Jack Syme wrote:
>Then to be consistent you must conclude that Aborigines
>and North American natives are not created in the image of
>God as well because there is no way they can be Adamites.
I'm not an Adamite either. I doubt you are. God's provision
for redemption has changed since OT times. Before Christ, the key
to redemption was to be a member of the covenant line, although
proselytes too were acceptable. Christ touched on this when he
said, "Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make
him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves" (Matthew
23:15).
When one outside the Jewish faith was brought to the knowledge of God, he
became accountable. Because of false teaching, he was
condemned. This unique status for Israel as God's chosen people was
rescinded, or at least modified, at the cross. Christ was appointed
by God as His representative. The second Adam, Christ, was in the
"image of God" (II Cor. 4:4) just as the first Adam, and the
mantle was passed to the followers of Christ.
We have blown "in the image of God" into proportions never
intended as I see it. But as followers of Christ, there should be
no question that you and I are in God's image. And all persons are
eligible.
Not that anyone cares what I think, but God's A plan was good. Adam
was given the mantle and he was supposed to have brought all humanity
into God's kingdom. Sin intervened.
God's B plan is also good. Christ succeeded where Adam
failed.
Dick Fischer -
Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Wed Nov 17 14:29:48 2004