Today's Journal
THIS IS OUR JOB 1
“Then God said, “Let us make man (or literally: mankind) in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
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” (Genesis 1:26-29 ESV).
In this text, maybe other words or phrases instead of ‘dominion over’ or ‘rule over’ would better be received; such as work it, keep it, watch over it, cultivate it, protect it and be responsible for it. Other versions allude to this:
“The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.” (Christian Standard Bible)
“So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.” (AMP)
“Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” (NLT)
Perhaps the first step is to stop drinking water from plastic bottles with a one-time use every 15 minutes. Using a refillable bottle would be helping us to do our maintenance job better. (To be continued)
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids (virgins) who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their lamps, but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.” Jesus