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The shocking secret in Genesis 1–2: Why God 'rested' before finishing man — the image vs likeness

FHMI-1308Shane Vaughn2025-11-11Sermon
  • (primary) Genesis 1:27
  • (secondary) Genesis 1:26
kingdomhe's still working on mecreated man in his own imageworking on the likenessone part missingonly created man in his imagenot created in his likenessour image and our likenessnot like my daddyimage of my daddyimage but not likeness

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Title: The shocking secret in Genesis 1–2: Why God 'rested' before finishing man — the image vs likeness Summary: 1. God's original intention — 00:00 The speaker begins by examining the wording of the creation account. He notes that God expresses an intention to create humanity in both his image and his likeness. 2. The distinction between image and likeness — 00:00–00:36 He contrasts this intention with the subsequent statement that God created humanity in his image. He emphasizes that the verse does not repeat the word likeness. From this difference, he concludes that humanity's creation in the divine image was accomplished, while the development of divine likeness remains ongoing. 3. The father and child illustration — 00:36–end The speaker explains that a person can be in the image of his father without being like his father. He uses this comparison to reinforce his teaching that resembling God and becoming like God are not necessarily the same thing. The shocking secret in Genesis 1–2: Why God 'rested' before finishing man — the image vs. likeness - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXB9FK-7IY ssarily the same thing. The shocking secret in Genesis 1–2: Why God 'rested' before finishing man — the image vs. likeness - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXB9FK-7IY Transcript: (00:00) Yahweh said he created man in his own image. But notice what it does not say he accomplished. There's one part missing. >> It was not created in his likeness. >> He said we will create man in our image and our likeness. >> But in this verse it says he only created man in his image. He's still working on me >> for the likeness. (00:36) >> See, I can be in the image of my daddy, but I wasn't like my daddy. I'm in his image, but not his likeness.

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The speaker contrasts Yahweh's declaration to create man in His image and likeness with the statement that man was created in His image. He teaches that the likeness is the unfinished part of Yahweh's work and says, "He's still working on me." Using the example of resembling his father without being like him, he emphasizes the difference between image and likeness.

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