Image of God Part 2: God and Human's Makeover

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 29 February 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Being remade into the Image of God is a different Christian narrative then we usually hear. Jesus is the truly human one who represents God's reign on earth and we are joined with him through the Holy Spirit to participate in that reign.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Jonathan Collins. In this episode, we're going to continue the conversation with Tim McEy on the theme Image of God, which we'd started discussing in the last episode where we saw that this phrase shows up in Genesis and has a lot of meaning for why we as humans exist.
0:28.0	The God wants his world to be a place where life flourishes, where life multiplies, and that's going to require a lot of subduing and harnessing all the potential and resources in the dirt and fish and cows to make it work.
0:45.0	And when humans do that, they are said to be an image of the God of Israel.
0:50.0	The word image is usually translated into English as the word idle, referring to idle statues.
0:58.0	So you end up with this interesting paradox at the beginning of the story of the Bible, which is going to be about a God who tells people to never make images of him.
1:07.0	But then page one begins the story with this God making an image of himself and his humans.
1:14.0	So that's interesting that you're not supposed to try and image this God because images of this God already exist, namely the you and the person sitting next to you.
1:24.0	So all humans are given this title, the image of God, and it's a title that demonstrates that we should be ruling and subduing the earth and expanding the garden, continuing in God's creation.
1:39.0	This to me is a fresh perspective, but it's right there in the text and I'm really excited that Tim's unpacking it for us.
1:47.0	So we're going to continue discussing this thing with Tim. Here we go.
1:52.0	We never talked about Psalm 8. Psalm 8, which is also a reflection on the image of God.
2:21.0	In Genesis 1, Psalm 8, what is mankind that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
2:32.0	Why are humans so important?
2:36.0	Well, you made him or made humans humanity a little lower than Elohim.
2:45.0	That could mean God. That's the word for God.
2:48.0	It is also if the context as an indicate can refer to plural divine beings.
2:55.0	So then angels or angelic beings.
2:59.0	It can mean God or community.
3:01.0	Depending on context.
3:03.0	New international version said you made him a little lower than angels.
3:07.0	ESV, a little lower than the heavenly beings. New American standard, a little lower than God.
3:13.0	NRSV, a little lower than God. King James, a little lower than angels.
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