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

WHAT DID THE WRITER (WRITERS?) MEAN BY ”LET US”? 

 (Many years before writing was invented these thoughts were handed down orally. Several gods were believed in during that time.  Later there were several writings from other cultures about the creation story.  This could be a combining of those writings).

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD?

 Could it be that God, as each human is born physically, breathes His Breath (Spirit) into us, that spiritually we have always been alive and at one with God, but that our human life begins when He breathes His breath into us?

 Genesis 2:6-8 (New International Version)

6 but streams ^[a] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground- the LORD God formed the man The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah) it is also the name Adam (see Gen. 2:20). from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

 8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “LET THEM RULE…. OVER ALL THE EARTH?”

God did rest on the 7th day, right?  Is it now all up to us?  Does ruling (having dominion) over all the earth mean that we should be doing all we can to take care of His creation, including ourselves and our neighbors?  What about global warming, melting glaciers in the Artic and Anartic causing tides to rise and fish to die, stronger hurricanes, wilder fires, etc.?  What about the poison in the air we breath, the water and food we drink and eat? What about all the garbage filling the landfills, rivers and oceans?  Can we help prevent that?

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