{"id":3418,"date":"2026-01-04T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:51:51","slug":"genesis1_27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/?p=3418","title":{"rendered":"Genesis1_27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen.1:27. This verse is not a paradox with the verse above. Here, God revealed a new kind of creation\u2014a collective humanity, not a single man. That is why the Scripture used created (\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0), not made (\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4) here. At the end of this verse, the original Hebrew text uses the object pronoun them (\u05d0\u05ea\u05dd), indicating that the total number is plural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because we think sequentially within the limitation of time, we perceive things one by one according to chronological order. However, God is not limited by time or space (Luke 4:30, Hebrews 7:3, Revelation 1:8). In fact, all of humanity was created with Adam and Eve (Jeremiah 1:5). We merely enter the world according to the flow of time. When God created humanity as male and female, this collective human group included all of us. In other words, when Adam and Eve sinned, we also participated in that sin. Humanity\u2019s sin began with Adam and Eve, not on our individual birthdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the original Hebrew text, Adam (\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd) is a collective singular noun, referring to humanity as a group while grammatically remaining singular. Hebrew grammar still holds many mysteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collective humanity is also uniquely special and precious in the eyes of God. The Creator gave humanity an important position (Isaiah 45:11). Humanity, as a collective, was even given authority to command the work of God\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From this verse, we can better understand why some suffer more in the world while others suffer less\u2014because humanity sinned even before birth. Yet God judges all people according to His righteousness. We are called to repent and be converted so that our sins may be blotted out (Luke 5:32, Acts 3:19). No one is innocent, for all have sinned in Adam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3342-2048x1280.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen.1:27. This verse is not a paradox with the verse above. Here, God revealed a new kind of creation\u2014a collective humanity, not a single man. That is why the Scripture used created (\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0), not made (\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4) here. At the end of this verse, the original Hebrew text uses the object pronoun them (\u05d0\u05ea\u05dd), indicating that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripturereading"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3418\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scripture.amos.ip-ddns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}