Man (Anthropology) Flashcards
In God’s Image, Male & Female
Gen 1:27
God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Bipartite Being
Gen 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
God created man and life
Job 33:4
“The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Creation Mandate
Gen 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
bipartite ending
Ecc 12:7
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Where life begins
Ps 139:13
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.
Created for God’s Glory
Isa 43:7
Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”
Praise God Forever
Ps 145:21
My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.
Parts of Man
Material and immaterial; body and spirit/soul
God’s purpose(s) for man
Ps 8:4
What is man that you are mindful of him?
The Fall of Man
Ecc 12:13
The conclusion, when all has been heard, [is:] fear God and keep His commandments, because this [applies to] every person.
