WALKING IN DIVINE LIFE {ZOE} part 2

Recently, we began treating the subject, walking in divine life, and essentially, we focused on what the life of God is! We mentioned that the word "life of God" was originally rendered from the Greek word 'Zoe', which is different from the Greek word 'bios' from which the word "human life" was rendered. In other word, divine life is the quality of life that exists in God; that is, the operating force and divine substance that is in God from which all His distinctive attributes and qualities of divinity emanate.

Furthermore, we also emphasized the fact that divine life is the spiritual substance that is in God and makes Him all that He is. And thus, we inferred that divine life in God is as blood in man, because the life of the flesh is in the blood (Lev 17:14).

THE DOMINION MANDATE

The dominion mandate was man's original destiny. And this mandate could only be fulfilled as man acceded to the divine Prototype or order of God's creation. Man was never intended by God to be an independent being. Man was rather destined to serve as an extension of God in the earth. Otherwise stated; man could succeed in fulfilling God's purposes and agenda only to the degree at which they become what God has created them to be. Man's effectiveness in interacting with God and coming into union with Him determines the measure of the Power of divine life given to them which enables them to implement God's will in the earth.

Man was originally created by God in His Image and after His likeness. Man was a supernatural being with enormous spiritual capacity. Off-course, man referred to human race, both male and female alike. Man was never intended to be limited in conduct and influence. Man's destiny was to reflect God's image and likeness. As a matter of fact, man was divinely framed and designed by God to manifest God.

Genesis 1:

   26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

   27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

   28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The word 'image' of God is derived from the Hebrew word, Tselem, which implies inner-substance and character-depth. Man shared God's inner-capacity to show forth His righteousness. The scripture states that it is impossible for God to lie. That is, lying was not in God's DNA. Man also shared God's genetic code called Zoe. Zoe or divine life is God's genetic code which contains all His attributes, traits and character. Man was a being of love. It was absolutely natural for man to manifest all the attributes of love. Love was originally man's default. Any other contrary tendency other than love and righteousness was alien to the divine nature of God in man. 

Furthermore, man having been created after God's likeness could only reflect God's glory in the earth. The word, 'likeness' is also taken from the Hebrew word, 'demooth' which refers to "the functional attributes & peculiar features" in man. God's likeness in man points to their distinctive frame that portrays their specific purposes through their inner-stability & strength.  Put differently, man having been created in God's likeness means God has highly endowed and gifted man with grace and peculiar abilities. It is as man beholds God that every inner-deposit of God in him automatically comes alive. The likeness of God in man was therefore, in seed form- the potentials that translate to capacity as man beheld God and fellowshipped with Him on a consistent bases. 

By the same token, God constantly revealed Himself to man each time He would come to them at the cool of the day ( Gen 3:8). It was the revelation of God to man that activated the seed of divine life in them which ultimately translated to the Image and likeness of God; hence, man was enabled to fulfill the dominion mandate. The dominion mandate is accomplished once man comes into and functions in the image of God and likeness of God which is, essentially, a function of the life of God.

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