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"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them" (Genesis 1:27).
The purpose of human life is indelibly etched into the first chapter of the first book of the Bible, where man is first mentioned: "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness'" (Genesis 1:26).
God created each species of the plant and animal kingdoms "according to its [own] kind" (verses 11-12,21,24-25), but human beings, verse 26 essentially tells us, were patterned after the God kind. The image of God is what makes man unique among all His physical creation. This is what renders men, women and children truly human.
Our Creator first declared His great purpose, then brought it to fruition: "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God he created him; male and female He created them" (verse 27). Chapter 1 focuses on the fundamental purpose of human life, while chapter 2 lays out important details. These two beginning chapters complement each other.
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