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Special significance of the creation of male and female in the image of God: 1. It is only after God has created man that He says of all He has made: it is “very good” (1:31). This is not simply because God’s creative task is finished but because mankind is the pinnacle of all He has made. 2. The creation of man is introduced differently than other products of creative work, with the personal and deliberative expression, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” 3. The one God who creates man as male and female deliberately uses plural references of himself (e.g., “Let Us,” “Our image,” “Our likeness”) as the creator of singular “man” who is plural “male and female.” 4. The “image of God” is stated three times in 1:26-27 in relation to man as male and female but never in relation to any other part of creation (are angels created in the image of God?). 5. The special term for God’s unique creative action, bara, is used three times in 1:27 for the creation of man in His image as male and female. 6. Man is given a place of dominion over all other created beings on the earth, thus indicating the higher authority and priority of man in God’s created design. 7. Only the creation of man as male and female is expanded and portrayed in detail as recorded in Gen. 2.

Sam Storms

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Apple Banana Bread

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Breads, Fruits	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter, softened
1/2	c	Brown Sugar
1/2	c	Granulated Sugar
2	x	Eggs
3	tb	Sour Cream
		Banana, mashed
1	ts	Vanilla
2	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking Powder
1	ts	Baking Soda
1/2	ts	Cinnamon
2	x	Apples, cored and chopped
1/2	c	Chopped Walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
Cream butter and sugars, and beat in eggs. Stir in sour cream, banana and
vanilla.
In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda and cinnamon.
Gradually add to butter mixture. Gently stir in apples and nuts. Spoon into
greased bread pan and bake 1 hour.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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