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The bible tells us that man was created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26-27), yet something must have happened to man's reflecting image, perhaps in the fall, because when we get to the NT there's an obvious emphasis about 'putting on the new man' and 'becoming a new creation' (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10), and that Jesus himself is the exact image of God (2nd Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3). Considering we aren't all children of God (John 1:12-13), hence needing to be born from above (John 3:3), our image in its current state must be askewed in some capacity.

Something to also keep in mind is that man is spirit, soul and body (1st Thessalonians 5:23) and it is the Holy Spirit that is the promise in the Church Age (Acts 1:8), and not the Holy Soul or the Holy Body. Those two parts of man are apparently still alive, but living in the dark (Matthew 7:13; Matthew 10:28).

What does being in the image and likeness of God mean to you and how much should we consider ourselves to still be in his image?

Christianity teaches that Jesus came when the fullness of time had come. What made the days of Jesus most suitable for his advent?

There's a quote somewhere, I think it is originally from C.S Lewis: Jesus did not come to make bad people good, but to make dead men alive.

It sounds nice, but what is the difference between being good and being alive?

There were 700 days from Donald Trump's birth to the voting in of Israel.

He was 70 years, 7 months and 7 days on January 20, 2017.

The US Embassy was moved to Israel exactly 70 years to the day of Israel becoming a nation again.

Trump may be very pro Israel, but can man engineer such a pattern by himself, especially considering the birth date? What other relations does Trump have with 7?

Atheism is a weird phenomenon within human nature. From my understanding, the Enlightenment a few hundred years back was about getting away from superstitious and religious thought towards an understanding of the world based on reason alone. Gods were no longer necessary. Yet, the growth of knowledge hasn't stopped men from spirituality.

Does Christianity present salvation as a whole, in the afterlife, or are Christians saved while being saved? For instance, is man's spirit saved by the Holy Spirit, saving the body and soul? For somewhere it says the spirit returns unto God, and elsewhere, fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.