lesson 2~ God molds his crowning creation~ man

"...God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female" (Gen. 1:27 ICB).

God saw that the world was good, and he was pleased with what he had made. But he had no one to enjoy it with. Nor did he have anyone to help him take care of this beautiful world that he had just made. So he decided to make someone who wasn't like any thing else he had created on the earth yet. God took some soil from the earth and lovingly formed a man, much like you would make something using clay. Then God breathed into the nose of the man giving him a soul & bringing him to life. You see, man is the only thing on earth that has a soul. No other thing on earth has a soul. That is what makes us different than all of the other animals on the earth, and that is what makes us most like God.

 God made special garden to be the man's home. Then God put the man in the garden. God had all the animals march in front of the man, so that the man who name them. That was the man's first duty in ruling over & caring for the new world.

God and the man were enjoying spending time with each other like this. But God realized that all the plants & animals had other plants & animals on the earth like them. But that the man had no one on the earth like him to keep him company & help him take care of the world. So God made the man go into a deep sleep. Then God operated on the man taking a rib out on him. With that rib, God formed a female human.

When the man woke up, God took the female human to him. The man was pleased and called her, "woman", because she had been made from his rib.  That is how the first married couple came to be on earth. God told them to also have babies, so that they could help rule over & care for the world.

Now the man had someone to keep him company & help him with his duties. And God had both the man & woman to spend time with. So every night after work was done, God would come to the garden to walk with them & talk (Gen.3:8).

So you see, God made mankind to be friends with him & help him to take care of the world. God still wants mankind to do that today, even you! One way you can get to know God is by reading this book, called, 'The Holy Bible'. Why don't you do that! you can start by reading about what I just told you about in The holy Bible in the first book of it called Genesis. This story can be found in the first three chapters of that book.

Until next week, have fun reading about God's crowning creation in The Holy Bible!