In His Image

May 3

"Let Us make man in Our image; after Our likeness, let Us fashion him," Genesis 1:26.

There it is. On the very first page of the Bible, God's inerrant word, is the irrefutable assertion of God Himself that He is triune in the essence if Himself. Until verse 26 of the first chapter of the Book of all books, God has spoken of Himself in the singular, and perhaps it is significant that He chose to introduce this aspect of His character at the point where He created man.

Man, as the Holy One has stated, is made in His image, after His likeness, and the connection between man's triune nature becomes quite profound when it is recognized to be predicated upon the very essence of the personhood of God.

Man is not only body but mind and spirit and this reflects the fact that the Majesty on High is the great Mind that first conceptualized then fashioned all that exists; He is the Spirit that moved upon the face of the deep (Genesis 1:2)
as well as the Divine Resident who dwells in the hearts of those who believe; and He is the body that came to earth as perfect God/Man and Savior.

We who occupy this tabernacle of flesh are also body, mind, and spirit, for we are like Him. The heart of God longed for fellowship and love, so He fashioned a being who has the capacity to fulfill the deep desire of His heart. If we will allow ourselves to love Him, to honor Him, to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord; If we will say as Thomas did, "My Lord and my God," (John 20:28), then we will become the abode of the Spirit of the Holy One.

In becoming His dwelling place, in allowing ourselves to die to self and become alive to the indwelling Christ, we are filled with the likeness of His person--we become the true, triune likeness of the Majesty on High as our minds assent to His glory, our bodies bow in worship to His holiness and our spirits become the abode of His Holy Spirit.