In “Genesis 1-11,” two theories discuss the place of humans in the universe, including God’s intention to create an image of himself on Earth and the desire to undermine people’s mortality. The domination of the second theory of human mortality is evident. The Lord created humans last in his image, according to His likeness, to keep the Garden of Eden (Ridling 32). People could rule as kings, which supports the theory of humans as an image of God. However, human beings remain dependent on what the Lord said or did. When God established the covenant with Noah, he explained it as an agreement “between me and you and every living creature that is with you,” “the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth” (Ridling 44-45). This law proves the second theory that humans are mortal and have the same rights as other living creatures have on Earth.
Work Cited
Ridling, Zaine, editor. The Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, 1989.