Saturday 28 December 2019

Close To The Heart Of God, Created To Glorify Him

We come here to the creation of woman. Her creation is bound up with the creation of man. She is created from man's 'rib' (Genesis 2:21-22). The 'rib' is taken from his side, emphasizing that man and woman are to be together, side-by-side, not one in front of the other. The 'rib', rather than the head or the feet, emphasizes this togetherness rather than any superiority-inferiority relationship. The 'rib' is close to the heart. Woman is close to the heart of man. Both are close to the heart of God. The contrast between humanity and the animals is again clear. Among the animals, there was 'no suitable helper' for the man (Genesis 2:20). The animals had been 'formed out of the ground' (Genesis 2:19). Humanity has come from 'the breath of life' (Genesis 2:7). Like the animals, we come from 'the dust of the ground', but there is more: the Breath of God, created in His image to glorify Him!
(Year One, 10th January: Genesis 2:18-25)

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