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The Man In Love
What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen—even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.
Psalm 8:4-8
In fact, when you examine the scripture in Genesis 2:7 it becomes clear the extent of God’s love toward man. Imagine that God breathe into the nostrils of man His own very breath, the breadth of life!
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7
In essence, man shared God’s breadth and by implication, the life of God that man Him God. Only love makes for this kind of extreme gesture of kindness. God truly intended for man to be like Him.
From the beginning, God expressed His love toward man by not only creating him like the Godhead but also putting man in charge of all that He created. He empowered man to exercise
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