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sarxweh
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Let's start with the Creator and his choice for a "king" over what he made. Bear with the format while I define terms.
The Creator - Yahweh creates:
The "King" - "Man" (boys + girls = man) who is to have/do the following:
A) ROI? - "BE FRUITFUL"
B) Offspring - "MULTIPLY, FILL THE EARTH"
C) Dominion - "SUBDUE IT, HAVE DOMINION OVER [ANIMALS] FISH OF THE SEA, BIRDS OF THE AIR, EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE EARTH"
D) Eat seed plants - "EVERY PLANT YIELDING SEED, EVERY TREE BEARING SEEDED FRUIT" (he also gives these plants to the animals... except for fish)
With this in mind, here are some questions: (Feel free to attack the macro perspective of this information or discuss the particulars as you see fit. the following questions are my immediate reaction.)
1. Biblically, the command-to-man nature of the mandate means that to be man means to be responsible for the well-being of "God's Creation efforts." How are we doing with this? Is this possible?
2. What do we make of the specifics of the mandate, given present day details of culture: economic, political, religious, scientific, psychological, etc.? How are we intended to fulfill it "in our day"?
3. Was the command to " fill the earth" a total mistake given current estimates of world population statistical probability?
4. How does your "eschatology" affect your answer to this mandate/these questions? (For those who don't care or have no definition for this: eschatology simply implies "your view of the meaning/direction of history" in general.)
5. Okay, this one is completely for fun and please answer honestly: do you personally feel like you have done any of this during your own lifetime, and can you give some examples of the ways you have fulfilled/failed the directive?
Bonus: Why don't fish of the sea get named among the plant eaters in the dietary section of the mandate (gen 1:30)
Feel free to respond to any or all as you see fit
The Creator - Yahweh creates:
The "King" - "Man" (boys + girls = man) who is to have/do the following:
A) ROI? - "BE FRUITFUL"
B) Offspring - "MULTIPLY, FILL THE EARTH"
C) Dominion - "SUBDUE IT, HAVE DOMINION OVER [ANIMALS] FISH OF THE SEA, BIRDS OF THE AIR, EVERY LIVING THING THAT MOVES ON THE EARTH"
D) Eat seed plants - "EVERY PLANT YIELDING SEED, EVERY TREE BEARING SEEDED FRUIT" (he also gives these plants to the animals... except for fish)
With this in mind, here are some questions: (Feel free to attack the macro perspective of this information or discuss the particulars as you see fit. the following questions are my immediate reaction.)
1. Biblically, the command-to-man nature of the mandate means that to be man means to be responsible for the well-being of "God's Creation efforts." How are we doing with this? Is this possible?
2. What do we make of the specifics of the mandate, given present day details of culture: economic, political, religious, scientific, psychological, etc.? How are we intended to fulfill it "in our day"?
3. Was the command to " fill the earth" a total mistake given current estimates of world population statistical probability?
4. How does your "eschatology" affect your answer to this mandate/these questions? (For those who don't care or have no definition for this: eschatology simply implies "your view of the meaning/direction of history" in general.)
5. Okay, this one is completely for fun and please answer honestly: do you personally feel like you have done any of this during your own lifetime, and can you give some examples of the ways you have fulfilled/failed the directive?
Bonus: Why don't fish of the sea get named among the plant eaters in the dietary section of the mandate (gen 1:30)
Feel free to respond to any or all as you see fit
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