Man Is Different

Until man's creation, everything was spoken into existence. Man was different (Genesis 1:26; Genesis 2:7). God took of the dust of the earth and made man in his own image. Man's likeness to God cannot be physical since God is a spirit (John 4:24). Instead, man is a being comprised of body and spirit (James 2:26; 2 Corinthians 4:16).

God commanded man to be fruitful and multiply. He also instructed him to subdue the earth and have dominion over all the other living things (Genesis 1:27-28). Man was placed in the garden to dress and keep it, or care for the things it contained (2:15). He could eat of every tree except the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (2:16-17). Here we find man's first job and restriction.

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