Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, July 10, 2025

QT 7/10/2025 Gen 1:27–31, Foundational truths

Genesis 1:27–31 (ESV) —

27 So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God he created him;

male and female he created them.

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to 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. 31 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.

 

NOTE: I read somewhere that "created" occurs three times in verse 27. I hadn't noticed that at first. In the previous verse, the pronouns were plural (us, our), but here the pronouns are singular (he), as well as the verb (created is singular in the Hebrew) but repeated three times. So, in the previous verse, God says "let us" and in verse 27, each of the members of the trinity create man. That might be a stretch in terms of an argument of the trinity, but it is interesting.

 

Also, we see that man is a vegetarian at the beginning of creation. Later, God allows man to eat meat. In fact, certain festivals incorporate eating meat. What do we learn from these changes? Some things can change because they don't have moral implications. Others are central to the issue of morality (like sex, marriage, the concept of creation, etc). Eating meat or not eating meat is not a moral issue. Later, the types of meat one could eat were part of the conditions of the covenant, and so became moral because they were used to set Israel apart (holy) from the others nations, and make a distinction that other nations might see. When that old covenant was nailed to the cross (as Colossians discusses), the type of meat was no longer a part of the covenant between man and God. The old covenant was replaced by a new covenant. The key is to note the critical moral issues laid out in Genesis.

 

PONDER:

The world no longer restricts marriage to a man and woman. The world suggests multiple sexes beyond male and female. The world does not accept that we are or were created by God. But, what do I believe, the world or God?

 

PRAYER: Father, I do pray for a return to the foundational principles of life that are found in Genesis. Help us to see our own sin and recognize your word as truth. Help us to repent and turn to you for real life.

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