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According to I Corinthians 15:39 and 40, Paul confirms the distinction between animal flesh and human flesh: "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes andanotherofbirds." TheBibleneverallowsforthemixingofthefleshof man with the flesh of beast, fish, or birds (Deuteronomy 22:9; Romans 1:20- 25). God's laws do not allow the interbreeding of different species or seeds
of His creation. Man's tampering and experimenting with Gods natural seed has resulted in many hybrid creatures we have today (for example/ the Africanized honey bee or "killer bee"). The Bible clearly states, "Ye shall keepmystatutes. Thoushaltnotletthycattlegenderwithadiversekind:
thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment min gled of linen and woolen come upon thee" (Leviticus 19:19).
C The Original Character of Man
According to scripture, man is created in the physical, mental, and image and likeness of Jesus Christ, his creator (James 1:18; Genesis 1.26 5:1; 9:6; I Corinthians 11:7; Colossians 3:10; 1:15-16; James 3:9; Hebrews Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:4-20; and II Corinthians 4:4). The Bi declares, "Of his own will beget he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures" (James 1:18).
According to James 1:18 and Colossians 1:15-16, God's first
bear His image, the image of Christ, are born-again Christians. Colossians 3:10 the Bible affirms this by saying, "And have put on t man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that ere him."
Genesis 1:26-27 states, "And God said. Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all the
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God create his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
ed he them." These verses point to the future picture of the
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not be visibly seen with the naked eye. Thus, we express image of God's person in man was only seen in through the divine plan of creation.
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