Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

forms of life, such as marine or land animals. Not
until He had formed every organ and put it in its
place did He introduce the "breath of life" that
made man a living person.
Created after a Divine Type
God created each of the other animals--fishes,
birds, reptiles, insects, mammals, etc.--"according
to its kind" (Gen. 1:21, 24, 25). Each species had a
typical form of its own and the ability to reproduce
its specific kind. Man, however, was created after
the divine type, not after a type of the animal
kingdom. God said, "'Let Us make man in Our
image, according to Our likeness'" (Gen. 1:26).
There is a clear discontinuity between human
beings and the animal kingdom. Luke's
genealogical entry describing the origin of the
human race expresses this difference simply, but
profoundly: "Adam, the son of God" (Luke 3:38).
Man's Exalted Position
The creation of man was the zenith of all
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