Possessor

"He blessed him and said, 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth... Abram said to the king of Sodom, 'I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth" -Genesis 14.19, 22

God is Most High, He is above all else, and He alone is worthy of worship. That is the first identifier attributed to God by both Melchizedek and Abram, but it is quickly followed by a second identifier, possessor of heaven and earth. God is above all, and being above all, He owns and rules everything that exists. Psalm 24.1 states, "The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
the world, and those who dwell in it." Everything you see, and everything you don't (everything the light touches, and even that shadowy part) is God's.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. God made man in His own image and set him to rule over and care for His creation. God entrusted the world to man. The world is not ours, but God's. In the movie Kingdom of Heaven there is a quote early on in the movie "What man is a man who does not make the world better?" Later the main character is asked, "Would you make the whole world like Jerusalem?" to which he responds "This is my land. What kind of man would I be if I did not try to make it better?"

The earth is God's. Every unique, beautiful, and dangerous corner of it belongs to Him. He has entrusted its care to us, and it is our responsibility to do so. We are to protect the earth, not strip it for its resources. We are to care for God's possession, not worshiping it, but honoring the one who alone is worthy of worship by taking care of what He has entrusted us with.

God Most High is the possessor of heaven and earth. The earth is the Lord's and all that it contains.

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!

Peace be with you

Representative

"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" -Genesis 1.26-28

As the initial work of creation wraps, God places His representative on earth. God makes man in His own image, and places him to steward and care for the rest of His creation. "The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it." Psalm 24.1 declares. This world is God's. Every plant, animal, and person belongs to Him. And God has entrusted the world to the care of humans.

God makes man so that man can represent Him as he cares for creation. Man is made in the image of God, male and female, so that together they can show the rest of creation what God is like. He charges man to this end, instructing Him to explore, enjoy, and care for the world He has made. God makes His world, and then makes man to represent Him. Man exists to show creation who God is. Man exists for God.

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!

Peace be with you