"Made in His image".

I Had recently read an article about why Egyptian artifacts are frequently found with their faces destroyed (particularly their noses) while I won’t go into specifics here the core motivation for this widespread cultural phenomenon according to the author was this; it was a basic cultural belief that damaging the image of the one depicted - damages the person represented either in life or death.

This caused me to reflect on many things that are transpiring in our generation. such as homosexuality and the rise of transgender-ism. fundamentally these beliefs and practices reject the idea that man, his sexual function, and gender were designed to be a specific way; a singular way of divine intention.

Scripture tells us that we are all made in the image of God “Genesis 1:27” we bear His likeness and as His creation we represent Him before the world.

Genesis 1:27 (NASB)

"God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them".

And so if I were opposed to God, I would not only seek to destroy his greatest work - that being mankind - through vehicles such as abortion or genocide for example. but I would also be compelled to destroy the very image of God.

You see, defacing the image in my view has a greater long-term impact than taking a singular life. Once a life is over its direct influence is permanently lost. but if that image is defaced, twisted, Marred, yet allowed to remain it can negatively reflect whom it was created to represent to all who would see it.

And so in a country that professes to be majority Christian, a country that gives a nod to its Judeo-Christian heritage yet legalizes the slaughter of its children, rejects the natural physical distinctions between the genders and rebel's against Godly moral foundations; what does that country’s actions say about the deity it claims to serve?

There are those who would profess to be wise and evangelize their “post Christian” rhetoric. yet their “wisdom” is a continuation of an age old deception that has no other goal than to profane the image of the one true God. given that agenda, it’s clear to whom its practitioners truly belong.

As Solomon once said, there is nothing new under the sun.

Luther Miller III