What Does Christianity Teach About The Human?

In whose (plural) image is man being created? Beyond whose image, what does it mean to make man in his image? In verses 26 and 28 we see this role of mankind to have “dominion” over the created order, to “fill the earth and subdue it.” What are the relationships between the bestowal of these various roles and the idea of mankind being made in the image of God? Finally, how did early Jewish interpreters understand the relationship between male and female as laid forth in verse 27? To rightly understand the early Jewish use of “image” in Gen. 1:26-28 will require understanding the various available early Jewish interpretive answers to these

In Genesis one and 2, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. God created everything from nothing; to be perfect from his perspective. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created the man named Adam from the dust and was placed in the Eden’s Garden (Genesis 2:7). Adam helped God to take care of the land and all his creation. The Bible explains, Humanity was created to work and serve, keep the garden (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of his creations (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler which he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all His creation. Humankind is able to show on our nature because we are capable of reasoning. God created all differently and we were all born naked and pure as Adam and Eve were. God created in his own image that why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving God.

Christianity is a faith based religious tradition, of which the follower is considered to be a Christian adherent. Thus, being a living tradition, Christianity is continually subject to change in accordance to the needs of the adherent and reaffirming the Christian tradition within a contemporary context. The aspects, which attribute the present existence of Christianity and its dynamism therein, include sacred texts and writings, ritual and ceremonies, beliefs and believers, and ethics. Ultimately, the aforementioned characteristics strive to form and continually validate answers to the enduring questions of life through a process of change, which simultaneously highlights Christianity as a living tradition.

The Christian Worldview is very widely known in today’s society. This religion has many strong beliefs about the creation of the world and what waits for believers in the afterlife. Psalms 111:10 gives a good idea of the foundation of the Christian worldview by saying. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.” (New International Version). The Christian worldview has very specific beliefs and expectations in God, humanity, Jesus and Restoration.

Introduction: The term "image of God" occurs three times in the Bible. In Genesis 1:26-27 and 9:6, we find out that man is created in the image of God. In 2 Cor. 4:4 we see the phrase used in reference to Jesus who is the "image of God." There is no exact understanding of what the phrase means, but we can generalize. It would seem that the first two verses refer to God's character and attributes that are reflected in people. The term cannot be a reference to a physical appearance of God since Jesus says in John 4:24 that God is Spirit, and in Luke 24:39 Spirit does not have flesh and bones. Therefore, we can conclude that the image of God deals with humanity's reflection of

In Genesis one and two, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created Adam, from dust and was placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:7). The Bible explains humanity was created to work and serve (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of all of his creation (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler, he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all of His creation. God created us in his own image, which is why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving of God. In addition, we were all born pure as Adam and Eve were. The Bible explains that God was pleased with his creations, “God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:10-21).

The biggest point that is revealed about human nature from the first two chapters of Genesis is that humans are made in the image of God. This is seen within the creation narrative since everything that God made was good which included the humans. Also, it is because of their original human nature being in the image of God as to why humans are viewed as being the pinnacle of creation, as shown since they receive the most attention of all of the parts of creation (Diffey, 2015).

In Genesis 1:26-27 the Bible talks about how we are made in the image of God, or have what is known as the Imago Dei. Some people would say that this means that human beings have a conscious, and live at a level that is more complex than just living on mere instinct. I believe that there is more to it than that. Romans 12:6 says that “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” In other words, as you read the rest of the chapter you can see how each of the different gifts given to people can be used to edify and strengthen other people. We were created to be a blessing to other people, and those other people were created to live in harmony with you.

Christianity believes and teaches that humans were created for the good by God. By sin and through grace. Reconciled, men and women discover themselves to exist in order to know God, to His will, to glorify Him, and to enjoy Him forever (Prime, 2001) God created all of us as an image in the world. That’s our purpose. (Genesis 1:27) to serve our Lord and Creator and to obey by his rules and existing.

The Christian worldview is the most followed religion in the world with around 2.2 billion followers, this makes up 32 percent of the world’s population. With the Christian worldview comes a lot of essential elements like God, humanity, Jesus, restoration, the influence of Christianity and how the religion benefits the people that follow it. These elements play a key role in my life and how I live my life following the Christian belief.

Christians believe God created everything living from the trees to the fishes in the sea. The human identity is found in knowing their true nature, and accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Mankind was created basically to be stewards, they are

Genesis. 1:27 says “so God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them”. Humanity was created in the image of God to be spirit beings like

We were created Imago Dei, which is Latin for the image of God. The fact that we were created in the image of God shows God’s relationship with humanity and God’s role for humanity. God created everything, yet humans are the only things that He created in His image (Diffey). Genesis 2:7 states, “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being’ (Zondervan Study Bible NIV, Genesis 2:7). As time went on, we became sinful by nature. The problem with humanity was that all wisdom had been lost. People of the Earth become more in tune with selfishness and completely throw away their selflessness. We began to disobey God and idolize other objects over him. Due to the overwhelming consequences of our sins, humanity is at a constant battle to exemplify that we are made in the image of

It is within in our time, that the feasibility of the future has become present. Yet, it is also in this time that racial and religious backgrounds often define someone as a human. This is regressive and is certainly not human. It is in this error, that we find conflict in Imago Dei, or image of God. Countless examples in scripture express that all humans, regardless of region, financial background, or social prestige, are created equally in the image of God.

Christology communicates that humans are created in the image of God, while anthropology concludes that we evolved from animals. Anne Innis Dagg, her abstract about, Man the Hunted: Primates, Predators, and Human Evolution, states, "Donna Hart and Robert Sussman discuss the life of our ancestors in detail who lived about halfway through our evolution from ape-like ancestors about seven million years ago, to ourselves. " (Sussman) This Evolution Theory is in stark contrast to Christology which believes that man was created. Genesis 1:26-28, "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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."