The Image Of God Genesis - 2414 Words

Lewis Faiai Professor Yi Ma Theology II March 12, 2015 The Image of God Genesis 1: 27 say’s that â€Å"God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.† What we know from scripture is that God created human in his likeness. So what is the true theological meaning of being created in the image of God through human nature? This is an ambiguous question. Is it about the physical image, the gender, personality characteristic or rationale? Many people answer these questions in a more subtle way from what they have knowledge for this subject. Tanner gives a quick answer in stating, â€Å"to say that human beings are created in the image of God that means, not that human beings have something in them†¦show more content†¦We’re only informed to be the image of God when we are in an actual in a relationship with God, because of sin we cannot fully present the image of God into its full existence of the image. Tanner added by saying that, â€Å"the true honor of man is the image and likeness of God, which is not preserved except in relation to him by whom it is impressed. Humans are the image of God, properly speaking, only when actually contemplating God face to face in heaven. The likeness of God will then be perfect in this image, when the sight of God shall be perfected†. When we are apart from a perfect and harmonious relationship with God, we are not shown the full potential of His image; for example, when Adam and Eve first sinned, the Bible says that they were naked meaning the glory or the perfect image of God left them. This resulted in Adam and Eve no longer having the image of God. The image of God to human beings is only given by the human nature but not the divine of the second person. The other Trinitarian reading of this same verse Gen 1:27 talked about the second person of the trinity and how human beings are created to this image. Because God is divine and the verse says that he created us in his image, therefore the image is referred to the divine of the created binges but not the human one at all.