Sunday, May 18, 2014

Humans aren't Animals

In The Bible, Adam & Eve are created and told to be fruitful and multiply, giving them reign over all of creation.  God gave the humans and all of the animals every seed, green plant and fruit as food.  Please note the clear distinction between humans and animals~God made man in his own image, and gave them King and Queenship over the animal kingdom...I am not an animal and if you are reading this, neither are you!  Now it is clear from the above that plant sources were meant to sustain all living creatures. God created all that exists and on the seventh day he rested and blessed what he had made and called this day of rest holy. The Sabbath, the day of rest was set aside by God as the day to celebrate Gods finished work.  This is so exciting because God was pleased with his six days of work and sat back, checked it all out and said "it is good".  This is the model that we humans have adopted and is still reflected for the most part in our own work lives. Now for the part of The Bible that gets a little, shall we say, juicy?  God created human sexuality; we were created as sexual beings. The sex act makes us "one" with another, not just sexually but as in two becoming one.  It is a knowing of the other; a commitment to each other's mutual good; knowing another person intimately. Biblical sexuality builds up the sexual partners and the community...it is a one to one relationship.  Until next time in The Bible.

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