The Prophetic Presbyterian & His Narrow Way

Are animals created in God’s image? Yes, they are.   Some Christians believe that, even though we (ie people) are created in God’s image, the animals are not. It’s as if they think that because the Bible explicitly states that people are created in God’s image, animals are not.    Their reasoning process looks to what God says about us (people) & our attributes (created in God’s image) then, seeing no direct statement that animals are also created in God’s image, they draw a conclusion that does not follow from the premise (ie animals are not created in God’s image).  In other words, they accept what God explicitly states about the human image (created in God’s image) & our dominion over the created order, then, while looking g at our (visible) image/attributes) & authority, they interpret us as animals’ custodians & overlords then draw conclusions about the nature of animals & behave accordingly— which is the method of reasoning that Romans 1:18 ...

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.  2  Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.  3  And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4  And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.  5  And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” 6  Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.  7  And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”   And I...

 

  17  When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, 2  that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” 3  Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, 4  “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5  No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6  I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. 7  And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. 8  And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will...

  15  After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” 2  But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3  And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” 4  And behold, the word of the Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” 5  And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6  And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. 7  And he said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” 8  But he said, “O Lord God, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” 9  He said to him,...