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Of all the things that God made, only man (male and female) was made in His image.
What a glorious honor! Mankind was to have dominion over the earth – we were
originally created with delegated authority in mind by God. He wants us to have
dominion here. We are the governors of this province and it is our responsibility to see
that things are done according to the will of God.
We also see that the first commandment to mankind was to be fruitful and multiply – to
fill the earth and subdue it. Think about that – the first commandment to man was to
multiply – in every area of life. We are to be fruitful in our families, our jobs, our
ministries and as nations. This is God’s first purpose for mankind – to increase.
The first prophecy of the coming Messiah and the redemption of mankind is recorded
here. God had a plan to redeem man from the very beginning. What follows in the rest of
the bible, has its basis here.
In just a few short generations, mankind had become so evil that God had to wipe them
out and start over with Noah and his family. In every generation – God finds men and
women who are faithful and will carry out His purposes.
God institutes the laws of human governance. The first law was for murder and the first
punishment was capital.
God establishes a covenant with Noah that He will no longer use water as a means of
mass annihiliation.
The Tower of Babel incident – God disperses humans throughout the earth by giving
them different languages.
The Abrahamic covenant – God chooses one man through which to implement His plan
of redemption on the earth. Abraham was a man of faith and he obeyed God – the result
of which was that he became a prince among the peoples of that time.
Gen 19:24 ESV
(24) Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out
of heaven.