I think that it is interesting how this is set up to read a Psalm or a Proverb every day and that we will go through those twice. I kinda like that as those tend to be very helpful in our everyday life and serve as great reminders of the goodness of God and how we should be.
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I think that it is hard to have a "what does this mean" conversation about the Genesis, especially when we get into the geneology of the book. However, there is something that did stand out in the reading of today's passage, in Genesis 1:26, God said, "Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness," and then in Genesis 1:27 it says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." What stood out is the "Us" and then the return to "His." What does this mean and who is the us? The ESV Study Bible that I am using for this mentions that this could possibly be the start of referencing the Trinity. There are arguments as well for it being a holy council made of of angels, but is argued that since man does not look like an angel that this is not the case. However, do we know what angels look like as they walk the earth?
This reading also encourages us to have faith in the fact that God just exists without any scientific proof. Since there is no indication about where he came from we know that he Just Is and we have complete faith in that, or at least we should, without question. Although, I do think that is one of the big questions that gets asked...how do you respond to that?
Within the Psalm, I believe it is saying that we are Blessed if we walk with the Lord and follow is law without question. There will be plenty of verses as we move through the Bible that show what happens if we fall, but that ultimately, if we are doing this then we can follow the way of the righteous.
I remember first learning of the idea that the trinity was being shown in Genesis. It blew my away, wow, Jesus and the Holy Spirit has been there all along. It was amazing to me.
ReplyDeleteAs I read today’s verses it immediately sent me to that song So will I (100 billion times), I don’t know the exact title. That’s one of my favorites. When I hear it I am taken into my minds eye seeing creation starting. I have a visual picture in my head of how that song should look and the beginning of the Bible brings me to that. When I’m in nature I feel it too. The psalm 1 brings me elsewhere. Saying we should root ourselves in the lord and if we do and turn to him when conflicted we will follow the righteous path.
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