Dick wrote,
<< The promise was not to the land, but to Noah and his kin. Although there
have been devastating floods all over the world since then, Bangladesh,
China, India, Africa, in no instance have God's chosen been at ground zero.
>>
This paragraph equates Noah's kin with "God's chosen" Noah's kin includes
everyone in Gen 10, including the Canaanites. But, when you say,
"In Genesis 1:27, Adam represented God, having been "created in His own
image." This status was passed through the godly line of Seth (Gen. 5:3).
Noah and his generations were God's chosen people, and thus were "in the
image" (Gen. 9:6). This status as representatives of God was conferred
upon the Israelites through the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 17:1-8)."
you are excluding the Canaanites.
Also, Gen 9:6 says that whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be
shed, the reason clearly implied being that all mankind is in the image of
God. The statement makes no sense if all mankind is not in the image of God.
Further, the statement goes back to Gen 1:26-27 where the "man" made in the
image of God is both male and female; so the statement cannot refer to the
one man Adam since he was only male. Or are females not in the image of God?
Paul S.
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