Created in the image of God

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the poisons of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that crawl on the earth. And God created man in his image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female "(Genesis 1: 26-27).

Here we are not talking about the creation of the world according to Greek mythology, either according to the Egyptians of antiquity and especially not for evolution despite his theory of Big Bang. This is of course on the Bible version that we balance the assertions of facts of great intellect and incredible Superior of God, not the theory of men. Almost all of the biggest names in the science of all time demonstrated by their stories that were strong and compelling evidence:

Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543), a famous Polish astronomer and founder of the heliocentric cosmology. Although it went against philosophical and religious beliefs of the medieval time, he exclaims: "Who does not exalt the spectacle of what he sees headed in the most perfect order with wisdom divine? Who would not admire the Master of all things?

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), he too is a famous mathematician and astronomer, and founder of physical astronomy, exclaims: "God is great! That His power and wisdom are endless! Sky, sun, moon, planets, proclaim His glory! Proclaim His glory, celestial harmonies! As much as it was given to my puny mind to grasp Your infinite, I wanted to reveal to men the sublimity of Your creation. "And also refers to" a giant of faith and science JH Tiner (1977) on page 193: "We now see how God, as an architect, created the world with such precision and thoroughness».

Galileo (1565-1642), Great physicist, mathematician and astronomer, is the founder of modern experimental physics, reports: "When I meditate on all the wonderful things that human beings have seized, searched and done, I tend to recognize more clearly that human intelligence can only be the result of a Creator ", quoted in" Galileo Galilei "of Paul Poupard, page 101.

Sir William Harvey (1578-1657), is an English physician and physiologist and founder of modern medicine, says: "We recognize God, the Supreme Creator, the Almighty, to be responsible for the creation of all animals and His creation and His works point to His existence. Every living thing is crafted and orderly with divine wisdom and unique ability incomprehensible most remarkable. These attributes of perfection can only refer to the Almighty ", quoted in William Harvey," The anatomical exercises on generations of animals ", 1989 edition, page 443).

Robert Boyle (1627-1691), is a chemist and Irish physicist and founder of modern chemistry, reports: "The greatness, beauty and order of the heavenly bodies; the excellent structure of animals and plants and other natural phenomena can only lead intelligent and without prejudice to the conclusion that there is a supreme author, powerful, just and good "in Robert Boyle," The excellence comparative theology to natural philosophy ", quoted in an article by Raymond J. Seeger in the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, 1985, page 183-184). In his many scientific researches, he realized the greatness yet the greatness of God, declaring himself: "When I watch the book of nature in the light of chemistry, I often find myself compelled to exclaim: '' What a magnificent work, O Lord! With what wisdom thou hast created all this'! "Quoted in" The relationship between science and religion after Robert Boyle "David Woodall, page 32).

John Ray (1627-1705), is English naturalist, founder of biology, of modern natural history and modern taxonomy, wrote in 1651 a book called "Wisdom of God manifested in His creation, saying:" There is no greater argument, at least more palpable and convincing about the existence of a deity, that admirable art and wisdom manifested in manufacturing and the constitution, the order and layout and in the purposes and uses of all parties and members of this majestic structure bringing together the sky and the earth "and" Scientists who have faith "by Dan Graves, page 66, he mentioned:" He is for a free man no more enjoyable and important occupation and contemplate the sublime works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God. "

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), is a mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, moralist and French theologian, said: "Just as all things speak of God to those who know him and seek him, to those who love him, so all things hidden from the eyes of those who do not seek and do not know "and not forget it," It was in that time it pleased God to heal my daughter a lachrymal fistula, which it was inflicted there were three and a half years. This fistula was of such poor quality that the most skilled surgeons of Paris judged incurable. And finally God had reserved to heal by the touch of a Holy Thorn is at Port Royal des Champs; and this miracle was witnessed by several doctors and surgeons, and authorized by the solemn judgment of the Church. "

Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English mathematician and physicist is founder of classical physics and inventor of the branch of mathematics called calculus, says in a major work entitled "Principa" book number 3, quoted in "A selection of writings of Newton "HS Thayer, page 42: This wonderful system that is the universe with the sun, planets and comets could only come from the will and power of an intelligent ... This being governs all things not just the world. Recognizing its power over all things, we must call him "Lord God" or the "Universal Ruler" ... This Supreme God is an eternal, infinite and absolutely perfect "and in another citation, he will say, I quote: "Whoever thinks little does not believe in God, who thinks a lot can only believe in God."

Andre Ampere (1775-1836), is a mathematician, physicist, French chemist and philosopher, founder of the electromagnetic exclaims: "God is great! God is great and that our knowledge is nothing!

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), is a French chemist e training physicist, founder of microbiology and recognized also for reversing a brilliant way the theory of "spontaneous generation" based on the theory of evolution, proving the law of biogenesis, which confirms that a living being can only come from another living being. In turn, he said: "The more I study nature, the more I am amazed by the work of our Creator. Science brings me closer to God, "quoted in a book by John Hudson Tiner intutilé" Louis pastor, founder of modern medicine, "1990. And another quote in" God and Science "by Jean Guitton, 1991:" A little science away from God, but many back there. "

William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907), is a physicist, mathematician and Irish engineer, founder of thermodynamics and declared in an article by Raymond J. Seeger in the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, June 1985 page 99-101 which I quote: "There is overflowing evidence of intelligent design all around us and if some perplexities, metaphysical or scientific, can at some point turn away from this evidence, they inevitably come back with an irresistible force, showing us our Nature and the influence of our free will, and we teach that all living things depend on a sovereign and creator. "

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German theoretical physicist, stateless, and under the Swiss dual Swiss-American nationality, the founder of modern theoretical physics declared in 1930 in "Albert Einstein and faith" of Isaacson, 2007: "The I thought that an atheist is based on a manifest error: Whoever wants to be inferred from my scientific research, did not understand them. I believe in a personal God and I can say in good conscience that I never had an atheistic attitude to life. Student already, I considered the theories Darwin, Haeckel and Huxley as quite outdated. The evolution always goes further, not only in technology but also in science. It can be said of most men devoting themselves to the study of natural sciences they agree to recognize that religion and science are not opposed to each other "and also stated in an interview with a journalist in Viereck, October 26, 1929, he said: "As a child I received instruction both biblical and Talmudic. I am a Jew, but the radiant image of the Nazarene has a powerful influence on me. " When asked whether he accepted the historical existence of Christ, he replied: "Probably. No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality spring of each word. "

If we make a parallel with the statements and quotes of these great scientific names in the Bible. We will understand quickly they advance based on their testimonies of some biblical facts about the creation and the supremacy of God.

When God created the world, the first day he had hardly uttered: Let's create the earth, light, night and day. We are taught that God said, Let there be light; and there was light and called the light day and the darkness night; there was evening and morning (Genesis 1: 3-5). And the second day, he had never said, let's create a separate and extended between the waters. We are told: Let there be an expanse between the waters; and let it divide the waters from the waters. God divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the expanse. These were named, heavens (Genesis 1: 6-8). Even the third day, we are also told that God said, Let the waters below the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so. God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, Seas. 

God also created the nature, trees and fruits (Genesis 1: 9-13). On the fourth day, nor does it say: Let's create fixtures. It has been said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for the years; and let them be lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth; ... and it was so (Genesis 1: 14-19). On the fifth day God said, Let the waters bring forth swarms of living beings; and let birds fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters abounded, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl after his kind ... (Genesis 1: 20-22). Obviously, the sixth day God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ... (Genesis 1: 26-31).

The first person plural was never used from the first to the fifth day although on the latter there was the creation of the animal kingdom, there was never any question that it is created in the image of God and not by similarity because the animal has no awareness of God. These texts were pronounced than in the creation of man from clay. "Let" express several people who speak or act for the creation of man, it is of course of three persons in God because "there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one "(1 John 5: 7). But how can we be assured that these three persons in God? Since the creation of light on the first day, God the Father identifies as "Light, an indivisible unit that represents eternal omnipotent sovereignty of God, His omniscience and His omnipresence" (1 John 1: 5; John 1: 6 10). And His Word when delivered, runs through the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God moved upon the waters (Genesis 1: 2).

This way, we can imagine how much we love the product, wanted and desired, the subject chosen and loved and not the product of a Bing Bang is the product of nothing. God created us (Mark 10: 6) and we have a tripartite nature: spirit, soul and body (1 Thessalonians 5: 23). While the heavenly creatures and Satan are only spirits. This tripartite nature has nothing to do with the creation in God's image and likeness. We are the image of God to spiritually for God spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4: 24) and after His likeness because we are endowed with the intelligence (Genesis 2: 19-20); the willingness and sensitivity (Genesis 3: 6-7); reason; personality and moral sense (Colossians 3:10). Despite the characteristics that resemble God, ours are limited to those of God are limitless.

This image and likeness of God, we had lost in the fall (Genesis 3: 1-24) when the man fell in his sinful state. So, it was said, "In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God ... Now Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image, and gave him name Seth (Genesis 5: 1, 3). Here, Seth, son of Adam is not in the likeness of God nor his image but that of his father, conceived in the sinful condition of his father.

Thus God sent Christ died in our place by his atoning work, only once, so that we may be delivered from darkness and bring us back into the light through Christ. It is by receiving Christ into our hearts and lead us not like the rest of the Gentiles (pagans), in the vanity of their mind; having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; being past feeling have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with an insatiable ardor that we put on the new man, created in the image of God.

Beloved (e), that we may be renewed in the spirit of our mind and put on the new man, created in the image of God, in righteousness and holiness of truth despoil us of your previous conduct , the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; lie, everyone speaks the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. If you are angry, and sin not; the sun is down upon your anger; and do not give points to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather works with his hands something good, that he may have to give to him who is in need. That out of your mouth speak no evil; but your words are capable of building useful and that they do good to those who hear them. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

 Let all bitterness, wrath, wrath, anger, clamor, all evil speaking be banned from among you, and all wickedness. But be towards each other, kind, merciful, forgiving one another, as God in Christ also forgave you ... But above all things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ, to which you were called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom. Educate yourself and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing in your hearts to the Lord with gratitude. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father (Ephesians 4: 23-32; Colossians 3: 14-17).

Pitchou Makabi