Genesis 1 Foundation Book of the Bible Mike Mazzalongo

Two Essential Acts of Creation: Creation of inanimate world Review Two Essential Acts of Creation: Creation of inanimate world Creation of animate world

Creation of Man 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; - Genesis 1:26a

The Divine Council 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you. - I Peter 1:20

The Divine Council The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. - Revelation 17:8

The Divine Council The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” - Psalm 110:1

The Divine Council “Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit.” - Isa. 48:66

The Divine Council Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. - John 17:24

The Divine Council God Communicates

God has a multi-person nature The Divine Council God Communicates God has a multi-person nature

Man’s creation is a result of design The Divine Council God Communicates God has a multi-person nature Man’s creation is a result of design

Man’s Creation Adam = Man = Earth

Adam = Man = Earth Adam = Triune Nature Body Consciousness/Soul Man’s Creation Adam = Man = Earth Adam = Triune Nature Body Consciousness/Soul Spiritual Character

Ecc. 3:21 Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Ephesians 1:9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him.

Genesis 1:26b and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Man’s position in creation is the result of God’s creative Act, not a matter of chance or survival of the fittest.

Gen. 1:27 27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Essence Variation (Likeness of God) (Male/Female)

World to Come (New Heaven/Earth) Pre-Sin World (Adam & Eve) Two Worlds World to Come (New Heaven/Earth) Pre-Sin World (Adam & Eve)

Gen. 1:28 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Gen. 1:29 29 Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;

Gen. 1:30 30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

Gen. 1:31 31 God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

God’s Charge to Man One Man – One Woman

God’s Charge to Man One Man – One Woman Fill the Earth

God’s Charge to Man One Man – One Woman Fill the Earth Manage Creation

Diet God’s Charge to Man One Man – One Woman Fill the Earth Manage Creation Diet

All is Good – Young Earth God’s Charge to Man One Man – One Woman Fill the Earth Manage Creation Diet All is Good – Young Earth