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What Is Meant By Man As The Image Of God?

According to Gen 5:3 and Heb 1:1-3, image and likeness basically refers to
progeny, i.e. offspring.

Genuine sons are born in that position. But Man wasn't born with God-- i.e. via
procreation --rather, Man was created, viz: Man exists as God's handiwork, sort of
like how Geppetto made for himself a little wooden son named Pinocchio.

Now, Geppetto and Pinocchio both look human, though one is for real and the other
a doll. But Man's creator isn't human, nor does He look human: God is spirit
whereas Man is physical; and God is eternal whereas Man is temporal. So we have
to be careful to keep the progeny aspect within reasonable limits.

It's likely best to assume that the creator endowed Man with His image and likeness
rather than Man inheriting the status as a son born in the home.
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Why are the wages of sin death?

It's my educated guess that the penalty is so severe because Man was created in
the image and likeness of God.

Considering His rank, privilege, and responsibility; were God to commit a sin, even
a little teensy sin, the gravity of it would be magnified because of His status.

For example Jas 3:1 which says;

"Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know
that we who teach will be judged more strictly."

Had God brought Man into being as just another organic species like meerkats,
termites, and clams; then his conduct would likely account so insignificant in regard
to justice as to not even be worth God's notice.
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Was the Serpent in Genesis 3 a real snake?
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Was the Serpent in Genesis 3 a real snake?

"Serpent" is sort of like a pseudonym. The true identity of this creature is revealed
in the very last book of the Bible; and it is none other than the dark spirit being
well known to everyone as the Devil and Satan. (Rev 20:1-3)

However, "serpent" is an appropriate name for the Devil because snakes are
typically portrayed in the Bible as toxic reptiles; thus a danger to mankind's health,
safety, and welfare.
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Why Wasn't Cain Executed For Murder?
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Why Wasn't Cain Executed For Murder?

Cain's act was intrinsically sinful, but God couldn't take him to the gallows for it
because according to Deut 5:2-4, Rom 4:15, Rom 5:13, and Gal 3:17; the laws of
God aren't enforced ex post facto, i.e. they're not retroactive. Seeing as God
enacted no official laws related to murder until many years after the Flood; then it
was too late to indict Cain by means of Gen 9:5-6.

• Rom 4:15 . .Where there is no law, neither is there violation.

• Rom 5:13 . . Before The Law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.

In other words; when there is no rule prohibiting a certain practice, then no rule is
broken when somebody does it.
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What Is The New Man?
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What Is The New Man?

Adam was the first Man. His version of humanity became obsolete when Christ rose from the dead. From thence, Adam became the old model and Christ the new and improved model; so to speak.

A sampling of their differences are:

1» The old Man is made from the Earth, whereas the new is made from Heaven.

2» The old Man is susceptible to mortality, whereas the new is not.

3» The old Man is susceptible to temptation, whereas the new is not.

4» The old Man is somewhat righteous, whereas the new is completely righteous.

5» God can't depend on the old Man, whereas on the new He can.

6» The old Man's base nature is human, whereas the new's is divine.

7» The old Man tends to avoid God, whereas the new welcomes His company.

8» The old Man resents God, whereas the new admires Him.

9» The old Man fears God, whereas the new seeks His approval.

10» The old Man is an enemy of God, whereas the new is His ally.
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Why Was Cain's Offering Rejected?
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Why Was Cain's Offering Rejected?

Long story short: God rejected Cain along with rejecting his offering. This is
important because God still does business like that with mankind to this day.

• Prov 15:8 . . Jehovah detests the sacrifice of the wicked,

Cain's situation is well illustrated by Isa 1:11-20 where Moses' people were offering
all the covenanted sacrifices, they were praying up a storm, and observing all the
God-given feasts and holy days. God rejected all of it, even though He himself
required it, because the people's personal conduct was unbecoming.

FAQ: In what way might Cain's piety have been lacking?

A: Well, judging by the fact that Cain later murdered Abel; my first guess would be
bad blood between him and his kid brother.

• Matt 5:23-24 . . If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that
your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar.
First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

And Cain's attitude was deplorable too; he was insolent and rude; even to God.
(Gen 4:9)

Moral of the story:

"This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light; in
Him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in
the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. (1John 1:5-6)
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Where Is Noah's Ark?
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Where Is Noah's Ark?

• Gen 8:3b-4 . . At the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters diminished, so
that in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to
rest on the mountains of Ararat.

The Hebrew word for "Ararat" is from 'ararat (ar-aw-rat') which appears three more
times in the Bible: one at 2Kgs 19:36-37, one at Isa 37:36-38, and one at Jer
51:27. Ararat in the Bible always refers to a political area-- a country --never a
specific geological feature by the same name.

The Hebrew word for "mountains" doesn't always indicate a prominent land mass
like Kilimanjaro; especially when it's plural. Har can also mean a range of hills or
highlands; for example:

In California, where I lived as a kid, the local elevation 35 miles east of San Diego,
in the town of Alpine, was about 2,000 feet above sea level. There were plenty of
meadows with pasture and good soil. In fact much of it was very good ranchland
and quite a few people in that area raised horses and cows. We ourselves kept
about five hundred chickens, and a few goats and calves. We lived in the mountains
of San Diego; but we didn't live up on top of one of its peaks like Viejas, Lyon's, or
Cuyamaca.

So; what happened to the ark? Well; according to the dimensions given at Gen
6:15, the ark was shaped like what the beautiful minds call a right rectangular
prism; which is nothing in the world but the shape of a common shoe box. So most
of the lumber and logs used in its construction would've been nice and straight;
which is perfect for putting together houses, cabins, fences, barns, corrals, stables,
gates, hog troughs, mangers, and outhouses.

I think it's safe to assume that Noah and his kin gradually dismantled the ark over
time and used the wood for many other purposes, including fires. Nobody cooked or
heated their homes or their bath and laundry water using refined fossil fuels and/or
electricity and steam in those days, so everybody needed to keep on hand a pretty
fair-sized wood pile for their daily needs.

There was probably plenty of driftwood left behind by the Flood, but most of that
would be water-soaked at first. But according to Gen 6:14 the ark's lumber was
treated. So underneath the pitch it was still in pretty good shape and should have
been preserved for many years to come.
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Why Was Canaan Execrated Instead Of His Father?
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What is a Prophet?

What is a Prophet to best of my knowledge

It is not the man per se but the vision, of the Spirit of prophet, like the Spirit of Elijah is subject to the law of a prophet.

The spirit of the prophet does not contradict the laws of a prophet because they are one

A prophet does not contradict the spirit of truth.

A prophet discern both good and evil (Heb 5: 14; Romans 12) an equal balance of a prophet from those who lead, by true scriptures that are not divided by unknown doctrine in other words, that the law must be equal to lead to divine law or an balance by two body’s or angels, failure of communication from the one or many, that leads like a prophet to believe it is failure, by interpretation of doctrine, and not scriptures that are not! equal that leads to divine law, this is failure the result of spiritual death

Failure of the church that is not observe the spirit of the prophet is result of spiritual discernment in the spirit of the prophet of Christ, that will and can lead to judgment or spiritual death

This body’s is subject to the law of a prophet, which is like The Spirit of Elijah

When Christ return the laws of a prophet are complete and fulfilled thus the law of prophet begins

Revelation that comes of a prophet of the New Covenant is to prepare the coming of the Lord, and the coming judgment by a prophet of the New Covenant to observe the spirit or the vision of prophet of the New Covenant, and the old Covenant fulfilled the New Covenant

It seen technical to the untrained eye No congregation without vision the coming judgment, again is the result of judgment, meaning that the sins remain forevermore

The spirit of the prophet does contradict the words of the Most High, but in like any prophet mistake can happen, this way the Spirit of God correct the prophet of God

The prophets a seek

1 Samuel 9:9 (Before time past in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was be a for time past called a Seer.)

Your young men shall see visions. The will of God in former times was communicated to the prophets in various ways. One was by visions, and hence one of the most usual names of the prophets were seers. The name seer was first given to that class of men and was superseded by the name prophet. 1 Samuel 9:9, "He that is now called a Prophet was before time pst called a Seer. 1 Samuel 9:11,18,19, 2 Samuel 24:11, 1 Chronicles 29:29, etc. This name was given from the manner in which the Divine will was communicated, which seems to have been by throwing the prophet into an ecstasy, and then by causing the vision, or the appearance of the objects or events to pass before the mind. The prophet looked upon the passing scene, the often splendid diorama as it actually occurred, and recorded it as it appeared to his mind. Hence the recorded rather the succession of images than the times in which they would occur. These visions occurred sometimes when they were asleep, and sometimes during a prophetic ecstasy, Daniel 2:28, 7:1,2,15, 7:2, Ezekiel 11:24; Genesis 15:1, Numbers 12:6, Job 4:13, 7:14, Ezekiel 1:1, 8:3. Often the prophet seemed to be transferred, or translated to another place from where he was; and the scene in a distant land or age passed before the mind, Ezekiel 8:3, 40:2, 11:24, Daniel 8:2. In this case, the distant scene or time passed before the prophet, and he recollected it as it appeared to him. That this did not cease before the times of the gospel is evident. Acts 9:10, "To Ananias said the Lord in a vision," Acts 9:12, "And hath seen (i.e. Paul) in a vision a man named Ananias," etc., i.e. Paul hath seen Ananias represented to him, though absent; he has had an image of him coming into him. Acts 10:3, Cornelius "saw in a vision evidently an angel of God coming into him," etc. This was one of the modes by which in former times God made known his will, and the language of the Jews came to express a revelation in this manner. Though there were strictly no visions on the day of Pentecost, yet that was one scene under the great economy of the Messiah, under which God would make known his will in a manner as clear as he did to the ancient Jews.

 

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Why Was Canaan Execrated Instead Of His Father?

The curse on Canaan wasn't personal, i.e. it was more or less collateral damage due
to his dad's exclusion from the blessings bestowed upon the other two brothers per
Gen 9:26-27.

As a result of missing that blessing; Ham's posterity became dependent upon
employment opportunities created by his brothers' prosperity, ergo: Canaan's line
became the Bible's very first working class, i.e. instead of moguls, they were
destined to become minions all because of their father's shameful disrespect for
Noah's dignity.

Canaan's fate seems terribly unfair to be caught in the middle like that, but it
wouldn't be the last time a man's posterity was effected by his conduct. For
example God dealt in a similar way with the evil king Jeconiah. (Jer 22:29-30)
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Why Wasn't Meat In Man's Diet From The Start?
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Why are the wages of sin death?

Because God said so


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Because God said so

Could He have said differently? Could the wages of sin not be death, but rather something else, something less severe?

 

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Why Wasn't Meat In Man's Diet From The Start?

• Gen 9:3 . . Every creature that lives shall be yours to eat; as with the green
grasses, I give you all these.

It seems plausible to me that the inclusion of meat in Man's diet is evidence that
the human body's strength was declining seeing as how Noah lived to be 950, but
by the time of Abraham, the human life span had decreased considerably to 175;
which the Bible describes as a ripe old age (Gen 25:7-8) so the human body was
obviously a whole lot stronger back in Noah's day than it was in Abraham's.

According to an article in the Dec 10, 2013 Science section of the New York Times,
scientists believe that the early human body was able to manufacture all of its own
essential vitamins; but over time gradually lost the ability to manufacture all but K
and D.

Red meat has been demonized of late for a number of medical reasons, but it,
along with other sources of meat-- e.g. clams, swine, sheep, fish, and poultry --still
remains an excellent natural source of B12 without which post-Flood folk risk
contracting deficiency diseases.
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The prophets a seek

1 Samuel 9:9 (Before time past in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was be a for time past called a Seer.)

Your young men shall see visions. The will of God in former times was communicated to the prophets in various ways. One was by visions, and hence one of the most usual names of the prophets were seers. The name seer was first given to that class of men and was superseded by the name prophet. 1 Samuel 9:9, "He that is now called a Prophet was before time pst called a Seer. 1 Samuel 9:11,18,19, 2 Samuel 24:11, 1 Chronicles 29:29, etc. This name was given from the manner in which the Divine will was communicated, which seems to have been by throwing the prophet into an ecstasy, and then by causing the vision, or the appearance of the objects or events to pass before the mind. The prophet looked upon the passing scene, the often splendid diorama as it actually occurred, and recorded it as it appeared to his mind. Hence the recorded rather the succession of images than the times in which they would occur. These visions occurred sometimes when they were asleep, and sometimes during a prophetic ecstasy, Daniel 2:28, 7:1,2,15, 7:2, Ezekiel 11:24; Genesis 15:1, Numbers 12:6, Job 4:13, 7:14, Ezekiel 1:1, 8:3. Often the prophet seemed to be transferred, or translated to another place from where he was; and the scene in a distant land or age passed before the mind, Ezekiel 8:3, 40:2, 11:24, Daniel 8:2. In this case, the distant scene or time passed before the prophet, and he recollected it as it appeared to him. That this did not cease before the times of the gospel is evident. Acts 9:10, "To Ananias said the Lord in a vision," Acts 9:12, "And hath seen (i.e. Paul) in a vision a man named Ananias," etc., i.e. Paul hath seen Ananias represented to him, though absent; he has had an image of him coming into him. Acts 10:3, Cornelius "saw in a vision evidently an angel of God coming into him," etc. This was one of the modes by which in former times God made known his will, and the language of the Jews came to express a revelation in this manner. Though there were strictly no visions on the day of Pentecost, yet that was one scene under the great economy of the Messiah, under which God would make known his will in a manner as clear as he did to the ancient Jews.

Witnessing the Word
The breath of life is a gift
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Question is, what you give up to God at the Altar
Wait before answering the question, but wait the gift of life is temporary, a breath of life is a gift, but eternal life is not free per se, is want but one will give for but eternal life

If I have a car or home, it must be custom made for me, so I’ll pick everything custom to my living or lifestyle, in the word of God, people will pick what is custom to my way of living or lifestyle, but that is not God, but man.
God is love but not a fool; let’s look at the language in which is said about life! and death!

On my computer I have a virus, the internet gives various forms of software to remove the virus, and it says its free, but you don’t or do it’s the software to download the software that is free, but to remove the virus you must pay, with the Lord you must give up your desires, to have eternal life, if you suffer for the family why can you suffer for Christ? Good men suffer for the Christ

Romans 12:1 (NKJV)
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12 (NIV)
A Living Sacrifice Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

John 5:39-42 (KJV)
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
I receive not honor from men.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

John 5:39 (NKJV)
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

John 5:39 (NIV)
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,[

Revelation 2:10 (NKJV)
Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:10 (NIV)
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.


Isaiah 55:7 (NKJV)
Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:7 (NIV)
Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD .“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts

Romans 6:20-23 (NKJV)
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

Romans 6:10 - 11 (NIV)
The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.​