MANDATE MEETS THE EARTH

Read: Genesis 1: 26-31

God blessed them, and God said to them: "be fruitful, and multiply; fill the Earth and subdue it. ... " (Genesis 1: 28)

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Bible in a year: Obadiah; Psalm 82-83

One of the ways the Church added naturally is with fruitful. Some friends are so sure that this is the mandate of Genesis 1: 28. The Church is not married and fruitful does not seem to obey the command of God. Is it so?
If the context is considered, this commandment was given after the man was created in the image of God (verse 26). Bandingkanlah to the image of Revelation 5: 9, which suggests there are the people of God from every tribe and language and people and nation, who reigned as King of the Earth. God's plan is not changed. From the beginning God willed man created in the image of him that meet and master of Earth. However, since the fall of man into sin, the mandate is no longer as easy as "whereof cuculah and multiply". Why? Because it will just fill drinking Earth with pictures of God are broken. The image of God who is perfectly expressed in the personal Christ. And, the great mandate given to him is: "Make disciples of all Nations." (Matthew 28: 19-20). This is a mandate to recover images damaged God throughout the Earth.
In the light of understanding it, it could just be our fruitful but are not currently working on a mandate of the Lord. We are called to fill the Earth with "pictures of God" which has been restored, namely "disciples of Christ". It can be done either by way of family and educate children who speak of God to be conformed to Christ, or with memuridkan other people outside the family. Is it true that you already took part in the work on the mandate of the Lord? -ELS

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