And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.
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… And every tree with seed in its fruit, you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the heavens and everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food. And it was so. and God saw everything that he had made and behold, it was very good. And there was evening, there was morning, the sixth day. Okay, first truth about biblical manhood and womanhood. And we're gonna, I'm gonna mention at different points a variety of different passages in the New Testament, but because of all the ground we got to cover, we're not gonna have time to turn there, but you might write them down as we get to them. Three truths. Number one, God created men and women with equal dignity. God created men and women with equal dignity. In this first chapter of the Bible, after a Trinitarian council in verse 26, God created man and woman in his image. …
… seed that's on the face of all the earth. And every tree with seed in its fruit, you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and every bird of the heavens, and everything that creeps on the earth. Everything that has the breath of life. I've given every green plant for food. And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made. And behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Oh, there's so much here. And like I said, it's stunning. God has just described the crown jewel of all creation. And do you realize what it is. It's us. It's you and me. All of us, without exception, unlike anything else in all creation, you and I, people, are images of the creator. Mark it down. Humanity's defining characteristic is that we are all equally made in the image of God himself. This is who we are. Now, some might say, don't you mean were? …
… weren't made out of titanium. We came from the dust of the ground. And he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. The Lord God took the man, put him in the Garden of Eden to work it. There's another message for another day, but we're in paradise still, not even a fall, but this guy has a job. That's because work is part of the plan of God for all of our lives, amen, to being industrious and to contribute to the common good, to have a purpose and a meaning for our time on earth. This is before the fall, the man had a job. Take care of it. And the Lord commanded the man, you're free to eat out of any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it, you will certainly die. Now we're just getting the big picture here. Everybody knows this for the most part, but if you're gonna talk about marriage, you have to understand where did this whole idea come from. …