Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

God gave human beings a time of rest and renewal,
a time for fellowship with Him. In forming the first
family, He established the basic social unity for
humanity, giving them a sense of belonging and
providing them with an opportunity to develop as
well-rounded persons in service to God and others.
Male and Female in the Image of God
Genesis 1:26, 27 describes God's creation of
the human beings who were to inhabit this earth:
"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness.' ... So God created man
in His own image; in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them." The term
man is used here (in both the Hebrew and the
English) in the generic sense, as it is more than 500
times elsewhere in the Old Testament. This term
includes both male and female. The text makes
clear that it was not a case of the male being
created in the image of God and the female in the
image of the man.[1] On the contrary, both were
made in the image of God.
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