightening, but the Creation story also portrays the King as good.
When engaging the Creation story we must start where the Bible starts – with God. One of the pictures God portrays in Creation is much like a suzerain-vassal treaty of the ancient Near Eastern monarchs; God announces he’s King of Creation. God speaks and it happens; he names it and it is his; and he sets his representative images throughout the land. He’s King, he’s established his Kingdom, and he’s ruler over his world and the people he made. A ruler with absolute authority and power can be frightening, but the Creation story also portrays the King as good.
When engaging the Creation story we must start where the Bible starts – with God. One of the pictures God portrays in Creation is much like a suzerain-vassal treaty of the ancient Near Eastern monarchs; God announces he’s King of Creation. God speaks and it happens; he names it and it is his; and he sets his representative images throughout the land. He’s King, he’s established his Kingdom, and he’s ruler over his world and the people he made. A ruler with absolute authority and power can be frightening, but the Creation story also portrays the King as good.