Humans have the Likeness of God — What that Means
In the likeness of God was humankind created. That’s what the Bible says, but let’s see what that means. It has profound implications for you and me.
In the likeness of God. We saw that God made all living things to multiply after their own kind. A species reproduces according to its species. But when it came to humankind, there’s a close relationship with the image and likeness of God. Let’s continue our study.
(Origin of Humankind, chapter 1:2)
Let’s focus on God making humans after our likeness.
Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (H1823): and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
We shall see the meaning of image in the next chapter. Both these terms, image and likeness of God, reinforce humankind’s special closeness to God their Creator. We shall see that this likeness of…
