1. The Crown of God’s Creation

2. 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: 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.
27 So God created man in His own image, in the
image of God created He him; male and female
created He them.
31 And God saw every thing that He had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
[Genesis 1:26-31]

3. I. God Created Man on the Sixth Day

4. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]

5. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]
Day “yom” [Hebrew] = literal day

6. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]
Day “yom” [Hebrew] = literal day
The phrase “evening and morning”

7. and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs, and for seasons,
and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also.
[Genesis 1:14-16]

8. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years [Genesis 1:14]

9. Stars
Sun
Earth
Moon
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: He made the stars also. [Genesis 1:16]

10. How long does the Earth take to rotate on its own axis
How long does the Earth take to rotate on its own axis? 1 Day [24 hours]

11. How long does the Earth take to travel around the Sun. One year or 365
How long does the Earth take to travel around the Sun? One year or days

12. A Boeing 747 cruising speed of 575 mph or 925 km/hr
Earth’s Rotation
1,675 km/hr or 465 km/sec

13. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]
Day “yom” [Hebrew] = literal day
The phrase “evening and morning”
Numerical Pre-fix = First, Second, Third…Six Day

14. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]
Day “yom” [Hebrew] = literal day
The phrase “evening and morning”
Numerical Pre-fix = First, Second, Third…Six Day
Universal 7-Day Week

15. 9 Six days shall thou labour, and do all thy work…
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
[Exodus 20:8-11]

16. 6 Literal Days [24-hour Day]
Day “yom” [Hebrew] = literal day
The phrase “evening and morning”
Numerical Pre-fix = First, Second, Third…Six Day
Universal 7-Day Week
Human lifespan (70-80 years)

17. Human Lifespan
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strengththey be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [Psalm 90:10] 

18. Literal vs Figurative

19. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
[2 Peter 3:8] 

20. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
[2 Peter 3:8-9] 

21. II. God Created Man from Dust

22. And the LORD God formed man of the
dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living soul.
[Genesis 2:7] 

23. Creation of Man vs Creation of Animals/Plants
- God created man from dust of the ground
- God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life

24. III. God Created Man in His Image

25. 26 And God said, Let us make man in Our Image,
after Our Likeness: 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.
27 So God created man in His own image,
in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.
[Genesis 1:26-27]

26. Image of God – 3 Things
Man’s Relation to God

27. Creation of Animals & Plants
And God said, Let there be…
2) Creation of Man
And God said, Let us make man in our image
and after our likeness

28. Image of God – 3 Things
Man’s Relation to God
Man’s Resemblance of God

29. Image of God – 3 Things
Spiritual Being

30. Image of God – 3 Things
Spiritual Being
Moral Being

31. Image of God – 3 Things
Spiritual Being
Moral Being
Creative Being

32. Image of God – 3 Things
Spiritual Being
Moral Being
Creative Being
Rational Being

33. Image of God – 3 Things
Man’s Relation to God
Man’s Resemblance of God
Man’s Reflection of God

35. Christ Came to Reveal the Father

36. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us
and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
[John 1:14] 

37. Christ is the Expressed Image of the Father

38. 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom
of His dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn of every creature:
[Colossians 1:13-15 KJV] 

39. 13 For He has rescued us from the kingdom
of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom
of His dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom
and forgave our sins. 15 Christ is the visible image
of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.
[Colossians 1:13-15 NLT] 

40. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
[2 Corinthians 4:3-4] 

41. Christ Came to Restore Image of God in Man

42. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught
by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
[Ephesians 4:20-24] 

43. Biblical Righteousness
Positional Righteousness
Imputed Righteousness

44. But we all, with open face beholding as in
a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
[2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV] 

45. So all of us who have had that veil removed
can see and reflect the glory of the Lord.
And the Lord – who is the Spirit – makes us
more and more like Him as we are changed
into His glorious image.
[2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT] 

46. And have put on the new man, which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of Him
that created him
[Colossians 3:10] 

47. but the woman is the glory of the man.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God:
but the woman is the glory of the man.
[1 Corinthians 1:7] 

48. God’s Image in Man is Defiled, Not Decimated

49. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made He man.
[Genesis 9:6] 

50. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men,
which are made after the similitude of God
[James 3:9] 

52. God’s Image will be Restored when Christ Comes

53. Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when He shall appear,
we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.
[1 John 3:2] 

54. that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son,
that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
[Romans 8:29] 

55. God is Most Glorified when we are Most Christ-like

56. Man Made in God’s Image
We are Persons of Worth

57. Man Made in God’s Image
We are Persons of Worth
We are to Reflect God’s Image