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By now, I hope you must be eager to know what is that greatest and unique blessing that God gave to Adam and Eve. You must also be convinced that it is not the Garden of Eden because of the point I gave you. We were created in the image and likeness of God, The Bible says. So, I certainly believe the blessing must be great, unique, powerful, limitless and what not – no words further to describe. If God selects a gift for us, it must be a one that no one else can give.
When God created everything on this earth, he took 6 days to complete. On the 7th day, he rested, The Bible says. If you compare all of His creations, the creation of man itself is different. While He created everything, He spoke the Word and it was so. But, when He wanted to create man, He did it differently which itself should strike a little in our mind that we are precious than any other creation on this earth. Moreover, when He created them, He created them in His own image and His likeness. Then, unlike other creations, He did not leave them just like that, after they were created. He told them to subdue everything He created and rule over them.
Genesis 1:27-28 (NKJV)
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
When He said to subdue and rule over everything, what power did He give to man to rule over everything. If you have to rule, you never can do it without special powers. That you can observe even today. If we elect someone as President, then by law he gets additional powers than a normal civilian. Sometimes, in some countries, there is something called “veto power”, where the president will be able to reject the bills passed by the senate or other officials in the government using their veto power. So, to rule over, you need certainly need special power and authority. What do you think that power would be?
Many would say that it is because they were created in His image and likeness. I totally agree. But, because they were created in His image and likeness, what was the difference? or what were the differences?
To narrow it down, let’s just compare His creations physiologically alone. There were few characters like Speech and Laugh. But, I would say even these differences are due to that one special gift that gave to human beings. All the creations which He asked us to subdue and have dominion over, have not been given that special gift. Just click here to know what is that special God’s gift to human beings.