Acts 15:18

When God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness” (Genesis 1:26), He signified that He Himself is a God of relationships. And He created us in His own likeness so that we could enter into a relationship with Him. Douglas F. Kelly writes: God Himself has never existed as a …

As God’s image-bearers, Adam and Eve were created for intimate and unbroken fellowship with their Creator. But their purpose also contained a significant horizontal (or earthly) aspect as well: Adam and Eve were also created to fill the earth.Genesis 1:27–28says, “Male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be …