August 19, 2019

IN HIS FORM AND IMAGE

Genesis 5:2-3

He made them male and female, and blessed them; and the day He made them He called his name Adam. Now Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son according to his form and image, and named him Seth.

Encouraging Words

In all of creation, there is only one portion that is claimed to be created in the form and image of God. That would be Adam and Eve. And yet, we proclaim that God is without form and therefore no one has seen Him. So, how can this be? In Orthodoxy, we believe that the pre-incarnate Jesus was the active part of God in the creation of all that exists. If you look at the icons of the church that depict the creation of Adam and Eve, you see Jesus breathing life into Adam. You also see that they have the same face. This is a mystery and we accept it as such. But the mystery does not stop there. Adam and Eve then reproduce children who bear their image and the reproduction continues on through to today. We are all still created in the form and image of our God. This is the reason that we are to love one another. Glory be to God!